Protection Coordinator CHAD

The Protection Coordinator in Chad will coordinate technical supervision and contribute to the development of DRC's protection programmatic strategy. The role involves supporting operational teams, supervising protection strategy implementation, managing partnerships, and representing DRC in protection sector coordination and advocacy.

Responsibilities

• Lead DRC’s Protection representation with relevant Sectors (Clusters) and working groups on country and area level
• Coordinate with the Protection Cluster to ensure effective information sharing
• Engage with relevant stakeholders including NGOs, donors and government to promote DRC’s Protection programme and support sector’s fundraising efforts
• Seek out new viable partnerships and funding opportunities for the Protection sector
• Produce materials for Protection advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnerships and support fund-raising
• Interact with global and regional initiatives and partnerships for the Protection sector
• Disseminate information internally on developments in the sector at national level
• Ensure complementarity of DRC's interventions and assess referral opportunities in collaboration with the Head of Mission
• Lead creation and roll out of the technical strategy emphasizing affected communities' needs and programme integration
• Support the Head of Programme on creating the Country Strategy
• Lead technical design and review of concept notes, logical frameworks, budgets and proposals
• Prepare learning/knowledge products, SoPs and guidelines to support Protection sector development
• Provide technical inputs to project reports and ensure evidence-based programming
• Strengthen protection and Age, Gender and Diversity mainstreaming in projects
• Provide technical advisory to implementation teams and Country Office
• Ensure protection assistance and case management respect DRC's protection principles and standards
• Produce protection needs assessments, analyses, reports and other quality documents
• Guide teams and review protection incident reports and monitoring products
• Support quality data collection and management for protection data
• Assess Protection sector capacity gaps and support capacity strengthening initiatives
• Carry out capacity-building and training needs assessments for teams and partners
• Ensure cross-cutting integration of protection activities into other sectors
• Work closely with departments to implement DRC's code of conduct and protection policies
• Lead development of new protection projects and proposals
• Contribute to program work plans, budgets and monitoring tools
• Ensure proposals comply with protection standards and guidelines
• Support donor relations and secure funding
• Contribute to program reports
• Ensure coordination and representation with humanitarian actors through meetings
• Ensure respectful and sensitive contact with beneficiaries
• Liaise with donors and partners on project updates and communications

Requirements

• Advanced degree (Bac+4/5) in social, political, legal or economic sciences, project management, international development, or any other field relevant to the position
• Minimum five (05) years' experience in the implementation of emergency and/or general protection projects or sectors specializing in protection, particularly GBV, case management and protection monitoring
• Excellent knowledge of protection issues, the analysis of protection risks and of protection guidelines in an emergency context
• Master's degree in social sciences, human rights, intervention development, gender/protection studies or other relevant field
• Proven experience in program planning and proposal development, including budgeting
• Previous experience in developing protection strategies and producing technical guidance related to protection components
• Experience working with local partners, local authorities and other INGOs within a consortium
• Previous professional experience in West and Central Africa
• Full professional command of French, including excellent writing skills
• Proficiency in English will be highly prioritized
• Very good knowledge of humanitarian principles
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills
• Ability to cope with heavy workloads and work under pressure
• Highly motivated, results-oriented and creative problem solver
• Computer skills in Microsoft Pack (Excel, Office, Outlook, etc.)
• Good understanding of and commitment to DRC values

Skills

• Emergency Protection Implementation
• GBV Case Management
• Protection Monitoring
• Protection Risk Assessment
• Protection guidelines knowledge
• Programme Planning
• Proposal Development
• Budgeting
• Protection Strategy Development
• Technical Guidance Production
• Partnership Management
• Consortium Management
• Humanitarian Principles
• MS Excel
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Microsoft Outlook
• Protection Sector Coordination
• Advocacy
• French Writing
• English Language Proficiency

Languages

French, English