Protection Information Management Specialist

The Protection Analysis and Information Management Specialist leads the generation of high-quality protection evidence and analysis for DRC Lebanon. The role involves transforming complex datasets into actionable protection analysis to support evidence-based programming, advocacy, and strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation and continuous improvement of protection information management and analytical frameworks across DRC Lebanon.
• Produce monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc protection analysis reports identifying trends, patterns, drivers and severity of protection risks across governorates and population groups.
• Conduct advanced qualitative analysis of focus group discussions, key informant interviews, case studies, field observations, staff debriefs, protection incident data and protection monitoring data.
• Triangulate information across protection, economic recovery, shelter, MEAL, legal aid, child protection, GBV and external humanitarian datasets to generate comprehensive protection insights.
• Identify emerging protection risks, geographic hotspots and population-specific vulnerabilities and develop evidence-based recommendations.
• Lead the development of analytical products, thematic briefs, dashboards, infographics, risk profiles and presentations for internal and external audiences.
• Ensure analytical outputs incorporate intersectional analysis including age, gender, disability, displacement status, nationality and location.
• Support advocacy efforts through evidence generation, position papers and analytical briefing notes.
• Maintain Power BI dashboards and data visualization products supporting strategic decision-making.
• Engage field staff on data analysis, routine validation sessions, and consult with them on new thematic areas of focus to research.
• Coordinate analytical exercises with consortium partners, UN agencies, NGOs and relevant technical working groups.
• Develop methodologies for mixed-method protection analysis.
• Review and synthesize secondary data, policies, conflict developments and socio-economic trends affecting protection outcomes.
• Ensure analytical conclusions are evidence-based, contextualized and clearly linked to programming and advocacy priorities.
• Develop clean external (public or private) briefing including reports, executive summaries, powerpoint presentations to present findings to key stakeholders or support advocacy efforts.
• Oversee data quality assurance procedures, data cleaning, coding structures and analytical frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with DRC and protection information management principles including confidentiality, data protection and responsible data sharing.
• Strengthen analytical capacity of protection teams, including local partners, through coaching, tools, guidance and quality assurance.
• Support field teams to improve qualitative data collection and analytical thinking.
• Conduct supervision activities for evidence generation and protection monitoring staff and conduct quality checks on collected data to ensure quality of data collection and reporting including of local partners and ensure close relationship.
• Represent DRC in relevant information management, assessment and protection analysis forums.
• Promote information sharing and analytical collaboration across sectors and agencies.
• Support Country Protection Manager in the development of position papers, alerts reports, monthly protection monitoring reports, PAF and other information products to inform response and advocacy.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of progressively responsible experience in data analysis, protection analysis, research, information management or humanitarian assessments.
• Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Social Research, Information Management, Economics, International Relations, Social Sciences or related field.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality analytical reports similar to protection monitoring or situation analysis products.
• Advanced qualitative and quantitative analytical skills, including coding, thematic analysis, trend analysis and triangulation methodologies.
• Strong proficiency in Power BI, Excel, Kobo, SPSS, R, Python or equivalent analytical tools.
• Excellent report writing skills with proven ability to transform complex findings into concise evidence-based narratives.
• Strong understanding of protection principles, protection analytical framework (PAF), protection informational management (PIM) principles and international human rights frameworks and displacement contexts in Lebanon.
• Experience working with mixed-method datasets and multi-sectoral information sources.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple analytical products under tight deadlines.
• Experience in representation in working groups.
• Fluency in English and Arabic

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Protection Analysis
• Research
• Information Management
• Humanitarian Assessments
• Analytical Report Production
• Qualitative Analysis
• Quantitative Analysis
• Coding
• Thematic Analysis
• Trend Identification
• Triangulation Methodologies
• Power BI
• Excel
• Kobo
• SPSS
• Python
• Report Writing
• Protection Principles Application
• Protection Analytical Framework
• Protection Information Systems
• Human Rights Frameworks
• Mixed-Method Data Analysis
• Multi-Sectoral Information Analysis
• Working Group Representation

Languages

English, Arabic