Protection Officer (Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Child Protection (CP)) (P)

The Protection Officer (GBV and CP) will assist in developing, implementing, and reporting on interventions to address the needs of survivors of gender-based violence and migrant children in Libya. The role involves coordination with UN agencies and partners, supporting GBV and child protection programming, and contributing to strategic documents and capacity building.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, administrative, and logistical support to the implementation of the mission’s GBV and CP programming and contribute to the expansion of existing GBV and CP initiatives in line with IASC guidelines, IOM Libya’s strategy, and national priorities.
• Liaise with UN agencies and other relevant actors in addressing GBV and CP concerns and contribute inputs into inter-agency reports and strategic documents.
• Support the development and revision of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and other capacity development material, focused on GBV and child protection, including referral pathways, and support their implementation once feasible.
• Provide guidance to GBV and CP support staff and coordinate day-to-day GBV and CP activities, including participation in Best Interest Assessment (BIA) and Best Interest Determination (BID) processes, to help ensure activities are carried out in line with IOM Protection principles, internal guidance notes, and IASC minimum standard guidelines.
• Guide GBV and CP support staff in ensuring children at risk and survivors of gender-based violence are timely identified in coordination with referral actors and provided counselling and other appropriate survivor-centred case management response services.
• Coordinate with the team leads and inter-agency networks on GVB and CP protection activities and support training development and delivery on GBV and CP topics.
• Contribute to GBV and CP-related inputs for division-level and mission-level strategic documents and participate in GBV and CP coordination platforms, as requested.
• Support internal service mapping exercises focused on GBV and CP. Coordinate with other UN agencies and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) partners to contribute to the development of inter-agency strategic documents and service mapping exercises.
• Provide technical support on preventing GBV and CP risk mitigation measures, child safeguarding, as well as other child protection topics, with support from relevant team leads.
• Contribute to monthly reports and project development efforts on GBV and CP.
• Undertake duty travel as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Law, International Relations, Psychology, Social Sciences, Development Studies and Planning, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with two years of relevant professional experience; or, University degree in the above fields with four years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in the fields of protection and GBV programming, child protection, supporting Best Interest Determination (BIDs) processes, gender mainstreaming, and/or humanitarian affairs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region or Gulf states or similar contexts.
• Experience supporting coordination within the United Nations (UN) system, particularly with UNICEF, UNFPA, and UNHCR, and amongst interagency partners, including governments, NGOs, and communities.
• Experience in organizing and facilitating GBV, GBV risk mitigation, child protection trainings, development of GBV or child protection operational and strategic documents, as well as communication materials to promote behaviour change.
• Experience contributing to proposal development and the development of standard operating procedures and tools.
• Experience using IOM’s Migrant Management Operational System Application (MiMOSA) system for case management is an advantage.
• Experience in project management, monitoring, and evaluation is an asset.
• Experience in developing and implementing interventions on disability inclusion and gender is desirable.
• Knowledge of GBV and child protection case management principles and approaches.
• Familiarity with IOM’s Accountability to Affected Populations framework, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), and IOM child safeguarding policy is preferable.
• Demonstrated ability to work across a wide variety of sectors/ teams on cross-cutting themes.
• Knowledge and understanding of IOM’s institutional approach on GBV, Child safeguarding, child protection, and related strategies, policies, rules, and regulations.
• Ability to adapt key concepts from the GBV Coordination Handbook, familiarity with the Gender-Based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS), as well as the WHO ethical and safety recommendations for researching, documenting, and monitoring sexual violence in emergencies.
• Knowledge of the UN system and architecture.
• Knowledge of mainstreaming best practices and partnership models to ensure coordination of the same across a diversified range of actors.
• Ability to work with and maintain strict confidentiality when necessary.
• Good written and oral communication skills, effective in liaison with external partners.
• Efficiency, flexibility, a high level of professionalism, and the ability to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines.
• Ability to organize work, work independently, and prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks, maintain attention to detail, and coordinate with a variety of stakeholders.
• Fluency in English (oral and written) is required.
• Working knowledge of Arabic is highly desirable, and another official UN language (Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) is an advantage.

Skills

• Gender-Based Violence Programming
• Child Protection
• Best Interest Assessment
• Gender Mainstreaming
• Humanitarian Affairs
• UN Coordination
• Inter-agency Coordination
• Training Facilitation
• GBV/SEAH Risk Mitigation
• Operational Document Development
• Strategic Document Preparation
• Communication Materials Development
• Proposal Development
• Standard Operating Procedures Implementation
• Case Management
• Project Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Disability Inclusion
• GBV Case Management
• Child Protection Case Management
• Accountability to Affected Populations
• Protection from Sexual Exploitation
• Child Safeguarding
• GBV Coordination Handbook
• WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations
• UN System Knowledge
• Partnership Models
• Confidentiality Management
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Migrant Management Operational System Application

Languages

English, Arabic