Protection Coordinator

The Protection Coordinator will lead and oversee standalone and integrated protection programming in ERRM, ensuring effective planning, implementation, and monitoring of protection activities. The role involves managing protection staff, coordinating with stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with donor requirements and NRC policies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the overall implementation of all ERRM Protection programming (projects and activities)
• Directly manage and provide technical guidance and support to ERRM protection staff, ensuring that protection activities are implemented according to donor requirements
• Create and execute ERRM implementation plans, spending plans and procurement plans to ensure that project/programme deadlines are met and targets achieved
• Manage Protection project budget; review monthly Protection BvAs and participate in grants opening, mid-term and closing meetings
• Undertake field visits to monitor the quality of implementation of protection activities
• Participate in the staff recruitment process, new protection staff on-boarding and induction process, capacity building, and performance appraisal of Protection staff
• Stay abreast of, develop and maintain a good knowledge of the protection situation and the priority needs of the IDPs, returnees and host population
• Support and contribute to the development, roll-out and implementation of NRC South Sudan Country Protection strategy including protection tools and technical materials
• Support and contribute to the design and proposal development for protection programming by providing relevant information on programming gaps and opportunities
• Ensure that ERRM protection Risks monitoring data is collected and correctly entered, and support in the analysis of protection Risks and compilation of protection monitoring reports
• Support donor reporting by providing accurate and timely input on project progress according to contractual reporting requirements
• Develop and strengthen relationships with relevant area-level stakeholders including government entities, UN agencies and local/international NGOs
• Represent NRC at area level in protection cluster and sub-cluster coordination fora
• Perform other duties, as needed or requested by the supervisor and technical leads
• Any other task relevant to the position as requested by the line manager

Requirements

• A University degree in social science, law, political science or related subject will be considered
• Experience from working in a Protection position in a humanitarian/recovery context, including the delivery of technical capacity building trainings
• At least Three years’ experience in project management, including supervision of staff and ensuring compliance with internal policies and procedures
• Significant experience in monitoring, evaluation and reporting on project activities
• Prior experience of representing an I/NGO, and advocating on behalf of beneficiaries, in public forums (e.g. Protection Cluster/Sector)
• Advanced computer skills, especially in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook
• Fluency in written and spoken English, and Arabic or Kurdish

Skills

• Protection Programming
• Humanitarian Protection
• Technical Capacity Building
• Project Management
• Staff Supervision
• Compliance Monitoring
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Reporting
• Advocacy
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Donor Compliance
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• Microsoft Outlook

Languages

English, Arabic