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Protection Team Leader

Shire

  • Organization: DRC - Danish Refugee Council
  • Location: Shire
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Legal - Broad
    • Legal - International Law
    • Human Rights
    • Civil Society and Local governance
    • Protection Officer (Refugee)
    • Animal Health and Veterinary
  • Closing Date: Closed

Title: Protection Team Leader 
Location:  Shire 
Reports to: Area Manager 
Start of Contract & Duration: One year 
Posting date: August 8, 2017 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region, and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009.  With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration. 
 
DRC has started new program in Tigray regional state, where the organization is implementing a variety of youth protection activities in Hitsats, Mai-Aini and Adhi-Harush refugee camps, which are currently hosting a combined population of over 30,000 Eritrean refugees.  
 
PURPOSE 
 
Working under the direct management of the Shire-based Area Manager, the Protection Team Leader will be responsible for the overall implementation of the organization's current and future protection activities in Tigray regional state. The Protection Team Leader will be the direct and/indirect supervisor of Protection Officers, Protection Assistants, Education and Youth Engagement Officers and refugee incentive outreach workers. The Team Leader will regularly collaborate with other program staff, such as Infrastructure Team Leader and Legal Protection Coordinator, to ensure DRC's protection activities are holistic and that protection concerns and considerations are effectively mainstreamed throughout the program. Furthermore, the Protection Team Leader will be required to provide regular support and guidance to project cycle management, proposal development and program strategy, with specific contributions in the area of technical protection knowledge. The Team Leader will ensure the successful implementation of all protection-related activities and will work collaboratively with the Area Manager to monitor the operating context to ensure DRC's protection programing is relevant and responsive to priority humanitarian needs. 
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 
 
To achieve the objectives of the position, the Protection Team Leader, in coordination with the Area Manager will perform the following tasks and undertake the following responsibilities: 
 
1.    Technical Support: 
  • Support the Area Manager in the setup of the Shire protection department and the development of a local protection strategy in Tigray regional state. Initial responsibilities will also include designing and leading baseline needs assessments, community outreach in the selected refugee communities and forging strong professional relationships with representatives from ARRA and UNHCR. 
  • Collaborate closely with the Area Manager to design and implement relevant and responsive, rights-based protection activities that build upon the existing assets of the targeted refugee communities. Activities will emphasize the protection of youth and secondary migration, but may expand into child protection in the future. Activities are expected to be highly participatory through engaging beneficiaries in learning and information sharing, capacity building and incentive work opportunities. This will require collaboration with other DRC program staff and a keen interest in integrating migration, psychosocial and educational components and considerations into all protection activities.  
  • Ensure high quality day-to-day technical management of all protection activities to ensure strict adherence with international best practice protections standards, including the identification of protection risks and vulnerabilities with acute awareness of issues related to gender, age and diversity. 
  • Work with the Area Manager and other program staff to contribute to new project development, including both narratives and budgets, by coordinating and compiling inputs from other technical and support staff. 
  • Collaborate with the Area Manager, Legal Protection coordinator, Youth Education Team and Addis Ababa based Protection Coordinator to ensure field-based protection records and documentation are properly managed and compliant with DRC requirements and international best practices. 
  • Support staff to integrate protection concerns and awareness in other sectors as relevant.  
2.    General Management and Support:  
  • Manage all Protection Officers, Protection Assistants and Incentive/Outreach Workers, and support respectful and positive working relationships which allow for the effective implementation of all DRC protection activities. This is to be achieved through leadership, team building, day-to-day support and capacity-building. 
  • Assume budget holder responsibilities, as directed by the Area manager, including the development of protection related budgets for new projects, detailed tracking of protection related spending and participation in monthly budget versus actual meetings.  
  • Oversee all daily protection activities in sub-offices and project locations, including the management of staff and regular activity monitoring.  
  • Identify training and capacity building opportunities for protection staff and ensure they are well versed in key protection concepts relevant to the context, DRC's code of conduct, accountability, respectful dialogue with the refugee population, and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse.  
  • Collaborate with the Area Manager and Finance and human resource department to ensure objectives are set and that evaluations and performance reviews are conducted on a regular basis for all staff managed.  
  • Collaborate with the Area Manager and logistics and procurement department in developing comprehensive procurement plans and Purchase Requests. Upon receipt of protection related goods and services, the Team Leader will collaborate with the logistics and procurement teams in the receipt of goods and services and will lead in quality assurance. As part of the procurement process, the Team Leader may also be requested by the Area Manager to participate in tendering processes, procurement committee meetings and in the review of bid analyses, as well as working with the logistics and procurement teams to arrange storage and warehousing for protection related items.  
4. Reporting: 
  • Under the direction of the Area Manager, lead protection related reporting for both internal and donor purposes. This will include providing weekly reports to the Monitoring, Evaluation and Documentation Officer and developing internal reporting formats for easy use by the protection team. 
  • Provide ongoing general monitoring of the operating context to ensure relevance and accountability to DRC's beneficiary populations.  
 
PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS 
 
Required 
  • Bachelors degree or higher in law, social work, social sciences, education, international development, or other relevant field from a recognized institution. 
  • Minimum 4 to 6 years of management experience at a mid to senior level, preferably with experience in the field of humanitarian response and refugee protection working for an international NGO, UN agency or relevant ministry or local authority. 
  • Commitment to learning and implementing organizational policies and procedures.  
  • Full proficiency in Microsoft Office. 
  • Excellent verbal and written proficiency in Tigrinya, Amharic and English. 
Desirable 
 
  • Strong planning, organization and problem solving skills with ability to work both independently and within a team in a demanding work environment.  
  • Excellent personnel management skills, including diplomacy, tact and negotiating skills. 
  • Integrity, strong work ethic, and ability to consistently meet deadlines under pressure. 
  • Experience collaborating in protection, gender and human rights related activities. 
  • Experience working with youth, migrants and in community mobilizations and participatory approaches.  
  • Experience living and working in cross-cultural and remote environments. 
TO APPLY 
 
Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they are suited for the post.  
 
We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on www.drc.dk under Vacancies.   
 
Please forward the application and CV, in English through the stated website no later than August 20, 2017.  
 
For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.dk. 
 
We encourage only qualified Ethiopian Nationals to apply. DRC considers all applicants based on merit. It is DRC policy to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals, as well as administer any and all personnel actions, without regard to gender, race, national, clan or tribal origin, religion, age, sex, origin or ancestry, marital status, social status, sexual orientation, or status as a qualified disabled individual. 
 
 
 

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