Protection Project Manager – Telafar

The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity for a brighter future. We work in conflict-affected areas, along the displacement routes, and in the countries where refugees settle. In cooperation with local communities, we strive for responsible and sustainable solutions. We work toward successful integration and – whenever possible – for the fulfilment of the wish to return home.

The Danish Refugee Council was founded in Denmark in 1956, and has since grown to become an international humanitarian organization with more than 7,000 staff and 8,000 volunteers. Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced.

All of our efforts are based on our value compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.

DRC has been operating in Iraq since 2003 and in Northern Iraq since 2010. It is currently implementing a broad range of activities relevant to conflict affected communities and persons. The activities are categorized in ten sectors: Shelter and Non-food Items, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Livelihoods, Protection, Mine Risk Education, Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM).

Overall purpose of the role:

• Under the supervision of the Base Manager, the Protection PM is responsible for the planning, implementation and follow up of the protection projects in the assigned area.  
• In close coordination with the Technical Coordinator the Protection PM contributes to the development and implementation of DRC’s sector strategy in Iraq, as well as the harmonization and rollout of tools and guidelines
• The Protection PM contributes to the fulfillment of the aims and objectives of DRC’s presence in Iraq.

Responsibilities:

General Management

• Responsible for ensuring high quality, on time project implementation in accordance with donor and DRC regulations. This includes meeting donor targets (activity and budget), ensuring donor compliant implementation and supervising quality;
• Produce and regularly update Implementation Plans. Plans should set out future activity and track progress to date on outputs and activities in the Project Management Tool for presentation at monthly Grant Review Meetings;
• Conduct regular field visits to key sites to ensure technical quality and adherence to key standards and processes;
• Maintain close communications with colleagues in (a) other sectors, (b) Area Office management, (c) Country Office technical supervision, and (d) support office (Finance, HR, Supply Chain) regarding challenges and opportunities;
• Prepare high quality and timely narrative reporting for donors, check this reporting against area financial reports, liaise with technical coordinators for quality assurance and feed into checking of financial reports for accuracy;
• Develop procurement plans and liaise with relevant support departments to ensure that activities are carried out according to plan, including participation in supply chain processes and ensuring goods are in line with programmatic standards;
• Complete and regularly update budget forecasts for project activities and staffing and monitor budget vs actual on a regular basis. Manage expenditure and take timely corrective action to prevent over and under expenditure;
• Maintain ongoing communication with Safety regarding relevant contextual developments and incident reporting;
• Support integration of Protection interventions with other core sectors, ensuring close collaboration between field teams; and
• Identify opportunities and material to contribute to communications work, and support facilitation of media visits.

Program Team Management

• Recruit and line manage (including conducting appraisals performance management and providing instructions to HR around contract amendments and termination) project staff;
• Provide regular constructive feedback to direct reports, following DRC’s Performance management procedures, and support direct reports in performance management of their team members;
• Assess training and development needs within the Protection team, develop a capacity building plan and implement the plan, in line with DRC Iraq nationalization policy and guidelines; and

Strategy implementation

• Ensure the roll out of the DRC Iraq protection sector strategy and its integration into the DRC Iraq program strategy and the response as a whole;
• Work closely with Technical Coordinators and line manager on identification of needs of communities and gaps in Protection services within DRC’s areas of intervention; conduct protection monitoring and protection analysis on a regular basis and upon need;
• Provide, upon request, technical input into the development (and implementation) of relevant SOPs and technical standards;
• Contribute to the Base level program strategy and to the establishment of sector-based log frames and targets;
• Participate in the proposal development process by providing field specific context analysis, technical sector specific analysis, beneficiary information, feedback on the concept including proposing the activities and costing at field level in line with Area Log Frames; and
• In coordination with MEAL, provide inputs to tools and use the tools for data collection including indicator tracking tables.

Coordination and Representation

• Regular coordination and liaison with other protection partners in the field, with attention to the specific needs of vulnerable communities;
• Engage with sub-national clusters as necessary and relevant;
• Responsible for conducting donor visits in close coordination with the country office donor focal points;
• Pro-actively build good rapport with local authorities and community representatives;
• Work with DRC’s Country office regarding rollout of new partnership policies and guidelines;

Other

• Ensure the respect of DRC Code of Conduct and DRC’s zero tolerance policy of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), humanitarian principles and contribute to the integration of Protection and Age, Gender, Diversity (AGD) mainstreaming into DRC programming.
• Undertake any other duties that may be assigned by the Line Manager;

Experience and technical competencies:

• An excellent professional track record with a minimum of 3 years of work experience on Protection, preferably in an emergency or early recovery context;
• Significant knowledge of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Laws, particularly Refugee Law and International standards relating to the protection of IDPs;
• Technical knowledge and significant experience in providing humanitarian assistance and protection to refugees/IDPs in complex emergencies, including in camp settings;
• Experience with managing teams;
• Prior experience implementing case management/PSS/legal programs;
• Knowledge of Gender and Protection mainstreaming, AGD, PwSN and AAP approaches;
• Proven communication, negotiation, advocacy and diplomacy skills;
• Ability to quickly develop understanding of the human rights situation and insight into the political environment of the program country
• The selected candidate must have demonstrated ability to think strategically, prioritize, and meet deadlines; must be culturally sensitive.
• Experience working and living in a challenging security environment and under strict safety rules;

Education:

University or Master’s degree relevant to humanitarian work: preferably in law, social sciences or humanitarian aid (significant proven field experience may be accepted in lieu)

Languages:

• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Arabic desirable

Key stakeholders: 

• Base and Area Manager 
• Protection Coordinator
• Protection staff
• Other project managers
• Local authorities and community leaders 

We offer:

Contract length: 6 months with possibility of extension subject to funds 
Salary Band: F
Designation of duty station: Tel Afer
Start date: As soon as possible.
Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Nationals; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies. .

Application process:

All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.

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Closing date for applications: 5th July, 2020.  Due to the urgency of the position DRC reserves the right to recruit a candidate who matches the required profile before the above deadline.

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.