Overview
The Protection Manager is responsible for the overall protection portfolio of DRC Somalia, ensuring quality implementation and standards of protection activities across the country and expanding DRC’s protection portfolio.
Tasks Summary
- Design and manage DRC's protection interventions as per international best practice standards.
- Develop, adapt, and oversee the rollout and application of quality measures for DRC’s protection activities.
- Support the field staff with rapid needs assessments/Protection Risk Analysis.
- Develop concrete initiatives to reduce protection risks and design specific strategies to build upon existing assets within the population.
- Lead and support DRC’s positioning as a lead protection actor in Somalia.
- Take the lead on protection-related proposals.
- Develop protection-focused program monitoring tools.
- Undertake quality control and site monitoring.
- Conduct program monitoring as per expected outputs and outcomes.
- Support teams to monitor financial spending and budgets for all protection projects.
- Provide technical inputs and quality assurance to donors and other DRC reports.
- Ensure that the design and implementation of protection activities address the protection needs of refugees, IDPs, and other vulnerable populations.
- Ensure that quality assurance systems are developed and applied.
- Ensure that a protection risk analysis is in place and constantly updated.
- Promote integrated programming and ensure internal coordination and harmonisation of DRC protection interventions.
- Contribute to protection mainstreaming across all DRC field offices.
- Conduct and supervise internal and external trainings on protection-related issues.
- Represent DRC in protection coordination meetings.
- Coordinate with government agencies, UNHCR, UNICEF, protection NGOs, and other key stakeholders.
- Ensure internal coordination and harmonization of DRC protection-related activities.
- Promote improved understanding of protection issues among all relevant stakeholders.
- Lead and manage the country office, and project-specific protection staff.
- Provide technical supervision to protection staff across DRC’s field sites.
- Contribute to the recruitment and performance management of protection staff.
- Develop staff capacities on the rights-based approaches, participatory protection assessments and monitoring, and inclusion of vulnerable groups.
Experience Requirements
- 5-8 years of work experience in law or protection, particularly in refugee, returnee, IDP, and host community protection.
- 6 years of experience working with international NGOs, UN agencies, relevant ministries, or local authorities in responding to the needs of refugees, returnees, IDs, and host communities.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating with and supporting national and local authorities as well as humanitarian coordination fora.
- Prior experience in legal aid programming and gender programming is a strong advantage.
- Prior experience with data analysis and writing/development of thematic protection reports, and advocacy products is a strong asset.
- Experience with capacity building, and in convening and facilitating training and workshops.
Qualification Requirements
• University or graduate degree in law, social work, gender, or other relevant field.
