Protection Specialist (Cameroon Nationals Only)

Overview

The Protection Specialist will be responsible for the development and implementation of DRC’s protection strategy in the Northwest region of Cameroon, focusing on capacity strengthening and monitoring of local partners' protection activities.

Tasks Summary

• Ensure a Protection plan is in place, outlining all Protection activities, methodologies, timelines, responsibilities, and budget requirements.
• Coordinate with partners for timely updates of Indicator Trackers and participate in project management/review meetings.
• Provide day-to-day coaching, advice, and mentoring to partners’ teams at the field level.
• Ensure all deliverables in the Protection plan are accomplished by project closure and datasets are centralized, digitized, and archived.
• Facilitate end-of-project learning events to capture best practices and lessons learned.
• Verify the scope of needs assessments and provide quality assurance for the process and tools.
• Contribute to the development of the Theory of Change (ToC), identify relevant indicators, and draft Protection technical activity designs.
• Monitor the humanitarian situation and report protection concerns.
• Support the drafting of alert sheets in the event of population displacement.
• Ensure and support quality regular reporting on the progress of protection activities.
• Participate in the identification of new intervention areas and the preparation/implementation of assessments.
• Regularly monitor activity indicators, program/project results, and contextual monitoring.
• Support the collection and reporting of information relating to population movements.
• Consolidate/update RRM, monitoring and alert tools.
• Ensure mastery of reporting and other tools in the intervention area.
• Support DRC project and partner teams.
• Strengthen the capacity of focal point relays within the framework of RRM interventions.
• Ensure partner capacities are assessed and Protection expectations are factored into the project.
• Lead the assessment of partners' capacities and ensure the development of training plans.
• Support partners with tools and systems required for them to comply with donor and DRC technical requirements/standards.
• Carry out regular monitoring and quality checks to ensure partners are adopting required standards.
• Support partners in adapting and applying the Core Humanitarian Standards.
• Ensure partners complete all Protection requirements before project closure and transfer data to DRC.
• Ensure partners communicate project end and service transition to communities.

Experience Requirements

• Proven experience of at least 4 years in Protection and management of protection programs, including in Legal Assistance, MHPSS, Case Management, and Protection of IDPs in conflict-affected countries.
• Prior experience implementing Legal Assistance, MHPSS, Case Management at a community level is required.
• Previous experience in GBV (including GBV case management) is strongly preferred.
• Experience providing technical guidance, developing and delivering participatory training/capacity building.
• Significant knowledge of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Laws and International standards relating to the protection of IDPs.
• Experience in report writing, data/information analysis, and M&E.
• Strong information management skills, including but not limited to the creation of databases, use of server-based information collection tools.
• Proven strong analytical and communication, representation, negotiation, advocacy, and diplomacy skills.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to quickly develop good insight and understanding of the conflict, the human rights situation, and the political environment of the program country.
• Knowledge of Gender and Protection mainstreaming, AGD, PwSN, and AAP approaches.
• Experience working and living in a multicultural environment and traveling to conflict-affected areas.
• Extensive experience in reporting and project development.

Qualification Requirements

• Master’s in political science, humanitarian Or development, MHPSS, Legal Assistance, gender/protection or other relevant area
• All other professional training relevant in terms of protection

Other Details

Languages Required: • Fluency in written and spoken English. • Knowledge of the local language (required)

Languages Preferred: • Fluency in written and spoken French (desirable)

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