Overview
The Protection Team Leader is responsible for the high-quality implementation of ongoing protection activities and direct line management of Protection Field Assistants in Rural Damascus.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure high quality and timely implementation of protection activities.
- Support recruitment of protection field staff and line manage Protection Field Assistants.
- Prepare, implement and report regularly on project work plans.
- Maintain financial oversight of protection budget lines.
- Maintain records of protection activities in line with DRC SOPs.
- Support the implementation of the M&E plan.
- Liaise with relevant authorities, stakeholders, and community groups.
- Provide regular timely internal reports.
- Provide inputs and data for new proposal development.
- Conduct duties in accordance with DRC Code of Conduct and SOPs.
- Ensure transparency and DRC’s positive regard and reputation.
- Carry out any other relevant duties as assigned.
Required Experience
- Relevant professional experience of no less than 3 years.
- Experience of work in the UN or NGO or voluntary sector is essential.
- Familiarity/prior experience with DRC and its persons of concern would be a distinct advantage.
- Experience managing a team with proven leadership qualities including decision making.
- Familiarity with international protection and human rights legal standards, as well as with child protection and psychosocial support programming.
- Excellent writing and reporting skills, strong analytical skills.
- Excellent organizational and planning skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and respect for people from diverse communities, and for persons with special needs and other vulnerabilities.
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of local communities and customary rules, demonstrated experience of successful community engagement.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and as part of a team, self-motivation, goal/result-orientation.
- Ethical and transparent decision-making, full respect for confidentiality of work-related information and data.
- Flexibility, creativity, tolerance and maturity.
- Computer/IT literacy (Microsoft Officer Package (Word, Excel, Outlook in particular) Internet etc.).
Qualifications
- University degree in social sciences, psychology or other relevant field.
- Advanced university degree would be an asset.
