Title: Project Manager - Protection
Location: Dollo Ado, with frequent travel to the field
Employment Category: F2
Reporting To: Area manager
Direct Reports: Protection Team leaders X2 & Cash distribution Team leader X1
Start of Contract & Duration: 6 Months
Posting date: June 27, 2020
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.
OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
The Protection Program Manager will manage and technically oversee the protection monitoring and community-based protection activities being implemented in IDP sites in the Somali region. He/She will plan and oversee the implementation of project activities, provide technical guidance to the protection team, take the lead in developing and designing new interventions according to the country protection strategy and engage with key stakeholders, ensure program's adaptability to the operational context and support in adapting tools and program implementation approaches as needed. This role oversees protection programming in Liben Zone and ensures compliance with DRC procedures and guidelines within these locations. The role contributes to the development of programmatic strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks..
The Protection Manager is additionally expected to manage the protection team leaders and oversee the project cycle management in close collaboration with the Area Manager. The position is required to have significant experience in designing and implementing community-based protection programs as well as developing tools and systems for protection monitoring activities. In particular, the Protection manager will play a key role in providing hands-on, field-based technical guidance and capacity building to DRC’s Protection teams. The position will collaborate closely with DRC’s Addis Ababa-based Protection Manager to ensure technical rigor and the consistent application of DRC’s protection approaches, methods, and tools.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Coordination:
Project management:
Human Resources:
Reporting and accountability
Safety and Security:
Experience and Technical Competencies: (include years of experience)
Education (include certificates, licenses etc.):
Languages: (indicate fluency level)
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:
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