Title: Protection Manager
Location: Jijiga
Reports to: Area Manager
Direct reports: 2 Protection Team leaders
Grade-F2
Start of Contract & Duration: 12 Months
Posting date: April 8, 2019
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 to be implemented in IDP sites in Somalli 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 planning new interventions according to the country protection strategy and engage with key stakeholders. 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 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:
Technical support:
Project management
Human Resources:
Safety and Security:
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:
Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes.
Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.
Demonstrating integrity: Acting in line with DRC's vision and values
Experience and technical competencies:
Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)
Minimum a Bachelor degree in social sciences, law, social work, international development, or other relevant field from a recognized institution.
Languages: (indicate fluency level)
Excellent verbal and written proficiency in Amharic and English
Somali skills are highly preferable