Protection Lead
Job Description
Title: Protection Lead
Company Name: ActionAid Bangladesh
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree, preferably in International Development/ Law/ International Relation/ Social Sciences/ Development Studies
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Unit : Humanitarian Response
∎ Contract Duration : 01 Year
∎ Job Summary:
∎ ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) has been responding the Rohingya Crisis in Cox`s Bazar since beginning of current influx in 2017 and working on protection, Site Management and Site Development (SMSD), Disaster Management, WASH and Self-reliance. Being a prominent protection in Rohingya response programme, AAB is working on general protection, prevention of GBV, and for protection of GBV survivors. AAB also playing a greater role in Protection sector, GBV sub-sector and the GiHA working group. AAB is implementing numbers of projects on protection issues funded by UNHCR, UNICEF, UN Women and UNFPA.
∎ AAB is seeking for a competent Protection Lead, to lead its protection team under Rohingya Response Programme in cox`s Bazar. S/he will represent AAB in the relevant ISCG sectors and will have a leadership role. The incumbent will also be responsible for maintaining of ActionAid`s working standard and approaches, Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability Framework in all projects in her/his portfolio. S/he will support the Progamme and Partnership Development Team and represent ActionAid Bangladesh as and when required in the capacity of a coordination.
∎ Relationships:
∎ Protection Lead will report to Head - Humanitarian Response of ActionAid Bangladesh. S/He must maintain functional relationship with his/her peers, greater programme team including project teams and organization`s priority teams. S/He must be able to communicate with other teams and units both programme and operational.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Protection Program Strategy:
∎ Provide strategic direction and overall technical support to Protection programme, ensuring that it is aligned with the protection sector, protection principles, and ActionAid's Women-led Protection approach.
∎ Design and lead assessments/study/research aimed at generating a strong evidence-based protection programme.
∎ Lead on the implementation and review of the Integrated Protection Strategy to ensure programming reflects standards for best practice.
∎ Contribute to program development and design, to ensure interventions are responsive to needs and informed by understanding of the context.
∎ Contribute to AAB Protection programme direction through development of concept notes and proposals to existing and new donors.
∎ Support the implementation of AAB Strategic Action Plan.
∎ Technical Support:
∎ In coordination with the Head - Humanitarian Response and other team members, ensure that ethical and comprehensive data collection and information management systems are in place for appropriate protection analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy.
∎ Ensure regular collaboration and communication with other units and functions to ensure integrated programming components are highly functional in best practice across both sectors.
∎ Proactively identify, assess, monitor and implement measures to reduce or control risks that may impact program quality or compliance.
∎ Develop, update and ensure quality implementation of internal Standard Operating Procedures for protection programming, in consultation with line manager and other teams.
∎ Ensure support to the Managers and Coordinators of relevant projects to adapt their program activities as per agreed process and principles and implement the projects successfully.
∎ Program Development and Reporting:
∎ In coordination with Lead- Programme and Partnership Development (PPD), lead the proposal development activities (narrative and budget) for Protection sector through planning and program design, to ensure technical standards.
∎ Review all reports as and when needed and provide appropriate comments to ensure good quality reports. Ensure that all internal and external reporting requirements are met, that reports are of a high quality and are submitted on time.
∎ Ensure projects deliverables and activities are of high quality, meet humanitarian standards, mainstreamed protection and aligned with Protection Programme Framework.
∎ Coordination and Representation:
∎ Maintain regular working relation with Manager - Women Rights and Gender Equity (WRGE), AAB and Global Women's Protection Advisor with IHART, ActionAid International
∎ Dedicatedly participate in, and contribute to, coordination meetings, specifically Protection Sector, GBV Sub-sector and GiHA Working Group.
∎ Ensure AAB's active contribution in all coordination forums at local/national level.
∎ Build strong working alliances with other international and national actors/organizations working on Protection-related advocacy.
∎ Maintain effective working relationships with other key partners, including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, local administrations and other relevant actors.
∎ Staff Management & Capacity Development:
∎ Mentor the direct reports, communicating clear expectations, setting performance objectives, providing regular and timely performance feedback.
∎ Support HR team in recruitment, capacity development and facilitating leadership development of the programme team.
∎ Coach, train, and mentor team members with the aim of strengthening their technical capacity, exchanging knowledge within the team.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 5 years of professional experience in a reputed organisation
∎ Technical Skills:
∎ Good understanding of and experience in designing and implementing emergency programme.
∎ Strong program/technical, project management and budget management skills
∎ Experience in writing proposals and working with major institutional donors (mainly UN agencies)
∎ Knowledge of Protection, Gender, SRHR, Women, and child rights issues.
∎ Has good understanding on Partnership management.
∎ Policy advocacy and campaign
∎ Sound in participatory development process and HRBA
∎ Understanding of Govt. working system and activities.
∎ Ability to manage multifunctional team.
∎ Excellent in both written and oral communication in English.
∎ Proficiency in MS Office.
∎ Documentation and articulation skill.
Salary:
∎ Competitive salary and benefits (such as mobile & internet allowances, medical benefit, group insurance coverage) will be offered to the deserving candidate
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 29 Jun 2021
Company Information:
∎ 21 Jun 2021
∎ ActionAid Bangladesh
∎ Business : ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency working in over 40 countries, taking sides with poor people to end poverty and injustice together.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 29th Jun 2021
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