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Scope of Work:
The Protection Manager is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of LWF Jordan’s protection and psychosocial programs to support the refugee and host community population in Zaatari camp and governorates identified by LWF Jordan.
Responsibilities:
Staff Development and Supervision:
· Recruit, train, supervise and build the ongoing capacity of project teams, including Field Coordinators, Education specialist and volunteers.
· Provide intensive training to staff in protection technical concepts and project management skills.
· Assess the training and capacity building needs of all protection staff, and design and implement professional development plans.
· Develop individual work plans, ensuring adherence to technical standards, with a focus on building the management capacity of staff and empowering them to work autonomously.
· Build capacity in the management of written and verbal information dissemination and strategies for communication with communities and other key stakeholders.
· Work with staff to regularly review and make improvements to data collection methodologies and reporting systems.
Program Quality and Implementation:
- Lead the development and delivery of trainings on key IHL and protection principles to internal and external stakeholders, with a view to ensuring improved coordination of the delivery of humanitarian aid in areas of coverage
- Provide an IHL “lens” on all protection monitoring, protection services, and LWF programming in other sectors to ensure activities are grounded in relevant international standards and norms
- Lead production of protection reports, highlighting key protection issues and analyzing trends from protection monitoring and other recorded objective sources, to provide direct strategic advice to LWF programs and other internal/external stakeholders as required
- Ensure integration of protection principles into ongoing humanitarian operations serving refugees and host community population.
- Conduct/participate in protection and psychosocial needs assessment among the affected populations, including assessments consistent with IASC guidelines and WHO Mental Health Psychosocial assessment toolkit, at different stages of program planning and implementation.
- Work closely with the Program Manager to understand program goals and to meet expectations and contribute to program design and the preparation of concept notes and proposals.
- Develop and implement ideas for protection and psychosocial programs with youth, women, children and vulnerable groups in target sites
- Hold focus group discussions and key informant interviews with the refugee and host community population in each of these groups in each site in order to assess needs, develop projects and identify local leaders to function as Animators and Educators. Support these psychosocial activities by provision of technical support, trainings, materials and supplies to the trained local staff.
- Identify and train selected refugee and host community youth on PFA, CBPS, GBV and conflict resolution and mediation skills.
- Set up, operate and monitor a Youth Friendly Space, “Peace Oasis”, and community based psychosocial (PSS) activities in target sites, providing capacity building and field supervision for national and refugee staff on an ongoing basis.
- Closely supervise and monitor all members and staff of the CBPS team providing services in these sites, ensuring that activities and trainings, run according to protocol and program plan.
- Develop work plans in line with financial pipelines, work with Finance and Logistics to plan and procure supplies within program budgets and ensure compliance with donor regulations.
- Under improved learning environments for children and youth in governorates identified by LWF Jordan and working closely with MOE school teachers in the targeted schools, participate in teacher training components, finalizing curriculum and materials for the trainings, establishing school committees and follow-up school committee activities aimed at improving the psychosocial and physical environment in targeted public schools.
- Develop and identify necessary monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools to assess success in accordance to indicators of the CBPS program and analyze results.
- Keep track of clients/beneficiaries through LWF attendance records, to be submitted at the end of every month. Reports to include number of women, youth and/or other vulnerable groups partaking in all LWF-supported PSS activities, disaggregated by age and gender and compile regular program reports, on time and with accurate data.
- Prepare program documentation, data collection, analysis, and final outcomes report for donor reports.
Coordination and Representation:
- Work in close coordination with other LWF units to ensure the strong integration of Protection with other sectors.
- Lead on the development and implementation of evidence-based advocacy and support the Coordinator in the development of advocacy positions
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with relevant external stakeholders to ensure appropriate coordination, collaboration, and public messaging
- Participate in UNHCR protection sector working group and other interagency sub-working group coordination mechanisms for the provision of protection and psychosocial support in the Zaatari camp and in host communities and share relevant information.
- Maintain close working relations with other NGOs, particularly those that are member of the JSL-ACT Forum, exchange ideas and share training opportunities.
Job Details
| Date Posted: | 2016-10-04 |
| Job Location: | Amman, Jordan |
| Job Role: | Management |
| Company Industry: | Community/Social Services/and Nonprofit |
Preferred Candidate
| Career Level: | Entry Level |
| Nationality: | Jordan |
| Degree: | Bachelor's degree |
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