Senior Protection Assistant

Job Description

Applications are welcome from internal and external candidates. For all IOM vacancies, applications from qualified and eligible first-tier candidates are considered before those of qualified and eligible second-tier candidates in the selection process. For the purpose of this vacancy, internal candidates are considered first-tier candidates.

Context;

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society. As the leading international organization for migration, IOM acts with its partners in the international community to assist in meeting the growing operational challenges of migration management, advanced understanding of migration issues, encourage social and economic development through migration, and uphold the human dignity and well-being of migrants of affected by the ongoing emergency.

Responsibilities

1. Supervise the daily case management and community-based protection (CBP) activities in coordination with the Protection Officer.
2. Organize and assist the General Protection team in the implementation of their tasks, providing technical guidance and training, in compliance with relevant IOM guidelines, policy and standards.
3. Support the implementation of IOM’s Protection Approach and specialized guidance to the caseworkers.
4. Facilitate protection mainstreaming and integration of cross-cutting issues (disability inclusion, accountability to affected populations (AAP), gender mainstreaming and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment) in CAS, IOM Qatar. 
5. Coordinate quality, timely and effective protection responses to the needs of Affected Population (AP).
6. Build and maintain effective interfaces with the community, General Protection staff and with Protection unit, AP and other partners to identify the risks the communities face, build up their capacities to protect themselves, ensure that they are involved in making decisions that affect them, whether in accessing their rights or in identifying appropriate solutions to their problems.
7. Assist the Protection Officer in regular review, development, implementation and monitoring of IOM Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), training and IOM Protection intervention materials, and tools.
8. Support the Protection Officer in designing, developing and implementation of a community-based protection strategy by ensuring that it is based on participation and consultation with the community.
9. Conduct protection monitoring: collect high quality information and data through direct observation, focus group and community discussions, and key informant interviews in accordance with IOM’s guidelines and internal SOPs.
10. Raise and analyse protection risks, issues, concerns and trends to the supervisor.
11. Enforce compliance of General Protection staff and implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of protection services, promptly notify the supervisor of any issues.
12. Organize meetings, workshops, and training sessions for all staff; prepare training materials and participate in the delivering of capacity building workshops.
13. Draft and provide inputs from a protection perspective into the subunit’s reports, briefings, and guidance documents, as required, to support the Protection Officer.
14. Performs other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor(s). 

Qualifications

• University degree in a relevant field including Law, Political Sciences, International Relations, Psychology, Social work, or other social sciences from an accredited academic university or institute with four (5) years of relevant professional experience or;
• Completed High school diploma from an accredited academic institution, with seven (7) years of relevant professional experience

DESIRABLE