Protection Manager

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Description

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• This role focuses on Protection activities implemented from Aden office, in Aden, Lahj, TAiz and Marib governorates, and ensures compliance with DRC procedures. The role contributes to the development of area strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks.

• Ensure protection programming in the area of responsibility is conducted according to DRC Protection guidance, SoPs, and humanitarian principles.
• Responsible for ensuring timely and quality implementation of protection projects in their defined areas of operation including partner implemented activities. This includes meeting project targets (activity and budget), ensuring DRC and donor compliant implementation and supervising quality;
• Produce and regularly update detailed project work plans. Plans should set out future activity and track progress to date on outputs and activities;
• Undertake field/onsite visits and regular review of activity documentation to monitor the quality of implementation and ensure appropriate coaching and supervision of protection staff
• Maintain close communications with colleagues in other sectors,  Base/Area Office management, Country Office technical supervision, and support office (Finance, HR, Supply Chain) regarding challenges and opportunities;
• Prepare high quality and timely narrative internal and donor reports, check this reporting against area financial reports, liaise with Country PM for quality assurance;
• Complete and regularly update budget forecasts for project activities and staffing and monitor spending against the budget on a regular basis. Manage expenditures in line with the project workplans and take timely corrective action to prevent over and under expenditure;
• Plan and coordinate proactively logistics and movements of staff from and to different operational areas;
• Maintain ongoing communication with Safety regarding relevant contextual developments and incident reporting;
• Support integration of Protection interventions with other core sectors, ensuring close collaboration between field teams;
• Establish and regularly update the MEAL plan, including (a) ensuring appropriate indicator and quality tracking (both quantitative and qualitative) and (b) working closely with Quality Assurance to put in place and maintain DRC accountability mechanisms;
• Identify opportunities and material to contribute to communications work.
• Provide technical oversight, monitoring and mentoring/capacity building for local partner organizations as relevant.  

• Recruit and line manage (including conducting appraisals on performance management and providing instructions to HR around contract amendments and termination) the protection team based on funding availability and quality of work;
• Provide regular constructive feedback to direct reports, following DRC’s performance management procedures, and support direct reports in performance management of their team members;
• Assess training and development needs within the Protection team, develop a capacity building plan and implement the plan with the support from the Country Protection Manager;
• Liaise with line and technical management as necessary and relevant regarding team performance;

• In close coordination with the Area Programme Manager and under the technical supervision Country Protection Manager, the PM contributes to the development and implementation of DRC’s protection strategy in the area of implementation as well as the harmonization and rollout of tools and guidelines;
• Support integration of Protection interventions with other core sectors, ensuring close collaboration between field teams;
• Work closely with the Area Programme Manager, Country Protection Manager and Protection Team Leaders on the identification of needs of communities and gaps in Protection services within DRC’s areas of intervention;
• Provide, upon request, technical input into the development (and implementation) of relevant SOPs and technical standards;
• In coordination with the Area Programme Manager, Area Manager and Country Protection Manager, contribute to the Area level program strategy and to the establishment of sector-based log frames and targets;
• Participate in the proposal development process by providing field specific context analysis, technical sector specific analysis, beneficiary information, feedback including proposing the activities and costing at field level in line with Area Log Frames;

• Actively participate in, contribution to and representation of DRC in the sub-national Protection Cluster and relevant AORs as agreed with the Country PM, as well as working groups, and other meetings related to protection;
• Ensure that DRC’s work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies, ensuring the specific needs of vulnerable communities are being addressed;
• Feed into national clusters through Country Protection Manager, regarding context, needs and possibilities for coordination.
• Support the P&L team in mapping, vetting and technical capacity assessments of partners. 
• Maintain open lines of communication with local partner organisations.

• Ensure respect of DRC Code of Conduct and DRC’s zero tolerance policy of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), humanitarian principles and contribute to  integration of Protection and Age, Gender, Diversity (AGD) mainstreaming into DRC programming;
• Undertake any other relevant tasks that may be assigned by the line manager.
• Contribute to advocacy objectives through engagement in briefings, development of advocacy products, and coordination.

• Minimum four years protection field experience, preferably in an emergency and/or early recovery context; of which two have been in a management position;
• Experience in humanitarian work and refugee/IDP complex emergencies, including in camp settings and/or mix migration flows;
• Experience with managing large teams and providing technical guidance, training and capacity building;
• Preferred experience with full time remote management of static and mobile teams.
• Prior experience implementing protection monitoring, protection case management, PSS, legal aid, and community-based protection; familiarity with mixed movement programming is a plus
• Experience managing large protection projects, budget planning and follow-up, procurement, report and proposal writing;
• Proven communication, negotiation, advocacy and diplomacy skills;
• Ability to quickly develop understanding of the human rights situation and insight into the environment of the program country;
• Strong cultural sensitivity and experience working with persons from various backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, plan and manage own time effectively, prioritize and meet deadlines.
•  Sound understanding and experience in protection mainstreaming and Age, Gender, and Diversity (AGD) mainstreaming, Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and abuse (PSEA)

• University degree relevant to humanitarian work: preferably in law, social work, gender studies, social sciences or humanitarian aid (significant proven field experience may be accepted in lieu)

• Arabic – fluent
• English – fluent

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