Protection Assistance Team Leader – Sulaymaniyah – (KRI/039)

All INTERSOS employees are expected to perform their roles and responsibilities according to the INTERSOS charter of values, code of ethics, PSEA, and Child Protection policies. This is mandatory for all positions within INTERSOS and shall be signed by the employee within the first week of employment.

Purpose/objective of the position:

The Protection Assistance Team Leader is responsible for ensuring the overall implementation of the protection assistance component which includes directly supervising and coaching the protection assistants to increase their capacity to undertake quality protection assistance in close collaboration with the Protection Officer and the Protection Manager.

Generic Duties:

• Directly supervise, orient, mentor, and coach protection assistants aligned to IDP & Refugee response;
• Set work plans for the protection assistants and actively monitor their implementation in order to measure progress against project objectives and targets;
• Regularly map and update service providers responding to IDP and refugee response and ensure the assistants disseminate information through existing feedback mechanisms to all community structures;
• Review protection monitoring data collection tools & methodology (Household Assessments, Focus Groups Discussions, Key Informant Interviews, etc.) in coordination with the MEAL team and recommend modification of tools that enhances quality data according to emerging protection trends;
• Track and analyze identified trends of emerging protection concerns and recommend solutions that are inclusive, culturally sensitive, and responsive to the needs of the target groups.
• Support the protection officer and the protection manager to organize bi-monthly coordination meetings with UNHCR to share analysis findings and collectively address arising trends identified;
• With support from UNHCR, facilitate the functioning of the updated online tracking and case follow-up while ensuring high-risk protection cases such as persons in need of medical assistance are assessed and targeted for MCA, ECA through a digital referral system to an identified service provider in the updated service map.
• Supervise and coach the protection assistance based on a set plan and ensure documentations are received and feedback is shared with the team;
• Monitor the quality of the protection assistance activities through regular field visits and contribute to the review and development of relevant protection standard operating procedures and their roll-outs;
• Regularly undertake reflection meetings together with the protection assistants to identify capacity gaps, challenges, collective analysis, and report identified protection incidents, trends, needs, and proposed interventions as well as, tailored training that increase efficiency and effective protection assistance.
• Conduct performance appraisals every quarter and provide regular feedback to the protection assistants to improve their performance and ensure set targets are achieved and inclusive of the Age Gender and diversity principles;
• Regularly update the Protection Officer and Protection Manager on prevailing gaps and arising issues affecting protection assistance and protection monitoring for internal improvement, recommendations, and advocacy through UNHCR;
• Support administrative management to facilitate a smooth implementation of the protection unit activities.
• Submit daily/ weekly and monthly activity plans, assessment reports, and recommendations to the Protection Officer.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

INTERSOS is an equal opportunity employer and reserves the right for everyone to apply to its vacancies without any discrimination.

INTERSOS is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups, and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.

Kindly note that:

• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
• Your resume must be uploaded in PDF format.
• INTERSOS is reviewing applications on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy before the mentioned closing date.
• The preference will be given to qualified candidates from the recruitment area.

إنترسوس تتمتع بتكافؤ الفرص وتحتفظ بالحق للجميع في التقدم للوظائف الشاغرة دون أي تمييز.

إنترسوس ملتزمة بتحقيق تنوع في قوى العمل من حيث الجنس، والجنسية، والثقافة. نشجع الأفراد من الجماعات الأقلية، والجماعات الأصلية، وأصحاب ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة على التقدم بطلباتهم للتوظيف مع انترسوس .

للمهتمين والذين يستوفون المعايير المطلوبة ، يرجى النقر هنا للتقديم.

لطفا لاحظ ذلك:

• سيتم الاتصال فقط لمن يكون ضمن قائمة المرشحين المختصرة.
• يجب تحميل سيرتك الذاتية بصيغة
• تقوم انترسوس بمراجعة التقديمات بصورة دورية ، ونحتفظ بالحق في إغلاق الوظيفة الشاغرة قبل تاريخ الإغلاق المذكور في حال ايجاد الشخص المناسب.
• سيتم إعطاء الأفضلية للمرشحين المؤهلين من سكان المنطقة.