Protection Manager

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Description

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• Plan, coordinate and monitor all protection related activities, including protection monitoring, individual protection assistance, protection case management, community-based protection, legal aid, information dissemination activities.
• Ensure work plans for the protection team are developed and approved by the Base Manager.
• Support the Base Manager in developing and follow up financial plans and expenses control for the project protection activities.
• Collaborate with MEAL for the reporting of the outputs and outcomes, ensuring the progress towards projects objectives and indicators.
• Ensure the collection and the systematization of the means of verification in line with MEAL standards and the DRC Data Protection Policy
• Comply with and promote local safety regulations

• In collaboration with the Protection Coordinator, ensure the protection team is trained in DRC Protection Standards Operations Procedures and guidelines and monitor the progress in the performance of the staff.
• Constantly follow up the protection teams, coaching, giving feedback and supporting them in achieving qualitative results towards capacity development
• Provide on the job training as much as required and adapt trainings/coaching to specific staff needs.                                     
• Coordination and capacity development protection for local partners when requested.  

• Report to the base Manager and Country Protection Coordinator to ensure the achievement of the expected results, coherence with DRC´s national protection strategy and adherence to protection Standards Operations Procedures.
• Ensure the elaboration and timely delivery of qualitative progresses reports requested by donors and supervisors.
• Ensure the elaboration of protection reports requested by supervisors, including the analysis of protection data generated by the protection activities implemented.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external reporting requirements including procurement.
• Oversee knowledge sharing across teams and ensure that monitoring and evaluation results are understood and used to improve programs.
• Monitor and develop relevant accountability initiatives (e.g Complain and Feedback Mechanism) within relevant project program as well as strengthening the effort to document the impact of activities.

• Liaise permanently with local authorities and other protection humanitarian actors in the intervention area to ensure protection integrated responses.
• Representation of DRC and active participation in sectoral and relevant field protection working groups.
• Ensure coordination with relevant protection actors in the area of intervention.
• Coordinate with other sectors of DRC, including Economic Recovery
• Support in developing alliances and identify new implementing partners.

• Drive the development and growth of the relevant programs within the DRC program objectives and feed into country-wide strategy development.
• Provide inputs for project proposals and revision of protection and country strategy.
• Ensure protection analysis is constantly realized, highlighting the protection gaps, trends and changes to improve the quality of the protection activities.

• Accountable for achieving DRC’s strategic goals and objectives within the area of responsibility.
• Accountable for making significant decisions on what the unit does: its purpose, functions, and role, and for making commitments and decisions that require the expenditure of significant unit resources.
• Accountable for people management of direct reports, generally at least 3 employees. This includes hiring & firing, objective setting, probation, performance appraisal, development of staff, managing performance, including poor performance, etc.
• Accountable for making sound decisions based on DRC policies, MOPs, standards, and the advice of technical experts in DRC.

• Master’s degree in Human Rights, Political Science, Refugee Law, or any other relevant field.
• Or Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields with at least 6 years’ working experience in similar protection positions.

• Minimum 4-6 years of proven protection international experience in NGO projects. 
• Proven experience in implementing protection and legal aid activities in complex emergency contexts.
• At least 3 years’ experience with people management.
• Experience in carrying on humanitarian interventions through and in coordination with implementing partner organizations.
• Fluency in Spanish and English is compulsory.
• Excellent writing and editing skills for external audiences (including governments and donors).
• Experience in producing high-quality technical material (training material, program tools, proposals, strategic documents etc.).
• Experience in working with Monitoring, Evaluation and learning in protection programs.
• Excellent reporting and protection analysis skills.

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