Protection Specialist

Under the responsibility of the Technical Head of Programme, as Protection Specialist, you will strategize, supervise the quality and coordinate the design, implementation and monitoring of HI’s protection activities and project results in close collaboration and partnership with networks and organizations. You will ensure optimal quality and impact of the projects implemented in the country, through a delegation system with appropriate control mechanisms. You will share with all HI managers the responsibility of a sound management and successful functioning of the global organization, through paradigm changes.?

Responsibilities:

Technical expertise: 

• Develops the protection technical strategy for the program and ensures technical support to projects in accordance with global technical frameworks and standards within its sectoral scope
• Provides appropriate technical guidance and support to project teams as needed (adapts standards to PM tools, assists in proposal writing and reporting) in accordance with mandatory strategies, standards and cross-cutting approaches
• Develops adequate technical standards and guidance for the implementation of protection needs assessment, implementation of protection mainstreaming, GBV and child protection risk mitigation, capacity building, awareness and sensitization, community-based protection, beneficiary consultations and engagement of local stakeholders
• Ensures adequate support for multi-sectoral interventions within projects, in accordance with other specialists
• Ensures a local best practices
• Assists with recruitment and briefing,
• Ensures technical learning from projects
• Contributes to the capitalization of projects and ensures technical learning from projects within its sectoral scope
• Ensures the control and the follow-up of the technical quality and the relevance of the activities of HI within the programs in its perimeter
• Ensures regular control of the technical quality of projects and programs and issues warnings and recommendations
• Follows up on the implementation recommendations

Responsibility :

• Contributes to the local external prestige and influence of HI’s expertise
• Represents HI’s technical expertise in relevant local networks
• Contributes to advocacy on specific issues in line with global advocacy priorities
• Develops a thorough understanding of the protection environment in the Ukraine crises context
• Contributes to local communication messages in line with overall communication priorities

Responsibility :

• Ensures the development of major opportunities or new projects within the region within its sectoral scope.
• Contributes to the analysis of the context within its sectoral perimeter
• Contributes to the design and writing of new projects in the region
• Identifies and transforms major opportunities within the region within its scope
• Identifies and develops local partnerships and/or consortia with NGOs, institutions, companies on technical priorities or important themes in the region within its sectoral scope

Profil:

• You hold a Master’s Degree level qualification in Social Sciences, Psychology, Gender and/or Disability studies or other relevant field of study.
• You have Minimum 3 years professional experience in a technical advisory position in an emergency/chronic crisis setting.
• You have Minimum 5 years professional experience in implementation of protection projects.
• You have a clear understanding of child protection concerns, gender, human rights and violence against women and girls and protection mainstreaming as well as understanding of rights-based approach and rights of persons with disabilities, rights of children and women.
• You have experience in emergency / conflict settings, initiating and managing humanitarian emergency response, including rapid needs assessment and emergency program design.
• You understand protection issues with a special focus on GBV, SGBV and CP issues.

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Specifics :

• The security situation in Ukraine remains relatively stable, although there are frequent days and nights of air alerts. However, markets, restaurants and cafes are open. There is a strict curfew, the hours depend on the region.

Source:  https://www.hi.org/en/ad/-CRE-04-24-8451