Senior Protection Monitoring and Information Officer

JOB OVERVIEW

The Sr Protection Monitoring and Information officer oversees all IRC Protection Monitoring & analysis, and information provision activities in Kharkiv oblast. The Senior Protection Monitoring Officer will be based at IRC’s office in Kharkiv, under supervision of the Protection and Rule of Law Manager.  The Senior Protection Monitoring Officer will serve as key person to implement protection monitoring along the displacement routes and provide evidence base to inform needs of affected population for program adjustment and advocacy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Oversee all the Protection Monitoring and analysis activities

– Support the PRoL Manager and local partners to develop and implement Protection Monitoring and analysis frameworks including several data collection tools.

– Collect secondary data available on protection risks and issues in Ukraine (Kharkiv and the surrounding oblasts) to complete data analysis,and produce weekly / bi-weekly sit-rep on the context and secondary data collected, in order to support the protection monitoring activities and analysis of the context.

– Ensure support to community mobilizers in data collection, by collecting data him/herself when necessary

– Ensure that data collection for protection monitoring is complete and meet data quality requirement

– Work closely with the Protection Manager and the MEAL team to create. update data collection tools on CommCare and dashboards on Excel or PowerBi

– Support the PRoL Manager in data analysis and Protection Monitoring reports and other reporting mechanisms

2. Ensure constant update of the service map and referral tracker

– ensure continuous update of the service map in Kharkiv oblast and surrounding oblasts

– ensure referrals are made in a safe way and according to the SOPs, and ensure referrals made are followed-up and that the referral tracker is updated.

– ensure provision of responsive information is complementary to the Rapid Protection Assessment and/or protection monitoring activities.

3. Oversee the Responsive Information Services activities

– Work closely with the Protection Manager and the MEAL team to create and update the two-way data collection tool on responsive information.

– Support community mobilizers in information provision, and in data collection about information needs through the two-way communication tool;

– continuously gather information content that is useful for displaced and war affected communities, based on feedback from the community mobilizers;

– create weekly and monthly reports on information needs and statistics collected by the community mobilizers

4. Assess needs in centers / shelters and hubs

– continuously look for information about collective centers, transit centers, shelters and volunteer hubs that host and/or provide assistance IDPs and war affected communities in Kharkiv oblast, and update the tracker online.

– constantly look for contacts within authorities and key humanitarian stakeholders and update the contact trackers

– Make weekly movement plans for centers and shelters’ assessments, and protection monitoring activities, and share with the PRoL manager and fleet manager.

5. Program and team Management

–Supervise and build the capacities of the community mobilizers, ensure they understand their role and responsibilities, and implement the activities according to the overall program workplan and weekly movement plans

–Send weekly inputs on implementation of activities and targets achieved

–Create weekly movement plans for collective and transit centers / shelter / volunteer hub / authorities appointments visits, and share with PRoL manager.

–Supports PRoL Manager to develop program report related to donor requirement and program requirement.

–monitor spending related to activities are on track and timely inform PRoL Management for budget adjustment need.

–Lead by example and support IRC’s commitment to taking all necessary preventive measures and creating an environment where people feel safe and can report misconduct.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education:

Bachelor or Master of Arts or Science in Social Work, Human Rights, Social Science, Public Health, Humanities or other related field

Experience:

-Previous experience in protection monitoring / protection assessments / data collection

-Experience facilitating group activities, trainings and workshops and mentoring others

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

–Language: Bilingual in Ukrainian and Russian and excellent verbal and writing skills in English

-Excellent communication skills

-Demonstrated understanding of and ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients/beneficiaries

-Positive and professional attitude, including ability to lead and work well in a team setting

-High degree of flexibility and strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail

-Computer literate, including Microsoft Word and Excel

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

• Travel to other locations is needed up to 30% of time
• Work in the matrix organization
• Fast pace of working, multitasking and adaptivity

IRC employees are eligible to the following benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Purposeful job and development opportunities

• English classes and unlimited online training courses
• Life Insurance
• Medical insurance for staff and family members
• Free psychological support to employees and their family members
• 30 calendar days of annual vacation with flexibility beyond the legally set minimum requirements
• Up to 10 days of paid medical leave

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

IRC builds diverse and inclusive teams of professionals who promote team engagement, inclusion and cohesion, critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients. 

The International Rescue Committee is determined to protect the people it serves, its staff and any person associated from all kinds of harm, abuse, and violence, including sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. It is committed to taking all necessary preventive measures and creating an environment where people feel safe and can report misconduct. IRC workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. The IRC also operates and enforces a set of complementary institutional policies to protect clients and staff from harm and abuse through the Adult and Child Safeguarding policies, the Respect at Work and Harassment-free Workplace policies, the Anti-retaliation and Reporter Protection policy, which are complemented by the IRC Global Reporting guidelines. These commitments are accessible in English and in Ukrainian language via this link: https://rescue.box.com/v/irc-safeguarding-policies. 

Where misconduct is alleged, IRC follows a Zero-tolerance approach and takes all necessary actions and corrective measures. The IRC investigation unit comprises of experts and trained investigators that ensures professional survivor-centered investigations are conducted if allegations of safeguarding violations are reported through the safe and accessible reporting channels that IRC makes available to its staff, partners, and clients. IRC is also an active member of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) set-up in Ukraine.