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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers emergency aid and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution or natural disaster. The IRC is currently working in over 40 countries and 22 U...
SCOPE OF WORK:
The IRC is implementing a protection program featuring protection monitoring, information sharing, and referral services. The IRC will also include a capacity building component working with selected local partner organizations to build capacity around protection mainstreaming and protection monitoring. Geographically, the protection program is implemented in the NE state of Adamawa in four Local Government Areas (LGAs) in and around the state capital of Yola.
The Protection Coordinator will be responsible for the development and implementation of protection programming in the Yola field office areas of operation. He/she will lead the design of protection monitoring methodology, M&E systems, training materials for protection and information project staff, and Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) regarding the sharing of data with other actors. The Protection Coordinator will ensure the quality of protection data collection and analysis and ensure that succinct and accurate protection reports are utilized to inform programming and advocacy both internally and externally. The Protection Coordinator will also be responsible in contributing to increasing the IRC’s presence and potential leadership role in the Protection sector by attending relevant working group meetings, networking with state and NGO actors in the protection sector and identifying potential partners for future programming. The Protection Coordinator will directly supervise various Protection, Information, and Database staff who will also support the program.
The Protection Coordinator will work extensively with other sectors, to ensure that protection principles are being incorporated into the Nigeria sector programs, and in particular with the Women’s Protection and Empowerment Coordinator, the Child Youth and Protection Development Coordinator and the Food Security team to strengthen the integrated nature of IRC’s protection and assistance programs in Nigeria.
The Protection Coordinator will be based in Yola. S/he reports to the Senior Program Coordinator.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Program management
New business development
Representation, coordination and advocacy
REQUIREMENTS
DESIRED
SPECIFIC SECURITY SITUATION /HOUSING
The Protection Coordinator will be based in Yola, Nigeria with travel throughout the country. The security situation in Nigeria continues to be volatile in the NE with Adamawa state on level 3 (orange) security level as it’s one of the three states of emergency (SoE) in the NE of the country. The candidate should be prepared to implement programming in insecure environments. This is a non-accompanied position. The Coordinator will live in shared housing.
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