Protection Officer at Lindii Peace Foundation (LPF)

Duty Description

• For the implementation of protection laws according to the humanitarian laws and rule of law in terms of dignity, safety and rights of people for the purpose of overcoming and preventing the exposure of people to psychological harm from situations of violence of crisis, the Protection Officer will Provides the enabling environment for every activity to be carried out in the project by coordinating between Programme Team and beneficiaries, stakeholders and community leaders both in camps and host communities.
• He organizes meetings, focus group discussions and house to house visits to ensure community participation and feedback responses from beneficiaries.
• He ensures the safety and well-being of every beneficiary and see that all elements of AAP and "Do no Harm" Policy are maintained, including sustaining gender mainstreaming throughout the Project life cycle.

Job Description
Program Planning:

• The Protection Officer (PO) will oversee sensitization, recruitment and appropriate training of Community Based Resource Persons to enhance promotion of behavioural change of target households in the Project.
• The PO will also train Community Based Resource Persons (CBRP) on multisectoral inclusion and maintain a proper documentation on the database.
• The PO will continuously support the Field Support Staff to meet the project deliverables which includes training, building confidence of beneficiaries, identifying, planning and facilitating resolutions of complaints received through the CRM desk.
• Coordinating on ground activities which includes training and capacity building, outreaches and media efforts.
• Contribute to information-sharing and data management systems.
• Compile monthly and quarterly reports, on time and with accurate data.
• Maintain flexibility to take on added responsibilities as and when needed.

Stakeholders’ management:

• Work with existing stakeholders, identify other key stakeholders on areas of thematic importance
• Mobilize and organize for advocacies at the community level
• Identify and work with Influencers on WASH intervention and related policies as well as community participation to ensure sustainability.

Coordination:

• Actively participate in relevant working groups and contribute to interagency initiatives.
• Contribute to the positive image and overall credibility of the organization, notably through the application of the organization’s Code of Conduct.
• Take notes of regular team's meetings for the program office use. Work with other Program staffs to coordinate work activities, meet deadlines, and provide support where needed.

Human Resources/Knowledge Management:

• Develop support strategies for staff and introduce principles of inclusion.
• Develop and maintain an efficient filing system for the team, including assistance in processing calls for proposals as required and maintain a tracking system of responses to proposals.
• Financial Management
• Develop work plans in line with financial pipelines.
• Work with Finance and Logistics to plan and procure supplies within program budgets.
• Ensure compliance with donor regulations.

Mobilization of communities towards activities:

• Provide technical guidance and support to LPF and partners on all protection related issues.
• Stay abreast of and report as relevant on legal political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
• Engage relevant national authorities and structures in identifying and expanding opportunities in view of developing or strengthening National Asylum Systems.
• In operations applying the Cluster Approach, seek to ensure the response of the Protection Cluster is grounded in a strategy which covers all assessed and prioritized protection needs of the affected populations.

Training of Project Participants:

• Facilitate identification and sensitization and training of participant Beneficiaries on areas relevant to the project.
• Provide technical support to Field Support Personnel and participating advocacy planning and implementation
• Facilitate Capacity development of field support staff throughout the programme cycle to enhance maximum output and overall project success

Management and Monitoring of Project Activities and Reporting:

• Support in developing and implementing Rapid Assessment and Protection Monitoring framework including data collection tools.
• Work closely with M&E Team and Sector Leads for coordination with National and Provincial Protection Coordination Group related to multi-rapid assessment exercise including other assessment agree by emergency coordination body.
• Leading the process to train and technical support to Protection Monitoring Data Collector and other staff in Emergency Protection Team in data collection, data entry for rapid assessment and protection monitoring in targeted location.
• Ensure data collection, data entry for protection monitoring are complete according to agree timeline and meet data quality requirement. 
• Work closely with M&E Officer to develop electronic data collection for rapid assessment and protection monitoring. 
• Conduct rapid protection assessment and monitoring to identify protection risks, trend and produce regular protection reports/information on the situation the intervention areas;
• Ensure protection mainstreaming in all the sites to ensure that implementation and services adhere to protection standards;
• Ensure protection mainstreaming in all the sites to ensure that implementation and services adhere to protection standards;
• Facilitate procurement planning of Beneficiaries Trainings materials.

Selection Criteria Core Competencies
Skills:

• Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train staff and also able to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.

Communication Skills:

• Well-developed written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of LPF. This includes effective negotiation and representation skills.

Integrity:

• Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to LPF's core values and humanitarian principles.
• Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high security risks and harsh living conditions. Works and lives with a flexible, adaptable and resilient manner.
• Awareness and sensitivity of self and others: Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner. Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessment particularly in high stress and high security contexts.

Work style:

• Is well planned and organized even within a fluid working environment and has a capacity for initiative and decision making with competent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Knowledge and skills:

• knowledge of LPF policies and procedures. Requires general field operation and protection skills and proficiency in communication and interpersonal relations with stakeholders.
• Minimum of 2 years humanitarian aid experience.
• Multiple language skills desirable. Technical competencies required for this position
• High level of experience in developing protection related technical tools guidelines and systems.
• Qualifications and / or experience in professional protection related fields.
• Ability to teach basic personal protection awareness.
• Strong assessment, evaluation, analysis and strategic planning skills.
• Knowledge of Humanitarian /Human rights / Refugee Law.
• Basic knowledge of contract employment and experience and skills in recruitment and selection.
• The contract duration is 3 months.