Protection Officer at Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI)

Responsibilities and Tasks
Activities implementation:

• Identify the Community Outreach Workers (COWs) in the areas assigned in the project intervention
• Provide capacity-building and trainings to COWs on thematic of protection (including CP, GBV, protection mainstreaming, confidentiality of protection data)
• Ensure quality services respecting “Do no harm” and confidentiality principles are provided by COWs on the field
• Support effective community engagement and community input into program activities and design through close contact and structure activities
• Participate in community events and meetings and lead the organization of awareness sessions and workshops
• Build and maintain relationships with external partners, community leaders (especially Bulamas), community committees and other stakeholders
• Ensure the identification, internal/external referrals and follow-up of protection cases, malnutrition cases and cases with urgent needs
• Develop appropriate key messages and IEC materials and ensure that they are disseminated among the community
• Disseminate relevant and meaningful information regarding the rights of persons of concern and services available in the area in order to enhance access to services and rights.
• Proactively seek to assess people who have been missed out from assistance, such as marginalized communities, new arrivals or households whose situation has suddenly deteriorated.
• Ensure protection is mainstreamed in all PUI Programs at the field and protection cases and concerns are timely referred and addressed
• Responsible of the all community outreach interventions and activities defined, s/he develops and follows up on the work plan together with the PCO Supervisor
• Support and contribute to the field assessment, data collection and storage in a database, report writing and share community feedback and concerns
• Report immediately any difficulty or delay faced in the implementation of activities to the direct manager.
• Represent PUI at anytime and anywhere when s/he is in duty

Team Management:

• Supervise Community Outreach Workers and ensure the timely implementation of their activities
• Coordinate the work of COWs: work plans, progress toward targets, and frequency of submitting collected data.
• Ensure that COWs have the necessary information on the referral system and provided services and properly understand the activities to be implemented in the framework of the project
• Ensure coordination with PUI Staff and stakeholders concerning community intervention activities.
• Support COWs in improving their performance.
• Routine field visits to monitor COWs activities.
• Continuously collect feedback from COWs and ensure the communication to the PCO Supervisor.

Logistic & administration:

• Define the needs in materials and tools required to conduct trainings and outreach activities.
• Organize and coordinate training sessions: venue, attendees, and support materials.

Reporting & Data collection:

• Collect, analyze, store in a database and report information received from COWs (households surveys, FGDs, awareness sessions…)
• Collect, analyze, store in a database and report information on identified protection cases and referrals
• Identify the number of assessed individuals by the COWs progress towards assigned target.
• Document and report training sessions and feedback from participants.
• Responsible of compiling and reporting to the direct superior data on a weekly, monthly, quarter and annual basis or upon request.
• The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are non-exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project’s needs.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess Bachelor's Degrees with 2 - 3 years relevant work experience.