Protection Officer at Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI)

Location: Kurfi, Katsina

General Objective

• Under the direct supervision of the Protection supervisor, the Protection Officer will be responsible for integrating protection principles into all sectors of PUI’s programming.
• This role ensures that interventions are designed and implemented in a way that upholds dignity, safety, and rights of the affected populations while minimizing risks of harm and maximizing the engagement of vulnerable groups, including people with disability.
• S/he will be responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring protection and community outreach activities, in compliance with work plans, donor regulations, and PUI policies.
• S/he will play a key role in increasing community knowledge and access to services while strengthening PUI knowledge and acceptance within the community.

Responsibilities and Tasks
Activities implementation:

• Conduct capacity-building and training to COWs on thematic of protection (including CP, GBV, protection mainstreaming, confidentiality of protection data)
• Conduct training sessions and workshops for health and nutrition staff on protection mainstreaming, social cohesion and the importance of incorporating protection principles into their daily work.
• Support the development of training materials and tools to support protection mainstreaming in the field
• Support effective community engagement and community input into program activities and design through close contact and structured activities 
• Participate in community events and meetings, and lead the organisation of awareness sessions and workshops
• Ensure the identification, internal/external referrals and follow-up of protection cases and urgent cases to the Health, FSL and Nutrition team
• Collaborate with program teams to identify and address potential protection risks associated with project activities.
• Develop appropriate key messages and IEC materials and ensure that they are disseminated among the community
• Develop and implement strategies to promote inclusivity and accessibility of services for marginalised groups, including women, children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.
• Ensure protection is mainstreamed in all PUI Programs at the field and protection cases and concerns are timely referred and addressed
• Report immediately any difficulty or delay faced in the implementation of activities to the direct manager.

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
• Routine field visits to monitor COWs activities
• Continuously collect feedback from COWs and ensure the communication to the Protection Supervisor.

Logistic & administration:

• Report to the line manager the needs in materials and tools required to conduct trainings and outreach activities
• Participate in the organization on training sessions: venue, attendees and support materialsEnsure a proper utilisation of the tablets and make sure all of it are daily charged and fully operational.

Reporting & Data collection:

• Collect, analyze, store in a database and report information received from COWs (households surveys, FGDs, awareness sessions…)
• Collect, and analyze data related to protection mainstreaming to inform program adjustments and improvements
• Collect and analyze identified protection cases and referrals
• Document and report training sessions and feedback from participants
• Work with the M&E team to develop indicators and tools for monitoring protection outcomes within health, and nutrition programs.

Internal and External Presentation:

• Build and maintain relationships with external partners, community leaders (especially Bulamas), community committees and other stakeholders
• Represent PUI at anytime and anywhere when s/he is in duty
• Ensure coordination with PUI Staff and stakeholders concerning community intervention activities.

Qualifications

• Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree with 2 - 5 years of experience.