Latest Jobs at INTERSOS Nigeria

Locations  (Banki, Damasak, Monguno, Ngala)

Job Purpose
The CCCM Monitor is responsible for assessing vulnerable people’s immediate needs, developing immediate care and treatment goals, and implementing and monitoring clients’ protection & care
action plans.

Skills & Knowledge
II. Responsibilities/duties:

• Maintain daily contact with the community based social workers to gather information on cases requiring support;
• Provide appropriate and timely information sharing by creating a climate of trust and care, conduct introduction and first intake assessment;
• Refer clients to appropriate implementing partners in the different humanitarian assistance sectors and when necessary directly accompany them to different service providers;
• Participate weekly internal meetings and make prompt reports/bring to the immediate attention any case of special/emergency needs to your supervisor and the Project Manager;
• Conduct service mapping assessment in the target areas and support the development of referral systems with different service providers and the local NGO partner;
• Develop good relationships and coordination with service providers and community stakeholders to improve monitoring of protection cases, identification, documentation,
• tracing, reunification, reintegration and support to Unaccompanied & separated children as well as OVC; and provide adequate referral information;
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports on activities and conduct site visits to verify and assess activity implementation and the quality of services clients are referred to;
• Identify and report gaps in the availability of services and quality of service provision for clients in the target areas.
• This list is not conclusive of all the roles and responsibilities required, but only a guide line

Person specification:

• Two-year experience in humanitarian assistance and relief aid sectors of WASH, Health Protection, CCCM, Food security and Livelihood etc
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good cooperation skills and ability to work in a team;
• Good problem solving and social skills and creative, to think of alternative solutions;
• Willing to work extra hours and available at the weekend for emergency cases.
• Have trainings on different elements of humanitarian work is considered as an asset

No TA/DA will be provided for appearing into interview. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Duty station: Ngala, Banki, Monguno, Damasak
Reporting to: Protection Coordinator and Project Manager
Status: Full time
Starting date: 17/03/2019

Summary
INTERSOS Nigeria is recruiting for a Protection Officer in its area of operation LGA. The Protection Officer is responsible for ensuring excellent organization and coordination of all protection activities
implemented within the Community Centre (CC) and at the field level in the geographical area of implementation. Provides information, counselling, vocational training and social activities to
beneficiaries (women and children). In addition, s/he is responsible for supervising Case Workers and Case assistants in assessing women and children’s immediate needs, developing immediate care and treatment
goals, and implementing and monitoring women and children clients’ care action plans. The post holder reports to the Protection Project Manager and Coordinator.

Responsibilities

• Ensure – through clear weekly and monthly work plans – protection monitoring and field assessment activities are carried out in a timely, effective and technically sound manner.
• Supervise gathering data on the types of GBV risks faced by women and children and the ability of both families and the community to provide care for and meet the needs of GBV survivors;
• Identifying vulnerable women and children and trying to understand the reasons or causes of their vulnerability;
• Respect the standards of confidentially at all times
• Mapping out the resources or services that can provide support to women, girls, men and boys also families in order to verify also existing self-protection and coping structures amongst the
• beneficiaries;
• Referring GBV survivors to the case workers in order to address their needs, such as access to welfare support, medical attention, food, shelter and education among others;
• Acting as a focal point for reporting GBV concerns, including physical or sexual abuse, violence or exploitation;
• Coordinating activities within the community in prevention of GBV;
• Engaging in discussions/dialogue sessions with women, girls and boys on the issues that affect them on an ongoing basis and working with the community to find or develop appropriate solutions;
• Supporting and promoting the genuine participation of women and girls in decision-making that affects their lives – in part by modelling good practices of communication between women and
• men;
• Supervise the conduction of individual interviews and facilitate participatory protection field assessment – applying the Age, Gender and Diversity approach to fully understand the displaced
• population in its diversity, their protection concerns and priorities, and the resources available to them.
• Support the collection of information/data about vulnerability, protection needs and concerns of the targeted population.
• Act as focal point for the identification and referral of Extremely Vulnerable Individuals and People with Specific Protection Needs for adequate assistance according to INTERSOS pre-defined criteria.
• Manage individual protection cases, including maintaining strict protocols for confidentiality and consent.
• Update case files on individual developments, following international SOPs and ensuring beneficiaries’ data are protected.
• Conduct follow-up monitoring visits to ensure that needs have been met in an appropriate manner and beneficiary have the opportunity to provide feedback on the assistance received.
• Ensure dissemination of clear and reliable information on service provision and other preselected key topics.
• Contribute to the establishment/maintenance of a referral pathway, respectful of the confidentiality principle and international SOPs.
• Prepare and timely submit activity plans and reports to hierarchy.
• Provide constant feedback to supervisor on progress, lesson learnt, achievements and gaps, issues and problems.
• Liaise with relevant public authorities and services providers in order to foster effective collaboration and encourage national interest and ownership in protection of IDPs, refugees and
• other persons of concern.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the Project Managers and Protection Coordinator;
• Conduct duties in accordance with INTERSOS Nigeria programme and protection Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs);
• Conduct duties in strict accordance with INTERSOS Code of Conduct and the principle of confidentiality.

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant protection professional experience of two (2) years, preferably in emergency and/or development context;
• Prior experience working in Protection, GBV and CP
• Prior experience or familiarity with persons of concern (including internally displaced persons and refugees-returnees) would be a distinct advantage;
• Prior experience or familiarity with NGO sector would be an advantage;
• Familiarity with international protection and human rights legal standards, with special emphasis on women rights and SGBV, would be a distinct advantage.
• Good spoken and written English and relevant computer skills. Local language fluency required.
• A high respect to client/organization confidentiality.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and respect for people with special needs and other vulnerability.
• Ability to work in a multicultural context as a flexible and respectful team player.

Competency profile:

• Experience in management of a team;
• Excellent analysis and reporting skills;
• Excellent communication and organization skills;
• Punctuality and respect for applicable rules and procedures;
• Ethical and transparent decision-making;
• High regard toward preserving confidentiality of work-related information and data;
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of local communities and customary rules;
• Independent work, i.e. with minimal supervision and under pressure;
• Self-motivation, goal/result-orientation and team work;
• Flexibility, creativeness, tolerance and maturity.
• Computer/IT literacy (OS Windows/Vista/Linux, MS Office, Internet etc.);

PLEASE NOTE: WOMEN CANDIDATES are strongly encouraged.