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Title: Protection Manger

Location: Shire, Tigray

Employment Category: F2

Salary Range: USD 1,445.00 – 1,757.00 per month which specific amount will be determined up on candidates experience and educational relevancy

Reporting To: Area Manager

Start of Contract & Duration: 1 Year

Posting date: November 28, 2022

Required Employee: 1

INTRODUCTION

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender-based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

The Protection Manager will manage and technically oversee DRC’s protection projects in Tigray region, which includes rapid protection assessments and protection monitoring, information dissemination and awareness, GBV prevention and response (including case management), individual protection assistance, and community-based protection and social cohesion activities, including targeting youth. S/he will plan and oversee the implementation of all protection activities, including technical guidance to the expanding protection team, ensuring adaptability to the operational context, and strong capacity-building elements. S/he contribute to the development and design of new/additional interventions with agreement of the Head of Program and Country Protection Manager. Additionally, the Protection Manager will take a leading role in building the Protection response in Tigray, including through co-leading the Tigray Protection Cluster in close collaboration with UNHCR. Approximately 25% of this positions’ time will therefore be dedicated to Cluster co-leadership at the Tigray level, as well as leading DRC’s growing Protection response in Tigray. This position may also be deployed to support mobile protection responses in other areas of northern Ethiopia, including Afar and Amhara, as and when additional surge support capacity is required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Coordination:

  • Share relevant project information with external stakeholders as necessary and required
  • Participate in relevant coordination meetings to ensure DRC Tigray Protection representation, complimentary and coordinated programming and consistent messaging
  • Provide co-leadership to the Tigray Protection Cluster, based out of Shire, and with additional travel to Mekelle. Coordination efforts include leading the deployment of rapid protection assessments, maintaining up-to-date partner mapping, highlighting key protection concerns to relevant key stakeholders, and ensuring timely and sensitive sharing of information through the appropriate channels, as well as support for advocacy efforts. Co-coordination priorities will be negotiated with UNHCR based on cluster needs however are to take no more than 25% of this position’s time and efforts.

Technical support:

  • Lead the implementation of the protection deliverables in line with international best practices and detailed implementation plans in order to ensure successful delivery of results.
  • Support the updating and review of the Ethiopia protection strategy and drafting of protection related advocacy products, concept notes and project proposals, in coordination with, and technical supervision of the Head of Programs and Country Office level Protection Manager.
  • Ensure implementation of protection mainstreaming/integration guidance for other technical teams (WASH, social cohesion, Emergency Shelter, etc)
  • Provide technical oversight of all protection activities including assessment, service mapping, monitoring, information provision, community-based activities in compliance with core protection principles and DRC guidelines
  • Contribute to the contextualization of protection tools and guidelines according to international standards and best practices.
  • Technically lead protection needs assessments, including developing appropriate tools to inform program design as well as identify risks and vulnerabilities, including those related to gender, age, and diversity.
  • Support monthly protection analysis, including monthly protection monitoring reports, thematic and/or flash protection reports, and protection briefings, and submit the products to the area manager and the protection manager in Addis.
  • Follow-up on the team protection capacity building needs, develop and facilitate training and workshops for staff, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders as needed
  • Promote improved understanding of protection issues among relevant stakeholders
  • Contribute to the strategic direction of Ethiopia’s protection programming through active and ongoing participation in and contribution to strategic planning meetings and the development of strategic documents.

Project management

  • Support implementation and ensure adherence to grant work plans, spending and procurement plans, and monitoring and evaluation plans.
  • Contribute to program and monitoring tools in collaboration with the MEAL coordinator
  • Compile and submit weekly /monthly progress reports to provide consistent updates for effective implementation
  • Provide budget monitoring and expenditure support for the protection activities
  • Collaborate with the Area Manager, MEAL and PIM team to ensure field-based protection records and documentation are properly managed and compliant with DRC requirements and best practices
  • Ensure that the protection team collaborates closely with other DRC sectoral teams to strengthen integrated programming

Human Resources:

  • Accountable for people management of direct reports, generally at least two employees, this includes hiring, objective setting, probation, performance appraisal, development of staff, managing performance, including poor performance, etc.
  • Support recruitment processes for the protection team and ensure relevant staffing structures are in place and are gender balanced.
  • Promote professional development by identifying training and capacity building opportunities and ensure protection staff is well versed in core protection concepts, DRC’s code of conduct, accountability, respectful dialogue with the IDP population and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse.
  • Provide on the job training, adapt training/coaching to specific staff needs and provide continuous technical guidance
  • Ensure that psychosocial and other support is made available to team members, in light of challenging operating environment.

Reporting and accountability

  • Ensure compliance with internal and external reporting requirements as well as DRC policies and procedures, particularly concerning a professional standard and the code of conduct
  • Undertake quality control and site monitoring to ensure that services provided are according to best practice standards.
  • Provide input for monthly, quarterly, interim, and annual donor reports as well as ad hoc donor requests ensuring that critical analysis of protection programming is captured and reflects accurate implementation status.

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master

DRC’s core competencies:

  • Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
  • Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
  • Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
  • Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
  • Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)

  • Minimum years of 5 experience in a mid-level position, in the field of humanitarian protection for an international NGO, UN agency or relevant ministry or local authority.
  • Prior experience in emergency response to conflict and forced displacement contexts is required
  • Experience with design and implementation of protection interventions, including general protection and specialized protection services
  • Excellent writing and editing skills for external audiences (including governments and donors)
  • Proven commitment to accountability and quality assurance.
  • Excellent analytical skills.
  • Experience with capacity building and organizing and facilitating training and workshops.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective and working relations with staff members and other stakeholders.
  • Experience working in cross-cultural, multi-sector, insecure, and remote environments.
  • Ability to work well under pressure and in adverse conditions.
  • Commitment to learning and implementing organizational policies and procedures.
  • Full proficiency in Microsoft Office.

EDUCATION: (include certificates, licenses, etc.)

  • Minimum Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, law, social work, international development, or another relevant field from a recognized institution.

LANGUAGE: (indicate fluency level)

Full professional proficiency (Read, write, speak) in English

Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit an updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they are suited for the post.

We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on  under Vacancies.

Please forward the application and CV, in English through the stated website no later than December 9, 2022.

For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.ngo

Gender Equality: DRC is committed to achieving gender parity in staffing at all levels. In light of this, women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply to bridge the gender gap.
Equal Opportunities: DRC is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, disability status, religion, ethnic origin, colour, race, marital status, or other protected characteristics

We encourage both qualified Ethiopian Nationals and Expat to apply. DRC considers all applicants based on merit.

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The Danish Refugee Council is currently implementing a broad range of activities relevant to conflict affected communities and persons. The activities are categorized in ten sectors:

Shelter and Non-food Items, Food Security, Protection, Income Generation, Coordination & Operational Services, Community Infrastructure & Services, Humanitarian Mine Action, Armed Violence Reduction (AVR), Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), and Education.

Here you can read some short exemplifications of what types of activities the respective sectors include:

Shelter and Non-food Items: Provision of emergency shelter, emergency cash grants, rehabilitation of housing, distribution of non-food items (NFIs) and provision of return and repatriation kits.

Food Security: Emergency food provision or food voucher programmes. Training and capacity development in agriculture, agricultural inputs (e.g. tools and seeds), agricultural grants.

Protection: Advocacy for the rights of displaced people in their context of displacement, child protection initiatives, individual protection assistance based on vulnerability, legal aid, land & property rights, sexual and gender-based violence prevention, registration services for the internally displaced and refugees, monitoring of rights and rights awareness-raising, facilitation of return and repatriation processes.

Income Generation: Business training and SME development, business grants, life-skills training, literacy and numeracy training, vocational training, micro-credit loans, savings groups, group enterprise development and facilitation.

Coordination & Operational Services: Coordination and management of refugee and IDP camps, active participation in UN cluster coordination, humanitarian surveys and studies, facilitation of NGO Networks focused on displacement solutions, capacity development, training and support to local NGOs, secondment of experts to UN emergency operations worldwide

Community Infrastructure & Services: Provision of physical infrastructure like roads, bridges, community centres, irrigation systems or other community structures, facilitation and training of infrastructure management groups at community level, facilitation and funding of community development plans, initiatives for disaster risk reduction at community level.

Humanitarian Mine Action: Manual or mechanical mine clearance, clearance of former battle areas, education for affected communities – with special focus on children on how to avoid harm from mines and UXO, surveys of expected and confirmed mined or UXO areas, explosive ordnance disposal and stockpile destruction, capacity building of national demining institutions.

Armed Violence Reduction (AVR): Education in procedures for safe storage and safe handling of small arms and light weapons (SALW), capacity building of institutions for safety, local and community level conflict management and mitigation.

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH): Emergency water supply, hygiene item distribution, hygiene information and education, construction of latrines, installation water points, wells and water storage. Water purification.

Education: Education grants and fee support, school feeding programmes, teacher training and support, school materials provision and construction or rehabilitation of school structures.

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0 USD Tigray, Shire CF 3201 Abc road Fixed Term , 40 hours per week Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Title: Protection Manger

Location: Shire, Tigray

Employment Category: F2

Salary Range: USD 1,445.00 – 1,757.00 per month which specific amount will be determined up on candidates experience and educational relevancy

Reporting To: Area Manager

Start of Contract & Duration: 1 Year

Posting date: November 28, 2022

Required Employee: 1

INTRODUCTION

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender-based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

The Protection Manager will manage and technically oversee DRC’s protection projects in Tigray region, which includes rapid protection assessments and protection monitoring, information dissemination and awareness, GBV prevention and response (including case management), individual protection assistance, and community-based protection and social cohesion activities, including targeting youth. S/he will plan and oversee the implementation of all protection activities, including technical guidance to the expanding protection team, ensuring adaptability to the operational context, and strong capacity-building elements. S/he contribute to the development and design of new/additional interventions with agreement of the Head of Program and Country Protection Manager. Additionally, the Protection Manager will take a leading role in building the Protection response in Tigray, including through co-leading the Tigray Protection Cluster in close collaboration with UNHCR. Approximately 25% of this positions’ time will therefore be dedicated to Cluster co-leadership at the Tigray level, as well as leading DRC’s growing Protection response in Tigray. This position may also be deployed to support mobile protection responses in other areas of northern Ethiopia, including Afar and Amhara, as and when additional surge support capacity is required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Coordination:

  • Share relevant project information with external stakeholders as necessary and required
  • Participate in relevant coordination meetings to ensure DRC Tigray Protection representation, complimentary and coordinated programming and consistent messaging
  • Provide co-leadership to the Tigray Protection Cluster, based out of Shire, and with additional travel to Mekelle. Coordination efforts include leading the deployment of rapid protection assessments, maintaining up-to-date partner mapping, highlighting key protection concerns to relevant key stakeholders, and ensuring timely and sensitive sharing of information through the appropriate channels, as well as support for advocacy efforts. Co-coordination priorities will be negotiated with UNHCR based on cluster needs however are to take no more than 25% of this position’s time and efforts.

Technical support:

  • Lead the implementation of the protection deliverables in line with international best practices and detailed implementation plans in order to ensure successful delivery of results.
  • Support the updating and review of the Ethiopia protection strategy and drafting of protection related advocacy products, concept notes and project proposals, in coordination with, and technical supervision of the Head of Programs and Country Office level Protection Manager.
  • Ensure implementation of protection mainstreaming/integration guidance for other technical teams (WASH, social cohesion, Emergency Shelter, etc)
  • Provide technical oversight of all protection activities including assessment, service mapping, monitoring, information provision, community-based activities in compliance with core protection principles and DRC guidelines
  • Contribute to the contextualization of protection tools and guidelines according to international standards and best practices.
  • Technically lead protection needs assessments, including developing appropriate tools to inform program design as well as identify risks and vulnerabilities, including those related to gender, age, and diversity.
  • Support monthly protection analysis, including monthly protection monitoring reports, thematic and/or flash protection reports, and protection briefings, and submit the products to the area manager and the protection manager in Addis.
  • Follow-up on the team protection capacity building needs, develop and facilitate training and workshops for staff, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders as needed
  • Promote improved understanding of protection issues among relevant stakeholders
  • Contribute to the strategic direction of Ethiopia’s protection programming through active and ongoing participation in and contribution to strategic planning meetings and the development of strategic documents.

Project management

  • Support implementation and ensure adherence to grant work plans, spending and procurement plans, and monitoring and evaluation plans.
  • Contribute to program and monitoring tools in collaboration with the MEAL coordinator
  • Compile and submit weekly /monthly progress reports to provide consistent updates for effective implementation
  • Provide budget monitoring and expenditure support for the protection activities
  • Collaborate with the Area Manager, MEAL and PIM team to ensure field-based protection records and documentation are properly managed and compliant with DRC requirements and best practices
  • Ensure that the protection team collaborates closely with other DRC sectoral teams to strengthen integrated programming

Human Resources:

  • Accountable for people management of direct reports, generally at least two employees, this includes hiring, objective setting, probation, performance appraisal, development of staff, managing performance, including poor performance, etc.
  • Support recruitment processes for the protection team and ensure relevant staffing structures are in place and are gender balanced.
  • Promote professional development by identifying training and capacity building opportunities and ensure protection staff is well versed in core protection concepts, DRC's code of conduct, accountability, respectful dialogue with the IDP population and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse.
  • Provide on the job training, adapt training/coaching to specific staff needs and provide continuous technical guidance
  • Ensure that psychosocial and other support is made available to team members, in light of challenging operating environment.

Reporting and accountability

  • Ensure compliance with internal and external reporting requirements as well as DRC policies and procedures, particularly concerning a professional standard and the code of conduct
  • Undertake quality control and site monitoring to ensure that services provided are according to best practice standards.
  • Provide input for monthly, quarterly, interim, and annual donor reports as well as ad hoc donor requests ensuring that critical analysis of protection programming is captured and reflects accurate implementation status.

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master

DRC’s core competencies:

  • Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
  • Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
  • Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
  • Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
  • Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)

  • Minimum years of 5 experience in a mid-level position, in the field of humanitarian protection for an international NGO, UN agency or relevant ministry or local authority.
  • Prior experience in emergency response to conflict and forced displacement contexts is required
  • Experience with design and implementation of protection interventions, including general protection and specialized protection services
  • Excellent writing and editing skills for external audiences (including governments and donors)
  • Proven commitment to accountability and quality assurance.
  • Excellent analytical skills.
  • Experience with capacity building and organizing and facilitating training and workshops.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective and working relations with staff members and other stakeholders.
  • Experience working in cross-cultural, multi-sector, insecure, and remote environments.
  • Ability to work well under pressure and in adverse conditions.
  • Commitment to learning and implementing organizational policies and procedures.
  • Full proficiency in Microsoft Office.

EDUCATION: (include certificates, licenses, etc.)

  • Minimum Bachelor's degree in social sciences, law, social work, international development, or another relevant field from a recognized institution.

LANGUAGE: (indicate fluency level)

Full professional proficiency (Read, write, speak) in English

Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit an updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they are suited for the post.

We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on  under Vacancies.

Please forward the application and CV, in English through the stated website no later than December 9, 2022.

For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.ngo

Gender Equality: DRC is committed to achieving gender parity in staffing at all levels. In light of this, women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply to bridge the gender gap. Equal Opportunities: DRC is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, disability status, religion, ethnic origin, colour, race, marital status, or other protected characteristics

We encourage both qualified Ethiopian Nationals and Expat to apply. DRC considers all applicants based on merit.

2022-12-10

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