Job Responsibilities

• Planning and implementation of protection activities including child and women protection activities in collaboration with IRC  partners.
• In collaboration with implementing partners, ensure the planning of activities on a weekly and monthly basis;
• Actively participate in conducting protection needs assessments and identifying risks related to the protection of children and women;
• Implement psychosocial activities for children and adults in the various locations identified for the project;
• Conduct training and provide technical support to local actors in the field of protection (child and women's protection);
• Actively participate in identifying the technical needs of each sector for each partner.
• Develop a capacity-building plan for partners and monitor its implementation.
• Design and/or deliver formal training modules and/or provide support to trainers in different sectors.
• Be responsible for documentation and the effective distribution of documents produced at the end of training courses.
• Provide technical support to partners in the implementation of all project approaches (psychosocial support for children and adults, SAFE, Parenting, CBO, Girlshine, IDTR approaches, etc.).
•  Ensure the distribution of dignity kits for vulnerable women and adolescents
•  Support local actors in setting up mechanisms to prevent and respond to violence and abuse against children and women
•  Provide training for local structures, including (CBO, protection committees, community leaders, and local chiefs, on topics covered by the project
• Ensure that community structures (CBO, protection committees, community leaders) carry out their tasks in relation to the project
• Organize workshops on the development of protection risk plans for women and children and support them
• Train community facilitators and partners on the SAFE, Girlshine, and Parenting approaches
• Monitor the implementation of SAFE, Girlshine, and Parenting sessions by partners.
• Establish referral mechanisms to meet the needs of children and women.
• Lead community mobilization activities by raising awareness among the various actors involved in the protection of children and women.
• Ensure seamless collaboration with local authorities and community leaders to establish a community protection strategy
• Ensure regular quantitative and qualitative monitoring of activities implemented under the program.
• Ensure seamless collaboration with local authorities and community leaders to implement a community protection strategy
• Ensure regular quantitative and qualitative monitoring of activities implemented under the program;
• Ensure that the Minimum Standards on GBV and Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and any other standards relevant to the sector of intervention are respected, in particular standards relating to separated or unaccompanied children and children associated with armed groups and forces;
• Ensure that children and all beneficiaries are involved in all activities, including consulting them regularly and proactively in the field, and ensure the quality of interventions.
• Reporting, monitoring, integrated approach
• Plan and conduct field visits to monitor the quality of protection activities within projects and support partners;
• Produce periodic reports (weekly, monthly, etc.) and ensure that they are sent regularly and on time to the project manager;
• Contribute to the collection of monitoring and evaluation data to support the development of project proposals in the child protection sector;
• Produce activity reports (weekly, monthly, etc.) presenting the results achieved, best practices, and lessons learned from the intervention.
• Ensure the timely collection of quality protection monitoring data necessary for protection risk analysis.
• Support communities in an effective community action plan process for protection.
• Representation and Communication
• Actively participate, and sometimes in a leadership role, in meetings, report writing, minutes, and responding to external requests for information;
• Actively participate in protection coordination forums (CP AoR, GBV AoR, Protection Cluster, etc.);
• Organize meetings with other organizations and international agencies working in the field of protection (GBV and child protection) to ensure the provision of holistic services to survivors.
• Directly or by supervising other staff, draft and, if necessary, distribute minutes of meetings, whether internal to the program, the IRC, or external. Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)
• Conduct regular field visits to monitor, coach, and supervise teams.
• Ensure the timely collection, analysis, and transmission of required qualitative and quantitative data, in collaboration with the MEAL team.
• Verify and validate contractual deliverables from implementing partners prior to any payment.
• Integration and Development within the team
• Maintain positive and professional relationships with team members;
• Promote strong team spirit, provide advice/guidance and technical support to enable team members to succeed in their roles.
• Ensure the quality of integration activities such as focus groups and awareness-raising sessions.
• Ensure effective collaboration with other IRC sectors, particularly the Education sector, and participate in coordination meetings to ensure effective integration between sectors.
• Documentation and Archiving
• Ensure the smooth running of the program's documentation and archiving system, with a view to building capacity to respond to any disputes and to facilitate the capitalization of experiences on the process and practices.
• Logistics
• Coordinate, on behalf of the project manager, logistical requirements, particularly with regard to supplies, vehicles, the organization of meetings, workshops, training sessions, and employee schedules (vacations, field missions, etc.), in collaboration with the IRC logistics department for the functions for which it is responsible.
• Ensure strict and ongoing compliance with safety rules in the organization of field missions and the use of IRC resources (buildings, vehicles, equipment).
• Other
• Maintain regular contact with implementing partners, local authorities, community leaders, and the community, while ensuring their commitment to the project in order to improve the quality of the response.
• Immediately report any problems or incidents to the line supervisor and liaise with community representatives or other stakeholders to ensure the security of IRC programs.
• Perform any other tasks requested by the supervisor to ensure the smooth running of the program.
• Prepare daily/weekly and monthly schedules for team movements as necessary, in accordance with current deadlines, and submit them for approval.
• The description above is not exhaustive; other tasks may be assigned to the employee depending on their skills and the focus of the project.