Начальник/ця відділу з питань захисту ВПО / Protection Coordinator

ABOUT US

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organization helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their country. NRC is an equal opportunities employer that aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Role and responsibilities

The Protection Coordinator will be responsible for supporting programme management with protection mainstreaming within the NRC Ukraine North Area Office in line with NRC’s Protection Policy and global protection standards.  The Protection Coordinator will work with programme and support teams to develop protection mainstreaming tools and guidance to ensure protection is integrated within programme cycle management and will support staff and contractor capacity building through trainings and awareness raising sessions on minimum protection standards. The Coordinator will identify gaps in terms of field-based protection support and line manage any additional field-based protection staff. The Protection Coordinator will hold regular meetings with identified Programme (Protection) referral focal points to ensure quality in NRC’s response to protection cases. The Coordinator will develop strong working relationships in Kyivska, Chernihivska, and field levels with protection actors and provide regular context analysis updates on key protection trends. 

Generic responsibilities 

1. Ensure compliance with NRC (global and national) policies and procedures, handbooks and guidelines and/or propose new initiatives to bridge gaps and implement these.
2. Develops systems and SOPs and makes sure they are implemented accordingly.
3. Identify, analyse and evaluate key processes and gaps in the team activities and make recommendations for improvement.
4. Liaison and collaborate with relevant local authorities and/or stakeholders.

Specific responsibilities

• Support the implementation of NRC’s Protection Policy and global protection standards within Country Office through working with programme management. 
• Develop protection tools and guidance and continually update protection action plans to ensure integrated and safe programming. 
• Support the training, capacity building and mentoring of field staff and awareness raising of non-staff (contractors and incentive labour) on minimum protection standards. 
• Identify gaps in terms of field-based protection support and line manage any additional field-based protection staff to ensure support to programme management on specific programme initiatives and staff mentoring. 
• Support in project management, including budgeting, to ensure targets and expenditure are appropriately planned and implemented in line with NRC policies and internal workplans.
• Liaise and meet regularly with referral focal points to ensure quality in protection referrals in line with NRC internal SOPs. 
• Develop strong working relationships at the Country Office level, Area North level and field level with external protection actors and referral partners.  Represent NRC at the field level in protection coordination meetings.
• Produce regular context analysis updates on key protection trends and contribute to programme development discussions. 

Competencies

Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:

 1. Professional competencies 

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance. 

 Generic professional competencies for this position: 

• Experience for working in Protection in a humanitarian/recovery context, preferably in coordination or management roles
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Experience working in coordination and liaising with external actors 
• Ability to multi-task and work with short deadlines
• Ability to work independently and proactively with limited daily support and supervision 

Context related skills, knowledge and experience (shall be adapted to the specific position): 

• Knowledge of the Ukraine context and broader crisis 
• Knowledge of global protection standards and relevant bodies of international law 
• Experience developing and delivering protection training and good presentation skills in Ukrainian/Russian/English

 2. Behavioral competencies

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioural competencies, and the following are essential for this position:

• Handling insecure environments
• Planning and delivering results
• Working with people
• Analyzing
• Communicating with impact and respect

Key Information – Please Take Note When Applying

• Learn more about NRC here
• To apply as an internal candidate, please click on the suitcase icon “I am an employee” on the top right of the page to be redirected to NRC’s internal career site.
• Apply by completing all the system-required fields of your experience, employment history, and education in your application.
• Ensure to attach your latest CV.
• Submit your application and CV in English.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as per your passport.
• Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered.
• Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position.

We offer:

• Type of contract: national employment contract until 31.12.2023 (with possible extension)
• Salary/benefits: According to NRC salary scale, terms, and conditions.
• Duty station: Kyiv, Ukraine.

This position is for Ukrainian nationals only. Please click here to visit our website and apply.