Protection Coordinator

Danish Refugee Council

The Protection Coordinator is technically responsible for ensuring quality protection programming and is the overall country level technical lead within the protection sector. DRC s protection programming consists of: Legal Aid, Community-Based Protection, Prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence, Child Protection, Protection Information Management, and Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support.

The Protection Coordinator is responsible for leading country level protection analysis and strategy development and implementation; providing protection sectoral technical advice, support, and has the authority to instruct; leading and overseeing Protection sectoral technical line supervision responsibilities for protection staff and interventions that contain protection, throughout the programme / project cycle; ensure quality protection sectoral programming and compliance with protection sector standards, including leading monitoring and evaluation efforts, staff capacity building and training, development of protection tools and approaches; and technically lead protection sectoral coordination and representation efforts.

Protection Sectoral Technical Responsibility

• Lead protection analysis efforts and the development and implementation of the country level protection strategy in Gaza and West Bank
• Technically responsible for the overall protection portfolio in Gaza and West Bank
• Oversee and lead the development, harmonisation, adaptation and rollout of internal policies, and guidelines, protection related tools, Standard Operating Procedures, related to DRC s protection interventions
• Act as a reference point for other sectors colleagues for Protection Mainstreaming Technical Supervision
• Technically supervise, provide technical advice and guidance to protection sectoral staff, and authority to instruct including issuing instructions and providing strategic direction on issues related to the protection sector
• Responsible for participating in human resource processes, including the recruitment of protection sectoral technical staff in country, establishing minimum technical requirements for protection positions, and setting performance objectives and performance appraisals
• Responsible for identifying protection sectoral technical gaps and establishing capacity building plans for protection sectoral staff
• Work closely with relevant protection staff in the development and delivery of capacity building efforts
• Provide regular technical support and guidance to protection teams and other relevant (protection, other sectoral, and others) staff in both a structured and on a case-by-case basis

Protection Programme Development and Oversight

• Lead and contribute to the design and finalisation of all protection sectoral interventions in proposals and projects.
• Provide technical review of all proposals that include protection interventions.
• Oversee compilation of project related internal and external reports and communication.
• Maintain oversight of overall protection programme implementation, including budgets and indicators, in close collaboration with HoP, area managers and protection managers.
• Participate in protection programme / project review meetings, including grant opening, grant review and close out meetings.

Quality Assurance

• Lead, in collaboration with MEAL Coordinator/Manager, on the development of quality assurance systems and ensure they are applied throughout the programme / project cycle
• Undertake regular quality review and site monitoring to ensure protection interventions are provided according to established policies, guidance, and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Identify, document, and share best practices between field offices.
• Lead the self-assessment based on the Protection Minimum Operating Procedures
• Oversee knowledge sharing across protection teams and sites

Coordination and Representation

• Represent DRC and actively contribute to protection sector coordination fora at the country level
• Lead DRC s protection sector coordination and collaboration efforts with relevant stakeholders including government, civil society, NGOs, and UN
• Actively engage and contribute to DRC protection related advocacy efforts
• Promote integrated programming and ensure internal coordination and harmonisation of DRC protection interventions across sites and with other core sectors, as relevant
• Act as the main sector level point of contact with donors
• Be a resource for other sectors protection mainstreaming efforts
• Provide internal capacity building and capacity building to local partners
• Carry out any additional duties as requested by the line manager to ensure effective delivery of the program and organizational objectives.