Job ID
41672
Job Title
Protection Field Officer
To work for
ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross
Country
Syria
City
Damascus
Field of Work
Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Finished or Exempted (For male)
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
- Plans, implements, and reports on protection activities.
- Drafts analyses of the security, socioeconomic, cultural, and political environment relevant to the ICRC.
- Collects, compiles, and interprets protection-related information from direct and indirect sources, and prepares written reports.
- Interacts with internal and external stakeholders such as the municipal/regional authorities, local/regional National Society branches, the local population, suppliers, etc.
- Ensures the sustainability of their work and puts in place a system for archiving their work for the purposes of institutional memory.
- Liaise and support the teams in the Sub-delegations on documentation and analysis of the Protection events.
- Reviews the reporting from the Sub-delegations on protection activities and coaches the field, including sharing of best practices from other structures.
- Carries-out quality checks of the entries from the teams in the Sub-delegations.
- Provide briefings to the newly arriving staff and trains the newly recruited protection field officers involved in protection activities.
- Attends the Protection UN meetings and meetings with other relevant protection interlocuters and keeps informed about the latest updates in the Protection Sector in Syria.
- Liaises with other departments on the follow-up of transversal files, including Health Care in Danger (HCiD).
- Takes the lead on one or more transversal themes at the delegation level (Access to Education, HCiD etc.).
- Drafts analyses of the security, socioeconomic, cultural, and political environment relevant to the ICRC.
- Collects, compiles, and interprets protection-related information from direct and indirect sources, and prepares written reports.
- Interacts with internal and external stakeholders such as the municipal/regional authorities, local/regional National Society branches, the local population, suppliers, etc.
- Ensures the sustainability of their work and puts in place a system for archiving their work for the purposes of institutional memory.
- Liaise and support the teams in the Sub-delegations on documentation and analysis of the Protection events.
- Reviews the reporting from the Sub-delegations on protection activities and coaches the field, including sharing of best practices from other structures.
- Carries-out quality checks of the entries from the teams in the Sub-delegations.
- Provide briefings to the newly arriving staff and trains the newly recruited protection field officers involved in protection activities.
- Attends the Protection UN meetings and meetings with other relevant protection interlocuters and keeps informed about the latest updates in the Protection Sector in Syria.
- Liaises with other departments on the follow-up of transversal files, including Health Care in Danger (HCiD).
- Takes the lead on one or more transversal themes at the delegation level (Access to Education, HCiD etc.).
Qualifications
- University degree or relevant professional experience.
- 6 years’ overall professional experience, preferably in the humanitarian sector.
- 3-4 years’ previous legal or protection experience or in a similar field or a similar organization.
- Proven experience and leadership of managing protection activities/projects.
- Excellent command of English and Arabic.
- Computer proficiency
- 6 years’ overall professional experience, preferably in the humanitarian sector.
- 3-4 years’ previous legal or protection experience or in a similar field or a similar organization.
- Proven experience and leadership of managing protection activities/projects.
- Excellent command of English and Arabic.
- Computer proficiency
Specific Vacancy Requirements
Deadline to apply is 31st of December 2024
Salary and Benefits
Based on ICRC salary scale
About us
Permanently present in Syria since 1967, the ICRC is a neutral, impartial, and independent organization with an exclusively humanitarian mission. The ICRC works closely with and supports the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) to meet food, water, and health needs of people affected by the fighting in both emergencies and to help them start rebuilding their lives. They work together to raise awareness about risks from mines and other explosive remnants. The ICRC works to restore links between families who have been separated by the conflict and migration, visits a number of prisons, promotes respect for international humanitarian law. The ICRC also provides advice and support to local authorities and forensics practitioners in managing human remains with respect and dignity. The ICRC's operation in Syria is its largest in the world, with over 650 staff working in its offices in Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, Hassakeh, Homs, and Tartous.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Dec 18, 2024
Expiry Date
Jan 02, 2025
CV Language
English
