Job ID
45603
Job Title
Senior Protection and Rule of Law Officer
To work for
International Rescue Committee
Country
Syria
City
Damascus
Field of Work
Legal/Political Science - Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Not Specified
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
Program Implementation and Technical Support
• Oversee daily implementation of PRoL activities, including protection monitoring, case management support, PSS, community-based protection, legal, referrals, and information provision.
• Provide technical support and supervision to Protection Monitoring Officer, Senior Legal Officer, and Case Management Officer, ensuring quality and consistency across all protection streams.
• Ensure activities adhere to IRC protection principles, sector standards, and project objectives.
• Ensure harmonization and integration of protection activities across sectors.
• Support development of work plans, training materials, and awareness-raising tools.
• Support the design and implementation of community-based protection initiatives, including community risk profiling and response planning.
• Ensure timely reporting on protection activities, trends, and achievements to the Integrated Protection Manager.
Staff Supervision and Capacity Building
• Directly supervise Protection Officers, providing coaching, mentoring, and daily guidance.
• Conduct regular performance monitoring, including bi-weekly check-ins, timesheet approvals, and annual reviews.
• Identify staff training needs and facilitate or arrange capacity-building opportunities.
• Foster a positive team environment that promotes accountability, professional growth, and staff well-being.
• Coordination, and Partnership SupportSupport coordination and referral pathways with internal IRC sectors (WPE, Child Protection, Health, ERD) and external partners, including UNHCR, local NGOs, and community structures.
• Support IRC’s protection partners with technical guidance, capacity building, and joint planning.
• Represent IRC in field-level protection coordination meetings, PWG sub area coordination meeting legal coordination meetings, and inter-agency forums, when delegated by the Integrated Protection Manager.
• Maintain effective communication with community-based structures and local stakeholders to strengthen protection networks.
• Collaborate closely with the IRC’s WPE, Health, Child Protection, and ERD Units
• Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting
• Ensure accurate and ethical data collection in line with IRC information management protocols.
• Review protection monitoring and case management data to identify trends, risks, and gaps in services.
• Support development and revision of tools and SOPs.
• Support the Integrated Protection Manager in preparing donor reports and program updates.
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: IP Manager
Position directly supervises: Protection officers (PRoL officers: Protection monitoring officer, case management officer, sr.legal officer, CBP officer).
Indirect Reporting: PRoL senior Manager.
Other Internal and/or external contacts:
- Internal: WPE, CP Officers, Field Managers, Health, ERD, and MHPSS teams.
- External: Protection partners, camp management, local authorities, other relevant actors
• Oversee daily implementation of PRoL activities, including protection monitoring, case management support, PSS, community-based protection, legal, referrals, and information provision.
• Provide technical support and supervision to Protection Monitoring Officer, Senior Legal Officer, and Case Management Officer, ensuring quality and consistency across all protection streams.
• Ensure activities adhere to IRC protection principles, sector standards, and project objectives.
• Ensure harmonization and integration of protection activities across sectors.
• Support development of work plans, training materials, and awareness-raising tools.
• Support the design and implementation of community-based protection initiatives, including community risk profiling and response planning.
• Ensure timely reporting on protection activities, trends, and achievements to the Integrated Protection Manager.
Staff Supervision and Capacity Building
• Directly supervise Protection Officers, providing coaching, mentoring, and daily guidance.
• Conduct regular performance monitoring, including bi-weekly check-ins, timesheet approvals, and annual reviews.
• Identify staff training needs and facilitate or arrange capacity-building opportunities.
• Foster a positive team environment that promotes accountability, professional growth, and staff well-being.
• Coordination, and Partnership SupportSupport coordination and referral pathways with internal IRC sectors (WPE, Child Protection, Health, ERD) and external partners, including UNHCR, local NGOs, and community structures.
• Support IRC’s protection partners with technical guidance, capacity building, and joint planning.
• Represent IRC in field-level protection coordination meetings, PWG sub area coordination meeting legal coordination meetings, and inter-agency forums, when delegated by the Integrated Protection Manager.
• Maintain effective communication with community-based structures and local stakeholders to strengthen protection networks.
• Collaborate closely with the IRC’s WPE, Health, Child Protection, and ERD Units
• Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting
• Ensure accurate and ethical data collection in line with IRC information management protocols.
• Review protection monitoring and case management data to identify trends, risks, and gaps in services.
• Support development and revision of tools and SOPs.
• Support the Integrated Protection Manager in preparing donor reports and program updates.
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: IP Manager
Position directly supervises: Protection officers (PRoL officers: Protection monitoring officer, case management officer, sr.legal officer, CBP officer).
Indirect Reporting: PRoL senior Manager.
Other Internal and/or external contacts:
- Internal: WPE, CP Officers, Field Managers, Health, ERD, and MHPSS teams.
- External: Protection partners, camp management, local authorities, other relevant actors
Qualifications
Education:
• University degree in law, social work, human rights, political science, or a related field.
Work Experience:
• At least 4 years of experience in protection programming, with a minimum of 2 years in a supervisory role.
• Demonstrated experience in community-based protection approaches, protection monitoring and case management.
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills, with keen attention to detail.
• Outstanding organizational and time management abilities, with a proven track record of meeting tight deadlines.
• Experience working with displaced or conflict-affected populations.
• Experience coordinating with humanitarian actors and local authorities.
Skills and Competencies:
• Strong leadership, team management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to analyze protection data and identify trends.
• Excellent communication, coordination, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and capacity to work under pressure.
• Computer literacy (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Language/Travel: Fluency in Arabic and strong written and spoken English.
• 50% field-based position with travel required for supervising the protection activities in Hasaka, Deir ez-Zor, and Raqqa, depending on work needs.
• University degree in law, social work, human rights, political science, or a related field.
Work Experience:
• At least 4 years of experience in protection programming, with a minimum of 2 years in a supervisory role.
• Demonstrated experience in community-based protection approaches, protection monitoring and case management.
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills, with keen attention to detail.
• Outstanding organizational and time management abilities, with a proven track record of meeting tight deadlines.
• Experience working with displaced or conflict-affected populations.
• Experience coordinating with humanitarian actors and local authorities.
Skills and Competencies:
• Strong leadership, team management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to analyze protection data and identify trends.
• Excellent communication, coordination, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and capacity to work under pressure.
• Computer literacy (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Language/Travel: Fluency in Arabic and strong written and spoken English.
• 50% field-based position with travel required for supervising the protection activities in Hasaka, Deir ez-Zor, and Raqqa, depending on work needs.
Salary and Benefits
As per IRC policy and the salary scale
About us
The IRC has operated in Syria since 2012, providing protection, health, economic recovery, and early childhood development programs in Idleb, Aleppo, Ar-Raqqa, Hassakeh, and Deir ez-Zor, with new programs expanding into Hama, rural Damascus, and Homs. With a team of over 700 members, the IRC has established trust and strong community relationships, ensuring access and effective service delivery. It plays a significant role in Syria’s NGO, donor, and coordination forums, holding key positions and adapting to the evolving context.
With the new realities under the new government, as of December 2024, the IRC has deployed a team to Damascus to set up operations and engage in coordination structures for newly accessible areas across Syria—including parts of NES, NWS, and other previously unreachable locations in South and Central Syria, adjusting operations to maximize coverage and efficiency.
Healthcare
Since 2012, the IRC has provided comprehensive primary and secondary healthcare through hospitals, clinics, and mobile medical units (MMUs). Ensuring access to vital services like sexual and reproductive health, clinical psychosocial support, and other specialized care. Working alongside our partners, we’ve helped secure a steady supply of medicines and medical equipment into the country, trained healthcare providers, and deployed health personnel to maintain services in even the most challenging conditions.
Protection
The IRC has been delivering protection programs in the northwest since 2013 and in the northeast of Syria since 2014, focusing on Protection/Rule of Law (PRoL), Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE), and Child Protection (CP). These efforts include specialized case management, PSS, protection monitoring, service mapping, and advocacy. Collaborating with partners, IRC improves access to protection services, raises community awareness, and strengthens referral pathways. Protection capacity building, community outreach, and rapid response through mobile protection teams have also been provided since 2017.
Economic Recovery and Development (ERD)
IRC has over 10 years of experience in Syria implementing cash, agriculture, and livelihoods programming, and was one of the first organizations to use cash transfers, supporting vulnerable communities with MPCT since 2014 in the northwest, and 2015 in the northeast.
Early Childhood Development (ECD)
The IRC, in partnership with Sesame Workshop, is implementing the 'Ahlan Simsim' program to provide early learning and nurturing care to children and caregivers affected by conflict and displacement across the Middle East. Our goal is to create inclusive environments where all children, regardless of their background, can reach their full potential, especially in communities that have experienced the brunt of the conflict.
With the new realities under the new government, as of December 2024, the IRC has deployed a team to Damascus to set up operations and engage in coordination structures for newly accessible areas across Syria—including parts of NES, NWS, and other previously unreachable locations in South and Central Syria, adjusting operations to maximize coverage and efficiency.
Healthcare
Since 2012, the IRC has provided comprehensive primary and secondary healthcare through hospitals, clinics, and mobile medical units (MMUs). Ensuring access to vital services like sexual and reproductive health, clinical psychosocial support, and other specialized care. Working alongside our partners, we’ve helped secure a steady supply of medicines and medical equipment into the country, trained healthcare providers, and deployed health personnel to maintain services in even the most challenging conditions.
Protection
The IRC has been delivering protection programs in the northwest since 2013 and in the northeast of Syria since 2014, focusing on Protection/Rule of Law (PRoL), Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE), and Child Protection (CP). These efforts include specialized case management, PSS, protection monitoring, service mapping, and advocacy. Collaborating with partners, IRC improves access to protection services, raises community awareness, and strengthens referral pathways. Protection capacity building, community outreach, and rapid response through mobile protection teams have also been provided since 2017.
Economic Recovery and Development (ERD)
IRC has over 10 years of experience in Syria implementing cash, agriculture, and livelihoods programming, and was one of the first organizations to use cash transfers, supporting vulnerable communities with MPCT since 2014 in the northwest, and 2015 in the northeast.
Early Childhood Development (ECD)
The IRC, in partnership with Sesame Workshop, is implementing the 'Ahlan Simsim' program to provide early learning and nurturing care to children and caregivers affected by conflict and displacement across the Middle East. Our goal is to create inclusive environments where all children, regardless of their background, can reach their full potential, especially in communities that have experienced the brunt of the conflict.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Nov 24, 2025
Expiry Date
Dec 09, 2025
CV Language
English
