Protection Field Officer

Syria

Humanitarian/Disasters

Finished or Exempted (For male)

- Plans and Implements protection activities and projects such as field missions, assessments, defining objectives, identifying interlocutors, analysing information, and reporting, under the supervision of the line manager.
- Develops and maintains contact with the authorities, National Society branches, the local population, suppliers, etc.
- Collects, documents, and analyses protection-related information while ensuring confidentiality, and information management.
- Monitors and analyses protection risks affecting individuals and communities, including patterns of violence, threats, vulnerabilities and their consequences.
- Contributes to the implementation of Restoring Family Links (RFL) activities, including supporting people separated or without news of family members due to conflict.
- Maintains regular engagement with affected individuals and communities, ensuring that their perspectives, priorities and coping mechanisms inform ICRC analysis and operational responses.
- Develops and maintains a network of relevant interlocutors, including local authorities, community representatives, civil society actors, Syrian Arab Red Crescent branches and other stakeholders, to strengthen understanding of the environment and facilitate protection activities.
- Contributes to clear protection reports, analyses and operational recommendations, and contributes to planning, monitoring, evaluation and institutional reporting exercises.
- Ensures accurate and timely information management, filing and archiving, safeguarding sensitive protection information and contributing to institutional memory.

Deadline to recieve applications is 17th of October 2016.

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.

Oct 04, 2026

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