Job Purpose

 

The Community Based on Protection Officer has the responsibility to adhere to the PSEAH Policy (Protection against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment). Community Based on Protection Officer has the obligation to complete all mandatory trainings related to the Code of Conduct and the PSEA policy and report any safeguarding concern such as breaches of organisational policies or codes of conduct according to Acted’s procedures. Community Based on Protection Officer carries out work duties in a way that does not harm children, vulnerable adults or other staff or volunteers.

The Community Based on Protection Officer manages the provision of all community based on protection and the community mobilization activities undertaken by ACTED in the framework of its CCCM programming in the site of intervention. This includes: the development/implementation/follow-up of a Communication with Communities (CwC) scheme and the establishment/support to self-governance structures, identification and monitoring of protection issues, ensure effective referral pathways to relevant protection partners but also ensure protection mainstreaming for all actors intervening in the camp, including the other CCCM units (i.e. information management, site maintenance…). The CBP Officer will also be responsible to ensure that a protection perspective is integrated in the coordination meetings organized in the sites and in other stakeholders’ meetings. While completing the above-mentioned tasks, the Community Based on Protection Officer will be able to rely on CCCM assistants & workers / CCCM skilled data collectors.

If the need arises, management may ask the employee to support another camp or site (mobile) or another department from time to time

Objectives

 

• Monitor all protection-related matters (i.e. identify services and gaps) in the site of intervention and follow-up by referring identified cases to the relevant partner and advocate for relevant distribution / services provision to fill identified gaps;
• Ensure the mainstreaming of protection standards across all intervening partners’ programming including other CCCM units;
• Developing and improving tools / processes to enhance service mapping / monitoring in the site of intervention and better channel up to higher coordination for protection concerns;
• Supervise PSEA trainings for In camp Incentaive laboureres.
• Supervise the capacity building plans and implamentations for the community and CA.
• Establish/support effective referral pathway; 

• Report on protection activities to the Camp Manager and the Protection Specialist

• development/implementation/follow-up of an effective Communication with

• Communities (CwC) Scheme;

• Follow up of the CCCM outreach workers;

• Regular updates and reports related to Community-Based_protection activities.

• Follow up the health cases updates and figures for disease pandemic in coordination with health partners.

• Following up for the fire safety points, identify the fire fighters, follow up the

• firefighting trainings and refilling the fire extinguishers.

• Supporting the team for implementing initiatives and recreational activities in the camp.

• Implement/supervise vocational training activities.

• Leading regular and ad-hoc meetings with related stakeholders.

• Follow up any other requested task from Line managers.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:  

• Bachelor’s degree or higher 

• At least three-years’ experience working in an international/local NGO.

• At least 2-years’ experience working in the field of protection with an international/local NGO.

• At least one-year recent managerial experience, including supervising staff, leading meetings.

• Good experience in writing reports in English and Arabic.

• Proficient skills with the Microsoft Office Suite (i.e. particularly in Outlook, PowerPoint and Word); 

• Intermediate level of English (i.e. spoken and written); 

• Excellent level of English (written and spoken)

• Master’s degree or higher in related field.

• Certificate/Training in Protection related topics (etc, General Protection, GBV,protection mainstreaming…).

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Sociology.

Desired: