Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 02 Aug 2016
BACKGROUND:
The IRC began working in South Sudan in 1989. South Sudan declared independence in July 2011 following decades of brutal civil war rooted in disputes over religion, ethnicity, resources, governance and self-determination. The security situation remains fragile and testing operational challenges abound. The IRC-South Sudan operates a country office in Juba, and field offices in Lakes, Unity and Northern Bahr el Ghazal. Currently, the IRC South Sudan implements programs in primary health care, community case management, nutrition, environmental health, women's protection and empowerment, protection, access to justice and livelihoods.
JOB OVERVIEW:
The Protection Coordinator provides technical and strategic oversight to IRC's Protection and Rule of Law (PRoL) program in South Sudan. He/she is responsible for program strategy development, program design, technical support to ensure quality implementation, standardization, monitoring and evaluation of all Protection and Rule of Law interventions in Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons settings. Interventions include community based protection; protection monitoring, response and referral; access to justice including legal awareness and strengthening formal and informal justice mechanisms with an emphasis on juvenile justice and women's access to justice. The Protection Coordinator also provides technical support for the implementation of Child Protection interventions. This could change depending on the growth of IRC's Child Protection program. A heavy focus is placed on program quality, with program progress being monitored and evaluated against quantifiable benchmarks; and business development to ensure sufficient funding for robust multi-year programming.
The position provides regular technical support and quality backstopping to at least three Protection Managers who are based in the different field sites outside Juba. The Protection Coordinator will also work extensively with other sectors, to ensure that protection principles are being incorporated into other sector programs, and in particular with the Women's Protection and Empowerment Coordinator, to strengthen cross sector collaboration
The Protection Coordinator reports to the Deputy Director of Programs and is based in Juba with 45% travel to the field.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Program Management & Development
Oversee the technical aspects of the implementation and coordination of protection, rule of law, and child protection programs, providing support to the program managers to develop work plans and spending plans to guide implementation of approved grants .
Support the program managers and field teams in the implementation and monitoring of the work plans ensuring that activities reflect the commitments IRC made to the donor and the community.
Develop and improve monitoring and evaluation systems for protection programs, ensuring that the program teams in the field actively monitor set indicators and evolving concerns of the target communities.
Integrate protection into other program sectors in collaboration with other Technical coordinators and managers to ensure that all programs are contextually appropriate, are inline with the Safety outcome's Theory of Change (TOC) and apply protection principles to their activities.
Work with the Deputy Director of Programs to develop a Protection and Rule of Law programing strategy in aligning with the country's Strategic Action Plan (SAP) and evolving context in South Sudan.
Coordinate and participate in the development of new Protection and Rule of Law proposals and initiatives in accordance with the country program Strategic Action Plan (SAP), and relevant IRC Safety and Power Outcome's TOC.
Coordinate and participate in the development of budgets for program proposals in conjunction with the grants and finance departments.
Liaise regularly and appropriately with the relevant Technical Advisors and other HQ staff.
Staff Support
- Provide ongoing training and technical support and guidance to the protection program managers, and ensure all protection staff adheres to best-practice principles in all aspects of program implementation.
- Establish regular and direct communication lines with all the program managers and document the same while ensuring 45% onsite field visit support.
- Conduct technical interviews of candidates for Program Manager positions
- Work with the Field Coordinators/Managers to ensure technical aspects of the Performance Management System documentation for the program managers is in place and followed up regularly.
- Support Field Coordinators/Managers to ensure that program managers put capacity development plans in place for the national protection teams based on documented capacity needs assessments exercise.
Grants Management and Reporting
- Review progress in achieving program objectives and targets in collaboration with the Programs Managers.
- Participate in Grants Opening, Mid-Term and Closing meetings.
- Ensure high quality program reports are prepared and submitted to both internal and external audiences within agreed deadlines using IRC and donor formats, as required.
- In collaboration with program managers, develop spending plans, review Budget vs. Actual expenditure for protection programs on a monthly basis.
- Bring any over/under expenditure issues to the attention of the Field Coordinators/Managers and the Program Managers in a timely manner and jointly develop corrective plans in collaboration with the DDP and the Grants team.
Representation and Coordination
- In coordination with the DDP actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders in South Sudan including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors.
- Establish networks with UN, INGOs, and local partners to promote technical capacity and develop strategic partnerships, including active participation in cluster meetings.
- Co-chair the Rule of Law Working Group with UNDP when in session.
- Participate in inter-agency protection, rule of law forums at national and international levels.
- Represent IRC's Protection and Rule of Law programs with national authorities, non-state actors, UN agencies, NGOs, and donors.
- Upon request by the Senior Management Team, organize and facilitate field visits for donors and other stakeholders interested in IRC's protection, rule of law programming in South Sudan.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Masters degree in law, international relations, social sciences, or other related field
- Minimum of five years overseas professional experience in program implementation in the field of protection access to justice or Rule of Law and peace building is a plus
- Experience implementing and providing technical oversight for Child Protection interventions
- Strong remote management and technical support skills
- Ability to travel to the program implementation field sites 45% of the time
- Demonstrated experience in capacity building, project design, budget management, program monitoring and evaluation
- Strong understanding of protection principles and likely protection concerns arising in the South Sudan context as well as conflict sensitivity
- Experience in working with and coordinating with the UN, donors, INGOs and other stakeholders
- Strong interpersonal, intercultural and communication skills.
- Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, oral and written English skills
- Additional qualities: ability to multi-task, handle pressure well, improvise, flexibility, adaptability to transitions
WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
Security level orange - The situation in the country in general is calm but remains tense and unpredictable. Concerns include criminality, presence of armed troops, looting and active conflict in many parts of the country.
The position is based in Juba. Lodging is a private bedroom in a shared IRC guest house - with electricity, internet and cable TV. Food is the individual's responsibility. Field office housing is more basic, i.e. in traditional huts or tents with separate shared latrines and showers.
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
How to apply:
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