Turkey: Protection Coordinator

15-510: Protection Coordinator

Country: Turkey

Department: International Operations

Essential Job Duties/Scope of Work:

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PROGRAM BACKGROUND

JOB SUMMARY

The Protection Coordinator will lead the Protection Department and support overall program management and coordination of Protection programming portfolio for conflict-affected Syrians. This includes Child Protection, Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and Psychosocial Support (PSS) programs, as well as other Protection activities.

Main activities within Child Protection programming include Child Friendly Spaces, Youth Empowerment Program, parenting skill sessions, and Child Protection case management. For GBV programming, the focus is on services and support for GBV survivors (case management and medical), as well as Women Engagement Program/Women Centers. For MHPSS, main activities include MHPSS case management, provision of mental health services through psychiatrists, and support/psycho-education groups, along different levels of care. All three sub-sectors include trainings for first responders, such as Psychological First Aid, GBV Guiding Principles, and Child Protection Minimum Standards, as well as for specialized service providers.

The Protection Coordinator will be responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of the overall Protection programming portfolio. S/he will lead the coordination between Protection teams and sub-sectors, as well as coordinating and mainstreaming Protection with other departments/sectors. S/he will represent the programs in Protection coordination forums and advocate on Protection issues and concerns.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program Management

· Lead development and implementation of Protection programs, including for CP, GBV, PSS, and Protection overall.

· Supervise team of expatriate GBV, CP, and PSS Program Managers across different sites, as well as the overall Protection team, to support with activities and coordination.

· Provide technical support to ensure high quality of programming and services, exceeding minimum competencies for staff and minimum standards for activities.

· Conduct and support ongoing monitoring of Protection activities, through frequent visits to office and field sites, to ensure minimum standards for Protection and progress toward targets.

· Periodically review and manage M&E systems for Protection programming, in collaboration with MEAL team, including the development of M+E tools and methodology, management of reporting mechanisms and information flow, and analysis of program data and impact.

· Identify program gaps, areas of growth, and strategies and support in adapting program design to effectively meet beneficiary needs, the changing context, and other factors.

· Lead and participate in regular strategy and program planning workshops for Protection and the overall organization, including for grant opening, mid-term review, and grant closing.

· Manage development and monitoring of program spending plans, workplans, M&E plans, and procurement and staffing plans to ensure progress against targets and spending by budget.

· Be responsible for ensuring management of resources for fulfillment of program deliverables and commitments for objectives/indicators and accountability to donor requirements.

· Build accountability system, including incorporation of feedback mechanisms for staff and beneficiaries, into program.

· Lead capacity-building strategy for overall Protection department, to ensure strong level of professional development and team-building, including the development of national managers/counterparts and addressing of any team dynamic issues or concerns.

· Build technical capacity of supervised staff and overall Protection team in overall and sub-sectors of Protection, as well as in program management.

· Support close planning and coordination with support departments across Protection department for effective operational and administration support of programming.

· Lead preparation and compilation of internal and external weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting for Protection programs, in collaboration with Reporting team.

· Lead development of proposals for Protection programming, in collaboration with proposal team.

· Lead recruitment of new staff and program start-up in new sites as necessary.

· Ensure maintaining of program files and documentation as per program management minimum standards, including maintaining the confidentiality of beneficiaries’ data.

· Report to overall Protection team and/or direct supervisor as needed on important issues that are cross-cutting, have urgent implications, and/or require supervisor feedback and decision-making

Protection Programming

· Support strategy to build prevention and community-based mechanisms for Protection prevention and response.

· Support program teams to build referral mechanisms to link beneficiaries, particularly vulnerable individuals and groups, to services, through service mapping, referral workshops, and SOPs.

· Support program teams to build up national trainers through Training of Trainers (ToTs) and co-facilitated and supervised trainings.

· Ensure appropriate identification/selection, program support, and capacity-building of local partners, including program technical review of partnership agreements.

Coordination

· Build strong coordination between/across Protection sub-sectors and sites, including at office and field level.

· Participate in internal coordination meetings between departments and build strong coordination with other sectors.

· Support link between program teams and regional/headquarters technical advisors to facilitate technical support and consistency of program standards.

· Support regular bilateral coordination meetings with other Protection actors, including with potential and existing local partners.

· Represent Protection programs in external Protection and other related coordination forum.

· Identify and advocate on key protection concerns and share patterns and trends in coordination forum.

· Support in building referral mechanisms and Protection mainstreaming within other sectors and service providers.

· Other tasks assigned by IMC.

REPORTING

· The Protection Coordinator reports to the Program Coordinator and receives technical support from the relevant Technical Support Units.

· Ensure active beneficiary participation in program design, implementation, and evaluation, as well as empowerment initiatives such as community committees and community-led projects, and inclusion of vulnerable groups.

Qualifications:

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

· University degree in international relations/development, social science, law, psychology, or another related field; MA/S or other related advanced degree preferred.

· Minimum of 6 years (of which at least 4 years in the field) of professional experience in humanitarian work, preferably in an emergency context.

· Substantial experience in Protection, both overall Protection and in sub-sectors of Child Protection, GBV, and/or MHPSS, including in conflict settings and with IDPs and refugees.

· Demonstrable technical expertise in the assessment of, design, and delivery of relevant Protection programming.

· Strong experience in training and capacity-building on Protection technical areas with a variety of stakeholders.

· Experience with participatory approaches and working with vulnerable groups, including gender mainstreaming and with persons with disabilities.

· Good knowledge and understanding of Humanitarian Principles and Protection frameworks, tools, and minimum standards.

· Strong program management skills, with substantial experience managing large portfolios of programming.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

· Experience in internal and external coordination and representation of programs.

· Professional, hard-working, and a self-motivated person.

· Very strong interpersonal and teamwork skills; collaborative approach with the ability to work within different cultural environments.

· Positive and solutions-oriented leader focused on team-building, problem-solving, and support to the teams and beneficiary communities.

· Flexibility and can cope with stressful workload and working with limited resources.

· Ability to travel on short notice to project sites by car or air.

· English language proficiency is required and knowledge of Arabic and/or Turkish language is an advantage.

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.

How to apply:

To officially begin the application process, qualified candidates please apply to our career page https://careers.internationalmedicalcorps.org/Careers.aspx?adata=EAyatE92E2sKzDY%2bM3vuyIzdNVdtZFpDzhN1iJBrDXoud0A6mGs7mLqI3cjk3EKRmwNMDO0Dqlaxjk7PjnqY0abAbJkOqgL%2fpU1pOwvEgvUOduFi8BKDf%2b%2brnMIy1bEeoOhIo6VGS8s7jtYjcU1s7LJqtcI73%2fZZA88R6ngddm9AWWagfLD5metYYdlyhioIGQ%3d%3d , noting where you noticed the position you are applying for and complete the online employment application form.