Protection Information Management (PMI) and Advocacy Specialist at Danish Refugee Council

Overall purpose of the role: 

Under the supervision of the Head of Programs, the PIM and Advocacy specialist will be responsible for providing technical support for data collection by field offices and produce regular protection monitoring reports and advocacy products for a range of stakeholders, including government actors, humanitarian agencies and donors at country level.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Monitoring, Reporting, and Program Development

• Provide technical support to field staff for protection monitoring activities and ensure the highest quality of data and collected in the field.
• Regularly review and update data collection tools to ensure accuracy and relevance.
• Review and analyze protection data and provide feedback to field staff.
• Carry out secondary data analysis and identify sources of data and information to complement the data collected by field offices.
• Produce monitoring reports outlining protection concerns, multi-sector needs, and recommendations and present on findings, recommendations, and advocacy points to DRC senior management and external stakeholders. 
• Liaise with key stakeholders and country and field level for the dissemination of protection monitoring reports in line with DRC´s protection and country strategy.
• Produce infographics and accessible information products for different audiences and including advocacy products.

Provide regular training and support to field staff on data collection and analysis. 

• Technical Oversight and Management of DRC Protection Programming
• Provide technical oversight of all Protection activities in compliance with core Protection principles and DRC guidelines
• Ensure harmonization of standards and approaches and application of guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures for protection activities as relevant
• Adapt and oversee the roll-out and application of quality measures for DRC’s protection activities, in line with DRC standards.
• Ensure that ethical and statistically-sound data collection and protection-related information management systems are in place and used for analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy.
• Provide technical guidance to field-level Protection Team Leads as well as coaching/training of protection teams  across Kenya program field locations

Experience and technical competencies:

• A minimum of 2-3 years of experience in the humanitarian sector related with an NGO/United Nations or civil society organization.
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis. 
• Experience in using research methodologies and data collection tools.
• Excellent drafting skills in English and experience in report writing different audiences.
• Experience in developing advocacy plans and conducting advocacy activities with a range of stakeholders.
• Experience in the production of technical material (training material, tools, reports, documents, etc.).
• Good networking skills.
• Knowledge of humanitarian standards, human rights, humanitarian law and refugee law.
• Ability to work under pressure, identify priorities and meet deadlines.
• Willingness and ability to learn and grow professionally

Education

• Master’s degree in social science, Law or humanitarian aid.
• Experience and knowledge in GBV and Child Protection programming. 

Language: 

• Fluent in written and spoken English and Swahili.

Expires: 14 Mar 2023