Protection Manager (Emergency Roster) at Danish Refugee Council

Key Responsibilities:
Programming & Operations:

• Lead the organization and implementation of protection activities, in accordance with DRC guidelines, program objectives and accountability principles to deliver life-saving emergency assistance to beneficiaries
• Represent DRC with relevant donors, partners and local authorities and coordinate with distribution actors and other DRC programmes when necessary;
• Lead all Area Protection field assessments, monitoring, reporting and advocacy to reduce and mitigate protection risks faced by severely drought-impacted communities
• Identification and development of transparent beneficiary vulnerability criteria and manage beneficiary selection procedures to reach the most vulnerable and marginalized with life-saving emergency assistance.  
• Ensure that Protection interventions are informed by and integrated with other core sectors of such as economic recovery and emergency; and provide technical support on Protection to other DRC sectoral programmes;
• Realize project work plans and ensure its timely submission and ensure the concordance of field activities with the work plans;
• Prepare project progress reports as well as preparation of donor reports as per agreed format;
• Establish and manage programme indicators for monitoring and evaluation of project achievements against targets and providing detailed reporting to management, partners and donors;
• Ensure that appropriate systems and methodologies for beneficiary accountability are in place including programme monitoring tools and formats, and a complaints mechanism;
• Responsible for project budgets and financial management, including financial forecasting, timely and compliant expenditure and financial reporting on project activities 
• Ensure that DRC staff and partners are aware of good practices, particularly in terms of human rights and international humanitarian principles;
• Provide strategic leadership for all protection related projects, providing support for the current activities while keeping an eye into new areas of development;
• Work closely with the Area Manager, Grants and Protection Recovery Coordinator to develop quality proposals, concept notes and budgets to meet emergency needs in the target areas.
• Manage the Area Protection team and provide overall supervision of their work to ensure timely delivery of project activities (for example, monitoring against log frames, 
• Ensure compliance with relevant guidelines and DRC commitments.

Staff Management:

• Manage the Protection Team, including through the recruitment, training, daily supervision and performance management of Emergency Officers and Assistants in the Area Office
• Provide training to the DRC teams and support the capacity development of staff;

Representation:

• Represent DRC in relevant fora;
• Coordinate and maintain constructive relationships with municipalities, other local government institutions, local NGO partners, other international organizations, in coordination with the other team members;
• Ensure DRC’s principles and approaches to emergencies are integrated into the response;
• Follow the humanitarian principles, standards and guidelines that DRC is committed to, and ensure these are adhered to by DRC staff, partner staff and volunteers.
• Ensure DRC is positioned as a leading Economic Recovery actor within the Area, including sharing emergency information to inform and guide the overall emergency response. 

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Ensure transparency and accountability tools, processes and mechanisms to affected communities are in place;
• Ensure equal participation by all segments of the community, taking into consideration issues regarding gender, age, clan and tribal and religious affiliations;
• Regularly monitor project activities and provide timely inputs and feedback to management;
• Work with M&E team to ensure M&E plan is being implemented, data is being collected from the field and regular reports are being produced.
• Undertake any further duties as the line manager sees fit. The position duties are flexible to a degree to allow the candidate to develop skills they personally identify. This can be arranged in discussions with the line manager. 

Logistics/Finance:

• Support the monitoring of financial commitments and expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow-up 
• Plan and coordinate proactively logistics and movements of staff from and to different operational areas
• Initiate procurement of emergency programme goods, services and works, and ensure their delivery in compliance with DRC guidelines and SOPs.
• Ensure distribution plans are prepared and shared with Finance, Supply Chain and Safety in a timely manner

Experience and Technical Competencies: 

• Minimum 2 years of practical experience in sector area working for an INGO or similar organization
• Field experience in the Area 
• Experience delivering Advocacy for the rights of displaced people in their context of displacement, child protection initiatives, individual protection assistance based on vulnerability, legal aid, land & property rights, sexual and gender-based violence prevention, registration services for the internally displaced and refugees, monitoring of rights and rights awareness-raising, facilitation of return and repatriation processes.
• Excellent skill in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Education:

• University Bachelor degree (e.g. social work, law) or above