Protection Specialist / Менеджер з питань регіонального розвитку та соцзахисту

To send your CV and to respond to the vacancy, please fill in INTERSOS Application

INTERSOS Ukraine is a subdivision of the international humanitarian organization INTERSOS.

We provide support to victims of emergencies, armed conflicts and natural disasters with particular attention to the most vulnerable categories: children, women, elderly people, displaces persons, who were forced to flee their homes and moved to safer places and also to those who cannot leave the dangerous regions and are under constant threat.

INTERSOS emergency teams are in Vinnytsia, Poltava, Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv and now expand their activities in Mykolayiv and Kherson.

INTERSOS Ukraine provides economic, humanitarian and medical aid, psychological support, organizes educational activities, gives medicines and equipment to the hospitals, provides shelter and ensures basic human needs. During one year of our work in Ukraine we provided support to more than 100 000 people. 75 000 of them received aid in the sphere of protection, prevention and emergency care. 3 000 medical consultations were carried out in remote regions, which are not covered by the official heath care system. 49 medical institutions received medicines, medical devices and equipment.

We are opening a vacancy of the Protection Specialist in Dnipro/ Odesa or Kharkiv

Duration of contract —till 28/02/2025 with possibility of extension

All INTERSOS employees are expected to perform their roles and responsibilities according to the INTERSOS charter of values, code of ethics, PSEA and Child Protection policies. The job description is mandatory for all positions within INTERSOS and shall be signed by the employee within the first week of employment

Main Purpose

Support the Protection Coordinator in defining, supervising and implementing specific areas of protection programme.

In close collaboration with the Protection Coordinator, provide technical guidance and advices to protection staffs ensuring that specific components of the programme are delivered according to internal guidelines and in line with international standards and principles, in order to achieve mission’s goals effectively, according to INTERSOS vision and values.

Reporting to:

Hierarchical: Protection Coordinator

Functional: Protection Coordinator

Tasks

Coordination and support

• Contribute to design the protection strategy of the mission and provide technical support and assistance for the implementation of quality protection activities through the proper tools and methodologies
• In coordination with the Protection Coordinator support to contextualize and adapt internal and global guidelines, guarantying these are rolled out and known by staffs
• Ensure cohesion and harmonization of protection activities, tools, guidelines and services across the different implementation sites within the mission
• In coordination with the Protection Coordinator deliver trainings and workshops to protection staffs to build their skills on and quality review (monitoring and assessments) and of projects specific protection topics identified with them
• · Support the Protection Coordinator to deliver trainings and workshops to non-protection staffs to build skills and knowledge of protection principles and enable staffs to mainstream protection in different sectors
• In coordination with the Protection Coordinator assess protection needs and gaps of target populations in current and prospective areas of operations, periodically update the protection situation analysis and inform the programme accordingly
• Support the Protection Coordinator in providing ongoing strategic protection analysis and development of periodic trend reports (including aspects of conflict analysis, gender, and risk management) and lessons from programme experience to inform about programme development, implementation and policy/advocacy work and tailor intervention
• Support the Protection Coordinator to ensure that protection data are collected, archived, processed, analyzed and disseminated in ethical modalities, in line with internal data protection protocols. Maintain and update the platforms for synchronization of data protection management and reporting
• Under the supervision of the Protection Coordinator undertake regular field monitoring visits and provide support tools to monitor quality of programme implementation
• Identify opportunities for new protection interventions and support assessments and developments of new project proposals
• Support the Protection Coordinator in the development of complaints mechanisms for beneficiaries and make sure complaints are addressed properly
• Support the Protection Coordinator in the follow up on the implementation of the Child Protection (CP) and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) policies

Supervision and staffs management

• · In collaboration with the Protection Coordinator provide technical guidance and advices to protection staffs ensuring that specific components of the programme are delivered according to internal guidelines and in line with international standards and principles
• · In coordination with the Protection Coordinator organize ad hoc protection meetings with protection staffs to share challenges and priorities and develop action plans to address them

Networking and partnerships

• Maintain collaborative relations with relevant clusters and related working groups at national and/or field level and guarantee compliance to the eventual monthly cluster reporting requirements
• In coordination with the Protection Coordinator ensure that main protection concerns are brought to relevant stakeholders to advocate for respect of human rights and minimum protection standards
• Network with Protection Specialists of other missions to share best practices and resources

Requirements

• BA in relevant field (Social Science, Psychology, Social Work, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law or other fields related to social development and humanitarian work)
• Desirable Master degree (MA or LLM) in Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law or related subjects
• Minimum of four years of relevant working experience in protection-related sectors, preferably within an INGO, and two years for higher education degree (Masters/LLM)
• Excellent computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
• Local and mission language essential
• Strong theoretical, technical and practical background in protection
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work and integrate in a multicultural team
• Ability to work under pressure, flexibility
• Problem solver, dynamic, mature, proactive
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage efficiently multiple priorities, deadlines and tasks
• Solid time-management skills, resourcefulness and attention to details.
• Diplomatic skills in networking with partners, authorities and donors
• Experience in complex emergency setting involving internal displacements
• Reporting skills, experience with monitoring tools and systems, data collection and analysis
• Capacities in developing training program in specific thematic areas
• Commitment to INTERSOS principles

Our benefits:

• Official employment according to the Labour Code of Ukraine
• Medical insurance and life insurance
• Working hours: 09.00-18.00, comfortable office in the city centre
• Provision of equipment for work (laptop, telephone, compensation for mobile communication costs)
• Opportunity to study and develop in the humanitarian sphere
• Opportunity to get an experience of working for international organisation
• Work with the team of colleagues to achieve great goals.

!!! To participate in the selection process please send your CV in English (preferably) and fill in the form here: INTERSOS Application