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Job Title:\u00a0Protection Coordinator<\/strong>
\nRef Code:<\/strong> SR-49-532
\nLocation:<\/strong>\u00a0Maiduguri, Borno State, with regular visits to Field Offices\/locations and regular presence in the field
\nReporting to:<\/strong> Head of Mission
\nSupervision of:<\/strong> Technical supervision of Protection PM
\nDependents:<\/strong> No
\nStarting date:<\/strong> 25th June, 2018.
\nContract duration:<\/strong> 7,5 months (until 31\/12\/2018)
\nGeneral context of the project<\/strong>
\nSince 2009, the Boko Haram insurgency has crippled northeastern Nigeria. Borno State continues to be most affected, with over 1.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs). Recent advances by the Nigerian Army and the Multinational Joint Task Force have improved humanitarian access in 22 of the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Borno, but have also revealed the extent of the crisis. In newly accessible areas, basic infrastructure has been destroyed, essential services are non-existent, and most local governance systems are not functional.<\/p>\nIn support to the UN-led coordinated humanitarian response in the region, INTERSOS is implementing more than 6 projects addressing critical gaps in health and nutrition, WASH, food security, shelter, Camp Coordination and Camp Management and protection services for a highly vulnerable population in the newly accessible host communities in the Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Ngala (Ngala-Gambaru), Bama (Banki, Bama) and Dikwa (Dikwa) Kukawa, Borno State, Nigeria.
\nIn line with its 2018 Country Strategy, INTERSOS intend to strength its capacities and response on the ground in protection sector (protection monitoring, CP and GBV), as a sector by itself and as protection mainstreaming within the whole INTERSOS Nigeria program.<\/p>\n
General purpose of the position<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- The general purpose of the position is to ensure the proper and effective implementation of all protection-related activities and services of INTERSOS Programme in Nigeria, providing technical inputs, guidance and support, and operational monitoring and evaluation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Main Responsibilities and Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- The Protection Coordinator is in charge of developing the protection programme in country, guiding and supporting all protection-related activities and services of INTERSOS Programme in Nigeria, ensuring timely and quality implementation and monitoring in compliance with relevant Standard Operating Procedures, International Principles and Guidelines, International Standards, Good Practices in Protection Responses, INTERSOS Fundamental Charter and Code of Ethics.<\/li>\n
- Moreover, the Protection Coordinator is in charge of assisting the Head of Mission Nigeria and the Regional Direction for Western and Central Africa in the development, implementation and evaluation of the protection strategy and programme at country level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Main Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Planning, monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the protection programme in Nigeria \u2013 including but not limited to protection monitoring at community and household level; assistance to most vulnerable persons, child protection prevention and response, GBV prevention and response and psychosocial support \u2013 ensuring timely and quality delivery of the targets set as per approved projects\u2019 proposals.<\/li>\n
- Building the capacity of specialized and non-specialized staffs, as well as community volunteers and local counterparts, providing ad hoc training sessions and continuous on-the-job coaching.<\/li>\n
- Maintaining relations pertaining to the protection programme with donors, partners, key stakeholders, and other relevant actors at country level.<\/li>\n
- Assisting the development, implementation and evaluation of the protection strategy and programme at country level, providing technical inputs, and suggestions for improvements and recommendations for future actions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
More specifically<\/strong>
\nProgramme development:<\/p>\n