Salient Humanitarian Organization Protection & AAP Officer Jobs in Nigeria
Salient Humanitarian Organization Protection & AAP Officer Jobs in Nigeria
General Context of the Job / Project The Protection and AAP Officer will work on integrating and mainstreaming protection and APP at the strategic programmatic and operational levels across all locations of WFP’s presence in Borno. The incumbent will support the Protection and AAP Advisor to provide expert advice to Management and Programme staff mainstream protection and AAP and implement with Humanitarian Protection and AAP and work closely with Cooperating Partners implementing project activities to ensure the appropriate implementation of the aforementioned policies.
The successful candidate will operate with a high degree of independence to ensure that programme and policy objectives are achieved in full. The incumbent will be involved in a wide variety of programme and policy activities and analytical work some of which may be of considerable complexity. As this level jobholders are expected to contribute to performance improvement.
Job Descriptions
Carry out daily monitoring visits, focus group discussions, participatory assessments, key informant interviews in accordance with SHO's information collection and management plans and standards, ensuring appropriate treatment of sensitive information;
Ensure that mainstream protection is implemented by all agencies and in the whole camp.
Assess protection issues captured or identified during daily activities and make appropriate referrals for services to humanitarian or other actors as per the referral pathway or best practices;
Identify cases in need of urgent response and directly follow-up/accompany affected individuals to services providers when needed to ensure access to services;
Work with supervisor to create weekly work-plans and prioritization of tasks;
Ensure targets are met under the approved work plans
Ensure proper documentation and secure storage of any protection data collected (hard and soft copies);
Complete daily, weekly and monthly reporting on findings.
Foster and maintain excellent working relationships with all stake-holders, and participate in daily coordination with humanitarian and all other local and international actors;
Provide trainings and on-job coaching to BSFP team and other agencies personnel as required as well as provide awareness sessions and ad hoc training sessions for camp leaders and community.
Provide technical and programmatic support to the community mobilizers in the field on a day to day basis
Provide technical and programmatic leadership to community-based mechanisms
Support BSFP and partners workers in identification and ensuring that reporting is in line with SHO, Sector and partners harmonized guidelines.
Work with community-based structures to identify protection problems that cannot be resolved at community level or by existing services and assist community to come to solutions
Liaise closely with protection actors in the field and other humanitarian partners to ensure an understanding of the overall issues; an understanding that shall be used to guide weekly work plans
Take a leading role in setting up the community center- liaising with the community
Staff capacity development;
Context and protection risk analysis;
Integration of protection into programme design and implementation;
Incorporation into programme tools;
Protection information management; and
Strengthening of WFP’s bilateral and inter-agency collaboration.
Required Qualifications and Experience
A University degree
in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Guidance and Counseling or relevant fields.
Minimum of two years' experience working with vulnerable communities, basic needs and distribution programming experience, and / or advocacy programs.
Experience in protection interventions in line with vulnerables or IDP operation.
Experience of working with Non-Governmental organizations.
Good communication skills and ability to conduct training and awareness.
Computer skills (Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel).
Ability to communicate in English, write reports in English and consolidate the reports prepared by protection monitoring assistants into formal English documentation
Ability to communicate in Hausa. Other Nigerian languages is a must.
Good organizational and management skills.
Willingness and ability to work full time in the field directly with communities (camp setting and communities in Jere and MMC areas).
Essential Knowledge and Skills:
Extensive knowledge of Nigerian displacement context.
Excellent interpersonal and team-playing skills.
Highly flexible, with the ability to use initiative.
Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
Commitment to humanitarian principles and values.
Understanding of gender, protection and human rights.
Commitment to promoting gender equality.
Preferred Experience:
Proven professional experience working with NGO at a relevant position e.g. Protection Monitor, Protection Assistant, Field and Community worker.
Experience working for NGOs and/ or in Camp setting is a must.
Experience Working in Northeast Nigeria is a Must
Positive attitude and a willingness to learn
Written and spoken fluency in English, Hausa or Kanuri a must; additional fluency in other local languages preferred
Ability and Willingness to follow instructions.
Brief Conditions
SHO reserve the right to close the application before deadline, if the required number of candidates is attained.
Candidates will be responsible for his/her own travel, accommodation and feeding during the recruitment process;
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should please submit their Application (Letter of Motivation and CV in a single PDF file) via e-mail to
recruitment@salientho.org indicating the “Job position” as subject of the e-mail
Or
Send their hard copies to:
The HR,
Salient Humanitarian Organization,
Behind NTA Quarters, Off Damboa Road, Old GRA,
Maiduguri - Borno State.
Note
Please clearly indicate the “Job Position” on the envelope.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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