Protection Assistant-Zahle

  OXFAM PURPOSE: To work with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering   TEAM PURPOSE: To support gathering of and analysing protection issues affecting refugees from Syria and the Lebanese populations in selected areas in Beqaa region of Lebanon To support Syrians displaced from Syria to gain access to useful, reliable and accurate information about their entitlements, basic and specialist services that can enhance their protection and safety. To promote social cohesion between Syrian refugees and host population.     JOB PURPOSE:  To lead in monitoring protection issues and lead in preparing for community-level information sessions about basic and specialist protection services     REPORTING LINES: Post holder reports to: Protection Officer Staff reporting to this post: None   BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY:  None   DIMENSIONS: Protection information gathering and analysis following strict guidelines on confidentiality, do no harm and conflict-sensitive principles Providing information on services and facilitating referrals Liaising with field offices of humanitarian agencies for our information dissemination activities Preparation of written protection updates following the Oxfam and UNHCR formats Preparing weekly and monthly plans and facilitation of community awareness sessions on basic and specialist protection services using approaches that promote gender equality     KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Conduct focus group discussions, interviews and observations to obtain information about protection issues faced by refugees from Syria and Lebanese host populations Prepare for the community consultations and orientation sessions about refugee rights, entitlements, registration, basic and specialist services in the districts Support the programme officer and work with local NGO partners and community groups to coordinate community based orientation sessions – working with counterpart in partner organisation where possible Follow-up with INGOs and UN about requests and invitations for the community sessions Follow-up INGOs and UNHCR about brochures and other information materials for distribution to refugees Explore sites and support in negotiating these locations for developing notice boards for announcement about refugee services In collaboration with the MEAL team, submit monthly MEAL reports to track the beneficiary numbers of the information dissemination and referral activities and ensure regular update of protection and complaint database Support possible protection advocacy research Provide written feedback about protection incidents, issues and aid-related community-conflicts     SKILLS AND COMPETENCE: Demonstrable experience in working with communities in humanitarian or development contexts Demonstrable experience in using participatory research and assessment methodologies Good understanding of protection and refugee issues related to conflict including some basic human rights and refugee Good levels of spoken and written English and Arabic Commitment to a rights-based approach, gender equality and protection Proven analytical skills Understanding of monitoring processes, learning, adaptation and evaluation Ability to work in multi-cultural team Willingness to work in insecure environments and a high level of adaptability and initiative   OTHER: This job description is not incorporated in the employment contract.  It is intended as a guide and should not be viewed as an inflexible specification as it may be varied from time to time in the light of strategic developments and following discussion with the post holder.