Protection Specialist/coordinator

RESPONSIBILITIES The Protection Specialist/Coordinator will work in cooperation with the relevant Sector, Program and Partnerships Coordinators. He/She will handle the below responsibilities: 1) Being Accountable for the implementation of the Protection projects; 2) Mainstreaming protection in other sectors of intervention; 3) Being responsible for capacity building in the sector of protection for the staff; 4) Attending protection related meetings with donors and partners, in cooperation with the relevant Coordinators; 5) Monitoring the protection activities at the field level in coordination with the protection field staff including social workers and psychologists; 6) Providing technical support in the sector of protection to Social Workers and Psychologists; 7) Drafting field visit and monthly reports in addition to other reporting tasks as per donors and partners requirements; 8) Contributing to the programming of protection projects; 9) Identifying needs and gaps in programming and proactively suggest new activities to enhance the protection activities; 10) Other duties as assigned.   SKILLS  1) Previous experience with NGOs or UN agencies in the sector of protection as a Coordinator, Psychologist or Senior Social Worker; 2)  Previous experience in working with women, children and youth immigrants and/or refugees; 3)  Previous experience related to protection programs financed through UNHCR, UNICEF, ECHO and other prominent institutional donors; 4)  Previous experience in implementing psycho-social and protection programs (design of workplan, logframe, M/E tools, vulnerability criteria, reporting, etc.); 5)  Capable of applying his/her skills and knowledge in a range of capacities, including direct implementation, advisory functions, training and the transfer of technical skills to others; 6)  Excellent written and oral communication skills in English; 7)  Functional Arabic; 8)  Ability to work under pressure and to respect deadlines; 9)  Knowledge of the Lebanese and of the Syrian crisis contexts; 10) Team work; 11) Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite of application;