Protection Assistant ( 3 Roles ) - Bekaa

  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 and facilitate  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 Maintain the list of referrals pathways, mapping of service providers and referral focal points and criteria for referral regularly updated. Follow-up INGOs and UNHCR about brochures and other information materials for distribution to refugees, and prepare hand outs with basic information 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 and refer it to service providers Maintain the list of focal points updated, and have regular contact with protection focal points in the communities, and issue initial reports on protection issues   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