Protection Coordinator at Sawa for Development and Aid

Sawa for Development and Aid is a Civil Society Organisation founded initially as a spontaneous initiative in December 2011 to respond to the arrival of the first 40 Syrian families displaced from Syria into the North of Lebanon.

This initiative then grew to include individual activists, locals and internationals, who worked together (literally meaning ‘Sawa’ in Arabic) to share their knowledge and exchange their experiences in order to support Syrians, internally displaced or refugees in neighbouring countries, united by their belief in their right to live in dignity and freedom, and to be active individuals in their communities, and wherever they are.

Sawa sees itself as part and parcel of the society, and that it is on a continuous learning journey based on a participatory relationship at all levels with the communities that it works with, whether host or displaced, as well as with local and international partners.

Sawa believes that humanitarian, developmental and civic work has to always strive to achieve social justice, and so it aims to work with individuals and communities through holistic interventions towards a society based on democracy, pluralism, and values of citizenship and human rights. 

Job Description

• Build upon the protection teams existing resources to create a structured and shared protection vision;

• Following the identification of staff needs and capacity assessments, provide a structured system of technical support, supervision, care and guidance to the Protection teams (incl. capacity building plans, trainings and on-the-job coaching) which is effectively monitored, followed up and adaptive to the needs of the teams; 

• Create tools and systems through which field protection staff and social workers are able to adhere to general protection, PSS, CP and GBV best-practices and professional standards and principles;  

• Provide technical oversight of the Protection program activities, including spot checks;

• Ensure that emerging beneficiary needs are effectively identified and responded to through program adaptations, and technical support; 

• Provide technical support and guidance on protection mainstreaming to other programmatic sectors; 

• Coordinate and take part in designing the protection strategy;

• Oversee production of external protection and advocacy reports; 

• Ensure strong information management and use of databases for information management, filing and reporting; 

• Support accountability to affected populations;

• Work closely with M&E teams to develop and implement ethical and safe monitoring and evaluation mechanisms;   

• Oversee and ensure analysis of results and guide staff to use these results to enhance program effectiveness and quality.

• Lead on project design and budgeting, in partnership with Grants, Finance and Programs Development teams, ensuring proposals are in line with the protection sector needs and strategy; 

• Insure donor compliance, including work planning and timely spending of grants to achieve program goals, use and distribution of supplies and resources;  

• Provide technical inputs into proposals, ensuring emergency protection needs are clearly represented, and lead on proposal development if requested; 

• Provide technical inputs and quality assurance of interim and final project reports in coordination with Grants team.

• Supervision and capacity building of Protection (PSS & CP & GBV)

• Support to recruitment of protection staff and performance appraisals.  

• Assist in creating a culture amongst staff within the protection team which is supportive, strengths orientated and mature.

• Attend national protection working groups, in coordination with the Programs Manager;  

• Support in strengthening the liaison with key stakeholders in the protection sector; 

• Work closely with other coordinators to ensure that protection is adequately addressed and mainstreamed across sectors;  

• Provide briefings for donors and stakeholders as needed; 

• Support identification and development of strategic partnerships on protection, in collaboration with the partnerships team.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in the protection sector.

• Proven experience in program management. 

• Proven experience in community-based protection. 

• Solid understand of global standards in Protection, Child Protection and GBV response (case supervision, psychosocial support) and prevention. 

• Solid experience with planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation skills. 

• Experience working in a dynamic environment. 

• Proven experience in leadership, technical mentoring and team building. 

• Full proficiency in spoken and written English and Arabic required.