Protection Officer

The Protection Officer is responsible for disseminating, following, and monitoring the implementation of NRC’s protection policies, mechanisms and initiatives at Beirut level, under the technical support of the Protection Advisor. The position encompasses capacity building, provision of direct support to programme staff on integrating protection at all stages of Beirut response, ensuring that protection risks are assessed at project design stage and that measures are included to reduce and mitigate risks. The Protection Officer will accompany field staff on visits to apply protection principles, identify protection risks and support program staff at Beirut level on how to identify and report critical protection cases. The position will promote protection risk assessments, do no harm, and effective referral systems in collaboration with other actors within or outside NRC.

Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of experience in a similar/related field
• Experience from working as a mid-seniority protection staff
• Extensive experience in training and knowledge transfer
• Fluent Arabic and English, both written and spoken