Protection Manager

The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity for a brighter future. We work in conflict-affected areas, along the displacement routes, and in the countries where refugees settle. In cooperation with local communities, we strive for responsible and sustainable solutions. We work toward successful integration and – whenever possible – for the fulfilment of the wish to return home.

The Danish Refugee Council was founded in Denmark in 1956, and has since grown to become an international humanitarian organization with more than 7,000 staff and 8,000 volunteers. Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced.

All of our efforts are based on our value compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.

Operating since 2004 in Lebanon, DRC has addressed the needs and rights of vulnerable populations, working initially with Palestinian refugees (since 2004), Iraqi refugees (2007-2010), Lebanese IDPs (during the 2006 conflict), migrant domestic workers (since 2009) and, since 2011, responding to the Syrian refugee crisis.

DRC Lebanon is currently delivering programming in protection, housing, infrastructure, basic assistance, livelihoods, and community development interventions. This myriad programming seeks to address the immediate needs of displaced populations and concurrently support vulnerable host populations. DRC has five offices spread throughout Lebanon in, Beirut, the Bekaa, Saida, Tripoli and Qobayat.

About the job

The protection manager will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of relevant Protection project components of DRC's programs in the North and Akkar Lebanon area and will provide technical oversight of all protection components, including CP, GBV, and General Protection case management, psychosocial support (PSS), community-based protection, and legal aid.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Coordinate, plan and monitor the day-to-day implementation of protection related activities across relevant projects;
• Ensure the quality of protection interventions, and the coherence between all projects, ongoing and proposed, according to the overall strategy
• Take leadership of the project programs in terms of high quality and timely deliveries, narrative reporting and financial overviews, close cooperation with donors, Government counterparts and coordination mechanism on site and in synergy with other DRC interventions in the area
• Ensure compliance with internal and external reporting requirements, including procurement
• Provide overall budget monitoring, financial management and expenses control for the project activities, including compliance with DRC and donor requirements
• Ensure protection concerns are identified by the team through field monitoring visits and assessments, and ensure these are documented
• Coordinate closely with external stakeholders to ensure information is shared on a need-to-know basis to inform advocacy and response
• Support monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the program, ensuring indicator tracking for all program indicators and outputs are properly managed and updated.
• Oversee knowledge sharing across teams, and ensure that monitoring and evaluation results are understood and used to improve program
• Representation of DRC and active participation in sectoral and relevant sub sectors/working groups on area level
• Closely coordinate with Information Management staff to ensure data is systematically updated.
• Ensure timely reporting of program activities as per internal and donor deadlines.
• Drive the development and growth of the relevant programs at the field level within the DRC program objectives and feed into country-wide strategy development
• Ensure leadership and strategic vision of the protection programme, responding to any gaps and continuously improving quality.
• Lead and manage protection project staff members including coaching, ensuring coordination, recruitment, and capacity development
• Deliver training and capacity building of team members related to case management, case supervision, psycho-social support, humanitarian principles, protection mainstreaming and other trainings as relevant

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have a Master’s Degree in social work, development, social or political science, law or similar.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• 5 years of proven experience implementing protection programming in emergency and/or protracted displacement context
• Significant technical experience in Protection (GBV, CP and GP case management, psychosocial support, community-based protection, and legal aid);
• Experience of managing and leading a large team, including remote management;
• Full professional proficiency in English and Arabic,
• Excellent analytical and report writing skills

• Experience of managing complex budgets across a portfolio of projects and being responsible for financial follow up and expenditures;
• Demonstrated ability to conduct trainings on protection, case management, protection monitoring, and inclusion, including staff training;
• Experience in all aspects of recruitment and staff management;
• Experience in coordination across agencies and sectors;
• Experience in internal and external representation
• Demonstrated intercultural sensitivity and motivation;
• Experience of information data management, utilizing databases and platforms;
• Experience with M&E tools, in particular monitoring the day-to-day implementation of Protection; activities, indicator tracking, and supporting with evaluations;
• Experience of developing proposal narratives, logframes and budgets;
• Ability to work in a deadline driven environment and undertake a proactive approach;

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies: 

Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process. 

Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback. 

Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation. 

Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly. 

Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer

Contract length: 1 year

Band/Level: F 

Duty Station: NOL

Start date: Mid January 2022