Responsibilities and Tasks:

Programme

• Lead the planning and implementation of programme activities related to front line protection intervention. To this end, support the Protection manager in producing and updating monthly workplans and implement programme activities accordingly and supervise the protection officers/ assistants .
• Lead the protection monitoring activities, data analysis and trangulation, working closely with PIMO in producing the monitoring reports including snapshots monthly, quarterly reports and RPAs as per DRC SOPs.
• Supervise and coordinate the quality provision of PFA, running of protection desk and community safe space and individual protection assistance in line with global SOPs and standards, with the support of the Protection Specialist and Protection Manager.
• Support in developing tools, forms and SOPs related to protection activities, in collaboration with the Protection Specialist and the Protection Manager. Comply with applicable professional standards related to protection and humanitarian interventions.
• Identify capacity-building needs among the protection team and community stakeholders (including community mobilizers) and facilitate tailored capacity-building sessions accordingly.
• Conduct trainings to partners on protection mainstreaming and to communities on community based protection networks
• Supporting Emergency Team Leader in the overall planning activities relevant to his/her field of work, including Participating in beneficiary selection processes through agreed criteria and guidelines to identify vulnerable/Protection cases and refer them for special assistance.
• Ensure the protection is mainstreamed while DRC teams providing assistnace to the affected population including distributions of cash-NFIs- etc.
• Ensure that individuals in need of protection services and/or assistance, identified through outreach and other activities, are timely and adequately referred to the relevant services. Conduct regular and systematized follow-up of all referred cases to ensure adequate service provision, reassess needs and potentially identify any new trends.
• Support and coordinate information dissemination, awareness and capacity-building activities with communities on protection risks, on rights and on available services among others, in safe and suitable locations.
• Conduct any other programme activities related to the provision of protection services and assistance as instructed by the Protection Manager and Protection SpecialIst.
• Ensure proper documentation of protection activities data and information, adhering to the confidentiality principle. Ensure to abide by all information, data -sharing protocols in place.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Produce quality and acurate protection monitoring reports, and RPAs, and supporting documentation on IPA, PFA, and referrals activities and ensure their timely submission to the Protection Manager and PIMO for review and internal information sharing. To this end, ensure that both the hard and soft copies of all activity reports are safely archived. Overall, effectively use the tools and comply with the processes related to monitoring and reporting, including through the use of shared drive and dedicated platforms for information management.

Representation and coordination

• Represent DRC and the programme towards a wide range of stakeholders including individual beneficiaries, community mobilizers, community-based structures