Saturday, October 17, 2015

Job Opportunity at IRC

The International Rescue Committee, IRC is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers emergency aid and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution or natural disaster. The IRC is currently working in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities where it resettles refugees and helps them become self-sufficient.

Job Title
Protection Capacity Building Consultant

Job Field
Administration, Secretarial, Consultancy, Law, Legal, NGO, Non-Profit

Job Detail
The IRC, is seeking a well-qualified Protection Consultant to support two elements of our current programming
To lead protection main streaming capacity building efforts and provide qualitative oversight, training of trainers and technical support to organizational and external protection capacity-building activities
To provide technical support and mentoring to current protection leadership in country to support effective program start up, expansion and business development. The Protection Consultant will be based in Maiduguri, Borno State and will work in close coordination with the Protection Coordinator, under the supervision of the Senior Program Coordinator, to support the delivery of protection and protection main streaming trainings, internal capacity building efforts in the protection sector and provide support, mentor-ship to the Protection Coordinator in her efforts across protection programming.


Responsibilities
Deliver high quality protection main streaming for internal and external actors; conduct Training of Trainers for Protection Manager and Officers to ensure effective handover of capacity building responsibilities to internal staff;
Serve as quality guarantor for external protection trainings delivered by the IRC following ToT activities;
Ensure that the protection mainstreaming activities are meeting the project targets and are undertaken within the assigned budgets;
Support the Protection Main streaming team in the Capacity building activities, including through dissemination of training material and practical organizational support
Deliver high quality trainings to IRC Protection team members on training and monitoring skills;
Provide guidance in coordination with the M&E team on measuring effectiveness of the protection main streaming and protection trainings delivered to external stakeholders and IRC staff.


Requirements
Post-graduate degree in international studies, human rights, law or other relevant subject;
A solid understanding of general protection and protection mainstreaming issues and governance concepts as they relate to people affected by conflict and the ability to communicate clearly these concepts and issues to a lay audience;
A solid understanding of international legal frameworks including IHL, HRL, Refugee Law;
Knowledge of protection monitoring, information dissemination, community-based protection and protection mainstreaming best practice;
Proven training, capacity building skills in human rights law and protection principles, with particular regard to women, children and other vulnerable groups i.e. designing modules, delivery trainings, measuring effectiveness
Proven leadership, strategic thinking, and coordination skills;
Strong organizational skills: Ability to coordinate and manage a diverse array of responsibilities;
Strong interpersonal, team work and diplomatic skills;
Proven familiarity with international UN and donor processes;
Fluency in English required;
Prior experience, knowledge of the context and impact of conflict and displacement in West/East Africa;
Computer skills, including Word and Excel, and preferably Power-Point and Access;
Willingness to travel within Nigeria.
A minimum of 5 years relevant working experience in the field of Protection at the management level, including proven program implementation and capacity building experience, proposal development and report writing;
Prior work experience with coordinating and undertaking independent field travel to conduct assessments, provide technical advisory support and review programs.


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Job Opportunity at IRC

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