The Venezuelan Red Cross (CRV) is a humanitarian organization whose mandate is to save lives and improve the conditions of vulnerable people. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, it provides timely assistance in emergencies, disasters, and other humanitarian crises.
Guided by its Fundamental Principles—Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary Service, Unity, and Universality—the CRV acts as an auxiliary to public authorities in the humanitarian field, working to reduce human suffering without distinction of race, gender, religion, or ideology. Its work encompasses emergency medical care, strengthening community resilience, first aid training, disaster response, and the promotion of health and well-being.
Through a network of highly committed volunteers, the CRV efficiently and effectively mobilizes resources to be present where and when they are most needed. Its work is based on solidarity, respect for human dignity, and a commitment to protecting life in all its forms.
If you want to be part of the team and make a difference, we invite you to join us.
How can you make a difference? Key functions / Responsibilities
The Protection Coordinator is responsible for leading the development, strengthening, and implementation of the Venezuelan Red Cross’s (CRV) Protection area, which encompasses the approaches of Migration, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI), Restoring Family Links (RFL), and Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA). Their primary role is to ensure that the principles of dignity, safety, inclusion, participation, and accountability are integrated throughout the organization’s humanitarian work, through a strategic, technical, and institutional approach.
He/She will be in charge of:
- Lead the design, implementation and monitoring of the national CRV Protection strategy, including its components: migration, PGI, RCF and CEA.
- Coordinate and provide technical advice to those responsible for the Family Linkage Restoration (FLR), Migration Protection (MP), Migration (MG), Gender and Inclusion and CEA Programs, ensuring consistency with the national protection strategy and with the standards of the International Movement.
- Ensure the mainstreaming of protection approaches (PGI, RCF, CEA, MIG) in CRV plans and projects, in coordination with the different programmatic areas.
- Coordinate the development of institutional policies, protocols and tools that strengthen the cross-cutting approach to protection within the organization.
- Develop tools, protocols, manuals and internal workflows to standardize the implementation of protection at the different levels of the CRV, in coordination with other areas.
- Ensure technical and programmatic quality in the design, execution, monitoring and closure of projects related to the area of ​​protection.
- Provide technical advice on the development of national action plans on protection issues, promoting the participation of subsidiaries and program areas.
- Strengthen the technical capacities of staff and volunteers on issues of migration, gender, inclusion, RCF and CEA through the strategic design of a national training plan and the identification and coordination of training opportunities.
- Coordinate institutional training processes on protection, migration, RCF, gender and inclusion and CEA for technical staff, volunteers and managers, in order to strengthen an organizational culture based on rights and humanitarian principles.
- Promote the implementation of institutional mechanisms for community participation, feedback and accountability, ensuring that they are safe, accessible and culturally appropriate.
- Promote spaces for learning, systematization and internal reflection on protection practices, based on lessons learned and program evaluations.
- Ensure the integration of the CRV with the Movement’s global protection policies (PGI, migration, child protection, CEA, RCF), guaranteeing its adaptation to the national context.
- Supervise and validate the administrative and financial aspects of protection projects, ensuring their consistency with CRV guidelines and donor partner requirements.
- Represent the CRV institutionally in national and international spaces for humanitarian coordination, protection networks and with key actors, with prior authorization from the Programs Directorate.
- Ensure the technical quality of the area’s reports, context analysis, identification of protection risks, and systematization of experiences.
- Perform other tasks assigned by the Programs Directorate to contribute to institutional strengthening and fulfillment of the CRV’s humanitarian objectives.
Report
The Protection Coordinator will report to the Programs Directorate.
Workplace
Caracas, with availability to travel nationwide.
To qualify as a builder of the Venezuelan humanitarian system, you must meet the following requirements:
- University degree in social sciences, law, international relations, social work, or related fields. Postgraduate training in human rights, international protection, gender, or migration is desirable.
- Minimum experience of five (5) years in the design, implementation or coordination of protection programs in humanitarian contexts, including at least two (2) years in supervisory or coordination positions.
- Extensive knowledge of national and international standards and regulatory frameworks on protection, migration, gender, inclusion and community participation.
- Proven ability to manage the complete lifecycle of humanitarian projects, including planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
- Proven experience in inter-institutional coordination, technical representation and networking with humanitarian and governmental actors.
- Ability to lead teams, manage technical processes and strengthen institutional capacities in protection matters.
- Ability to develop policies, strategic guidelines, and technical tools.
- Excellent communication, analysis, negotiation and teamwork skills.
- Previous experience in the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement is highly desirable.
- Fluency in Spanish. Intermediate or advanced knowledge of English is desirable.
- Commitment to the Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.
- High sense of responsibility, professional ethics and confidentiality.
How to apply
Only a shortlist of candidates will be contacted to advance to the next phase of the selection process. Candidates will be asked to speak with their previous direct reports/line managers before proceeding to interviews.
All those interested in applying for the position and who meet all or most of the requirements for the role should send their CV to the email address: postulaciones@cruzrojavenezolana.org
The email subject line should read: Protection Coordinator (Caracas)
CVs received without the title assigned to the call will be discarded.
Please review the professional requirements to be eligible.