Protection Manager At Danish Refugee Council

Danish Refugee Council is one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, working in more than 40 countries to provide adequate assistance with a rights-based approach to refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, returnees and migrants. DRC is currently looking for a highly qualified Spanish and English-speaking Protection Manager in Riohacha. This is an opportunity for an experienced and dynamic professional to support and strengthen DRC program in Colombia.

Overall purpose of the role:

Based in Riohacha, La Guajira and the PM will be responsible for the overall management and supervision of DRC´s protection activities in La Guajira, including direct supervision of 2 team leaders, as well as overall management of all protection staff. The protection activities in La Guajira are funded by ECHO. The incumbent will also co-lead the protection working group in La Guajira with UNHCR.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise, coordinate, plan, monitor all protection-related project activities in the area of responsibility (protection monitoring, community-based protection, legal aid, case management, and GBV.
• Supervise and manage 2 team leaders and overall supervision of all protection staff;
• Ensure effective implementation of DRC protection monitoring including drafting of periodical analytical reports and thematic protection reports;
• Ensure effective implementation DRC´s legal aid program in and coordinate with legal aid actors in the area of responsibility;
• Offer technical advice and supervision of the GBV activities, in coordination with the Country GBV specialist.
• Supervise and provide technical guidance for the case management and the community based protection programs;
• Co-lead the local protection working group with UNHCR and lead advocacy initiatives for the assigned area;
• In coordination with the Base Manager, ensure that protection principles are mainstreamed across other DRC’s programs.
• Liaise and advocate with key humanitarian actors and local State institutions and authorities in the area of responsibility.
• Liaise permanently with the Area Manager and the Country Protection Coordinator to ensure coherence with DRC´s national protection strategy;
• Provide continuous on-the-job training for protection staff;
• Provide input for monthly, quarterly, and annual donor reports and project proposals;
• Ensure effective monitoring and evaluation (MEAL) and donor reporting activities for all protection activities and ensure progress towards project objectives and indicators.
• Supervise the overall protection budget, including financial management and expense control for the project activities, and ensure compliance with minimum DRC and donor requirements.

Program development and strategy

• Oversee knowledge sharing across teams, and ensure that monitoring and evaluation results are understood and used to improve programs;

Accountability and reporting

• Guided by the DRC Programme Handbook, continuously monitor and develop relevant accountability initiatives within relevant project program as well as strengthening the effort to document the impact of activities;
• Ensure compliance with internal and external reporting requirements including procurement;

People Management

• Manage project staff members, including coaching, ensuring coordination, recruitment, and capacity development;
• Provide on-the-job training as much as required and adapt training/coaching to specific staff needs;
• Impulse a good work environment among the staff, ensuring DRC’s core competencies are implemented at any level of his/her area of responsibility.

As Manager the post-holder is responsible for the following:

• Accountable for achieving DRC’s strategic goals and objectives within the area of responsibility;

Accountable for making significant decisions on what the unit does: its purpose, functions, and role, and for making commitments and decisions that require the expenditure of significant unit resources;

Experience and technical competencies:

• A minimum 5 years of experience in humanitarian protection and the implementation of protection programs;
• Experience in protection information management, in particular protection monitoring,
• Experience and knowledge of mixed-migration and international protection;
• Knowledge about the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis;
• Good networking and coordination skills;
• At least 3 years’ experience of people management in the humanitarian sector;
• Excellent people skills and diplomatic in nature;
• Ability to manage competing priorities and to meet deadlines;
• Effective team player and problem solver;
• Fluent oral and written Spanish and advanced English is required
• Excellent writing and editing skills in Spanish and English;
• Experience in in implementing protection activities in Colombia and/or Latin America context.
• Experience in managing legal aid programmes for refugees;
• Experience in protection coordination;
• Knowledge of GBV programming
• Knowledge of AGD and protection mainstreaming;
• Education:

Master’s degree in Human Rights, Political Science, Forced Migration, Refugee Law, or any other relevant field.