Back Community Protection Capacity Officer - UNHCR - Kharkiv, Ukraine - P3 - NORCAP

Aim of the Mission 

The aim of the mission is to support the community protection capacity as part of the shifts envisioned by the 2025 Protection Strategy in the Field Office in Kharkiv and drive the localization approach. 

Mission OBJECTIVES

The following are the mission objectives: 

• Support the implementation of the localization-driven shifts envisaged by the 2025 Protection Strategy with a particular focus on the hromada/community-level systems and community-based protection systems strengthening. 
• Develop the capacity of the national workforce in the Kharkiv office through technical trainings, mentoring and coaching and empowerment. 
• To enhance the protection capacity of national partners, as well as of operational partners through the Cluster system, in the Kharkiv area of responsibility of the UNHCR office. 

  Responsibilities

  📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐

  ⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐖!

  Under the supervision of the Head of Office and with guidance from the Country Office/Protection Unit, the Protection officer will:

  • Support the Head of Office in the area of responsibility for protection and CCCM in the Kharkiv office with the implementation of the 2025 Protection Strategy.
  • Focus on the implementation of the localization approach of the 2025 Protection Strategy with a focus on state systems at hromada/community-level and community-based protection systems. 
  • Work closely with the protection and CCCM team in the Kharkiv office and build their capacity through day-to-day mentoring and coaching.
  • Jointly with the national workforce, accompany, guide and advise protection and CCCM partners in the roll out of the 2025 programming and alignment with the 2025 protection strategy.
  • Develop and roll out a training curriculum for the area of operation of the Kharkiv office that is tailored to the needs of the national workforce and partner staff in the oblast, in close collaboration with the CO Protection. 
  • Jointly with the national workforce, engage with the UNHCR-led Clusters and the ICCG in the Kharkiv Oblast and provide protection advise and training to effectively mainstream protection in the overall response. 

    PROFILE

    Experience

  • Demonstrated experience in protection programming and implementation in humanitarian and development contexts through community-based and other localization approaches
• Familiarity working in the IASC Cluster system and with Government coordination mechanisms, in particular at local levels

Essential requirements

Personal Characteristics