Under the overall supervision of the Chief of Mission and the Protection Officer, and with the direct supervision of the National Protection Field Officer, the Protection Field Associate will be responsible for implementing IOM Ukraine’s Protection Programming at the oblast/area level, applying protection principles and techniques, interagency and cluster guidelines, adhering to IOM standards and procedures, and collaborating with IOM teams, NGOs, authorities and other relevant partners.
1. Provide regular field updates aiming that key information is received from other staff and partners and directed to the Protection Field Officer to improve protection activities and address operational problems by offering alternatives. This includes submitting high quality, frequent, and timely reports.
2. Support with monitoring protection efforts of the NGO implementing partners at the oblast/areal level by monitoring their NGO projects’ implementation, reporting protection cases and related assistance requests for approval in the internal case management database, verifying interim and financial reports.
3. Assist the Protection Field Officer in site management and cluster -level meetings, donor visits, and interacting with relevant partners on Protection issues.
4. In coordination with the Protection Field Officer, support guidance to the Protection Field Assistant with managing individual protection cases, by identifying the needs of extremely vulnerable individuals, coordinating assistance for protection cases, applying case management practices, and supporting referrals to specialized services for victims of trafficking, GBV survivors, and children with protection needs.
5. Support implementation of capacity building activities such as protection mainstreaming, counter-trafficking, and other thematic trainings, interacting with community members, other sectors and focal points, disseminating information on available services, conducting participatory community risk-mapping, and updating service mapping and referral pathway tools.
6. Contribute to reporting and administration of field activities, such as drafting quality content, data collection and entry for reporting writing, facilitating procurement matters, collaborating with colleagues to meet deadlines, and proactively identifying programmatic and operational gaps.
7. Conduct frequent field visits to IDP sites and other conflict-affected locations to observe, identify, and collect information on the situation, taking into special account vulnerable people, noting and reporting on gaps that may exist in any humanitarian service access and provision.
8. Maintain positive working relationships with relevant stakeholders including community leaders, partners, government officials, other sector staff and other implementing organizations on the ground.
9. Undertake duty travel based on programme needs.
10. Perform such other duties as may be assign
Education
• High School Degree/Certificate with five years of relevant work experience;
OR
• Bachelor’s Degree with Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, Education, Law or International Relations or related field from an accredited academic institution with at least three years of relevant work experience.
Experience
• Experience with managing NGO projects/or volunteers, or organizing community activities.
• Experience with social work, case management processes, and assisting persons in need.
• Familiarity with humanitarian operational responses, internal displacement, and Protection Principles.
• Previous work experience in a governmental, UN or NGO that deals with humanitarian and/or development work is preferable.
Skills
• Excellent attention to detail and deadlines.
• Strong organizational skills (logistics, procedures, archives).
• Strong facilitation and public speaking skills.
• Strong understanding of English, communicative and writing skills in English.
• Proficiency in computer skills, especially in MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Word etc.) and experience in working with databases and online applications.
• Ability to learn new thematic areas, such as those related to IOM’s protection work.
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