Senior Protection Monitoring and Information Officer

Odessa

Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
Location: Odessa
Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
- Communication and Public Information
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Protection Officer (Refugee)
Closing Date:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

JOB OVERVIEW
The Sr Protection Monitoring and Information officer oversees all IRC Protection Monitoring & analysis, and information provision activities in Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts. The Senior Protection Monitoring Officer will be based at IRC’s office in Odesa, under supervision of the Protection and Rule of Law Manager. The Senior Protection Monitoring Officer will serve as key person to implement protection monitoring along the displacement routes and provide evidence base to inform needs of affected population for program adjustment and advocacy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Oversee all the Protection Monitoring and analysis activities
- Support the PRoL Manager and local partners to develop and implement Protection Monitoring and analysis frameworks including several data collection tools.
- Collect secondary data available on protection risks and issues in Ukraine (Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts) to complete data analysis and produce weekly / bi-weekly sit-rep on the context and secondary data collected, in order to support the protection monitoring activities and analysis of the context.
- Ensure support to community mobilizers in data collection, by collecting data him/herself when necessary.
- Ensure that data collection for protection monitoring is complete and meet data quality requirement.
- Work closely with the Protection Manager and the MEAL team to create. update data collection tools on Comm Care and dashboards on Excel or Power Bi.
- Support the PRoL Manager in data analysis and Protection Monitoring reports and other reporting mechanisms.
2. Ensure constant update of the service map and referral tracker
- ensure continuous update of the service map in Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts.
- ensure referrals are made in a safe way and according to the SOPs, and ensure referrals made are followed-up and that the referral tracker is updated.
- ensure provision of responsive information is complementary to the Rapid Protection Assessment and/or protection monitoring activities.
3. Oversee the Responsive Information Services activities
- Work closely with the Protection Manager and the MEAL team to create and update the two-way data collection tool on responsive information.
- Support community mobilizers in information provision, and in data collection about information needs through the two-way communication tool.
- continuously gather information content that is useful for displaced, and war affected communities, based on feedback from the community mobilizers.
- create weekly and monthly reports on information needs and statistics collected by the community mobilizers.
4. Assess needs in centers / shelters and hubs
- continuously look for information about collective centers, transit centers, shelters and volunteer hubs that host and/or provide assistance IDPs and war affected communities in Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts and update the tracker online.
- constantly look for contacts within authorities and key humanitarian stakeholders and update the contact trackers.
- Make weekly movement plans for assessments and shelters, and protection monitoring activities, and share with the PRoL manager and fleet manager.
5. Program and team Management
Supervise and build the capacities of the community mobilizers, ensure they understand their role and responsibilities, and implement the activities according to the overall program workplan and weekly movement plans.
Send weekly input on implementation of activities and targets achieved.
Create weekly movement plan for collective and transit centers / shelter / volunteer hub / authority appointments, visits and share with PRoL manager.
Supports PRoL Manager to develop programs, report related to donor requirement and program requirement.
Monitor spending related to activities is on track and timely inform PRoL Management for budget adjustment need.
Lead by example and support IRC’s commitment to taking all necessary preventive measures and creating an environment where people feel safe and can report misconduct.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education:
Bachelor or Master of Arts or Science in Social Work, Human Rights, Social Science, Public Health, Humanities or another related field.

Experience:
-             Previous experience in protection monitoring / protection assessments / data collection.
-             Experience facilitating group activities, trainings and workshops and mentoring others.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

-             Language: Bilingual in Ukrainian and Russian and excellent verbal and writing skills in English
-             Excellent communication skills
-             Demonstrated understanding of and ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients/beneficiaries
-             Positive and professional attitude, including ability to lead and work well in a team setting
-             High degree of flexibility and strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail
-             Computer literate, including Microsoft Word and Excel

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Travel to other locations is needed up to 30% of the time
Work in the matrix organization
Fast pace of working, multitasking and adaptivity

IRC employees are eligible to the following benefits:

Competitive salary
Purposeful job and development opportunities
English classes and unlimited online training courses
Life Insurance
Medical insurance for staff and family members
Free psychological support to employees and their family members
30 calendar days of annual vacation with flexibility beyond the legally set minimum requirements
Up to 10 days of paid medical leave

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.

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Before applying, please make sure that you have read the requirements for the position and that you qualify.
Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.

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