Protection Neutrality Team Leader

Oversees the leadership and management of the Protection Unit/Department through the daily supervision of relevant staff and the development and implementation of annual work-plans and operational plans in order to complete agreed-upon tasks with adequate resource mobilization, administration and logistical matters; provides mentoring of other staff at the field office level on technical issues related to protection and neutrality as needed;

Leads the development and implementation of the protection strategy - both prevention and response - and operational measures to address protection issues at the field level in particular by providing technical guidance in support of programmes and other interlocutors in accordance with the Agency's protection policy, framework and priorities to make sure that protection principles and standards are mainstreamed through UNRWA services through the programme cycle and the protection needs of Palestine refugees are addressed;