Protection Officer Ukraine Kharkiv

We are recruiting for a Protection Officer based in Kharkiv with reach to Eastern region Oblasts as required. The focus of this position will be to deliver Individual Protection Assistance (IPA) with a client-centred approach to vulnerable people who have been affected by conflict in the country and ensure the appropriate and effective referral of individuals with identified protection needs and risks.

Generic responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with NRC policies guidelines and standards.
• Ensure compliance with Protection strategy tools handbooks guidelines and standards.
• Technical responsibility for implementation of Protection activities within the East region of Ukraine.
• Tracking of financial expenditures and maintenance of accurate project documentation with compliance with sensitive data handling principles for Protection activities.
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management including timely reporting on programmatic and contextual issues.
• Provision of technical support and capacity building towards project staff.
• Assess promote and document ideas for technical improvement and further program development options.
• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need and explore and asses new and better ways to assist.
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy.
• Support with monitoring documentation and technical support for implementation of project activities done by implementing partners as required.

Specific responsibilities:

• Provide Individual Protection Assistance (including in-kind support cash assistance
  accompaniment) to persons at risk of or exposed to protection risks.
• Conduct safe referrals internally and to external specialized service providers working with
  Protection Coordinator to ensure service mappings and referral pathways are up to date
  and utilized.
• Conduct trauma informed needs and risk assessment of individuals.
• Provide psychological first aid to individuals in need of psychological support.
• Ensure regular collection analysis and internal dissemination of protection information.
• Ensure proper data protection of sensitive information at field level development and
  maintenance of databases filing of documents etc. All data collection information/data
  storage and sharing of all information must be done in compliance with existing data
  protection protocols and standards of confidentiality.
• Support field data collection to inform relevant internal and externally-commissioned
  protection assessments risk analyses and needs assessments.
• Support the enabling of a protective environment in collective sites through protection
  mainstreaming activities and protection training provision to relevant staff teams.
• Ensure Age Gender and Diversity (AGD) approach to protection is consistently applied
  through community and right base participatory methods.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationship with relevant stakeholders including
  partner agencies community leaders/representative and service providers.
• Represent NRC at external meetings as delegated by the protection coordinator including
  bilateral meetings with partners and local authorities.

Generic professional competencies:

• Minimum 2 years of professional experience preferably including experience within the
  humanitarian sector.
• Previous experience working with vulnerable populations.
• Documented results related to the positions responsibilities.
• Good reporting skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Word Excel and Outlook.
• Working knowledge of English both written and verbal preferable.
  

Context/ Specific skills knowledge and experience:

• Experience with Civilians Self-Protection activities and programming.
• Experience conducting community engagement processes and consultations.
• Experience conducting participatory assessment.
• Previous training in protection risk reduction.
• Well-developed organizational and communication skills.
• Experience working with information data management (protection).
• Previous experience working in Protection or Protection-related projects in the humanitarian
  or NGO sector or previous experience or training in social work.
• Knowledge of protection principles and global protection best practices preferrable.
• Awareness of national social support systems within Ukraine preferrable.
• Deep knowledge and understanding of the local context including socio-cultural political
  security and humanitarian situation.
• A commitment to provision of protection assistance according to global and local best
  practices.
• Flexibility and creativity in addressing protection risks and needs.

What do We Offer

This position is open to candidates who have the legal right to work in Ukraine. Please note that we are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position.

We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and achance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.

We are also looking for people who share our values:

• To be dedicated in what we do;
• To be innovative with our solutions;
• To act as one unified and inclusive team;
• To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible;

We invite applications from all qualified and interested candidates. Candidates are encouraged to apply early as applications will be screened on a rolling basis and interviews will be assigned instantly until a suitable candidate is selected.