All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s values. To be dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable are attitudes and believes that shall guide our actions and relationships.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The Protection Project officers will be responsible for overall implementation of Protection Projects in Addis Ababa under direct supervision of the Area Manager and in close collaboration with Protection CC Specialist/Advisor and relevant support staff. The project officer will provide capacity building training for program staff on protection monitoring, develop and disseminate protection monitoring reports, and to ensure project objectives are achieved in line with strategy, proposals and plans.

 Generic responsibilities

• Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines

·         Implement delegated CC project portfolio according to plan of action

·         Prepare and develop status reports as required by management

·         Ensure proper filing of documents

• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and asses new and better ways to assist

·         Promote and share ideas for technical improvement

Specific responsibilities

• Implement assigned protection activities in line with international standards and best practices. 
• Plan, implement and monitor day-to-day protection activities as part of Protection CC
• Conduct protection and gender assessments
• Undertake Refugee Community-level protection monitoring programme
• Ensure the provision of effective protection services and referrals 
• Provide staff training on protection monitoring as well as case management and referral pathways
• Develop user-friendly referral pathways for all actors working with refugees
• Develop protection monitoring tools 
• Develop and disseminate Protection monitoring reports to external stakeholders to inform protection programming in Addis Ababa
• Development of information sharing and data protection protocols in collaboration with relevant coordination forums
• Undertake location specific mapping of service providers in different refugee communities
• Any other tasks assigned by the Area Manager and Protection CC Specialist for overall management, supervision, monitoring and evaluation of the programme.   

Project Monitoring and Evaluation: 

• Monitor protection trends and needs in NRC’s areas of intervention and recommend activities and responses for NRC’s
• Analyze disaggregated protection related data as a means to inform programming and response activities.  
• Regularly monitor the project’s protection activities and provide feedback for ensuring activities are responsive, and contextually and culturally appropriate. 
• Assisting in developing and conducting assessments, mid-term and end of project reports and evaluations.  

Report Writing and Documentation  

• Support in the development of daily, weekly and monthly reports. 
• Ensure proper documentation of all project activities including means of verification, assessments and case studies. 
• Contribute to the development of project proposal and concept notes 

Professional competencies

• University degree in law, sociology, social work, international development from a recognized institution. 
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in in the field of humanitarian response and refugee/IDP protection working for an international NGO, UN agency or relevant ministry or local authority

·         Good knowledge of English both written and spoken 

·         Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities

·         A firm grounding in program activity Monitoring and Evaluation,

·         Strong proposal and project report-writing and team building experience and skills

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

•        Knowledge of the protection context (gaps and needs) in Addis Ababa

•        Stress resilient, team oriented, oral communication, structured and result oriented;

•        Flexible and with ability to take initiative and inspire others

•        Ability to work both independently and as a team

•        Manage performance to optimize results

•        Knowledge of other Ethiopian language is an asset

 Behavioral competencies

·         Planning and delivering results

·         Empowering and building trust

·         Communicating with impact and respect

·         Strategic thinking