About GOAL

GOAL’s mission is to work with the most vulnerable communities to help them respond to and recover from humanitarian crises, and to assist them to build transcendent solutions to mitigate poverty and vulnerability.

GOAL is a non-for profit organization that has been working in Ethiopia for over 30 years across all the region of the country towards ensuring the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental rights of life, including but not limited to adequate shelter, food and livelihoods, water and sanitation, nutrition, healthcare and education. GOAL implements a range of multi-sectoral development, resilience, recovery and humanitarian responses Programmes by being sensitive to cross-cutting issues including gender, accountably, child protection, HIV/AIDS.

We envision a world where poverty no longer exist, where vulnerable communities are resilient, where barriers to wellbeing  are removed and where everyone has equal rights and  opportunities. GOAL Ethiopia’s main donors are Irish Aid, USAID/OFDA, EHF, ECHO and other private donors.

ABOUT THE POSITON: 

The Senior Protection Officer is responsible for coordinating and implementing GOAL’s Ethiopia’s protection and safeguarding interventions. The Senior Protection Officer will be responsible for coaching and technical supervision of zonal-based protection Officers in all GE protection Operation sites.

As Senior PSS Officer, under a close supervision from the Senior Partnership and Protection Manager, will support the overall coordination and monitoring of protection monitoring and PSS activities implemented in GE Operation areas.

Key responsibilities:

•  Support the strategic planning and implementation of project activities related to Protection components of all projects;
  
  
• Ensure protection is mainstreamed in all GE new business development and interventions.
  
  
• Maintain up to date knowledge of protection issues and share this information with teams and senior management as appropriate.
  
  
• Define and update GE protection and safeguarding policies and standards of quality, standard operational procedures, and standard tools. Ensure their implementation across all protection activities in all GE implementation locations.
  
  
• Ensure that activities and programmes are designed and adapted to consider groups vulnerable because of their age and gender.
  
  
• Strengthen safeguarding: prevent risks of abuse and harm directly or indirectly created by GOAL’s presence and coordinate the response to safeguarding cases.
  
  
• Actively promote protection technical learning and contribute to the development of effective tools that will enhance the quality and integration of programming throughout the team, organisation and sector.
  
  
• Map protection mainstreaming within GE and its partners using GOAL’s Risk Assessment periodically and develop guidelines, ensuring protection feedback in high risk programmes/partners.
  
  
• Represent GE in external meetings related to Protection, attend and engage in strategic discussions during the Protection national cluster meetings, Advocate and guide advocacy on protection issues.
  
  
• Ensure collection of lesson learned from ongoing project (in coordination with the MEAL Team) and promote learning from relevant best practices internally and externally.
  
  
• Strengthen protection programmatic synergies between different implementation areas and between GE’s various projects and donors;
  
  
• Facilitate communication and coordination between protection staff based in different locations via information sharing, skype group, workshops, and trainings. Ensure a strong information flow to and from field sites, including updates to and from the Protection Clusters and PSEA networks.
  
  
• Work closely with MEAL team on protection programme quality monitoring and evaluation; and ensuring protection related baseline and endline assessments are of high quality.
  
  
• Support Senior Partnership and Protection Manager on donor reports through review of performance/progress assessments against pre-defined project objectives, outputs, activities and indicators.
  
  
• Provide continuous support on protection/PSS activities, including regular monitoring visits to all programme sites.
  
  
• Conduct regular individual and group meetings with protection officers, to provide feedback, support, guidance, and share experience of activities, challenges and solutions adopted.
  
  
• In accordance with GOAL Ethiopia’s policies support orientation on complaints and feedback mechanism (accountability to affected populations).
  
  
• Prepare and submit regular reporting to Senior Partnership and Protection Manager,  woreda/zonal level Programme Coordinator and other relevant bodies on weekly/monthly basis.
  
  
• With the support of Senior Partnership and Protection Manager, advocate for child protection, PSEA and GBV issues in the Head office and field office and through coordination mechanisms.
  
  
• Demonstrate ethical and professional practice including respect of participant confidentiality and point of view, GOAL’s Safeguarding Policies (Child Protection, PSEA, Code of conduct and other policies).
  
  
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

JOIN US

Do you want to join an exciting organization that brings high level impact to the community and add value to your professional advancement?  Then join us if you have:

• BA degree in Psychology, Sociology or Social Work, at least four years of experience in the same/similar role in international organization.

• Demonstrated technical expertise in protection sector that include Child Protection, PSS, GBV etc;

• Experience in working with women, children, People with Specific Needs.

• Expertise in Psychosocial support, child protection & GBV protection principles.

• Excellent communication skills.

 Desirable qualities, skills and competences:

• Good organizational skills and capacity to work independently, if necessary and/or required
• Strong capacity and experience with planning, organising and coordination
• Results and performance oriented
• NGO experience
• Good command of English language

This description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties and responsibilities associated with the position.

REMUNERATION and BENEFITS:

• GOAL will pay a competitive basic salary based on the salary grading with addition benefits.
• A chance to develop tangible experience.
• Being part of a team who continue to make a real difference to the lives of the most vulnerable people.  

COMMITMENTS:

GOAL’s recruitment procedure is fair and transparent which is also in line with the organization’s commitment to its integrity, honesty and culture. GOAL is committed to ensure that, its performance complies with the terms and conditions of relevant agreements, applicable laws & regulations. Hence, pre-employment background checks will be conducted, and employees are required to read, understand, sign and implement different polices including safe guarding and child protection policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and abuse policy, sexual harassment policy, code of conducts and any other policy, rules and regulation of the organization.