CARE BEST INITIATIVE (CBI) is a growing woman-led National Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) founded in 2019 and presently operational in the BAY states within the North-East. Our actions are to save lives, alleviate the suffering of children, women and other vulnerable people; and to maintain human dignity during and in the after math of man–made crises and natural disasters; as well as to prevent and strengthen preparedness for the occurrence of such situation; and to promote the right of children, women and vulnerable people in the society. CBI is partnering with Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) to improve access to the prevention and treatment services of acute malnutrition among children, pregnant and breastfeeding women; and reduce morbidity and mortality among these vulnerable groups. Project Location: Nganzai LGA, Borno state; Guyuk and Shelleng LGAs, Adamawa state Project Duration: 10 months Application Deadline: 2nd January, 2022.
Job Title: Protection Officer
Project Location: Nganzai LGA, Borno state; Guyuk and Shelleng LGAs, Adamawa state
Project Duration: 10 months
Application Deadline: 2nd January, 2022
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Ensure that the perspectives, capacities, needs and resources of the persons of concerns are reflected in the protection strategy, planning processes and operations plan addressing the specific protection needs of women and men, children, youth and older persons, persons with disabilities, minority groups such as sexual minorities and persons living with HIV/AIDS.
• Coordinate the promotion of international refugee law principles and standards and also
IDP legislation or policies ensuring that all sectors and clusters fulfil their responsibilities mainstreaming protection.
• Coordinate the implementation and monitoring of programmes ensuring that identified protection needs, including an Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) approach, are adequately addressed.
• Provide legal advice and guidance on protection issues to internal and external interlocutors; ensure legal assistance is accessible to persons of concern; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documents to persons of concern (civil documentation, in particular birth certificates).
• Monitor, and assist with the intervention in cases of, expulsion and other protection incidents through working relations with governments and other partners.
• Ensure that durable solutions through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement are sought and provided to the largest possible number of persons of concern.
• Ensure through direct action and advocacy with more senior protection staff that the necessary resources are allocated to enable protection activities to identify and address protection and assistance gaps.
• Promote confidence building and conflict resolution among populations of concern, authorities and host communities.
• Maintain protection presence through regular field missions and reports, making direct contact with persons of concern, host communities, local authorities and partners. In operations applying the humanitarian cluster system, contribute to ensuring that the response of the Protection Cluster is grounded in an AGD-compliant strategy which covers all assessed and prioritized protection needs of the affected populations.
• Contribute to the Protection team’s information management component which: provide disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems; researches, collects and disseminates relevant protection information and good practices to enhance protection delivery and provide technical advice if necessary.
REQUIREMENTS
- Education: Degree in Law, International Law, Political Sciences or related field.
- Job experience: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience with graduate degree
- Languages: Proficiency in English is required.
- Proficiency in the use of computer (MS word, Excel and Power Point Presentation)
- Ability to speak Hausa, Kanuri and English
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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