Protection Coordinator and Technical Supervisor

SAWA for Development and Aid is a Civil Society Organization founded initially as a spontaneous initiative in December 2011 to respond to the arrival of the first 40 Syrian families displaced from Syria into the North of Lebanon.
This initiative then grew to include individual activists, locals and internationals, who worked together (literally meaning ‘SAWA’ in Arabic) to share their knowledge and exchange their experiences in order to support Syrians, internally displaced or refugees in neighboring countries, united by their belief in their right to live in dignity, freedom, and to be active individuals in their communities and wherever they are.
SAWA sees itself as part and parcel of the society, and that it is on a continuous learning journey based on a participatory relationship at all levels with the communities that it works with, whether host or displaced, as well as with local and international partners.
SAWA believes that humanitarian, developmental, and civic work has to always strive to achieve social justice, and so it aims to work with individuals and communities through holistic interventions towards a society based on democracy, pluralism, and the values of citizenship and human rights. 

Objective of the Role:

The Protection Coordinator will be responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of the overall Protection programming portfolio. S/he will lead the coordination between Protection teams and sub-sectors, as well as coordinating and mainstreaming Protection with other departments/sectors. S/he will represent the programs in Protection coordination forums and advocate on Protection issues and concerns. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Lead development and implementation of Protection programs, including GBV, FPSS, PSS, CP, Mental Health, CRPC, ECA, MBCA, Psychologist and Protection overall. 
•    Conduct and support ongoing monitoring of Protection activities, through frequent visits to office and field sites, to ensure minimum standards of Protection and progress toward targets. 
•    Periodically review and manage M&E systems for Protection programming, including the development of M&E tools and methodology, management of reporting mechanisms and information flow, and analysis of program data and impact. 
•    Identify program gaps, areas of growth, and strategies and support in adapting program design to effectively meet beneficiary needs, the changing context, and other factors. 
•    Lead and participate in regular strategy and program planning workshops for Protection and the overall organization, including grant opening, midterm review, and grant closing. 
•    Manage development and monitoring or program spending plans, workplans, M&E plans, and procurement and staff plans to ensure progress against targets and spending by budget. 
•    Responsible for ensuring management of resources for fulfillment of program deliverables and commitments for objectives/indicators and accountability to donor requirements.
•    Lead capacity-building strategies for overall Protection department, to ensure strong level of professional development and team-building.
•    Lead preparation and compilation of internal and external weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting for Protection programs.
•    Lead development of proposals for Protection programming, in collaboration with the proposal team. 
•    Ensure maintaining of program files and documentation as per program management minimum standards, including maintaining the confidentiality of beneficiaries’ data. 

Competencies and Skills:

•    Minimum of 6 years (4 of which in the field) of professional experience in humanitarian work, preferably in an emergency context.
•    Substantial experience in Protection, both overall Orotection and in sub-sectors of Child Protection, GBV, including conflict settings with refugees. 
•    Technical expertise in the assessment of, design, and delivery of relevant Protection programming. 
•    Experience with participatory approaches and working with vulnerable groups, including gender mainstreaming, and with people with disabilities. 
•    Good knowledge and understanding of Humanitarian Principles and Protection framework, tools, and minimum standards.
•    Strong management skills with substantial experience managing large portfolios of programming. 
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
•    Experience in internal and external coordination and representation of programs. 
•    Professional, hard-working, and a self-motivated person. 
•    Very strong interpersonal and teamwork skills; collaborative approach with the ability to work within different cultural environments. 
•    Positive and solutions-oriented leader focused on team-building, problem-solving, and support to the teams and beneficiary communities. 
•    Flexible and can cope with stressful workload and work with limited resources. 
•    English language proficiency is required

• sub-sectors of child protection, GBV, RCA, ECA, PSS, and individual PSS  including conflict settings with refugees.