Overview
Leads the implementation and coordination of protection programmes in North Darfur, Sudan, focusing on the Protection from Violence (PfV) portfolio. Responsible for ensuring effective project cycle management, high-quality programme delivery, and capacity building of project staff.
Key Responsibilities
- Leads the implementation and coordination of protection programmes.
- Manages staff, budgets, and activities.
- Oversees protection monitoring, case management, and referrals.
- Ensures assistance targets the most vulnerable populations.
- Contributes to programme design and needs assessments.
- Strengthens staff and partner capacity.
- Coordinates with stakeholders.
- Ensures effective reporting, advocacy, and compliance.
- Develops, coordinates and manages Protection Core Competency (CC) projects.
- Documents protection risks and develops advocacy messaging.
- Oversees protection monitoring, case management, referral mechanism.
- Responsible for Protection specific input and participation in needs assessments, planning and implementation of responses to new emergencies.
- Responsible for Protection specific contextual analysis and leadership in programme design and delivery.
- Establishes working relations with donors, international and national organizations, local authorities, clusters/sectors, CBOs and communities.
- Works on NRC’s Local partners capacity building and maintains follow up on their activities.
- Participates in all Protection coordination forums.
- Prepares all Project operational documents (HR Plans, Procurement plans, Work plans, Spending Plans, etc.).
- Maintains close coordination and reporting with the Country office and Area Office M&E Team.
Required Experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience in overseeing project implementation in a humanitarian/violent context.
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts, including protracted displacement.
- Ability to manage teams in multiple office locations.
- Ability to analyze and integrate quantitative and qualitative data and information from different sources.
- Good knowledge and understanding of international standards, and protection fundamental concepts and guiding principles.
- Demonstrated expertise in Protection.
- Knowledge of the context in Sudan.
