ActionAid Bangladesh is looking for suitable candidate for the following position:

Protection Lead

Unit                                    :              Humanitarian Response

Location of posting            :               Cox’s Bazar

Contract Duration              :                01 Year

Number of position           :                01 (One)

Salary and benefits            :               Competitive salary and benefits (such as mobile & internet allowances, medical benefit, group insurance coverage) will be offered to the   deserving candidate.

Job Summary 

ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) has been responding the Rohingya Crisis in Cox`s Bazar since beginning of current influx in 2017 and working on protection, Site Management and Site Development (SMSD), Disaster Management, WASH and Self-reliance. Being a prominent protection in Rohingya response programme, AAB is working on general protection, prevention of GBV, and for protection of GBV survivors. AAB also playing a greater role in Protection sector, GBV sub-sector and the GiHA working group. AAB is implementing numbers of projects on protection issues funded by UNHCR, UNICEF, UN Women and UNFPA.

AAB is seeking for a competent Protection Lead, to lead its protection team under Rohingya Response Programme in cox’s Bazar. S/he will represent AAB in the relevant ISCG sectors and will have a leadership role. The incumbent will also be responsible for maintaining of ActionAid’s working standard and approaches, Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability Framework in all projects in her/his portfolio. S/he will support the Progamme and Partnership Development Team and represent ActionAid Bangladesh as and when required in the capacity of a coordination.

Key responsibilities include (not limited to) 

Protection Program Strategy 

• Provide strategic direction and overall technical support to Protection programme, ensuring that it is aligned with the protection sector, protection principles, and ActionAid’s Women-led Protection approach.
• Design and lead assessments/study/research aimed at generating a strong evidence-based protection programme.
• Lead on the implementation and review of the Integrated Protection Strategy to ensure programming reflects standards for best practice.
• Contribute to program development and design, to ensure interventions are responsive to needs and informed by understanding of the context.
• Contribute to AAB Protection programme direction through development of concept notes and proposals to existing and new donors.
• Support the implementation of AAB Strategic Action Plan. 

  
  

Technical Support

• In coordination with the Head – Humanitarian Response and other team members, ensure that ethical and comprehensive data collection and information management systems are in place for appropriate protection analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy.
• Ensure regular collaboration and communication with other units and functions to ensure integrated programming components are highly functional in best practice across both sectors.
• Proactively identify, assess, monitor and implement measures to reduce or control risks that may impact program quality or compliance.
• Develop, update and ensure quality implementation of internal Standard Operating Procedures for protection programming, in consultation with line manager and other teams.
• Ensure support to the Managers and Coordinators of relevant projects to adapt their program activities as per agreed process and principles and implement the projects successfully.

Program Development and Reporting

• In coordination with Lead- Programme and Partnership Development (PPD), lead the proposal development activities (narrative and budget) for Protection sector through planning and program design, to ensure technical standards.
• Review all reports as and when needed and provide appropriate comments to ensure good quality reports. Ensure that all internal and external reporting requirements are met, that reports are of a high quality and are submitted on time.
• Ensure projects deliverables and activities are of high quality, meet humanitarian standards, mainstreamed protection and aligned with Protection Programme Framework. 

Coordination and Representation

• Maintain regular working relation with Manager – Women Rights and Gender Equity (WRGE), AAB and Global Women’s Protection Advisor with IHART, ActionAid International
• Dedicatedly participate in, and contribute to, coordination meetings, specifically Protection Sector, GBV Sub-sector and GiHA Working Group.
• Ensure AAB’s active contribution in all coordination forums at local/national level.
• Build strong working alliances with other international and national actors/organizations working on Protection-related advocacy.
• Maintain effective working relationships with other key partners, including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, local administrations and other relevant actors. 

Staff Management & Capacity Development

• Mentor the direct reports, communicating clear expectations, setting performance objectives, providing regular and timely performance feedback.
• Support HR team in recruitment, capacity development and facilitating leadership development of the programme team.
• Coach, train, and mentor team members with the aim of strengthening their technical capacity, exchanging knowledge within the team.

Relationships

Protection Lead will report to Head – Humanitarian Response of ActionAid Bangladesh. S/He must maintain functional relationship with his/her peers, greater programme team including project teams and organization’s priority teams. S/He must be able to communicate with other teams and units both programme and operational.

Required Educational Qualification and Experience 

• Master's degree, preferably in International Development/ Law/ International Relation/ Social Sciences/ Development Studies
• At least 5 years of professional experience in a reputed organisation.

Technical Skills

• Strong program/technical, project management and budget management skills
• Experience in writing proposals and working with major institutional donors (mainly UN agencies)
• Knowledge of Protection, Gender, SRHR, Women, and child rights issues.
• Has good understanding on Partnership management.
• Policy advocacy and campaign
• Sound in participatory development process and HRBA
• Understanding of Govt. working system and activities.
• Ability to manage multifunctional team.
• Excellent in both written and oral communication in English.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Documentation and articulation skill.

Application instructions

Only those who meet the above requirements are requested to apply following these instructions:

• Last date of application is Tuesday, 29 June 2021. 
• Please click here to submit your application. 

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ActionAid Bangladesh aims to attract and select a diverse workforce ensuring equal opportunity to everyone, irrespective of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, HIV status, class, ethnicity, disability, location and religion. Any personal persuasion/phone-call will result in disqualification of candidature. 

ActionAid Bangladesh has a non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards child abuse, exploitation and child labor and expects all employees to abide by the Child Protection Policy of ActionAid Bangladesh.

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