DRC has been responding to various humanitarian crises in Lebanon since 2004, working with Palestinian, Iraqi and Syrian refugees. DRC received registration from the Ministry of Interior in 2011, and since then has focused primarily on responding to the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon and the resulting impact on Lebanese host community. DRC Lebanon’s focus is to ensure that we are able to respond to critical emerging humanitarian needs whilst improve the living conditions of displacement-affected populations and contribute to the achievement of durable solutions. With an annual portfolio of $12million, and with approximately 200+ staff, DRC is focusing its response in protection and economic recovery (Ec-Rec) sector in Bekka, North Lebanon and Beirut. DRC is also contributing to the evidence base and coordination structures in country through our Evidence Generation and referral information management (RIMs) teams.
About the job
The Protection Manager position is the highest-level protection staff in country, with technical responsibility for the overall country level protection sector. The Protection Manager is technically responsible for ensuring quality protection programming and is the overall country level technical lead within the protection sector. The Protection Manager provides day-to-day management of the Protection Technical Unit, including supervision and technical capacity building.
The Protection Manager is responsible for leading country level protection analysis and strategy development and implementation; providing protection sectoral technical advice, support, and has the authority to instruct; leading and overseeing Protection sectoral technical line supervision responsibilities for protection staff and interventions that contain protection, throughout the programme / project cycle; ensure quality protection sectoral programming and compliance with protection sector standards, including leading monitoring and evaluation efforts, staff capacity building and training, development of protection tools and approaches; and technically lead protection sectoral coordination and representation efforts. The Protection Manager will represent DRC in relevant internal and external coordination forums ensuring high-visibility of DRC Lebanon’s protection portfolio and providing technical leadership among peer organizations and the Protection Consortium.
DRC’s protection programming consists of: Legal Aid, Community-Based Protection, Prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence, Child Protection, Protection Information Management, and non-specialized Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support.
Your main responsibilities will be:
Protection Sectoral Technical Responsibility
Technical Supervision
Protection Programme Development and Oversight
Quality Assurance
Coordination and Representation
Experience and technical competencies:
We offer
Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment. For questions regarding the vacancy please contact lbn-jobs@drc.ngo
Application process
All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.
Closing date for applications: 24th of July 2024
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.