Job Title: National Protection Coordinator (Protection Sector Co-coordinator)
Employment Category: Grade F / Non-Management
Reporting to: Head of Programme Direct Reports: None
Unit/Department: Protection
Location: Khartoum, Sudan
Authorization Level: Not Applicable
Overall Purpose of the Role:
DRC will be supporting the Sudan protection sector as co-coordinator, working alongside UNHCR as the lead agency responsible for the overall implementation of the sector coordination role in accordance with IASC and GPC guidelines on sector leadership and accountability to: a) strengthen effective management of the sector, b) improve the representation of NGOs and other key stakeholders, including civil society organizations and c) reinforce the accountability of the humanitarian response towards the sector’s people of concern in order to enhance humanitarian protection programming and advocacy.
Responsibilities:
The Co-coordinator is responsible for performing the following Protection Sector activities and delivering the following outputs alongside and in collaboration with the Coordinator and Lead Agency, and in coordination with relevant sub-groups. The Co-coordinator represents the Protection Sector jointly with the Coordinator and ensures an NGO voice in humanitarian coordination. The Co-Coordinator does not replace a co-lead, but complements the lead and provides a representation of NGOs in this essential coordination body.
The Protection Sector Co-coordinator will support the Protection Sector Coordinator to carry out activities outlined in the Protection Sectors ToRs. Activities will be shared and divided as agreed, with the ultimate responsibility remaining with the Protection Sector Coordinator to report through UNHCR on the Protection Sector ToRs.
Protection Sector Meetings, Information Exchange and Representation
Strategic Planning and Reporting
Capacity Building, Trainings and Promotion of Protection Mainstreaming
Protection Tools and Protection Information Analysis
Resource Mobilization
Promote and Support Accountability to Affected Populations
Experience and Technical Competencies:
Preferred: experience in development of advocacy strategy and messaging.
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