ACTED recrute un coordonnateur technique de la protection, Juba, Soudan du Sud

ACTED :

Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity, while co-creating longer term opportunities for sustainable growth and fulfilling people’s potential.

ACTED endeavors to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience; promote inclusive and sustainable growth; co-construct effective governance and support the building of civil society worldwide by investing in people and their potential.

We go the last mile: ACTED’s mission is to save lives and support people in meeting their needs in hard to reach areas. With a team of 4,600 national staff 400 international staff, ACTED is active in 37 countries and implements more than 500 projects a year reaching over 14 million beneficiaries.

ACTED South Sudan :

ACTED operations in South Sudan aim to improve food security, ensure access to livelihoods and develop resilience and emergency programmes. Since the eruption of the South Sudanese conflict in December 2013, ACTED has been contributing to the delivery of humanitarian services to internally displaced persons, refugees and host communities. As camp manager ACTED continues to coordinate and provide camp management services in Protection of Civilian (POC) site in Juba and Bor, informal settlements in Wau and refugee camps in Maban.

You will be in charge of :

1.External Positioning :

External Relations :

• Act as key ACTED representative on protection in South Sudan ;
• Ensure external representation of ACTED in Protection sector, vis-à-vis country and local authorities, other project stakeholders, donors and partners ;
• Participate in and report (internally) on Protection technical and sectoral meetings, clusters and working groups involving all relevant stakeholders such as donors, NGOs, UN Agencies, inter-governmental institutions ;
• Ensure effective coordination and collaboration with key stakeholders and partners, i.e. NGOs, civil society organizations, community groups, and government counterparts who are working on protection ;
• Identify opportunities to collaborate and coordinate efforts with other organizations to ensure our activities build upon – rather than replicate – the work of others.

Project Development :

• Collect and analyse primary and secondary data related to the protection sector in the country ;
• Analyse the activities in the protection sector and relevant stakeholders ;
• Identify the needs of the most vulnerable populations through regular visits and literature review, and through the design and implementation of relevant needs assessments in close collaboration with AMEU ;
• Lead protection project conceptualization workshops ;
• Provide technical inputs into proposal design and ensure new or adapted projects for the protection sector focus on maximizing efficiencies, impact and integrated approaches.

2.Internal Protection Technical Support and Coordination :

Coordination :

• Support the development and maintenance of a coherent protection strategy across ACTED’s areas of intervention in South Sudan ;
• Promote harmonization of approaches and methodologies across the different protection projects by developing and monitoring use of common tools, as well as creating opportunities for experience sharing and learning ;
• Brief Project Managers about main protection issues, and updating them on a regular basis ;
• Organize internal protection meetings on a monthly basis.

Technical Leadership :

• Define protection project implementation modalities and methodologies (including, but not limited to technical specifications, identification and registration of beneficiaries, distribution and sensitization) ;
• Lead the development of all technical tools related to protection projects (ToRs for consultants and evaluators, ad hoc reports, capitalization reports…) ;
• Analyse the appropriateness, adequacy and potential impact of all interventions in the protection sector based on known contexts and needs ;
• Provide technical support to the Project Managers and other protection staff to implement the ACTED projects to a high quality standard ;
• Liaise with protection technical staff on a regular basis to ensure technical assistance is provided to projects when needed ;
• Disseminate tools, research, best practices and lessons learned internally and externally through publications, networks, working groups, events, and conferences.

Staff Capacity Building :

• Participate in the recruitment and training of protection sector staff members ;
• In coordination with Project Managers identify individual training needs and ensure access to training and professional development opportunities appropriate to the skill gaps and needs ;
• Provide training to projects teams on ACTED activities and protection best practices ;
• Develop training material for different trainings to share within the protection project teams ;
• Develop capacity-building programmes for local actors (including partner NGOs and relevant local services providers) on protection.