Senior Protection Officer #Turkish Nationals Only

SRD Overview and Mandate

Syria Relief & Development (SRD) is a non-profit organization providing humanitarian aid to Syrians affected by violence, hunger, poverty, injury, and displacement. Our Mission is to provide crisis humanitarian relief and plant the seeds of sustainable development for the people of Syria. Our Vision is to maintain humanitarian relief and mobilize resources to develop a comprehensive agenda for sustainable development in Syria, SRD offices in Gaziantep, Turkey, and in NW Syria.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that SRD’s policy and operational interests in the area of protection (GBV) are actively represented.
• Oversee implementation of Gender-Based Violence protection programmes in the office, as articulated in the Response Plan and other relevant strategy documents, and when such documents are updated, review draft documents to ensure quality and coherence.
• Monitor protection programme implementation in the office and provide technical guidance and support.
• Lead on and support the case management of most vulnerable children including proper documentation;
• Compile updates and analysis on child protection which highlight trends, programming gaps, in particular in relation to context priorities.
• Assess capacity building needs in the area of the protection, identify training opportunities and design and deliver trainings/workshops as required.
• Facilitate learning and identification of good practices and information sharing on the GBV, including on strengthening linkages with education, health, community-based protection, livelihood and shelter, among others.
• Undertake monitoring and support missions to the field for guidance and support with a particular focus on GBV/ protection mainstreaming in the overall protection response.
• Ensure that field staff have access to and are aware of latest protection approaches, interventions and tools.
• Participate in existing relevant networks, working groups and initiatives, and where applicable seek to new partnerships which will strengthen the response, including the interagency GBV sub working groups.
• Represent SRD with external counterparts including implementing partners, on issues relating to Protection.
• Make recommendations with respect to programme orientation in the office and recommendations with respect to resource allocation and prioritization.
• Perform other relevant duties as required.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• A degree in social work, psychology, or related degree;
• Minimum two years experience working in the field of child protection/ protection/ GBV or related field;
• Previous experience in working with high-risk women and girls or Women and girls with special needs;
• Demonstrated understanding of working with children and particularly vulnerable children
• Good understanding of child protection in emergencies;
• Confident communicator, with excellent negotiations skills;
• Very well organized and with good reporting skills;
• Able to work under pressure;
• Excellent written and verbal communication and relational skills
• Works well in teamwork, is flexible, and willing to learn
• Good Computer skills: MS Word and Excel
• Fluency in English and Arabic required
• 5 Years of Relevant experience