Relief International
Title: Protection and Inclusion Coordinator – Türkiye
Department: MELTECH
Location: Gaziantep, Türkiye
Reporting to: MELTECH Director
Duration: 9 months with opportunity for extension depending on availability of funding
ABOUT Relief International.
Relief International (RI) is a leading nonprofit organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.
Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach — which we call the RI Way—emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
RI includes the four corporate members of the RI Alliance: RI-US, RI-UK, MRCA/RI-France and RI-Europe. Under our alliance agreement, we operate as a single, shared management structure.
RI is active in 16 countries around the world, including some of the most fragile: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Türkiye, and Yemen. Often, RI is the only organization providing assistance to highly vulnerable communities.
RI employs 7,000+ staff and auxiliary workers
97% of staff are local nationals
We only have some 90 ex-pat staff out of 7,000+
RI spent $150 million in 2019 on our programs
Often, RI is the only organization providing assistance to highly vulnerable communities.
RI invests in four broad program sectors: Economic Opportunity, Education, Health, and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. We design our programs to incorporate The RI Way: local participation, integrated programming, the development of civic skills, and complementary partnerships including with local NGOs, governments, and the private sector. RI supports solutions that reinforce and improve upon existing in-country systems. Where such systems do not exist or are chronically underperforming, RI’s crisis response lays the foundation for long-term, sustainable change.
Position Summary.
Under the supervision of the Technical and Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEAL) Director for the RI Türkiye program, the Protection and Inclusion Coordinator is responsible for building the RI strategy about protection and inclusion. S/he is responsible for establishing/reviewing all the technical and programmatic guides related to protection and inclusion to ensure mainstreaming of protection and inclusion across all RI programs in Türkiye.The Protection and Inclusion Coordinator also acts as focal point for external relations with protection-related authorities, working groups, national and international NGOs, other service providers, and beneficiaries, including supporting national advocacy efforts.
Key Responsibilities and Duties.
Building RI strategy about Protection and Inclusion
- To lead the strategy development and the technical design and implementation of high-quality programs that deliver change for the most deprived population, including children and families with disabilities in both emergency and development programming.
- Provides in-depth contextual understanding, technical and practical expertise, and relationship building skills to define and deliver our strategic ambition for Disability and Inclusion
Under the lead of the MEALTECH Director and in coordination with relevant staff, support the development of methodologies and tools for assessment, studies, and evaluation about protection risks, prevention and response, and inclusion using an intersectional lens. Use the findings of these surveys to feed RI strategy and programming.
Under the lead of the Global Education and Gender Director assessing and addressing bias and stereotypes among staff and partners, and potential barriers to inclusion in RI and partners’ organizations
Establishing/reviewing all the technical and programmatic guides related to protection and inclusion
- Supports the design and implementation of disability inclusive monitoring and evaluation systems to demonstrate impact, while sharing learning across our programmes, teams and partners.
- Provide regular training and orientation on protection and inclusion to RI staff and partners
- Participate in developing new evidence-based programs by providing input for the technical design, logic framework, the targeted beneficiaries, and cross-cutting issues to ensure protection and inclusion mainstreaming.
- Strengthen the case management approach by updating the case management guide, building the capacity of case managers in the field, and analyzing regularly the findings of case management approach applied by Ri and partners.
- Strengthen the referral system of RI and partners by updating the tools, training the team, and analysing the findings.
- Coordinate with the MEAL Team to ensure all needed data related to protection and inclusion are addressed in the databases and other visualization tools.
- Participate in programmes data analysis and provide the needed feedback in terms of the mainstreaming of protection and inclusion in the programming.
- Undertake ongoing visits to sites, assess capacity and resources, and monitor inputs to strengthen the protection and inclusion approach.
- Contribute to the establishment/maintenance of a referral pathway, respectful of the confidentiality principle and international SOPs.
External Representation
- Represent RI and actively participate in all relevant working groups;
- Support national advocacy and influencing, while driving strategic partnerships for new business development;
- Represent RI in internal and external meetings as requested by line manager, such as the RI programmes quality meetings, and meetings with the partners when necessary;
- Provide cabacity building programming about inclusion and disability to partners and stakeholders
Other related tasks that may from time to time
Safeguarding
- Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.
- Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure your job related activity and practice is compliant with safeguarding standards.
Experience and skills required for the role.
- Bachelor’s degree in a humanitarian, development, social science, or related field;
- Minimum 5 years of experience leading the design and implementation of humanitarian and development protection, disability and inclusion programmes.
- Proven experience in capacity building trainings.
- Strong understanding of the Disability rights and policies in Türkiye
- Excellent understanding of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Disability Inclusive Programming, The IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action, Disability Disaggregated data and MEAL, Universal Accessible Construction standards.
- Fluency in English. Turkish and/or Arabic is an asset.
- Excellent use of MS Office products including Word and Excel.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, public speaking, and strategic planning skills required, including patience, diplomacy, willingness to listen and respect for colleagues.
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills and respect for people with special needs and other vulnerability.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, tasks efficiently in a fast-paced, stressful environment;
- Excellent time management skills and resourcefulness with strong attention to detail.
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
- Must be capable of working both individually and as part of a team.
- Must be flexible, willing to perform other duties and work irregular hours.
RI Values.
Guided by the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, as well as “Do No Harm,” Relief International Values:
We value:
- Integrity
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
- Inclusivity
- Sustainability
How to apply
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In case you meet the requirements and that you are interested in the position, please send your CV and Cover Letter in English in addition to three professional references to provided in the [email protected] before July 17, 2022, stating in the subject ” Protection and Inclusion Coordinator “
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Note: Relief International is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis. We actively seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and have sustained global impact. We are committed to providing an environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We do not engage in or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender identity, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, or any other protected group in the locations where we work.
If needed, Relief International will submit a work permit application on behalf of the selected candidate after the job offer is accepted – Failure to provide the required documents or rejection of a work permit application by the Government of Türkiye will result in the employment offer being rescinded
Due to limited resources, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Please apply immediately we will be reviewing applicants on a rolling basis, therefore may withdraw the position for the job board closing date.
Relief International is committed to protecting our staff and the communities we work with from abuse and harm including sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and sexual harassment.
All staff are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct.
Recruitment to all roles in Relief International includes criminal records self-declaration, references and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.
RI TÜRKİYE CANDIDATE PRIVACY NOTICE
This Privacy Notice was drafted by Relief International Türkiye (“RI Türkiye”) as a data controller in accordance with Article 10 of the Turkish Law No 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“Law”) and the Communiqué on the Principles and Procedures in Conforming with the Obligation to Inform.
On the legal bases referred to in Article 5/f processing of data is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by the data controller, provided that this processing shall not violate the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.” RI Türkiye shall process your name-surname, e-mail address, mobile phone, references, and CV/resume personal data for carrying out selection and placement processes for job candidates, and transfer them to third party suppliers through your applications to published RI Türkiye job ads via employment agencies or sending your CV/resume to RI Türkiye directly by wholly or partly automatic means. Additionally, RI Türkiye is going to get in touch with your references assuming that all obligatory information is given, and consents are obtained by your side about sharing their personal data with RI Türkiye.
You may submit your requests to RI Türkiye under Article 11 of the Law concerning the rights of the data subject in accordance with the Communique on the Procedures and Principles of Application to a Data Controller.
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Relief International is committed to protecting our staff and the communities we work with from abuse and harm including sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and sexual harassment.
All staff are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct.
Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.
Note: This position is awaiting funding approval.