Protection Coordinator

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INTERSOS

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: International contract
  • Remuneration: EUR 3,690 EUR-EUR 4,245 EUR / monthly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 30/04/2026
  • Location: Nigeria
GBV / VAWG
General description of the context
With over a decade of conflict, there have been devastating humanitarian consequences across North-East (Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (BAY) states) and the North-West of Nigeria. According to the Humanitarian Needs Overview 2023, an estimated 8.3 million women, men, and children need some form of humanitarian and protection assistance. Over 2 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to persistent violence and remain internally displaced. Food insecurity and malnutrition are exacerbated by inflation, poverty, and restricted access due to insecurity, which impedes livelihood opportunities. Gender-based violence (GBV) has been a significant protection concern faced by IDP women and girls in the area. Numerous basic infrastructures, such as hospitals, clinics, and water supplies, are damaged, posing constraints on essential service provision. Epidemics like cholera arising from flooding and overcrowded settings put extra stress on the already vulnerable communities.

Main responsibilities and tasks
Definition of the strategy and implementation
  • Design and draft the protection strategy for the mission based on context, identifying suitable approaches and interventions
  • Design a Theory of change or a defined model of protection response and ensure it is aligned to the Global Protection Strategy

Technical Quality and Capacity building
  • Is responsible for the capacity building of the entire protection team ensuring technical quality
  • Draft SOPs for protection interventions (Case Management, Protection Monitoring, Cash, Legal, MHPSS, CB[P) and ensure the respect of it in all projects

Analysis and reporting
  • Periodically (quarterly) analyze the protection trend and the data of INTERSOS protection intervention to identify needs, issues, trends
  • Provide strategic protection analysis and development of periodic trend reports (including aspects of conflict analysis, gender and risk management) from program experience to improve development, implementation and policy and advocacy activities

Coordination and support
  • Contextualize and adapt internal and global guidelines, ensuring these are rolled out and known by staffs
  • Update and inform the program teams on the protection situation analysis

Supervision and Staff Management
  • Directly supervise, coach and mentor Protection Specialists and conduct regular performance reviews (IRP)
  • Review work plans of Protection Specialists and define priorities together with Protection Project Managers

Monitoring
  • Design M&E tools for protection activities and interventions and provide guidance on use of the tools and ensure they are used
  • Measure the impact of the activities and identify the best practices

Networking and partnerships
  • Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with relevant donors, partners, project stakeholders and other organizations
  • Maintain effective relationships with Protection, GBV and CP clusters and related working groups at national level

Qualifications
  • BA in relevant field (Social Science, Psychology, Social Work, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law or other fields related to social development and humanitarian work)
  • Minimum 8 years of experience with NGOs in developing countries of which minimum 5 years should be in protection technical roles
  • Experience in implementation of key protection interventions related to Case management, PSS and Community based Protection
  • Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
  • Strong theoretical, technical and practical background in protection.
  • English mandatory.

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