Senior Protection Officer

Job Description

Title: Senior Protection Officer

Company Name: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Vacancy: --

Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Experience:
∎ At least 4 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO

Published: 3 Jun 2025

Education:
∎ Bachelor/Honors

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 4 years of experience and 2 years in supervisory experience working ideally in protection or a related field
∎ Previous experience working with an NGO or INGO required, experience with protection programming preferred
∎ Experienced on representing the organization in the protection coordination meeting and camp coordination meeting
∎ Experience in FD-7, FD-6, need assessment and monthly CiC report
∎ Deep understanding of humanitarian protection principles and standards
∎ Demonstrated organizational, management and reporting skills
∎ Ability to understand and respond to contextual gender dynamics
∎ Ability to work well both within a team and independently, strong communication skills
∎ Ability to work under pressure with competing priorities and deadlines
∎ Strong analytical skills with the ability to be flexible, adaptable, and creative in a challenging and dynamic multicultural environment
∎ Experience in success story and case study writing
∎ Full professional competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
∎ Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Bangla
∎ Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in law, social works, development studies and any other related field.
∎ Minimum 4 years of experience and 2 years in supervisory experience working ideally in protection or a related field
∎ Previous experience working with an NGO or INGO required, experience with protection programming preferred
∎ Experienced on representing the organization in the protection coordination meeting and camp coordination meeting
∎ Experience in FD-7, FD-6, need assessment and monthly CiC report
∎ Deep understanding of humanitarian protection principles and standards
∎ Demonstrated organizational, management and reporting skills
∎ Ability to understand and respond to contextual gender dynamics
∎ Ability to work well both within a team and independently, strong communication skills
∎ Ability to work under pressure with competing priorities and deadlines
∎ Strong analytical skills with the ability to be flexible, adaptable, and creative in a challenging and dynamic multicultural environment
∎ Experience in success story and case study writing
∎ Full professional competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
∎ Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Bangla
∎ Specific Educational Qualification
∎ Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in law, social works, development studies and any other related field.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Capacity building, Mobilize, mentor and supervise community volunteers to the volunteers and field level staff in line of capacity need assessment.
∎ Under the mentorship of direct supervisor, facilitate focus group discussions (FGD) with refugees, site management, state actors and service providers in the field on selected protection concerns.
∎ Conduct FGD, KII and ensure the proper documentation and upload in the system. Accompany the field teams to ensure protection monitoring activities are done in accordance with standard methodology.
∎ Support to protection officers for strengthening the community-based protection structure through capacity building, risk assessment, develop action plan and follow-up.
∎ Support the Protection Officer for identifying the protection need assessment towards the vulnerable people and support through IPA (Individual Protection Assistance) and referral services.
∎ Liaison with government and other stakeholders to ensure support for the program and coordination including project need assessment, CIC/government approval, monthly project report to relevant government and protection focal.
∎ Ensure that protection-related internal and external reporting programmatic including project completion report, 5W report, Sitrep, and protection monitoring report for IRC and Sector.
∎ Ensure the data security protocols are in place and followed by all protection programs (including protection monitoring and IPA) to ensure that sensitive and identifying information is not shared and that procedures are understood for dealing with security breaches.
∎ Support and supervise Protection Officers to ensure cases are referred to service providers. Conducting spot checks to ensure referrals are responded to in a timely manner.
∎ Lead awareness program and Community engagement on different protection concerns in camp.
∎ Work in emergency situations e.g., cyclone, monsoon, and other natural or huhuman-made hazard with discussion with Protection Officers and Manager.
∎ Ensure protection mainstreaming training, support to develop protection mainstreaming action plan for IRC and partner organizations and follow-up respectively. Besides, follow up of protection mainstreaming process score card for IRC and partners.
∎ Coordinate with partners (IRCs and external) for service referral in camp and host community.
∎ Maintain remote communication with volunteers whenever access to camp is restricted or during an emergency.
∎ Lead the area-specific service mapping, ensuring the information is regularly updated and used by the protection needs assessors.
∎ Contribute to the design and implementation of assessments and evaluations to determine program impact.
∎ Assist manager and senior manager with procurement plan and purchase request.
∎ Prepare Volunteer monthly payment requests to finance.
∎ Submit bi-weekly reports on field protection concerns to the Protection Manager including success and challenges.
∎ Engage closely with the MEAL officer to ensure the quality of data entered in the household and community level form is sufficiently detailed and accurate. Support in the verification of data as required.
∎ Support with the hiring, supervising, and building the capacity of protection officers and volunteers.
∎ Provide technical guidance, on-the-job mentoring and coaching ongoing training and targeted technical capacity building for the protection team.
∎ Put capacity development plans in place for the protection teams based on documented capacity needs assessments exercise.
∎ Approve and manage all time, attendance and leave requests to ensure adequate departmental coverage ensure monthly, accurate timesheet submission and carry out probationary reviews.
∎ Hold high-quality meetings with each direct report on a regular and predictable basis, at least monthly.
∎ As required identify staff performance issues and work with Human Resources to document and address these in accordance with the National Staff Employment Policies.
∎ Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
∎ Promote and monitor staff care and well-being. Model healthy work-life balance practices. Support appropriate interventions in response to identified staff care needs.
∎ Dedicatedly develop and maintain effective working relationships with other programs, and key partners, including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors, establishing IRC as one of the leaders in protection.
∎ Purpose of the Role
∎ The position will be responsible for oversight and support to field-level implementation of the protection monitoring, community-based protection (CBP), protection monitoring (PM), and Individual Protection Assistance (IPA) in Bangladesh. The overall goal of the CBP, PM, IPA is to facilitate community resilience for community-based protection and provide actionable information about the protection environment in Bangladesh for the Rohingya refugees and host community for advocacy and response targeting, and to directly facilitate information provision and referrals for vulnerable refugee populations. The Senior Protection Officer will ensure quality referrals and follow-ups, and ongoing responsibilities as they arise, including emergency assessments and focus groups on specific protection issues, identified. The Senior Protection Officer will supervise and coordinate the work of the field-based Protection Officers to ensure quality implementation of household and community assessments, information dissemination and internal and external referrals.
∎ Highlights of Key Responsibilities
∎ Capacity building, Mobilize, mentor and supervise community volunteers to the volunteers and field level staff in line of capacity need assessment.
∎ Under the mentorship of direct supervisor, facilitate focus group discussions (FGD) with refugees, site management, state actors and service providers in the field on selected protection concerns.
∎ Conduct FGD, KII and ensure the proper documentation and upload in the system. Accompany the field teams to ensure protection monitoring activities are done in accordance with standard methodology.
∎ Support to protection officers for strengthening the community-based protection structure through capacity building, risk assessment, develop action plan and follow-up.
∎ Support the Protection Officer for identifying the protection need assessment towards the vulnerable people and support through IPA (Individual Protection Assistance) and referral services.
∎ Liaison with government and other stakeholders to ensure support for the program and coordination including project need assessment, CIC/government approval, monthly project report to relevant government and protection focal.
∎ Ensure that protection-related internal and external reporting programmatic including project completion report, 5W report, Sitrep, and protection monitoring report for IRC and Sector.
∎ Ensure the data security protocols are in place and followed by all protection programs (including protection monitoring and IPA) to ensure that sensitive and identifying information is not shared and that procedures are understood for dealing with security breaches.
∎ Support and supervise Protection Officers to ensure cases are referred to service providers. Conducting spot checks to ensure referrals are responded to in a timely manner.
∎ Lead awareness program and Community engagement on different protection concerns in camp.
∎ Work in emergency situations e.g., cyclone, monsoon, and other natural or huhuman-made hazard with discussion with Protection Officers and Manager.
∎ Ensure protection mainstreaming training, support to develop protection mainstreaming action plan for IRC and partner organizations and follow-up respectively. Besides, follow up of protection mainstreaming process score card for IRC and partners.
∎ Coordinate with partners (IRCs and external) for service referral in camp and host community.
∎ Maintain remote communication with volunteers whenever access to camp is restricted or during an emergency.
∎ Lead the area-specific service mapping, ensuring the information is regularly updated and used by the protection needs assessors.
∎ Contribute to the design and implementation of assessments and evaluations to determine program impact.
∎ Assist manager and senior manager with procurement plan and purchase request.
∎ Prepare Volunteer monthly payment requests to finance.
∎ Submit bi-weekly reports on field protection concerns to the Protection Manager including success and challenges.
∎ Engage closely with the MEAL officer to ensure the quality of data entered in the household and community level form is sufficiently detailed and accurate. Support in the verification of data as required.
∎ Support with the hiring, supervising, and building the capacity of protection officers and volunteers.
∎ Provide technical guidance, on-the-job mentoring and coaching ongoing training and targeted technical capacity building for the protection team.
∎ Put capacity development plans in place for the protection teams based on documented capacity needs assessments exercise.
∎ Approve and manage all time, attendance and leave requests to ensure adequate departmental coverage ensure monthly, accurate timesheet submission and carry out probationary reviews.
∎ Hold high-quality meetings with each direct report on a regular and predictable basis, at least monthly.
∎ As required identify staff performance issues and work with Human Resources to document and address these in accordance with the National Staff Employment Policies.
∎ Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
∎ Promote and monitor staff care and well-being. Model healthy work-life balance practices. Support appropriate interventions in response to identified staff care needs.
∎ Dedicatedly develop and maintain effective working relationships with other programs, and key partners, including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors, establishing IRC as one of the leaders in protection.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Two retention benefits in a year equivalent to two basic salaries.
∎ Two retention benefits in a year equivalent to two basic salaries.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

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"Please note that any form of persuasion or undue influence will result in immediate disqualification from the selection process."

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Company Information:
∎ International Rescue Committee (IRC)
∎ 3rd floor, Sayemon Heritage Residence, Baharchora, Cox’s Bazar
∎ The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education, protection and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Founded in 1933. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.

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∎ 3rd floor, Sayemon Heritage Residence, Baharchora, Cox’s Bazar
∎ The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education, protection and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Founded in 1933. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.

Application Deadline: 12 Jun 2025

Category: NGO/Development