JOB OVERVIEW
The Sr Protection Monitoring and
Information officer oversees all IRC Protection Monitoring & analysis, and
information provision activities in Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts. The Senior
Protection Monitoring Officer will be based at IRC’s office in Odesa, under
supervision of the Protection and Rule of Law Manager.  The Senior
Protection Monitoring Officer will serve as key person to implement protection
monitoring along the displacement routes and provide evidence base to inform
needs of affected population for program adjustment and advocacy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Oversee all the
Protection Monitoring and analysis activities
– Support the PRoL Manager and
local partners to develop and implement Protection Monitoring and analysis frameworks
including several data collection tools.
– Collect secondary data
available on protection risks and issues in Ukraine (Odesa and Mykolaiv
oblasts) to complete data analysis and produce weekly / bi-weekly sit-rep on
the context and secondary data collected, in order to support the protection
monitoring activities and analysis of the context.
– Ensure support to community
mobilizers in data collection, by collecting data him/herself when necessary.
– Ensure that data collection for
protection monitoring is complete and meet data quality requirement.
– Work closely with the
Protection Manager and the MEAL team to create. update data collection tools on
Comm Care and dashboards on Excel or Power Bi.
– Support the PRoL Manager in
data analysis and Protection Monitoring reports and other reporting mechanisms.
2. Ensure constant update
of the service map and referral tracker
– ensure continuous update of the
service map in Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts.
– ensure referrals are made in a
safe way and according to the SOPs, and ensure referrals made are followed-up
and that the referral tracker is updated.
– ensure provision of responsive
information is complementary to the Rapid Protection Assessment and/or
protection monitoring activities.
3. Oversee the Responsive
Information Services activities
– Work closely with the
Protection Manager and the MEAL team to create and update the two-way data
collection tool on responsive information.
– Support community mobilizers in
information provision, and in data collection about information needs through
the two-way communication tool.
– continuously gather information
content that is useful for displaced, and war affected communities, based on
feedback from the community mobilizers.
– create weekly and monthly
reports on information needs and statistics collected by the
community mobilizers.
4. Assess needs in centers
/ shelters and hubs
– continuously look for
information about collective centers, transit centers, shelters and volunteer
hubs that host and/or provide assistance IDPs and war affected communities in Odesa
and Mykolaiv oblasts and update the tracker online.
– constantly look for contacts
within authorities and key humanitarian stakeholders and update the contact
trackers.
– Make weekly movement plans for
assessments and shelters, and protection monitoring activities, and share with
the PRoL manager and fleet manager.
5. Program and team
Management
Supervise and build the capacities of the community mobilizers, ensure they understand their role and responsibilities, and implement the activities according to the overall program workplan and weekly movement plans.
Send weekly input on implementation of activities and targets achieved.
Create weekly movement plan for collective and transit centers / shelter / volunteer hub / authority appointments, visits and share with PRoL manager.
Supports PRoL Manager to develop programs, report related to donor requirement and program requirement.
Monitor spending related to activities is on track and timely inform PRoL Management for budget adjustment need.
Lead by example and support IRC’s commitment to taking all necessary preventive measures and creating an environment where people feel safe and can report misconduct.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education:
Bachelor or Master of Arts or
Science in Social Work, Human Rights, Social Science, Public Health, Humanities
or another related field.

Experience:
–             Previous
experience in protection monitoring / protection assessments / data collection.
–             Experience
facilitating group activities, trainings and workshops and mentoring others.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

–             Language: Bilingual in Ukrainian
and Russian and excellent verbal and writing skills in English
–             Excellent communication skills
–             Demonstrated understanding of and
ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients/beneficiaries
–             Positive and professional attitude,
including ability to lead and work well in a team setting
–             High degree of flexibility and
strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize
work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail
–             Computer literate, including
Microsoft Word and Excel

WORK
ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Travel to other locations is needed up to 30% of
the time
Work in the matrix organization
Fast pace of working, multitasking and adaptivity

IRC employees are eligible to the
following benefits:

Competitive salary
Purposeful job and development opportunities
English classes and unlimited online training
courses
Life Insurance
Medical insurance for staff and family members
Free psychological support to employees and their
family members
30 calendar days of annual vacation with
flexibility beyond the legally set minimum requirements
Up to 10 days of paid medical leave