The Protection Team Leader (TL) will be responsible for supporting team and project management with protection mainstreaming within the NRC Ukraine East Area Office in line with NRC’s Protection Policy and global protection standards. The Protection TL will work with protection manager to develop protection mainstreaming tools and guidance to ensure protection is integrated within programme cycle management and will support staff and contractor capacity building through trainings and awareness raising sessions on minimum protection standards. The Protection TL will identify gaps in terms of field-based protection support and line manage any additional field-based protection staff. The TL will develop strong working relationships at Kharkiv and field levels with protection actors and provide regular context analysis updates on key protection trends.

Generic responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with NRC (global and national) policies and procedures, handbooks and guidelines and/or propose new initiatives to bridge gaps and implement these.
• Contribute to developing systems and SOP’s and makes sure they are implemented accordingly.
• Identify, analyze and evaluate key processes and gaps in the team activities and make recommendations for improvement.
• Liaison and collaborate with relevant local authorities and/or stakeholders.

Specific responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of NRC’s Protection Policy and global protection standards within Country Office through working with protection coordinator and manager.
• Implementation of the project activities in coordination with the Protection Manager.
• Develop protection tools and guidance and continually update protection action plans to ensure integrated and safe programming.
• Support the training, capacity building and mentoring of field staff and awareness raising of non-staff (contractors and incentive labour) on minimum protection standard.
• Identify gaps in terms of field-based protection support and line manage any additional field-based protection staff to ensure support to programme management on specific programme initiatives and staff mentoring.
• Convene regular meetings of Programme (Protection) Referral focal points to ensure quality in protection referrals in line with NRC internal SOPs.
• Develop strong working relationships at the Country Office level, Area East level and field level with external protection actors and referral partners. Represent NRC at the field level in protection coordination meetings.
• Produce regular context analysis updates on key protection trends and contribute to programme development discussions.

Generic professional competencies for this position:

• Experience for working as Protection Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Experience working in coordination and liaising with external actors
• Experience developing and delivering protection training and good presentation skills in Ukrainian/Russian/English
• Ability to multi-task and work with short deadlines
• Ability to work independently and proactively with limited daily support and supervision

Context-related skills, knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge of the Ukraine context and broader crisis
• Knowledge of global protection standards and relevant bodies of international law

What do We Offer

This position is open to candidates who have the legal right to work in Ukraine. Please note that we are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position.

We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and a chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.

We are also looking for people who share our values:

• To be dedicated in what we do;
• To be innovative with our solutions;
• To act as one unified and inclusive team;
• To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible;

We invite applications from all qualified and interested candidates. Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications will be screened on a rolling basis and interviews will be assigned instantly until a suitable candidate is selected.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements