SayPro Protection Development Management —

The purpose of the Protection Programme Development Manager is to be responsible to design, develop, and implement CC programmes/projects in a small and medium size Country Operation or a start-up/small CC in a large country.

The Protection Programme Development Manager will be in charge of opening the protection programme for the North Iraq Area Office (NIAO) including conducting needs assessments, training NRC staff, developing funding proposals, and positioning NRC as a protection actor in Iraq.

Generic responsibilities:

• Develop CC strategy, technical Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) / guidelines and Macro Legal Framework Agreements (LFAs).
• Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, CC tools, handbooks and guidelines.
• Responsible for the development and management of funding proposals, project budgets, and donor reports.
• Overall management of project staff.
• Coordinate and manage CC (Protection) project implementation (activities, budget and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements.
• Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills.
• Liaison and collaborate with relevant local and national authorities and stakeholders and represent NRC in relevant forums/cluster/working groups.
• Promote the rights of Internally Displaced People (IDPs)/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy.

Specific responsibilities:

• Conduct needs assessment context analysis to identify main protection needs and produce relevant reports/updates on the protection trends.
• Assess and analyse risks to Safe and Inclusive Programming (SIP), i.e., assess communities’ perceptions and experiences in terms of safety, dignity, access, and participation, and risks of potential harm.
• Develop/contextualize a package of trainings on SIP and stand-alone protection programming.
• Conduct training and mentoring for key staff all across.
• Identify key protection gaps where NRC can add value and support the specialist or regional advisor in proposal development and fundraising discussions.
• Represent NRC in the relevant clusters.
• Support Project Managers across NRC in the implementation of safe and Inclusive programming standards and action plans.
• Budget holder for protection projects.
• Set up a sustainable internal and external referral system.
• Support the development of integrated programmes.
• Act as a Protection and SIP focal point for the mission.
• Responsible for ensuring programme support to integrated programme, coordination and technical quality in the Area office.
• Provide area-specific input relevant to NRCand CC strategies.
• Compliance to donor standards, and grant management and regular reporting to donors in Area, within the NRC grants management structure.
• Identify funding opportunities and develop funding strategies and forecasts in collaboration with the head of programs.
• Ensure compliance with contractual commitments and extracting and implementing key learnings from project implementation.
• Closely work with the MERO Protection Advisor as the technical line to align protection work to the regional and global priorities.
• Any other task in line with the role.