West Bank Protection Officer

West Bank Protection Officer

 
PREMIERE-URGENCE/AIDE MEDICALE INTERNATIONAL (PU-AMI) is an international apolitical and non-religious non for profit organization intervening in more than 20 countries around the world to help people to survive and rebuild their lives. Première Urgenceand Aide MédicaleInternationale merged in 2011 to offera better range of lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to communitiesaffected or forced to flee from war or disaster.

BACKGROUND:
Since 1967, occupation and political stagnation have directly affected the socio-economic situation of the Palestinian population in the West Bank. The movement restrictions policy is severely limiting Palestinians’ access to essential services and markets, and leading to serious and negative impact upon all aspects of their lives, and mainly their livelihoods. As a result, the 3 years-long PU-AMI’s humanitarian and development strategy (2013-2016) is directly related to the lack of respect of the Human Rights and the International Humanitarian Law by Israel as occupying power and combined several sectors to prevent the loss of livelihoods and prevent displacements as a consequence of protection threats, lack of services (Health, Education, WASH), and lack of access to agricultural lands or job opportunities.
SCOPE OF WORK:PU-AMI’s effort is to safeguard and advance the rights of the Palestinians will be undertaken through mainstreaming protection with programming targeting existing and emerging protection issues and through advocacy/awareness interventions towards the French community with regards on settlers’ violence. The objective of the project is to mitigate the impact on livelihoods of the protection threats, damages or destruction due to ISF or settlers, coupled with competencies and mechanism to prevent or address these violations where possible.The Protection Officer’s role is to enhance the internal and external reporting and co-ordination capacities of PU-AMI in timely defining appropriate responses following a protection incident. The primary responsibilities of the Protection Officer are to ensure the systematic initiation and follow-up of protection activities, to coordinate with other stakeholders, and to contribute to the advocacy campaign against settlers’ violence conducted by PU-AMI.
LINE MANAGER: The protection officer will be directly supervised by the WB Program Coordinator and receive guidance from the Deputy WB Program Coordinator.
TEAM:None
WORK WITH:M&E field officer, Assessment & Beneficiaries Selection Officer, Advocacy Officer, Information & Communication Officer

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
-Establishing an efficient networking with the local communities under protection threats in order to be timely warned about every protection incidents occurring in the area of intervention;
-Among the targeted communities, identifying the needs of training and awareness raising regarding protection threats and structuring their capacities of documenting each incident and monitoring the response provided;
-Undertaking immediate field trips (within 12 hours maximum) after each protection incident within the area of PU-AMI’s project (northern WB);
-Following an evidence-based approach to ensuring adequate investigation, data collection and documentation (incident report, photos of damages or injuries, medical report, complaints, etc…) of all protection incidents occurring in the area of PU-AMI’s project;
-In close collaboration with PU-AMI’s Quality Department and any potential partner; ensuring a detailed needs assessment (per affected household when necessary) after each protection incident to determine the most appropriate integrated and coordinated response to be provided;
-Maintaining and strengthening the rapid response mechanism in place, in particular ensuring a proper data management system to specifically monitoring the continuum incident-assessment-response, developing a reactive and efficient internal and external communication flow, measuring the effectiveness of the response and identifying potential gaps;
-Under the supervision of the WB Field Coordinator and the deputy Field Coordinator, reporting externally with other relevant organizations about protection incidents(Protection Cluster, OCHA, any local, Israeli or international NGOs when relevant) and coordinating the implementation of the response when it relies on several actors;
-Analyzing protection incidents, patterns and trends;
-In conjunction with the WB Field Coordinator and the Deputy Field Coordinator, advising on emerging/changing protection-related issues;
-Preparing monthly reports on protection activities;
-In close collaboration with the Deputy Head of Mission and the Advocacy Officer, providing input to the advocacy efforts of PU-AMI, more specifically in preparing case studies;
-Supporting the organisation of briefing/field trips with visitors, preparing briefing files, etc.;
-Providing support to the Field Coordinator and Deputy Field Coordinator in representing PU-AMI at protection related working groups.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE& SKILLS
-A university degree in law, social or political science, international relations or related fields, with a focus on international rights, international humanitarian law and/or refugee law;
-Between 2–3 years of professional in the area of protection/promotion of human rights, women’s and children’s, and/or rights under international humanitarian law and related areas;
-Previous work experience in complex political and security environmentsemergencies, preferably with international NGOs;
-Experience in the collection, analysis and interpretation of protection related information, including data base management tools;
-Fluency in spoken and written Arabic and English; fluency in spoken Hebrew desirable.
-Ability to influence and liaise effectively with key stakeholders, local Palestinian authorities, and Israeli administration/ISF when necessary
-Ability to work independently and as a collaborative team member in complex and often difficult operating environments
-Ability to work under pressure, long work hours, and heavy workload
-Ability to independently organize work and prioritize tasks
-Self-motivated, honest, highly responsible, and punctual
-Clean Driving license & ability to move round through all WB

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The Protection Officer is expected to be based in Ramallah with (nearly) daily travel throughout the West Bank.
PU-AMI provides a work environment that reflects the values of integrity, diversity and gender equality. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from women, disables and underrepresented cultural or social groups.
PU6AMI is a non-smoking environment.
PU-AMI is caring to offer a remuneration and benefits package commensurate to the Palestinian labor market. Salary range from 1300 US$ to 1600 US$according to the experience.

APPLICATION PROCESS
If you believe you are the candidate we are looking for, please submit a cover letter and a detailed resume including a salary history, 3 professional supervisory references (whom we may contact after a second interview). Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Send your application to:[email protected]. The email subject line should include the following: Protection Officer. The closing date is: 10/06/2013 16:00 COB.Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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