Gerente de Protección

The Gerente de Protección will manage and implement protection activities in emergency contexts, coordinate with local authorities and humanitarian actors, and lead a team of 10-15 national staff. The role includes program development, reporting, budgeting, and participation in protection sub-cluster coordination in Zulia, Venezuela.

Responsibilities

• Manage and implement protection projects and activities.
• Coordinate, plan and supervise all protection-related activities including individual protection assistance, protection risk mapping, and information dissemination in emergency contexts.
• Maintain permanent liaison with local authorities, UNHCR and other humanitarian protection actors in the intervention area.
• Coordinate the Protection sub-cluster and participate in coordination and program development activities in the Maracaibo office.
• Ensure high quality and coherence of sectoral interventions across ongoing and proposed projects according to overall strategy.
• Lead project programs ensuring timely delivery, quality reporting, financial summaries, and close cooperation with donors, government counterparts and coordination mechanisms.
• Develop and formalize operational tools and training modules related to the project.
• Provide inputs for monthly protection monitoring snapshots and quarterly protection monitoring reports.
• Provide inputs for donor-required reports.
• Oversee overall budget monitoring, financial control and expenditure for protection activities, ensuring compliance with DRC and donor requirements.
• Represent DRC and participate in relevant sectoral working groups on the ground.
• Supervise knowledge sharing among teams and ensure monitoring and evaluation results are used to improve programs.
• Drive program development and growth within DRC objectives and contribute to country-wide strategy development.
• Monitor and continuously develop accountability initiatives within the relevant program and document activity impact.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external reporting requirements including procurement.
• Lead and manage protection staff including coaching, coordination, recruitment, capacity development, and performance management.
• Provide on-the-job training and adapt training to specific staff needs.
• Ensure coordination with relevant protection actors in the intervention area.
• Responsible for achieving strategic goals and objectives within the area of responsibility.
• Make significant decisions regarding unit purpose, functions, roles and resource commitments.
• Manage direct reports including hiring, dismissal, goal setting, probation, performance evaluation, staff development and performance management including underperformance.
• Make sound decisions based on DRC policies, MOPs, standards and technical advice.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Human Rights, Political Science, Refugee Law or relevant field, or Bachelor's degree with at least 6 years of relevant protection experience.
• Minimum 4-6 years of proven experience in protection in NGO projects.
• Proven experience implementing protection activities in complex emergency contexts.
• At least 3 years of people management experience.
• Experience conducting humanitarian interventions through partner organizations and coordinating with them.
• Fluency in Spanish is mandatory.
• English proficiency is an advantage.
• Excellent writing and editing skills for external audiences including governments and donors.
• Experience producing high-quality technical materials such as training materials, program tools, proposals, and strategic documents.
• Experience with Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in protection programs.
• Excellent skills in report analysis and protection.
• Calm and diplomatic nature is desirable.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Previous experience with DRC in emergency contexts is desirable.

Skills

• Protection Program Implementation
• Humanitarian Interventions
• People Management
• Partner Coordination
• Technical Report Preparation
• Training Material Development
• Program Proposal Writing
• Strategic Document Preparation
• Monitoring Evaluation Accountability Learning
• Protection Analysis
• Emergency Context Experience
• Budget Management
• Protection Sub-cluster Coordination
• Human Rights Expertise
• Refugee Protection Knowledge
• Political Science Knowledge

Languages

Spanish, English