Protection Analyst—Research and Advocacy

The Junior Protection Analyst supports the Mobility Pathways and Inclusion Unit in donor reporting, analysis, and advocacy of programmatic interventions in Iraq. The role involves protection monitoring, research activities, and supporting the production of reports and donor submissions to enhance evidence-based protection advocacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Al-Amal Protection Monitoring work, including proofreading, copy-editing, fact-checking, and assisting with qualitative and quantitative analysis; coordinate with team members to keep products accurate and up to date.
• Contribute to thematic work on environmental migration, gender-based violence, disability and inclusion, migration, and protracted displacement by conducting desk research, organising literature, and assisting with data analysis for reports and briefs.
• Help maintain knowledge-sharing products, such as thematic notes, policy briefs, and dashboards, by compiling data, verifying consistency, and providing analysis.
• Support the MPI donor reporting portfolio. Analyze data from field reports and monitoring tools to support comprehensive donor reports, ensuring alignment with reporting requirements; support proposals by incorporating key findings from protection monitoring activities and advocacy efforts.
• Work closely with the Programme, IMS, and M&E teams to ensure reporting inputs remain consistent, clarify indicator definitions, and support routine data management tasks.
• Assist with additional tasks that help the MPI Unit deliver its regular monitoring, reporting, and research activities.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Forced Migration, Humanitarian Action, Human Rights, or related discipline
• At least 2-year experience in research, data analysis, protection monitoring, and advocacy within the humanitarian or development sector; experience designing data collection tools and methodologies.
• Proven track record of producing high-quality analytical and written outputs, including concise reports and publications.
• Familiarity with protection challenges faced by displaced populations in Iraq or similar crisis-affected contexts.
• Experience in donor reporting, including data analysis and report writing.
• Experience working effectively and independently in remote or virtual environments.
• Experience communicating effectively with a variety of stakeholders, including diverse audiences.

Skills

• Forced Migration Research
• Humanitarian Action
• Human Rights
• Protection Monitoring
• Data Analysis
• Research Methodology
• Data collection tool design
• Advocacy
• Analytical Report Production
• Donor Reporting
• Protection Challenges Analysis
• Displaced Populations Expertise
• Remote Work Management
• Stakeholder Communication