Purpose of the position:                          

Ensure the full compliance of project operations with WHH rules, regulations, and policies,

The purpose of the Protection Officer position is to implement delegated Protection activities as defined by the Country Office’s strategic and programmatic frameworks.

Generic responsibilities:

• Ensure the planning and execution of project offer activities for the EU project, in Jawzjan and Samangan provinces through direct implementation and coordination with relevant stakeholders
• Adhere to full compliance of project operations within Welthungerhilfe’s rules, regulations, and policies, implementation of corporate operational strategies, the establishment of management targets, and monitoring the achievement of results.
• Responsible to follow the anti-corruption policy of Welthungerhilfe in all operations
• Ensuring operational systems, processes, and policies are observed to achieve project objectives; specifically, support better management and supervision, reporting, and information flow.
• Ensure timely collection and relevant, safe sharing of information
• Assist with administration and logistic arrangements required for implementation and monitoring of activities
• Development of holistic and needs-based programmes, which includes close coordination with WHH’s other projects.

Specific responsibilities:

• Manage implementation activities at the implementation site according to the work plan and program curriculum.
• Conduct community outreach and engagement with local authorities, community representatives, and other relevant stakeholders based on project implementation priorities as communicated by management.
• Conduct actors and service mapping and development of referral pathways.
• Consolidate information for in-depth context analysis to support programming.
• Implementation and monitoring of field activities with a focus on civilian self-protection through a community-based approach.
• Working with community structures—WHH committees, other NGO committees, and existing community structures—on protection risk reduction plans and protection risk identification through mentorship and core CSP activities.
• Capacity building of community members, school personnel (if applicable), and students (if applicable) on protection-related topics (Contingency planning, and other issues).
• Record keeping of all the training and beneficiaries’ data in relevant tracking sheets and databases.
• Ensure all the documentation is maintained regularly, and MoVs (through the programmatic tools and analytical framework) is thorough and accurate.
• Undertake data collection to inform relevant internal and externally commissioned protection assessments, risk analysis, and needs assessments.
• Referral of protection and other humanitarian issues to relevant actors, and stakeholders.
• Support in the contextualization and drafting of programmatic documents and analysis.
• Weekly reporting on activities and consistent planning for field-based activities.
• Data management and recording keeping maintaining confidentiality.
• And perform other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.