Terms of Reference

Title: Roving Protection Officer-P3-Juba, South Sudan

MISSION LOCATION
Based in Juba, South Sudan, roving in any geographical location in South Sudan, including deep field locations.

DURATION
6 months

OPERATIONAL CONTEXT

South Sudan continues to be first and foremost a protection crisis. Protection threats continue to intensify in scale and scope and the population is exposed to repeated deliberate attacks on civilians and other violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. Poor rule of law continues to prevent perpetrators being held accountable for the overwhelming number of violations, including the most egregious abuses, such as rape, torture, killing, forced recruitment including of children, targeted discrimination, and, occupation and destruction of property. The prolonged conflict has resulted in: widespread food insecurity and economic deterioration; reduced resilience to recover from shocks; growing dependency on humanitarian assistance and negative coping mechanisms (including family separation, child marriage and survival sex}; dire impacts on both the physical and psycho-social well-being of the population. In protection of civilian (PoC) sites, rates of criminality, gender based violence (including conflict related sexual violence), and self-inflicted harm are increasing as well as concerns of civilian character of the sites. Land mines and unexploded ordnance pose a constant threat of injury or death to the civilian population and humanitarian workers equally and currently render many schools and clinics unsafe for use.

The South Sudan Protection Cluster coordinates humanitarian protection activities for internally-displaced persons (IDPs) on community protection, gender-based violence, child protection, protection of civilians, rule of law, mine action and land issues across the ten states of South Sudan. The Protection Cluster is co-led by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

Aim of the mission
To strengthen UNHCR's leadership role of the cluster, particularly in the deep field locations, to ensure that the protection needs of affected populations are met through timely and coordinated action, in line with the overall strategic objectives of the cluster

Mission Objectives

Improved coordination of humanitarian/protection interventions in the field (primarily in locations where UNHCR is the state focal point) and deep field locations
Streamlining of the National Protection cluster's activities at the state level, close coordination and cooperation with the field teams, primarily in areas where UNHCR is the state focal point, including timely data collection, analysis and reporting
Protection Cluster initiatives are successfully implemented in the field by cluster members

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Senior Protection Cluster Coordinator, the Roving Protection Officer will:

Conduct regular field missions to support Protection cluster coordinators in the field to the extend possible in the current circumstances, assisting state and deep field focal points as and when required, particularly in the implementation of protection cluster activities and strategies;
Advise the Protection Cluster and humanitarian organisations on best practice in humanitarian civil-military coordination {CMCoord); work closely together with established civil-military coordination groups and provide advice on when UN Military and Civil Defence Assets (MCDA} is used as a last resort;
Perform as co-coordinator of the Access Working Group (AWG), which is an analytical and operational body
focusing on increased and sustained humanitarian access in accordance with humanitarian principles through coordination, monitoring, reporting and analysis of conditions.
Coordinate the work of the Integrated Protection Mobile Team (IPMT) and provide regular updates on status of field assessments and response and assess protection outcomes regularly.
Assist in the rollout of protection cluster tools to the field, conducting trainings and workshops in collaboration with the NRC cluster roving coordinator who will be covering deep field (where UNHCR doesn't have a presence)
Gather protection information from the field locations, compile and review for monthly and other regular reports;
Support drafting respective documents, produced by the Protection Cluster at the national and state levels;
Assist cluster coordination in the field in facilitating the implementation of solutions activities and programmes to ensure the continuity between humanitarian response, recovery and development, including developing and/or strengthening partnerships with relevant actors on issues such as housing, land and property and the rule of law;
Support mainstreaming of protection in the activities of clusters and agencies in the field
Support training, coaching and capacity building initiatives in the field
Advise on and ensure effective protection analysis and monitoring, and streamlining data and information reporting to the national level on protection concerns.

PROFILE
Experience

At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience at the international level in the human rights and/or the humanitarian field and in CIV/MIL functions including experience in Conflict Sensitive Analysis, preferably in relation to complex emergencies and humanitarian operations;
proven protection cluster experience; proven experience in protection and coordination, ability to supervise, mobilize and regularly follow up on mobile protection interventions to deep field locations by the protection mobile teams.
Ability to advocate on protection issues, both in writing and orally and produce high quality reports and analysis of protection incidences, issues and trends.
Previous experience in South Sudan would be an asset.

Essential requirements

Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in law, political science, strategic military studies, international relations, social sciences or any other discipline related to human rights and protection.
A first level university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and field experience in protection may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Strong English, verbal and written skills. Solid analytical, writing and presentation skills d»}

Personal Characteristics
Strong inter-personal skills, including coordination, ability to work in remote locations, negotiations skills, an ability to work both individually, organizing the daily activities and communication with the field team, but also in
various teams

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