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• Visiting
  villages, camps and other IDP settlements to meet with community members
  in order to identify protection needs.
• Tasked
  with ensuring that assessments are undertaken in a consultative manner
  including the participation of men, women, children and elderly.
• Ensuring
  that protection is mainstreamed throughout all data collection including a
  focus on serving the most vulnerable members of the community.
• Responsible
  for strengthening research and relationship with community leaders
  in order to maintain good access to persons of concern.
• Tasked
  with coordinating crossing issues with government institutions and
  development partners.
• Encouraging
  and facilitating informal groups of IDPs to meet in order to collect
  information about protection needs of the vulnerable community members,
  identify possible community-based solutions and make referrals.
• Making
  connections with humanitarian services providers and encouraging their communication
  with community members.
• Offering
  mediation to settle disputes where possible.
• Keeping
  records of the protection and humanitarian needs identified and the
  actions taken to assist them.
• In
  charge of monitoring and reporting on matters of concern to all key
  stakeholders
• Completing
  and submitting weekly reports.
• Offering
  technical guidance and policy interpretation with regards to gender mainstreaming
  within the projects.
• Setting
  priorities, developing and implementing a clear and comprehensive gender framework
  and action plan.
• Sending
  feedback to project staff to ensure the practical implementation of
  activities within gender framework considering gender perspectives.
• In
  charge of reviewing, editing and giving monthly, quarterly and annual
  progress reports on gender achievements.
• Developing
  gender action plan for mainstreaming gender.
• Performing
  any other relevant duties assigned from time to time.

• The applicant should preferably hold a Bachelor’s degree in development
  studies, gender studies, social science, public admiration or related
  field.
• At least two years working experience with civil society organisation on
  gender and protection or related field is an added advantage.
• Strong sense of adaptability and ability
  to work and live in stressed, unstable environment and multi-cultural
  setting.
• Willingness
  to travel and work in remote areas
• Code of conduct as relevant to procurement
  and logistics, commitment, time management/ ability to work for longer
  hours, loyalty, patience, emotional intelligence and Tolerance
• Skills: Awareness raising and
  outreach, excellent knowledge of Microsoft word and excel, fluency in both
  spoken and written English, facilitation and coordination, team building
  and management and report writing and presentation.

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