Protection from Violence Coordinator - Ethiopia North Maitsebri

About the role

The Protection from Violence Coordinator coordinates and implements delegated parts of the Protection project portfolio in the assigned area of Ethiopia's North Maitsebri, ensuring timely delivery, technical quality and effective field-level management. The role covers monitoring, reporting in line with NRC standards and donor requirements, and building the capacity of project staff.

Key responsibilities

• Line manage directly reporting PfV project staff, including setting objectives, supervision, coaching, performance support, development and duty of care.
• Contribute to strategy, proposals and assessments by identifying protection needs, risks and gaps, and provide field-level analysis.
• Plan, coordinate and implement delegated activities, budgets, procurement and documentation in line with approved proposals and donor requirements.
• Maintain oversight of protection services and ensure minimum standards, including Safe and Inclusive Programming, are met.
• Select participants based on protection needs and vulnerability, and promote the rights of IDPs, returnees and other displaced communities.
• Monitor implementation, analyse programme data and report regularly to the Project Manager, documenting lessons learned.
• Build staff capacity through coaching, mentoring and on-the-job support, and liaise with local authorities, partners and stakeholders, representing NRC in area-level coordination structures.
• Prepare work plans and expenditure plans, conduct field visits, and support recruitment, induction, supervision and performance appraisals.
• In the absence of an Information Management Officer, support data systems, databases and spreadsheets, and help organise, code and analyse qualitative and quantitative data with the Monitoring and Evaluation team.

Required profile

• Minimum four years' experience implementing protection projects in a humanitarian or recovery context.
• Experience in complex and volatile contexts and in managing teams with IDPs, returnees, refugees and host communities.
• Fluency in written and spoken English; knowledge of the local language.
• Demonstrated results relevant to the position and knowledge of own leadership profile.

Required skills

• Technical expertise in protection programming and general protection case management.
• Field experience in case management and referrals in low-resource settings.
• Knowledge of the North Area operational context.