Community Based Protection Officer job at ALIGHT Uganda | Apply Now

Project development, implementation and reporting:

• Under the supervision of the Protection Manager, contribute to drafting concept papers and proposal development.

• Lead the process of yearly/ quarterly and monthly plans for Community Based Protection programs

• Make sure that all community services projects adhere to the standards and or principles of the respective thematic areas as well as ALIGHT guidelines and accountability standards.

CRI:

• Lead the process of CRI distribution for POCs from Alight side- coordination, pre awareness raising and post monitoring, litigation desk etc. as per standards

Support to PSN:

• Lead from Alight the process of PSN profiling and ongoing risks analysis in order to design adequate responses.

• Ensure PSN support is planned and provided as per needs assessment and profiling

Strengthening of community structures:

• Responsible for mapping of community based structures in the settlement

• Conducting needs assessment and providing, tracking and monitoring of support provided to 1. Community self-management structures 2. Community groups – as per agreed programs of UNHCR and BPRM

• Strengthening of community:

• Ensure capacity building plan and training materials are prepared for the community members training.

• Designing and conducting quality trainings – with pre and post-tests, training reports and clearly documenting impact of trainings on persons trained

Community Complaint Mechanism

• Responsible for functionality of all Complaint Response mechanism are fully functional (suggestion boxes, FRRM, Protection desks, Community structures)

• Documentation of monthly trends on complaints received to gauge which methods is working well and or not and putting in corrective actions

• Ensure Accountability to Affected Population Plan (e.g. FGDs etc) – how, what, when, where, who is developed – all data received should be documented as per each sub sector

• Ensure a weekly monitoring of protection trend in the settlement and share reports with Team Leader.

• Contribute in preparation of monthly and weekly activity and spending plans.

• Contribute in drafting weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual and other reports.

• Spontaneously draft and share flash reports on major protection incidents and risks.

Coordination and representation:

• Develop relationships with a range of key stakeholders, Local Government and other stakeholders on the community services thematic areas at the field level in close liaison with the Team Leader.

• Represent ALIGHT and participate actively in the local Community Services working groups and any other meeting as requested.

• Close co-ordination in project implementation with partners (UN agencies and national/international NGOs), including referrals, community services gap analysis, advocacy.

• Work closely with the other program components to maximize program output and impact.

Staff development and management:

• Provide technical and programmatic leadership for the Community Based Protection Assistants, Incentive workers, and community based structures within the operational area.

• Develop staff performance measurement and targets and appraise them based on the set targets.

• Conduct daily field visits to support Community Based Protection Assistant – mentoring – through technical back stopping and to train duty bearers.

• Uphold ’s code of conduct and principles on accountability.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Contribute to the daily quality implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects and interventions.

• Identify, document and disseminate relevant project success, challenges and follow up on implementation of project’s action points

• Assist in participatory needs/vulnerability and capacity assessments of affected communities

• Participate in project evaluations and assist in the analysis of results.

Additional tasks:

• On request perform any other additional duties assigned by the supervisors in order to allow the organization to function optimally.

• Adhere to ALIGHT’s code of conduct.