Job Responsibilities

• Develop, in consultation with Regional Advocacy, CO Heads of Programme, ReDSS and MMC a regional protection strategy and across the EAGL region, in line with the global protection strategy & priorities. Provide technical support for Country Offices to develop their own protection strategies, based on protection analysis, and roll-out protection sector reviews for the countries.
• Seek out opportunities (research, cross-border projects) in collaboration with ReDSS, MMC, Regional Advocacy and other relevant stakeholders in the region to further explore aspects of DS in the EAGL context.
• Work closely with the technical experts for Economic Recovery, Climate Adaptation, and Alternative Financing to develop new, integrated programmes to mitigate climate change, enhance economic empowerment, and build a sustainable protection portfolio.
• Develop a regular EAGL regional protection trends analysis for the region to help inform programming, policy, advocacy and preparedness.
• Provide technical support to country programmes to ensure quality protection monitoring, analysis, strategies, and responses are in adherence with global standards and principles (DRC Protection Minimum Operational Procedures – P-MOPs).
• Lead the development and/or roll out of global and regional DRC protection standards and guidance; development of strategic protection documents, Standard Operating Procedures, and capacity-building tools at the regional level. To this end, provide technical support to country offices, particularly in the following programmatic areas: legal aid, protection information management (PIM) including protection monitoring, case management, psycho-social support, gender-based violence, and community-based protection.
• Provide technical review and/or support the development of proposals at CO-levels to ensure the centrality of protection, harmonization of protection standards, and that protection principles are integrated across all technical sectors, specifically, DRC’s humanitarian disarmament and peacebuilding and economic recovery sectors.
• Ensure country capacity on Protection Information Management (PIM) is of a good quality and standard. Collaborate with the Regional and Country MEAL, Information Management and IT staff to ensure development and operationalization of quality Protection IM systems in the region.  
• Provide technical review and input to regional and country programmes on advocacy and policy papers to ensure the integration of centrality of protection and harmonization of protection approaches across the different countries in the region.
• Alongside ReDSS and MMC, identify and design regional programme opportunities and manage regional protection initiatives.
• Support the technical capacity development of country offices in identified areas of need. Design and deliver appropriate training or source relevant expertise. 
• Lead on the development, review, and inclusion of minimum standards related to age, gender and diversity mainstreaming, while supporting COs in programme development processes.
• Contribute to training, awareness-raising, reporting and response processes in relation to Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA).
• Support the roll-out of the GDPR compliance work undertaken in the region as it pertains to protection implementation.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of protection policies, guidance and resources in collaboration with the GPU in HQ.
• Contribute to the adaptation of DRC’s protection programme approaches and the development of guidelines, tools and innovative approaches based on research of trends and the learning from the country offices. 
• Responsible for the identification of pilot projects for the further development of the protection sector in the region. Contribute to the communication of results and the development of recommendations.
• Represent DRC in regional protection coordination meetings when relevant.
• Act as the interface between countries and GPU for specific requests coming from the field.