Job Summary / Overview
Project planning and implementation:

• Responsible for the planning and timely implementation of PROL project activities in Rabah and Goronyo LGAs of Sokoto state, ensuring adherence to COOPI’s policies and procedures.
• Continuously monitor project quality; for example, strengthening data collection, reporting, accountability initiatives, and documenting the impact of COOPI presence in the field.
• Ensure synergy between the Protection sector and other COOPI sectorial activities in Sokoto in close coordination and consultation with other Protection staff.
• Contribute and support effective monitoring, evaluation and learning processes and initiatives, and ensure effective data and information management for project.
• Develop monthly work plans focused on key outputs and outcomes in consultation with other Protection staff.
• Ensure staff contributions to project monitoring and evaluation requirements to ensure project quality, relevance and accountability to COOPI’s target populations.
• Integrate community approaches, gender sensitivity, capacity building and mainstream protection into all activities as appropriate.
• Supports the Protection Coordinator in managing the team at the field level
• This position is resident in Sokoto

Reporting and documentation:

• Ensure COOPI has up-to-date information on the affected and targeted community and coordinate beneficiary lists and numbers with Reporting/Database Assistant and different stakeholders.
• Ensure the timely and quality delivery of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual project reports.
• Ensure high-quality COOPI and donor reports on activities, indicators and achievements.
• Ensure that all reporting is disaggregated by age and gender.
• Keep proper records of all project activities.

Team Management:

• Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
• Support the Protection Coordinator in supervision, hiring and orientation of new Protection staff as necessary.
• Contribute to COOPI Protection sector team-building efforts, help solving arising problems and support the Protection Coordinator in the integration of all team members into relevant decision-making processes.

Qualifications

• University degree in law, Political science, psychology, social sciences or social work (bachelor’s as a minimum).
• Relevant experience in protection programming including focus on protection monitoring and responding to identified protection needs.
• Demonstrated experience using international human rights standards in protection programming.
• Knowledge of Project Cycle Management
• Experience of HR staff management of national staff
• Experience of working in IDP sites (camps and host communities).
• Experience with coordination of humanitarian protection activities essential. Skills in advocacy essential
• Ability to manage teams especially field teams in a challenging environment.
• Ability and willingness to live and work in a challenging environment.
• Good communication skills (written and verbal), cultural sensitivity, flexibility, ability to improvise, team player.
• Ability to live and productively work under stress and in insecure and harsh environments while maintaining a sense of humor.
• Strong computer skills require (word and excel).