Overview
The Sr. Protection Coordinator will lead protection programming in Cox’s Bazar, providing strategic and technical leadership, ensuring timely implementation of project activities, and representing IRC Bangladesh in relevant forums.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic direction and technical oversight to protection programming.
- Ensure effective planning, implementation, and monitoring of protection activities.
- Lead development and execution of work plans, spending plans, and procurement plans.
- Support adaptive programming by identifying challenges and proposing solutions.
- Ensure mainstreaming of protection principles, accountability, safeguarding, gender, inclusion, and conflict sensitivity.
- Strengthen program quality through field monitoring and mentoring.
- Identify strategic funding opportunities and contribute to business development efforts.
- Support development of program documents, research, assessments, and case studies.
- Ensure regular collaboration and communication with other units and functions.
- Facilitate integrated planning and implementation across functions.
- Coordinate internal review meetings and action follow-up.
- Collaborate with Advocacy and Communications teams to develop key messages and materials.
- Represent the organization in the Protection Cluster and other relevant forums.
- Maintain strong professional relationships with stakeholders.
- Contribute to sector discussions and coordination efforts.
- Provide day-to-day technical guidance and coordination support to protection team leaders.
- Coach, train, and mentor protection team members.
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and inclusive team environment.
- Support recruitment, performance management, and professional development of team members.
Required Experience
Minimum of 10 years’ professional experience in managing protection programs on humanitarian response, with specific experience in protection programming in emergency or post conflict settings, with strict security rules. At least 3–5 years in a senior coordination, managerial, or technical leadership role. Demonstrated experience in Cox’s Bazar/Rohingya response or similar complex humanitarian settings is highly preferred. Proven experience in Protection Cluster representation, inter-agency coordination, and stakeholder engagement. Strong experience in business development, including proposal writing, donor engagement, and program design. Experience working with multi-functional teams including advocacy, communications, MEAL, and operations. Demonstrated track record in managing project implementation and ensuring timely delivery against targets.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in international development, law, human rights, or a related field; a Master's degree is preferred.
