Protection Rule of Law Officer 1 at Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI)

COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access to healthcare, food, and financial security, and to overcome their special vulnerability to wars, civil conflicts and natural disasters.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Protection Rule of Law Officer 1

Location: Rabah, Goronyo, Sabon Birni & Issa LGA - Sokoto
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary
Project planning and implementation:

• Responsible for the planning and timely implementation of PROL project activities in Rabbah 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 the 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).

Application Closing Date
30th July, 2024.