Protection and Safeguarding Coordinator

Job Title: Protection and Safeguarding Coordinator X 2

Location: Gaza Strip – Field-based with regular visits to the field
Reports to: Program director
Contract Type: Full-time – Project-based
Project: Emergency Response
Duty Station: One for Gaza Field Office, one for Ramallah main office
Duration: Based on project timeframe, with potential for extension (based on performance and funding availability) 

1. Job Purpose Summary and Objectives

The Safeguarding, Protection, and GiE Coordinator will provide strategic leadership, technical oversight, and coordination to ensure that all Gaza Emergency Response interventions are safe, gender-responsive, and protection-oriented. The Coordinator will lead the design, planning, and monitoring of protection and safeguarding activities while ensuring that community-based structures (e.g., Protection Committees) are at the center of the response.

Objectives:

• Ensure protection and safeguarding principles are embedded across the emergency response strategy.
• Coordinate with all relevant stakeholders internally and externally to ensure an integrated and participatory protection approach.
• Build the capacities of staff, volunteers, and community actors, including Protection Committees, on key safeguarding and GiE principles.

2. Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead the overall coordination of Protection, Safeguarding, and GiE interventions within the Gaza response.
• Develop and update protection strategies, action plans, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Supervise and support the implementation of community-based protection initiatives through Protection Committees.
• Ensure that referral pathways, case management protocols, and feedback mechanisms are functional and in line with inter-agency standards.
• Liaise and coordinate with protection actors, GBV and child protection sub-clusters, and community structures.
• Lead incident response and safeguarding case management, ensuring confidentiality and survivor-centered approaches.
• Provide technical guidance to other sectors leads to ensure protection mainstreaming in all sectors (e.g., WASH, Shelter, Food Security, and Livelihoods).

3. Main Tasks and Duties

• Oversee the rollout of safeguarding and protection risk assessments across all operational areas.
• Coordinate regular meetings with Protection Committees to review community protection trends and support their response efforts.
• Ensure integration of GiE principles in program cycle management: assessments, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Develop and deliver capacity building plans and training materials for staff, committees, and partners.
• Lead the development of tools and guidance for safe programming, risk mitigation, and gender analysis.
• Monitor the quality and effectiveness of protection and safeguarding activities and provide technical backstopping where needed.
• Compile and validate inputs for donor reports, assessments, and coordination forums.
• Represent PARC in relevant coordination spaces and maintain effective working relationships with protection actors and local authorities.

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4. Required Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Law, Gender Studies, Psychology, International Development, or a related field.
• Master’s degree or specialized diploma in Protection, Gender, or Safeguarding is strongly preferred.

5. Required Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in humanitarian protection, safeguarding, and gender programming.
• At least 2 years in a coordination or management role within a local NGO, UN agency, or INGO.
• Proven experience in community-based protection and working directly with local Protection Committees or similar structures.
• Demonstrated capacity to lead inter-agency coordination, develop tools, and implement protection mainstreaming across sectors.

6. Skills Required for the Job

Technical Skills:

• Strong knowledge of international protection frameworks (e.g., Sphere, CHS, IASC Guidelines).
• Experience in designing and implementing gender-sensitive, child-safe, and inclusive programming.
• Solid understanding of referral mechanisms, GBV prevention and response, and psychosocial support principles.

Behavioral Skills:

• Excellent leadership, facilitation, and mentoring skills.
• High emotional intelligence, cultural sensitivity, and confidentiality.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, especially in community-based and humanitarian settings.

Computer and Reporting Skills:

• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with digital tools such as KoboToolbox, ActivityInfo, or other MEAL platforms.
• Strong reporting skills in Arabic and English (narrative and analytical).

7. Additional Recommendations

• Language: Fluency in Arabic (native); strong proficiency in English (written and spoken).
• Mobility: Willingness and ability to travel to field sites frequently within Gaza.
• Safeguarding Compliance: Must adhere to PARC’s safeguarding policy, sign the Code of Conduct, and report any violations.
• Training Role: Expected to lead training-of-trainers (ToTs) for Protection Committees and field staff.
• Advocacy: Collaborate with the Advocacy Officer to raise protection concerns from the field to external stakeholders.

Equal Opportunity Statement

• PARC is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion and to preventing any form of discrimination based on gender, age, disability, religion, ethnicity, or social background. We encourage women and persons with disabilities to apply.
• PARC promotes a zero-tolerance policy against all forms of harassment, abuse, or exploitation.

Only applicants who have the required qualities, experience, and skills will be considered. Interested applicants must include (a) A resume (in English) and (b) a cover letter explaining their suitability for the position (in English)

Please submit your application via email.

To the attention of the HR Department no later than Saturday 26th of July 2025, including the job title (Protection and Safeguarding Coordinator) in the subject line and cover letter.

Applications received after this date or that do not meet the qualifications above will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.