Job Title: Protection Monitor
Duty Station: Targeted Districts (Taiz and Al Daleah Governorates)
Contract Type: Full-time.
Duration: [8 Months]

Job Summary:

The Protection Monitor is responsible for monitoring protection concerns and providing targeted assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and host communities in the targeted districts of Taiz and Al Daleah Governorates. The role involves conducting field visits, identifying protection needs, collecting data, and referring individuals to appropriate services such as medical care, legal aid, or social services. The Protection Monitor will work closely with community leaders, local actors, and protection teams to maintain access to targeted areas and address any protection concerns. This position is integral to ensuring the protection, well-being, and dignity of affected populations.
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Key Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Field Presence and Monitoring:

• Support the Protection Officer in drafting monthly work plans for field visits, ensuring regular monitoring and assessments at all IDP sites within the areas of intervention.
• Maintain contact lists of sites and community focal points to ensure extensive and thorough protection monitoring with good outreach to the IDP community.
• Conduct daily field visits to targeted districts based on the field plan, coordinating with community leaders in the targeted areas to monitor protection activities.
• Conduct rapid assessments in the field with protection monitoring teams to evaluate the protection needs of newly displaced individuals, as needed and requested.
• Draft weekly reports based on field visits, including observations and findings.

2. Data Collection and Analysis:

• Utilize smart tools for data collection under the guidance of the Protection Officer and Data Management Officer, ensuring precise and accurate data collection and timely uploading on KoBo platform.
• Identify vulnerable families who meet the admission criteria for emergency cash assistance and refer them to the Protection Officer.
• **Identify contact persons for Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and refer vulnerable individuals to legal and PSS (Psychosocial Support) assistance.
• Flag out protection issues in the area of intervention and strengthen Deem’s relationship with IDP and host community leaders and local actors through regular field visits.

3. Reporting and Information Sharing:

• Provide daily achievement reports to the Protection Officer, including difficulties encountered, suggested solutions, cases that could not be reached, and the reasons.
• Create awareness over hotline services, especially when conducting identification exercises for cash-based interventions.
• Share information with the Protection Officer to report on trends and changes in protection concerns, ensuring safe and confidential data management and guaranteeing data consistency for smooth reporting mechanisms.
• Timely flag out challenges or constraints during field activities implementation to the Protection Officer and assist in suggesting suitable solutions and mitigating measures.
• Provide feedback on the number of cases evaluated daily and weekly to be submitted in the system.

4. Community Engagement and Awareness:

• Promote protection principles and standards as well as IDP legislation or policies.
• Conduct activities respectfully and sensitively towards beneficiaries and staff, ensuring confidentiality at all times.
• Create awareness about available services, including legal aid, PSS, and other protective measures, to vulnerable groups.
• Engage with community leaders and local actors to maintain smooth access to targeted areas and individuals.

5. Data Management and Confidentiality:

• Ensure safe and confidential data management at all times, in line with organizational policies.
• Report on trends and changes in protection concerns to the Protection Officer.
• Use data collection formats to maintain data consistency for reporting purposes.

6. Additional Duties:

• Promote ethical values and humanitarian principles in all activities.
• Perform any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Psychology, Human Rights, or a related field.
• At least 1 -2  year of experience in protection or humanitarian work.
• Deep understanding of policies and laws related to protection.
• Native Arabic with good written and spoken English.
• Ability to analyze data and information to provide comprehensive reports on protection cases.
• Strong negotiation skills and effective conflict resolution.
• Ability to work efficiently within a multidisciplinary team.
• Good organizational and time management skills to ensure effective task execution.
• Commitment to ethical values and humanitarian principles in the workplace.
• Ability to devise innovative solutions to enhance protection programs.