Iran (Islamic Republic of): Senior Protection Officer

Vacant position: Senior Protection Officer

Level: B3

Type of contract: Resident Staff - Maximum Term Contract

Duration of assignment: 9 months (extendable)

Place of work: Tehran

A. CONTEXT

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance.

The ICRC also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.

The ICRC is funded mainly by voluntary donations from governments and from National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

In Iran, the ICRC promotes International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and works with the authorities in Iran to address the consequences of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, particularly the issue of missing persons and the contamination by unexploded remnants of war such as mines. The ICRC also contributes to the humanitarian response of refugees and migrants. We work closely with the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and other partners.

In accordance with the priorities, objectives and strategies set by the delegation and under the supervision of the Protection Coordinator, the Senior Protection Officer is responsible in Establishing and/or reviewing guidelines and working tools related to protection activities in particular with relation to Restoring Family Links (RFL). She/he directly supervises two staff assigned to RFL file.

We provide our staff with the opportunity to work in diverse teams around the world and apply their skills in the field to make a genuine difference.

B. JOB DESCRIPTION AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Is directly in charge of restoring family links activities and acts as a liaison to the Iranian Red Crescent Society and other humanitarian actors

• Monitors the activities and provides technical support to staff involved in protection activities, in particular for restoring family links

• Provides analysis of restoring family links needs to propose strategies and to develop or ensure development of appropriate tools to address them

• Participates to overall analysis on humanitarian trends related to migration and other protection issues

• Supervises and/or contributes to the collection of protection related information

• Identifies the need for written or oral representations to selected interlocutors at national level

• Analyses and makes periodical synthesis of all relevant information pertinent to protection related objectives & activities

• Establishes and/or reviews guidelines and working tools related to protection activities in particular with relation to restoring family links

• Represents the protection department in internal and external meetings (workshops, working groups, etc.)

• Ensures a multidisciplinary approach with other ICRC departments to address the protection related objectives and activities

• Directly or indirectly manages and trains ICRC staff involved in restoring family links and other protection activities at the delegation, in accordance with the tasks division between her/him and the Protection Coordinator, and contributes to evaluate performance and competencies of the staff under her/his responsibility

• Assists and supports and, in his/her absence, replaces the Protection Coordinator and hence ensures consistency with set objectives

C. PROFESSIONAL EXPERINCE AND EDUCATION REQUIRED

• University degree

• 4 - 6 years of experience in similar fields, preferably already in protection (e.g. migration, restoring family links, search for missing persons, management of the dead, etc.)

• Fluent in spoken and written English and Farsi, knowledge of Arabic is an asset

• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills

• Excellent analytical and reporting skills

• Staff management experience

• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure

• Ability to anticipate and plan, and to meet deadlines; well-structured and organized, autonomous, flexible, showing initiative; good team player

• Knowledge of humanitarian affairs, and working experience with an international organization is an asset

D. APPLICATION PROCESS AND JOB LENGTH:

• All interested applicants should submit a letter of interest and a résumé in English to the following email address: teh_hr_services@icrc.org (On the subject line of your email, please enter: Senior Protection Officer);

• ALL submissions MUST be received by the closing date of 28 February 2019;

• We regret that only short listed applicants will be contacted for further process;

• Official working hours Sunday to Thursday (40h/week, extendable up to 44h/week if requested by the supervisor): 08h30-17h00 (excluding 30-60 minutes lunch break);

  Desired start date: as soon as possible;

All interested applicants should submit a letter of interest and a résumé in English to the following email address: teh_hr_services@icrc.org (On the subject line of your email, please enter: Senior Protection Officer). ALL submissions MUST be received by the closing date of 28 February 2019.