Protection Officer
Danish Refugee Council (DRC)
Total years of experience :4 years, 6 Months
• Discussed the development of Emergency, Preparedness and Response plan
• Planned outreach strategy in coordination with implementing partner (CLDH) targeting North, Central and West Beqaa
• Coordinated with volunteers, key community leaders, Shawishs and internal units for the delivery of awareness sessions.
• Conducted outreach activities, provided information sessions - reaching more than 1300 individuals - and delivered individual counselling to 470 persons of concern.
• Identified and referred through RIMS 630 cases in need of protection, livelihood, and shelter assistances to relevant internal and external departments, and followed up on assistance progress for eligible cases.
• Coordinated with logistics and safety departments for access approvals and movement plans.
• Submited monthly qualitative donor reports on AIRT in addition to periodic quantitative reports through the GMM; regularly updated the protection updates online sheet on SharePoint reflecting on major protection and legal incidents, trends, and paterns observed in the field; updated best practices and service mapping on SharePoint.
• Reported to technical specialist and area manager on main challenges pertaining the implementation of activities; highlighted relevant issues faced by the persons of concerns; and coordinated with relevant stakeholders such as UNHCR for prompt response to the maters.
• Discussed trends, gaps, and practices in monthly inter-agency working groups, and enhanced coordination with partners in relation to service mapping and referrals.
• Performed general administrative tasks on Dynamics for implemented activities such as atendance recording, preparation of purchase orders; updated and maintained secure filing of cases inside work unit.
- Assisted Deputy Project Manager and Administration in preparing reviewing and maintaining work plan and related budget forecast.
- Coordinated with program and admin of different bases discussing a unified approach for the preparation of needed payments.
- Prepared relevant purchase requests for project’s activities and ensured effective filing, documentation and records of project activities and related payments.
- Contributed to quality control of deliverables through monitoring the implementation of project’s activities in accordance with agreed plan and provided technical input related to integrated project.
- Represented the organization in monthly working group to share ongoing trends, gaps and challenges pertaining the implementation of activities and mitigation measures and learning. Participated in internal and external protection meetings discussing gender case review.
- Assisted Project Manager in drafting and revising donor narrative and qualitative reports highlighting program and financial plans progress, main constraints, lessons learnt and success stories.
- Engaged with partners, local authorities, and key stakeholders to collaborate on best practices and pool resources for the delivery of services.
- Planned and followed up on the implementation of community-based initiatives.
- Supervised protection staff and consultants for the implementation of field activities, trainings and awareness sessions; developed and disseminated advocacy materials.
- Assessed beneficiaries’ needs and their translation into project activities (legal and protection).
- Engaged with stakeholders including the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), regional human rights activists, and other organizations working on public administration reform and political rights in Bahrain for regional advocacy event.
- Compiled incident news with national and international legal frameworks for the preparation of research paper on human rights situation in Bahrain and the Gulf region.
- Drafted and submitted a follow-up report on the concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee of Bahrain.
- Monitored the work of 5 interns under the advocacy, research and reporting departments in Beirut office.
- Participated in trainings and roundtables and shared inputs on legal and political developments.
- Monitored the local political, institutional and legal framework in Lebanon and MENA countries and reported to the Team leader regarding regulatory changes.
- Assisted regional representative in drafting researches on political rights in particular as pertains to refugees and other marginalized groups, and necessary institutional recommendations in Lebanon and MENA countries.
- Compiled data and reported on human rights violations in the MENA region, highlighting trends, high risk areas, and alarming incidents.
- Supported human rights associates in the planning of advocacy events in coordination with civil society organizations and public institutions.
- Translated documents, communications and deliverables from Arabic to English and vice versa.
- Participated in trainings, capacity buildings and roundtables organized by the office.
- Organized meetings with CEO, HR/Admin and labor inspection officer for update on staff contracts based on new regulations.
- Initiated meetings with local stakeholders leading to the conclusion of 2 partnership contracts.
- Created new offline filing tools ensuring safer and easier access to staff legal documents and contracts.
- Collaborated with contractors and daily workers for the organization of events and followed up on implementation.
- Participated in arbitration meetings and drafted minutes of meeting.
- Documented and maintained secure filing of legal cases.
- Discussed legal cases updates, follow up and main challenges, and participated in preparation of action plan.
- Updated company's database, organized the filing of documents, and created an offline tracking sheet with relevant contact information of clients and stakeholders.
- Liaised with suppliers and other stakeholders to facilitate booking of hotel accommodation, transportation and flights for the visitors in Beirut based on the instruction by CEO.