Community Based Protection Associate
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Total years of experience :10 years, 8 Months
• Assist functional units, the Multi-Functional Team (MFT) and senior management to integrate participatory and community-based approaches in the overall protection delivery strategy and operational procedures.
• Work with host communities to identify opportunities for national civil society involvement in improving the protection of persons of concern.
• Work with implementing and operational partners as well as with displaced and local communities to develop community-owned activities to address, where applicable, the social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organizational and livelihood concerns as well as child protection and prevention and response to SGBV.
• Assist in analyzing protection risks and capacities of communities of concern.
• Support participatory assessments by multifunctional teams and ongoing consultation with persons of concern.
• Assist in planning and monitoring of programmes and budgets, with an AGD perspective.
• Build office capacity for community-based protection through training and establishing systems for community mobilization and participation of persons of concern.
• Identify and select which individuals or groups to prioritize for counselling and field visits based on agreed criteria.
• Support SGBV/CP in identifying vulnerable people during counseling and field visits.
• Volunteering to help identify vulnerable refugees for submission to the Canadian Humanitarian Transfer Program, with phone calls and interviews.
• Volunteering to help identify vulnerable refugees for submission to the US resettlement program, in phone calls.
• Assist functional units, the Multi-Functional Team (MFT) and senior management to integrate participatory and community-based approaches in the overall protection delivery strategy and operational procedures.
• Work with host communities to identify opportunities for national civil society involvement in improving the protection of persons of concern.
• Work with implementing and operational partners as well as with displaced and local communities to develop community-owned activities to address, where applicable, the social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organizational and livelihood concerns as well as child protection and prevention and response to SGBV.
• Assist in analyzing protection risks and capacities of communities of concern.
• Support participatory assessments by multifunctional teams and ongoing consultation with persons of concern.
• Assist in planning and monitoring of programmes and budgets, with an AGD perspective.
• Build office capacity for community-based protection through training and establishing systems for community mobilization and participation of persons of concern.
• Identify and select which individuals or groups to prioritize for counselling and field visits based on agreed criteria.
• Support SGBV/CP in identifying vulnerable people during counseling and field visits.
• Volunteering to help identify vulnerable refugees for submission to the Canadian Humanitarian Transfer Program, with phone calls and interviews.
• Volunteering to help identify vulnerable refugees for submission to the US resettlement program, in phone calls.
• Social worker in OSIR project - Za’atari camp/ Identification and assistance of vulnerable cases, provision of support to community mobilization mechanism, provide support to UNHCR CS unit at the registration area, meeting and reporting.
• Gender based violence and Child protection focal point - active SGBV field sub-working group member organization. The SGBV focal point commits to:
- Weekly attend and represent the SGBV Za’atari field sub-working group at the assigned district meetings,
- Regularly update the SGBV field sub-working group members and the district level members on the issues discussed;
- Document and share with the SGBV field sub-working group and the SGBV chair inputs in need of immediate follow-up and action;
- Share overall situation analysis i.e. needs, gaps and response on issues related to the SGBV at the district level and provide suggestion and recommendation for addressing those issues;
- Support coordination and integration of SGBV prevention and response initiatives.
• Facilitator for Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) orientations for SGBV and CP in the Za’atari - for District-based protection Actors, Humanitarian Actors and Refugees committees.
Land and Human to Advocate Progress (LHAP), 2013-2014
Project Manager for “Monitoring the Seventeenth Parliament” Project / Facilitating, designing, monitoring and executing the project activities within the team of “monitoring performance”, Reporting and recording the progress of each activity, communicating with the members of the seventeenth Lower House to achieve the objectives and goals of the project, Documenting the project’s media interactions and activities, Preparing, documenting and disseminating newsletters, Attending and following-up the sessions of the Seventeenth Lower House and preparing reports for each session, and assisting the organization’s performance and other activities.
Land and Human to Advocate Progress (LHAP), 2012-2013,
Project coordinator for “Traditional Water Harvesting Improves Community resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change” Project/ Executing, monitoring and designing the project’s activities, reporting, observing and evaluating project performance, supervising trainees, monitoring the progress of construction works, preparing brochures and banners, and coordinating work progress at the organization at once.
Jordan Environment Society (JES), 2012
Environmental Engineer/ following up environmental activities, organizing Environmental Impact assessment (EIA) training. Attending workshops and seminars related to the environmental sector in Jordan, participating in the awareness campaigns, and proposals writing.
USAID-funded project: Tourism Development, 2012
Marketing Component / Intern
Communication Component/ Media tracker
University of Jordan, June 2012 Amman - Jordan • Bachelor of Science Majoring in Land, Water and Environment / Environmental Engineering
Sukayna School, June 2008 Amman - Jordan • Tawjihi / Scientific stream CERTIFIED