National Protection OfficerNew

IOM Cameroon seeks a National Protection Officer in Yaounde to support its protection project portfolio. The officer will coordinate and monitor project activities; strengthen protection mainstreaming; analyse project information; liaise with donors and government counterparts; support partner agreements and capacity building; prepare reports and proposals; and guide field protection personnel.

• Coordinate and monitor operational, administrative and financial aspects of protection interventions
• Identify gaps in protection activities and propose actions to improve implementation
• Develop work plans, project budgets, monitoring and evaluation tools and standard operating procedures
• Monitor implementing-partner agreements and apply IOM protection standards
• Collect, verify and analyse protection information and update project information-management systems
• Prepare and disseminate project reports and liaise with donors, partners, UN agencies and government counterparts
• Deliver protection capacity building and provide training and technical guidance to field personnel

• Bachelor’s degree in Political or Social Sciences, International Relations, Development Studies, Migration Studies, Human Rights, Law or a related field with two years of relevant professional experience
• Master’s degree in the same fields
• Experience working with migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of trafficking and other vulnerable groups
• Experience supporting protection programming including GBV and/or human trafficking
• English

• Experience supervising teams and guiding and delivering trainings
• Experience with specialized international agencies, including UN agencies, international organisations and international NGOs
• Experience in project management, monitoring and evaluation

• Protection programming
• Protection mainstreaming
• Project development and reporting
• Data analysis
• Stakeholder coordination

• Contract type: Special Short Term Graded