Alight Protection Technical Lead Jobs 2024 – Uganda NGO Jobs

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Alight Protection Technical Lead Jobs 2024 – Uganda NGO Jobs.

Alight Uganda looking for “Protection Technical Lead”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before April 25, 2024.

Alight, formerly the American Refugee Committee (ARC), is an international non-profit, non-sectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries over the last 40 years. In 2011, Alight helped nearly 2.5 million people get essential services to regain their health and take back control of their lives. Alight works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to communities of refugees and internally displaced persons in seven countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe, including Iraq, Kosovo, and in the Darfur region of Sudan and is currently providing for emergency relief and recovery in Haiti.

The Alight has published a job vacancy announcement on April 15, 2024 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Protection Technical Lead to be based in Kampala, Uganda.

Recruiter	Alight
Position	Protection Technical Lead
Location	Kampala, Uganda
Country	Uganda
Total Vacant Post	N/A
Qualification	University Degree
Experience Required	Minimum Seven years
Application Deadline	April 25, 2024

Alight Job Vacancy 2024

Major Responsibilities:

Protection Programme Strategy and Development

Provide overall leadership and management to Alight Uganda Protection programmes and portfolio growth, identifying value opportunities and establishing new strategic donors and Partnerships.
Lead in the design of and implementation of Alight Uganda Protection programming, providing technical guidance ensuring alignment with country strategy regional and global strategies and priorities for programmes quality.
Coordinate with protection managers in strategic program design and the implementation of multi donor integrated protection projects including Child Protection, prevention and response to GBV, Legal, MHPSS and Community Based Protection
Lead country teams in delivering quality protection and case management services by developing and/or improving Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and tools for all Protection programming.
Provide oversight, guidance, and leadership on all aspects of protection programmes design, development, compliance, and quality assurance.
As Lead Implementing partner for UNHCR refugee response in Southwest Uganda, provide compliance oversight accountability mechanism including PSEA prevention and safeguarding as focal point for programme teams. In collaboration with Protection team members and the Senior Management Team, develop and implement Child protection and GBV prevention and response interventions that adhere to inter agency standards.
Lead on developing Child Protection and GBV prevention and response plans and master budgets and contribute to Alight’s overall refugee response strategy.
Engage teams to ensure gender and protection mainstreaming is accounted for in all programming.
Lead in the management of the protection technical team to ensure responsible delivery of their respective pillars.
Working closely with other sector leads, ensure Alight’s ongoing integrated protection program reflects standards for best practice, quality, and innovation, and are responsive and adapted based on monitoring data to ensure implementation modalities remain context- and need-appropriate.
Liaise with Global Technical Unit advisors to ensure relevant support, tools and resources are being provided and integrated into programming.

Position in Organization:

Position: Protection Technical Lead
Location: Kampala, Uganda

Qualification:

Master’s degree in international development, law, human rights, social work or a related field.
A minimum of 7 years’ professional humanitarian/development experience, including specific experience in protection programming (inclusive of general protection, Gender Based Violence, women’s protection and empowerment and/or child protection) in emergency or post conflict settings.
A minimum of 5 years program and team management experience; preferably in humanitarian setting
Demonstrated experience using international human rights standards in protection programming.
Prior experience working in remote-management situations preferred.
Prior experience in East Africa and Refugee Response is preferred.

Demonstrated Technical Skills:

Strong Protection expertise and skills, particularly in Child Protection and/ or Prevention and Response to GBV (desirable is strong technical expertise in both protection areas)
Strong program/technical management skills, planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation skills.
Strong written skills in articulation of protection technical sectors, strategies and approaches
Strong oral communication skills, effective in representation and liaison with external parties.
INGO experience required; experience working with the interagency coordination mechanisms desirable.
Strong technical and operational knowledge of Protection programming in refugee response context.
Proven experience in implementing programs under grants, including high quality donor reporting and proposal development; experience of US Govt (BPRM, USAID, BHA/OFDA) and UNHCR Funding required. Other government, UN, and private/foundation is a plus.
Proven experience in designing and delivering capacity-building activities.

Languages:

Professional fluency in spoken and written English is required.
Computer/Other Tech Requirements:
Excellent computer skills and full professional competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.