National Protection Officer

About the role

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is recruiting a National Protection Officer for its country office in Caracas, Venezuela. Reporting to the Chief of Mission and the Protection Officer, and coordinating with the Protection Division at the regional office and headquarters, the officer supports the coordination and implementation of protection interventions such as trafficking in persons and gender-based violence, and promotes protection mainstreaming across IOM Venezuela's programmes on human mobility. The position is based in Caracas, with travel to field offices as required.

Key responsibilities

• Support coordination and monitoring of operational, administrative and financial aspects of protection interventions and projects, including GBV, child protection, community mobilization, counter-trafficking and nexus initiatives.
• Help prepare project proposals, concept notes and planning documents, and support resource mobilization, work plans, budgets, M&E tools and standard operating procedures.
• Coordinate implementation with implementing partners and help draft partner agreements that include protection activities.
• Collect, verify and analyse data for protection analysis, update information management systems and support stakeholder mapping.
• Prepare and disseminate project reports, including financial summaries, in line with IOM procedures and donor requirements.
• Liaise with donors, partners, UN agencies, local authorities and government counterparts.
• Contribute to planning and delivery of capacity-building activities on protection, and attend conferences, workshops and interagency meetings such as the Protection Cluster and GBV AoR.
• Undertake duty travel for monitoring visits, project assessments and liaison with counterparts.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in International Development, Law, Political Science, International Relations, Diplomacy, Social Science or a related field with two years of professional experience; or a Master's degree in the same fields.
• Experience in migration, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and protection, including supporting protection programming such as GBV and human trafficking.
• Experience supervising teams, delivering training, and working with UN agencies, international organizations and NGOs.
• Experience in humanitarian contexts, project management, monitoring and evaluation, and with local authorities, stakeholders and beneficiaries.
• Fluent English and Spanish (oral and written); fluency is assessed during selection.
• Open to internal and external applicants; only local citizens or foreigners with right of residence and right to work in Venezuela may apply.

Required skills

• Knowledge of protection programming and protection mainstreaming.
• Knowledge of project development and reporting.
• Ability to manage a varied workload, work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Sound writing, communication and negotiation skills, and strong organization and analytical thinking.