Protection Technical Advisor, Global Surge

The Protection Technical Advisor will:

• Provide technical support in the design and development of protection programs for assigned countries/regions to ensure appropriate, effective, and safe delivery of assistance for populations facing protection risks
• Train colleagues on a range of protection program approaches and lead or support global and country-led initiatives to extend scale and quality in line with IRC's Safety Outcome Strategy
• Spend at least 80% of time delivering technical assistance in-person and remotely to country colleagues focused on protection programming design, implementation, and learning support
• Support continuous sectoral learning and IRC technical leadership by documenting program learnings and collaborating with other technical teams

This role creates positive change by reducing people's risk of violence, supporting recovery, and promoting transformative work for a future free from violence through protection programs that help stop violence before it happens and ensure lifesaving services for affected populations.

Required qualifications and skills:

• Master's/post-graduate degree in social work, law, humanitarian affairs, or relevant field OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum 7 years implementing/managing humanitarian protection programming in diverse crisis or post-crisis settings in at least two sub-sectors: child protection, women's protection and empowerment, peace justice and rule of law
• Experience providing technical support to diverse teams in cross-cultural settings and at a distance, with expertise in areas like GBV prevention/response, protection of civilians, access to justice, MHPSS programming
• Fluency in English and at least one additional IRC language (Arabic, French, or Spanish), with strong communication, influencing, training, and analytical skills

Benefits include:

• Flexible employment requiring availability for deployments only 50% of the year (with opportunities for additional deployments)
• Benefits that promote an empowering work environment including parental leave, medical insurance, counseling services, gender-sensitive security protocols
• Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities
• No specific salary information provided in the posting

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a humanitarian organization that responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.