JOB VACANCY
International Staff
DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION
Title:
Protection Coordinator
Sector: Protection, with a focus on Gender Based Violence
Location: Nairobi (Kenya), with frequent travel within Kenya and to Somalia
Duration: up to the end of 2012, renewable
Employee Category: Full Time
Supervised by: GRT Regional Representative
Closing Date: 20th May 2012
Start of Contract: ASAP
Background
GRT is an international humanitarian organization working mainly in Somalia in the fields of protection and
mental health. The organization has been implementing UNHCR-funded projects on improving the response to protection risks faced by refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and IDP communities in Northeastern Somalia
through the provision of psychosocial support. GRT has also been implementing, in partnership with CESVI, a
European Commission funded project on improving protection of children affected by the armed conflict in
Somaliland and Puntland, as well as other European Commission funded projects on mental health which aims
at improving mental health service delivery and mental health personnel’s capacity in Somaliland and Puntland.
Since 2010 GRT has been implementing projects that aim at strengthening prevention and response
mechanisms to SGBV survivors through a community-based approach, funded by the Italian Cooperation,
UNHCR, UNICEF and JCCP. GRT is also implementing a project on improving the response to protection risks faced by street children in a slum in Nairobi.
Within the framework of this project, the organization seeks to fill the position of Protection Coordinator.
Job Description
The Protection Coordinator will be responsible for the overall implementation of GBV programme in Somalia,
together with other relevant GRT staff as well as for the supervision of the Child Protection project in Kenya.
With technical and managerial support, s/he will ensure that the goals and objectives of the interventions are met in a timely and effective manner.