Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people in order to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency. The PUI Nigerian Mission has been officially opened in April 2016, with a focus on meeting urgent needs, including improving access to food commodities, primary health care and nutrition for Internally Displaced People (IDP) and host communities (HC) living in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC).
The progressive sectorial widening allowed PUI to start implementing an integrated approach from 2017 in food security, livelihoods, and nutrition and health sectors, with the support of ECHO, FFP, OFDA and CIAA/CDC, in line with PUI’s global strategy. In mid-2018, PUI developed its comprehensive response by adding Protection and Community Outreach (PCO) activities to the existing programs in Bolori II. In 2018, PUI also scaled up its intervention with the opening of Monguno LGA base, with the main objectives of reducing morbidity and mortality of the most vulnerable population and promoting protection amongst the whole affected community.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Protection Officer
Location: Monguno, Bama or Pulka – Borno
Employment Type: Full-time
General Objective
- Under the direct supervision of the Protection supervisor, the Protection Officer will be responsible for integrating protection principles into all sectors of PUI’s programming.
- This role ensures that interventions are designed and implemented in a way that upholds dignity, safety, and rights of the affected populations while minimizing risks of harm and maximizing the engagement of vulnerable groups, including persons with disability.
- S/he will be responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring protection and community outreach activities, in compliance with work plans, donor regulations and PUI policies.
- S/he will play a key role in increasing community knowledge and access to services while strengthening PUI knowledge of and acceptance within the community
Responsibilities and Tasks
Activities implementation:
- Conduct capacity-building and training to COWs on thematic of protection (including CP, GBV, protection mainstreaming, confidentiality of protection data)
- Conduct training sessions and workshops for health and nutrition staff on protection mainstreaming, social cohesion and the importance of incorporating protection principles into their daily work.
- Support the development of training materials and tools to support protection mainstreaming in the field
- Support effective community engagement and community input into program activities and design through close contact and structured activities
- Participate in community events and meetings, and lead the organisation of awareness sessions and workshops
- Ensure the identification, internal/external referrals and follow-up of protection cases and urgent cases to the Health, FSL and Nutrition team
- Collaborate with program teams to identify and address potential protection risks associated with project activities.
- Develop appropriate key messages and IEC materials and ensure that they are disseminated among the community
- Develop and implement strategies to promote inclusivity and accessibility of services for marginalised groups, including women, children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.
- Ensure protection is mainstreamed in all PUI Programs at the field and protection cases and concerns are timely referred and addressed
- Report immediately any difficulty or delay faced in the implementation of activities to the direct manager
Team Management:
- Supervise Community Outreach Workers and ensure the timely implementation of their activities
- Coordinate the work of COWs: work plans, progress toward targets, and frequency of submitting collected data
- Ensure that COWs have the necessary information on the referral system and provided services and properly understand the activities to be implemented in the framework of the project
- Routine field visits to monitor COWs activities
- Continuously collect feedback from COWs and ensure the communication to the Protection Supervisor
Logistic & Administration:
- Report to the line manager the needs in materials and tools required to conduct trainings and outreach activities
- Participate in the organization on training sessions: venue, attendees and support materialsEnsure a proper utilisation of the tablets and make sure all of it are daily charged and fully operational
Reporting & Data collection:
- Collect, analyze, store in a database and report information received from COWs (households surveys, FGDs, awareness sessions…)
- Collect, and analyze data related to protection mainstreaming to inform program adjustments and improvements
- Collect and analyze identified protection cases and referrals
- Document and report training sessions and feedback from participants
- Work with the M&E team to develop indicators and tools for monitoring protection outcomes within health, and nutrition programs
Internal and external representation:
- Build and maintain relationships with external partners, community leaders (especially Bulamas), community committees and other stakeholders
- Represent PUI at anytime and anywhere when s/he is in duty
- Ensure coordination with PUI Staff and stakeholders concerning community intervention activities
Priorities of the Department:
- Strengthen the community outreach network in the assigned catchment area supported by pui
- Ensure a continuous grasp on the population needs and vulnerabilities and strengthen pui reactivity responding to emerging humanitarian needs
- Support pui integrated approach through protection trainings for other departments
- Strengthen referral mechanisms internally and externally
- The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are non-exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project’s needs.
Requirements
- Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree with 3-10 years work experience.
Salary
N454,626 / Month.
Application Closing Date
3rd July, 2025.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online