Program Implementation & Quality Oversight

• Work closely with the Protection Program Manager to develop and implement protection strategies and plans that address the needs of vulnerable populations in Al Hol and Roj camps.
• Coordinate and oversee implementation of protection activities contributing to durable solutions, reintegration, and peaceful coexistence in return contexts.
• Ensure protection interventions are responsive to the differentiated needs of returnees, IDPs, women, children, adolescents, and other vulnerable groups.
• Promote integrated programming linking case management, PSS, adolescent/youth engagement, social cohesion, and community rehabilitation.
• Adapt SOPs, tools, and referral pathways to reflect evolving return dynamics and field realities.
• Coordinate, plan, and monitor all protection activities in the program area, including child protection, case management, adolescent programming, and community mobilization, ensuring quality delivery and adherence to donor and internal requirements.
• Ensure that protection principles, safeguarding standards, and best practices are integrated into all interventions.
• Oversee the protection portfolio at the field level, identify capacity gaps, technical needs, and opportunities for resource mobilization, and communicate these to the Protection Manager for action.
• Monitor program progress against work plans and targets, providing technical guidance to ensure quality and accountability.
• Ensure coherence and complementarity across all protection interventions in the area, promoting integrated approaches and strong linkages between case management, PSS, social cohesion, and community engagement activities.
• Ensure accurate and timely updating of protection activities in the 5Ws, supporting inter‑agency coordination and donor reporting.

Team Supervision & Capacity Building

• Supervise and provide day-to-day support to Sr. Protection Officers, social workers, adolescent social cohesion teams, and community mobilization teams.
• Build staff capacity in returns‑based protection programming, social cohesion, protection risk analysis, and conflict sensitivity
• Build the capacity of staff through on-the-job coaching, technical training, and regular feedback.
• Facilitate regular coordination between teams to ensure integrated service delivery and effective follow-up of cases.
• Support staff well-being and morale, recognizing signs of burnout and ensuring timely intervention.
• Promote adherence to safeguarding policies, ethical standards, and organizational values, ensuring staff are aware of and committed to these principles.

 Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement

• Represent Blumont in field-level coordination platforms and maintain effective collaboration with partners.
• Strengthen collaboration with UN agencies, INGOs, LNGOs, community structures, and local authorities involved in return and reintegration responses.
• Support community engagement initiatives to ensure programs are participatory, inclusive, and locally driven.
• Collaborate closely with other sectors to ensure protection is mainstreamed into broader humanitarian responses.

Case Management Coordination and Oversight

·       Provide expert guidance and supervision to social workers to ensure quality and consistency in case management, assessments, and follow-up.

·       Oversee the development and implementation of case plans, ensuring case follow-up, documentation, and closure are conducted ethically and in accordance with confidentiality protocols.

·       Review complex cases, facilitate regular case conferences, and ensure effective referrals to specialized services such as GBV, MHPSS, health, and legal assistance.

·       Guarantee that all documentation is accurate, confidential, and compliant with Blumont’s Information Sharing Protocol (ISP) and global data protection standards.

·       Contribute to the continuous improvement of case management tools, workflows, and capacity-building initiatives.

Program Development, Reporting & M&E

• Lead the protection component of donor and internal reports, ensuring accurate, timely, and evidence-based reporting.
• Support the development of activity plans, reports, and inputs for proposals and donor submissions.
• Contribute to high-quality internal and external reporting, highlighting key achievements, trends, and challenges.
• Ensure accurate data collection, analysis, and sharing with MEL teams to inform programming and improve quality.
• Support documentation of lessons learned, best practices, and success stories to inform future program design.

Travel Requirements:

·       This role oversees programming across all four governorates targeted in the program (Hasakeh, Deir-ez-Zor, Ar-Raqqa, Shadadah). The Protection Coordinator will travel extensively to all field sites as needed. The position can be based either in Ar-Raqqa or Deir-ez-Zor.