Senior Protection Assistant Job \ This role involves working in a humanitarian context characterized by situations of violence and vulnerability. As a Senior Protection Assistant, you will be responsible for providing quality, timely and effective protection support to persons of concern (PoC) and identifying opportunities to mainstream protection methodologies and safeguards in operational responses. \ You will contribute to designing a comprehensive protection strategy and may liaise externally with local authorities and partners on protection issues as guided by the supervisor. In addition, you will ensure that PoC are involved in making decisions that affect them, whether in accessing their rights or in identifying appropriate solutions to their problems. \ To achieve this, you will need to build and maintain effective interfaces with communities of concern, local authorities and protection and assistance partners. You will also enforce integrity in the delivery of protection services by local implementing partners. \ The ideal candidate should have experience in protection work with an ethnic differential approach and strengthening of ethnic authorities with a rights-based approach in situations of international protection or forced displacement. Knowledge of policies and protocols related to the prevention and response to Gender Based Violence (GBV) is also desirable. \ Required skills and qualifications include experience in community mobilization initiatives with refugee and displaced populations, promoting accountability to affected populations (AAP), and awareness of procedures for addressing xenophobia against vulnerable groups. \ Benefits of the job include a dynamic and supportive work environment, opportunities for professional growth and development, and the chance to make a meaningful contribution to the lives of refugees and displaced individuals. \ In terms of living and working conditions, this role offers a chance to work in a challenging but rewarding humanitarian context. The ideal candidate should be comfortable with uncertainty and able to adapt quickly to changing circumstances.