Protection Coordinator - East & Southern Africa
Role Summary
Join Front Line Defenders as a Protection Coordinator to enhance support for human rights defenders in East & Southern Africa.
About the Organisation
Front Line Defenders is an international organisation based in Ireland that works exclusively for the protection of human rights defenders at risk. Human rights defenders are people who are persecuted because of their peaceful work for the rights of others. Front Line Defenders provides practical help through protection grants, physical and digital protection training, lobbying, advocacy and campaigning.
Key Responsibilities
- Connect with human rights defenders at risk, while applying intersectional lens, and establish and sustain secure communications with them;
- Provide rapid response to cases of human rights defenders at risk, including but not limited to through the urgent appeal system;
- Provide expert input to Front Line Defenders' advocacy, visibility, capacity building and protection grants programmes;
- Support on activities and strategies to ensure outreach to women and non-binary human rights defenders and overall gendered analysis of their experiences as defenders;
- Identify, undertake or collaborate on research on a range of protection related issues and gap areas;
- Develop contacts and liaise with relevant regional and other organisations with regard to Front Line Defenders' work for the protection of human rights defenders in the region;
- Close daily collaboration and workload prioritization with the regional team (staff working on East and Southern Africa from different FLD teams);
- Lead and coordinate overall annual planning of activities in the region;
Working Conditions
- €52,962 - €72,886 per annum
- 26 annual leave days
- Pension
- Paid Health Insurance
- Income Protection & Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance Scheme (EAP)
- Monthly Well-Being Provisions
Eligibility Criteria
Candidates should have relevant experience in human rights and protection work, though specific eligibility criteria are not provided.
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