46509

Damascus

Full time

Programme/Unit Summary:
As CESVI scales up its humanitarian response across Syria, the Protection team ensures that protection principles are integrated throughout programme design and implementation. The team delivers quality, accountable protection interventions for vulnerable and conflict-affected populations, with a strong emphasis on protection mainstreaming, risk mitigation, and community-based approaches. Under the supervision of the Regional Education and Protection Advisor, the team coordinates activities in line with CESVI’s strategy and donor requirements, ensuring compliance with international protection standards and humanitarian principles. Core responsibilities include oversight of case management, psychosocial support, protection monitoring, referral pathways, and capacity building of staff and partners.

In a complex and volatile context, the Protection team works closely with programme, MEAL, and operations colleagues, as well as with local authorities, communities, and protection clusters, to ensure safe access, effective service delivery, and timely identification of protection risks.
Position Summary:
The Protection Supervisor is responsible for the overall implementation of protection activities in the project. This includes the provision of specialized and non-specialized MHPSS, identification and referral of vulnerable children and adults, capacity strengthening activities for community members on MHPSS and protection related topics, and the contribution to education establishments and programming to ensure they align and integrate protection principles.
In addition to these technical responsibilities, the Protection Supervisor will also have management and reporting responsibilities, ensuring that team members are supported technically, whilst providing line management duties, including allocation of duties, monitoring of output and interventions, and day to day team functioning in line with HR processes and local context considerations.
The Supervisor will be required to engage and report regularly with management colleagues (both nationally and regionally) as well as ensure CESVI is represented appropriately and accurately in external engagements.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
• Supervise and monitor the implementation of activities as part of the CESVI project (including visits to all project sites)
• Coordinate (as representative of CESVI) with other agencies/NGOs/government bodies/donors to ensure coordination, implementation of minimum standards in the field and identification of protection concerns and gaps
• Technical guidance and leadership on design and implementation of activities
• Coordinate workplans with team members to ensure efficient and effective implementation of activities, in line with protection principles, to a high standard, and to achieve agreed outputs
• Contribute to reporting, both internally and to ensure external coordination reporting requirements are met
• Ensure maintenance of an effective internal referral system in coordination with colleagues
• Design and deliver capacity strengthening activities for CESVI colleagues as well as external actors based on needs, best practice and principles of humanitarian action
• Assist in performing other project related tasks as requested by the Project Manager or management members
• Contributing to the establishment and revision of SOPs, guidance notes, tools and forms that both guide the work, and ensure minimum standards in all interventions.
• Ensure proper documentation and secure storage of any protection data collected (hard and soft copies)
• Provide regular reports as guided and requested by Project Manager
• Supervise and manage a range of protection colleagues, with responsibility of workplan setting, completion of work-based evaluations and the management of team leave planning
• Be willing to provide cover for to ensure smooth operation of activities by directing implemented activities and group sessions when staffing gaps exist
• Keep informed of changes in the context and notify the Project Manager so that responses are aligned to any shifts or trends impacting the protection landscape
• Oversee the creation and implementation of training, PSS and community awareness raising materials used in sessions with individuals, groups and communities
• Adhere to CESVI Children Safeguarding Policy, PSEA Policy, Code of conduct, and report concerns. 
• Strictly respect all HR rules and procedures regarding working hours and leave/sick request and others.
Safeguarding Accountability:
• Upholds CESVI’s core values by promoting respect, dignity, and the well-being of both program participants and colleagues.
• Fosters a culture of openness and trust within the team, encouraging transparent communication and supporting team members to report any concerns through available channels and established mechanisms.
• Demonstrates a proactive commitment to learning about safeguarding and consistently integrates safeguarding principles, including risk identification and mitigation, into their day-to-day responsibilities.

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Feb 23, 2026