Protection Technical Officer

The Organisation   Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.   Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.   For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.   We won’t stop until we are all equal.   THE OPPORTUNITY As Protection Technical Officer, you will provide technical support and oversight to ensure the quality and effective delivery of Child Protection (CP) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) programming through partner support, case management supervision, capacity strengthening, quality assurance, monitoring, coordination, and programme support.   Working under the supervision of the Protection Manager, you will help ensure that protection interventions follow national SOPs, inter-agency guidance, international standards, donor requirements, and Plan International policies, while applying child-centred, survivor-centred, gender-sensitive, gender-transformative, trauma-informed, and rights-based approaches.   In this role, you will:
* Provide technical guidance and supervision to implementing partners on CP and GBV programming, including case management interventions
* Technically supervise partner CP caseworkers, in coordination with relevant partner staff, and provide ongoing training, coaching, mentoring, and technical support to protection staff
* Strengthen case management quality assurance, referral pathways, service mapping, and adherence to national SOPs, international standards, best practice, and mandatory reporting requirements
* Support partners to maintain appropriate, ethical, and confidential data collection and information management systems, including CPIMS+, Primero, and GBV Information Management Systems where applicable
* Monitor the timely and accurate updating of CP and GBV case management databases, including monthly data review, and compile and analyse protection data to inform programme quality, learning, evidence generation, and advocacy
* Conduct regular field monitoring visits to assess programme quality, progress, compliance, and implementation challenges; identify technical quality gaps, provide solutions, and support corrective actions and programme modifications where required
* Contribute to programme design, technical strategy, proposals, reporting, technical tools, and programme innovations
* Promote protection mainstreaming and integrated programming across sectors
* Ensure safe programming, safeguarding, gender equality, inclusion, accountability, and “do no harm” principles are embedded across interventions
* Provide regular updates on protection trends, gaps, case management, and referral response to the Protection Manager
* Work closely with partners and the Protection Manager to ensure coordinated and effective programme implementation
* Provide administrative and operational support to the Protection Department, including planning, documentation, reporting, coordination, logistics, procurement, financial follow-up, meetings, and trainings
* Support the implementation of Plan International’s Child Protection Policy, Gender Equality and Inclusion Policy, Code of Conduct, and relevant standards and procedures
* Complete and maintain timely documentation and reports related to trainings, capacity-strengthening activities, and other programme activities
* Participate in national protection coordination meetings, Plan International meetings, relevant trainings and Training of Trainers activities, and liaise with protection actors, service providers, and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen coordination, referral pathways, and access to services.   ABOUT YOU   To be successful in this role, you will have:
* A Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or a related field
* At least 4 years’ demonstrated experience in protection programming, preferably in a technical role
* Strong experience in CP and GBV programming, including areas such as child labour, girls’ rights, and child marriage
* Experience in CP/GBV case management, technical supervision, partner capacity strengthening, monitoring, and quality assurance
* Strong knowledge of national Case Management SOPs, global minimum standards, inter-agency guidelines, and protection principles
* Experience with CPIMS+, Primero, GBV Information Management Systems, or similar systems is desirable
* Strong understanding of protection information management, ethical data collection, data analysis, and reporting
* Experience contributing to programme design, proposals, reporting, learning, and evidence generation
* Good understanding of the Lebanon context, particularly issues affecting children, young people, girls, women, and vulnerable populations
* Knowledge of Lebanese laws relating to children’s rights, women’s rights, and gender equality
* Experience working with NGOs, INGOs, partners, and/or humanitarian and development programmes
* Excellent facilitation, training, communication, and reporting skills
* Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
* Strong teamwork, initiative, resilience, adaptability, self-motivation, and ability to work under pressure
* Strong cultural and gender sensitivity and commitment to child safeguarding
* Ability to balance field and office-based work and travel frequently to Akkar, Tripoli, and North Beqaa, including occasional overnight stays
* Excellent written and spoken English and Arabic  

Location:
Beirut Type of Role: Full-time | Fixed-term | Open to Nationals only Reports to: Integrated Protection Programme Manager  Grade: C1 Closing Date: Open on rolling basis   Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for. Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.