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Juba, South Sudan

Juba, South Sudan

Central Equatoria, South Sudan

Erbil - Iraq

Unarmed civilian protection

Juba, South Sudan

Working as a Programme associate in PPR Unit basing in Country office with frequent movement to sub-offices and other deep field location, I am tasks with general coordination with WFP’s Cooperating Partners in implementing different projects through out South Sudan, this involves training partners and programme staff with new reporting tools and COMET.Specific Responsibilities; Create service entry sheets entries in WFP’s SAP system, based on the cooperating Partner (CP) monthly distribution report cleared by CO COMET team. Create/releases POs and enter GRNs Process payment claims of CPs. Ensure the correct exchange rate is used and follow up on any commodity losses reported in the distribution report.  Track of payments made to the CPs. Maintain the payment-tracking sheet, prepare monthly status report, and flag any issues that require action.  Liaise closely with programme colleagues at the sub office level, the programme partnership section at the country office and country office finance on issues related to cooperating partner payments. Provide guidance, training, and oversight to CPs related to payment process.  Translate documents related to NGO partnership and payments.  Undertake performance evaluation on bi-annual basis. Update the performance evaluation tools based on the lessons learned. Organise the evaluation sessions, review the inputs from the CPs, prepare the reports and draft follow-up actions. Liaise with the SOs to follow up on the action points, enter field level agreement information in COMET as required.  Assist in general implementation of the programmes when required.  Perform any other duties as assigned.

South Sudan

The legal protection officer (LPO) was tasked with providing support, guidance and assistance to legal team of DRC Protection Unit. I was working closely with protection manager giving support in planning and monitoring activities in relation to the promotion of Rule of Law and Access to Justice in Maban for the achievement of indicators guaranteeing quality of delivery. Throughout my work I ensured confidentialities and strictly adhered to the code of conduct. Responsibilities: Conducting regular detention monitoring to identify protection and legal concerns Conduct legal counselling services as part of protection case management  Tracking cases lodged at community level to the office of the public prosecutor as part of case tracking  Formulate relevant databases on detention and informal court monitoring  Mobilise the refugee and host communities and facilitate awareness raising activities with other DRC sectors teams as well as partner organizations, disseminating information about legal services available in the camp and host community in Maban. Records beneficiaries with legal needs and refer them to the appropriate service providers and legal institution/instances  Ensured clients referred are documented in referral recording book on a daily basis and follow up with the clients to ensure meaningful access to services. Assist protection manager with designing training modules and tools on topics such as rule of law, human rights and basic protection principles for community protection committees and other community structures.  Prepare all necessary documentation for each activity (including weekly vehicle movement plans, order requests, payment requests etc.) and for the reconciliation of the money spent during each activity. Compile reports of activities whenever requested

Juba - South Sudan

Involved in practicing law by giving authoritative advice to clients and representing them at court. Also responsible for coming up with practical solutions to the needs of clients by having a thorough and supportive approach to legal matters, My practice encompassed a variety of tasks in the legal field predominantly protection related cases in South Sudan, with additional conflict mitigation, resolution and other commercial settlements. As a lawyer with the firm, I work in close collaboration with the Government Ministry of Gender, Ministry of Justice and other relevant stake holders providing legal advice on protection related issues.Specific Duties: Providing accurate, timely and effective legal advice to clients. Studying police reports, interview transcripts, medical records and other facts to make a case for the party under representation and Attending hearings at court. Advising colleagues on all legal matters, suggesting courses of action. Presenting evidence in court to support clients in legal proceedings. Giving oral arguments in a court of law. Shaping a client's expectations on what can be realistically achieved. Advising clients on their legal rights and obligations. Getting to know clients and developing and maintaining relationships with them. Looking for evidence that will back up a client’s case. Researching precedents and then using the finding to provide a defense for their clients and support their cases in court.

Juba, South Sudan

Responsibilities:At County level, the FSL officer was responsible for coordinating, consolidating, and ensuring smooth implementation of FSL programmes through support to the FSL teams and ensuring adherence to SCI and donor guidelines and standards. The FSL officer is in charge of building the capacity of the FSL team and SCI internal and external representation and coordination at County level. Specific Duties:• Identified geographical areas of interest to the organisation according to humanitarian needs and vulnerable population context.• Analysed and reported on the humanitarian needs and provide clear and detailed recommendations for interventions.• Developed appropriate targeting criteria and mechanisms to ensure the needs of identified vulnerable groups are met.• Planned and implemented food security and livelihood activities such as: assessments and surveillance interventions, Agro-sylvo-pastoral interventions, Cash based interventions, Food aid interventions, Income Generating Activities interventions and innovative interventions to fight hunger.• Ensured technical guidance of programme implementation in multiple operational bases through regular field visits (30 to 50% of the time) and according to SCI and donors requirements.• Ensured monitoring of food security and livelihood projects (field visit, regular programme monitoring, budget forecast, staff evaluation and planning, donor’s reports, monthly reports, etc.).• Ensured the preparation and writing of food security and livelihood proposals and donor reports (log frame, narrative, budget) together with the FSL team and in link with the support team.• Supported the facilitation of training sessions for technical teams and assisted communities.• Supervised and evaluated the Food security and livelihoods programme managers and subordinates.

Juba, South Sudan

Responsibilities:In my capacity as a protection officer with duty stations at UN House the PoC Juba, I was responsible for monitoring and supporting performance of SADO Protection project activities in the camp. This also involved capacity building of team members through training field-level Protection staff, perform on-going monitoring and support supervision, program planning, liaising with local community leaders and Non-Governmental Organization partners, and the camp management. Specific Duties: Ensure that the Protection project is implemented according to national guidelines and program objectives. Prepare and manage a work plan to ensure that all projects are well supported Coordinate with GIK for acquisition of Protection supplies by identifying and compiling needs, support preparation of distribution plans and preparation of post distribution reports. Follow up with Protection Project Managers and field coordinators to ensure that weekly and monthly updates are promptly submitted to the cluster, communications and M&E. Identify staff capacity gaps and source for appropriate facilitators to train and mentors staff for performance. Conduct regular support supervisory visits to projects to ensure quality of Protection projects and support identification and documentation of quality success stories. Participate in rapid assessments to provide an overview of the situation on the ground in order to estimate the immediate needs of the population within the area of operations and select the most appropriate intervention strategy. Prepare internal and external reports within agreed deadlines using SADO and donor formats, as required; including the cluster weekly updates and monthly reports. Ensure that all SADO South Sudan staff including guests and contractors sign and abide by the National Child Protection policies at recruitment, and thereafter annual.

Juba, South Sudan

Responsibilities: -• Controlling the daily smooth running of the office by ensuring that all the office equipment like computers, printers and photocopier are in good condition.• Making monthly request of office accessories like rim of papers, cartridges, inks, files, pens, binding papers and adapters when needed.• Training junior staffs on the basic knowledge of computer to ensure good working results for the company and its beneficiaries.• Drafting of annual meeting and facilitation on the request from the general manager• Maintain hard and soft electronic files and records of the company• Search and retrieve office files and reproduce documentation and background material for reference and action by the supervisor.• Maintain office inventory and stock of office supplies.• Monitor and maintain the LAN, network servers, routers, printers, LAN points and switches, patch panel, access points to avoid fault occurring • Installation of software packages, basic repair/maintenance of computer hardware and telecom equipment.

Torit, South Sudan

• Coordinated data entry, data documentation, submission and review of data for quality and accuracy especially for vulnerable people.• Supported compilation of quarterly progress reports; Conducted analysis against programme targets and sharing across programme• Contributed to the development of M&E database and data base management systems.• Participated in the collection of data for HIV affected, infected persons and malnourished children from supported Government Hospital.• Assisted in the monitoring and implementation of the AVSI programme including the delivery and distribution of all available NFI’s to extremely vulnerable individuals.• Compiled and prepared reports; assisted in administrative tasks as required including liaising with camp officials; and participated in field missions together with donors and headquarters staffs.• Collected disaggregated data of non-food item needs and processed the data for onward submission to the immediate supervisor. • Maintained regular contacts with the local authorities, camp leadership officials, and implementing partners as requested by supervisor.• Assisted, in coordination with implementing partners (local CBO’s), in the reception, registration, and provision of assistance to IDPs.• Conducted data entries and maintained backup database for beneficiaries on hard copies (filing), and electronic copies using external Zip drives, CD-ROMs and Flash disks.• Carried out general maintenance of the AVSI and local partners Computers, Printers, including software installations, servicing and updating their Anti-Virus on monthly basis; Trained AVSI staff on the use, care and maintenance of Computer systems.• Undertook other relevant duties as required by the immediate supervisor

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