Internal and external candidates will be considered for this vacancy. For the purposes of this vacancy, internal candidates are defined as staff members holding a regular, fixed-term or short-term graded or ungraded contract, including Junior Professional Officers (JPOs), staff on Special Leave Without Pay (SLWOP), and staff members on secondment/loan released by the Organization, unless otherwise specified in their contract. Staff members holding a regular, fixed-term or short-term graded contract will not retain their contract type if appointed to an ungraded position.
Under the overall supervision of the Project Manager (Protection) in Tunis and the direct supervision of the Head of Sub Office in Sfax, the incumbent will be responsible for overseeing direct implementation of protection activities in Sfax and Hzag. The Senior Protection Assistant will provide support in protection activities relating to Return & Reintegration, Counter-Trafficking, and Gender-Based Violence.