# Protection Coordinator - Sudan Canonical URL: https://primejobalerts.com/jobs/protection-coordinator-sudan Company: Private Category: Administration & Office Support Location: Sudan Work type: Full-time Work arrangement: On-site Published: 2026-07-07 Expires: 2026-08-21 ## Job Description Sudan Protection Coordinator - Sudan Organization INTERSOS Posted 7 Jul 2026 Closing date 29 Jul 2026 INTERSOS is an independent humanitarian organization that assists the victims of natural disasters, armed conflicts and exclusion. Its activities are based on the principles of solidarity, justice, human dignity, equality of rights and opportunities, respect for diversity and coexistence, paying special attention to the most vulnerable people. Terms of reference Job Title: Protection Coordinator Code: SR-40-10252 Duty station: Roving between Tawila (North Darfur) and Port Sudan (with frequent travels to Red Sea, Ghadaref and White Nile States) Starting date: 01/09/2026 Contract duration: 6 months (renewable) **Reporting to:**Head of Mission Functional Supervisor: Protection Advisor Supervision of: Protection team leaders Type of Duty Station: Non-family duty station General context of the project The fighting inside Sudan is having devastating humanitarian effects both inside the country and in the wider region. Sudan faces a complex set of challenges, including ongoing conflict, economic difficulties, and the weakening of critical infrastructure in areas like healthcare, banking, and telecommunications. As of February 21, 2024, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) due to persistent clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has reached a total of 6,326,416 individuals (1,261,060 households). These figures make Sudan the country with the highest number of IDPs in the world. The humanitarian situation across all 18 Sudanese states remains dire, with over 24.8 million people in need of assistance. INTERSOS first operated in Sudan in 2004, primarily in West Darfur State and Khartoum, funded by the Italian Cooperation, UN agencies, and ECHO in the sectors of Protection, WASH, and Food Security. The mission was closed in 2015 due to a decrease in humanitarian needs. Despite this, INTERSOS has continued to support Sudanese refugees in neighboring countries by providing humanitarian assistance. Given the renewed deterioration of the humanitarian situation, INTERSOS reactivated its presence in Sudan in 2024 to respond to the crisis in the country and it currently has projects funded by multiple donors, such as AICS, WHO, OCHA and SV in multiple areas of the Country. General purpose of the position In collaboration with the HOM, define and coordinate the implementation of protection strategy and program of the mission. Lead and provide technical guidance to protection staffs ensuring the different components of the protection programme are delivered according to internal guidelines and in line with international standards and principles, in order to ensure quality and achieve mission’s goals effectively, according to INTERSOS vision and values. Main ### responsibilities and tasks: Definition of the strategy and implementation Design and draft the protection strategy for the mission based on context, identifying suitable approaches and interventions Design a Theory of change or a defined model of protection response and ensure it is aligned to the Global Protection Strategy Support the understanding of the community using participatory community engagement and strength based approaches. Ensure community mappings are done and adapt the program to the different scenarios Participate in exploratory missions, situation assessments in current and prospective areas of operations (providing technical inputs and recommendations for new and ongoing interventions in the country and defining protection operational priorities when needed) and support the development of the mission policy, annual plan, position papers, budget review and project proposal and reports to donors Ensure evidence based response through researches and evaluation of the interventions Draft position papers for issue based response depending on context and learning papers on challenges and best practices to ensure technical quality of protection activities Support the implementation and monitoring protection activities according to INTERSOS protection strategy and project plans, standards and protocols Identify and build niche areas of technical expertise at mission level and share learnings and good practices with other missions Ensure proper integration of gender, inclusion, disability and age in protection program Ensure cohesion and harmonization of protection activities and services across the different implementation sites within the mission Support the Program (and Grants) team to finalize project proposals ensuring protection integration in the programme and the respect of international internal and donor’s protection standards and appropriate technical language Facilitate and guarantee protection mainstreaming in the other sectors Technical Quality and Capacity building Is responsible for the capacity building of the entire protection team ensuring technical quality Draft SOPs for protection interventions (Case Management, Protection Monitoring, Cash, Legal, MHPSS, CB[P) and ensure the respect of it in all projects Conduct regular case audits, critical case conferences and learning events to provide guidance and to ensure adherence to standards and quality Design training materials for capacity building of protection staffs and ensure staffs respect the basic principles of protection and are trained to implement good quality programs Deliver trainings and workshops to non-protection staffs to build ### skills and knowledge of protection principles and enable them to mainstream protection in different sectors Develop resources and guidelines to support protection activities targeting children and adults in Case Management, PSS, Community Based Protection, Cash, Protection Monitoring and Holistic Protection Prevention and Response Work along with the Protection team and Specialists to ensure that all interventions are coordinated and that technical resources are available Create opportunities for experience sharing and learning within the protection team to strengthen cooperation and collaboration Analysis and reporting Periodically (quarterly) analyse the protection trend and the data of INTERSOS protection intervention to identify needs, issues, trends Provide strategic protection analysis and development of periodic trend reports (including aspects of conflict analysis, gender and risk management) from programme experience to improve development, implementation and policy and advocacy activities Track indicators, ensure that protection data are collected, archived, processed, analysed and disseminated in ethical modalities, in line with internal data protection protocols. Manage protection database guarantying all the data are regularly encoded Ensure Protection reports are submitted to HQ on a monthly basis Support the Programme Coordinator and/or Project Managers to finalize external reports ensuring the protection integration, the respect of international internal and donor’s protection standards and the appropriate technical language Coordination and support Contextualize and adapt internal and global guidelines, guarantying these are rolled out and known by staffs Update and inform the programme teams on the protection situation analysis Create opportunities for experience sharing and learning within the protection team in order to strengthen cooperation and collaboration Work with other coordinators for building integrated programmes in response to community needs Undertake regular field monitoring visits and provide support tools to monitor quality of programme implementation Supervision and Staff Management Directly supervise, coach and mentor Protection team leaders and conduct regular performance reviews (IRP) Review work plans of Protection team leaders and define priorities together with Protection Project Managers Organize regular meetings with Protection team leaders and Protection team to discuss implementation and ensure quality Organize ad hoc meetings with SMT and Project Managers to share challenges and priorities and develop action plans to address them Plan and supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, development and internal communication) of the staffs under her/ his responsibility in order to improve staff’s capabilities and activities and to ensure learning and development Monitoring Design M&E tools for protection activities and interventions and provide guidance on use of the tools and ensure they are used Measure the impact of the activities and identify the best practices In cooperation with the accountability unit, support the development of complaints mechanisms for beneficiaries and make sure complaints are addressed properly In cooperation with the HQ Accountability Unit, when required follow up on the implementation of the Child Safeguarding and Protec. ## Apply Use the canonical Prime Job Alerts page for full application instructions and source verification.