Generic Responsibilities
1. Manage and supervise CSP project staff and support their professional development.
2. Implement plans of action for the delegated CSP project portfolio, including activities, budgets, procurement, and project 
documentation.
3. Monitor day-to-day project progress and ensure activities are delivered according to work plans and targets.
4. Ensure compliance with organizational policies, procedures, tools, handbooks, and donor requirements.
5. Ensure project interventions target the most vulnerable populations and promote inclusive, accountable, and conflict-
sensitive programming.
6. Promote innovation and continuous technical improvement of CSP approaches and methodologies.
7. Prepare timely and accurate progress reports, activity updates, and project documentation.
8. Build the capacity of project staff through mentoring, coaching, and training.
9. Liaise and coordinate with local authorities, community structures, civil society organizations, and humanitarian actors.
10. Promote the rights, safety, and resilience of affected populations through community-centered approaches. Specific responsibilities:
A. Team Management and Supervision
• Directly supervise CSP Officers and field staff.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, coaching, and capacity-building initiatives.
• Support staff wellbeing and foster a positive and accountable team environment.
• Ensure staff adherence to organizational policies, safeguarding standards, and codes of conduct.
B. Project Implementation
• Lead the implementation of CSP activities within the assigned geographical area.
• Translate project work plans into detailed area-level implementation plans.
• Monitor implementation progress and ensure achievement of project objectives and indicators.
• Coordinate field movements, assessments, meetings, training sessions, workshops, and community consultations.
• Identify implementation challenges and develop practical solutions to address them.
• Ensure project activities remain responsive to evolving protection risks, security concerns, and contextual developments.
C. Community Risk Analysis and Prioritization
• Coordinate community assessments, baseline studies, and mapping exercises.
• Facilitate participatory identification of threats, hazards, vulnerabilities, capacities, and existing coping mechanisms.
• Support the application of area prioritization methodologies based on multi-hazard and protection risk analysis.
• Document and communicate assessment findings to project management and technical teams.
D. Community Intelligence and Early Warning Systems
• Supervise Community Intelligence and community-based Early Warning System activities.
• Ensure systematic collection, analysis, and reporting of community-generated information on threats and emerging risks.
• Support communities in identifying locally relevant risk indicators and warning mechanisms.
• Strengthen two-way communication channels between communities, responders, local structures, and relevant 
coordination mechanisms.
• Monitor the effectiveness, accessibility, and inclusiveness of warning and information dissemination systems.
E. Preparedness, Self-Protection and Anticipatory Action
• Support communities in developing and implementing Civilian Self-Protection and preparedness measures.
• Facilitate community-led contingency planning and risk reduction initiatives.
• Contribute to preparedness planning and anticipatory action frameworks at community and sub-national levels.
• Support contextualization of triggers and activation mechanisms linked to anticipatory action.
• Organize simulations, drills, and preparedness exercises.
F. Stakeholder Engagement and First-Line Responders
• Conduct stakeholder mapping and maintain relationships with local actors.
• Support identification, training, and management of community-based first-line responders.
• Maintain updated responder rosters and deployment mechanisms.
• Ensure responders understand their roles, responsibilities, referral pathways, and reporting requirements.
G. Training and Capacity Building
• Coordinate and facilitate training activities for community members, volunteers, first-line responders, local organizations, 
and project staff.
• Deliver and support Training of Trainers (ToT) packages on CSP, preparedness, EWS, AA, and community engagement.
• Identify capacity gaps and recommend appropriate capacity-strengthening interventions.
• Monitor the quality and effectiveness of trainings and mentorship activities.
H. Emergency Response Support
During emergencies or when agreed triggers are activated, the Team Leader will:
• Coordinate activation and mobilization of trained first-line responders.
• Support dissemination of critical information and community outreach activities.
• Coordinate registration, verification, and referral activities where applicable.
• Facilitate rapid information sharing regarding needs, risks, access constraints, and population movements.
• Support coordination with humanitarian partners involved in response operations.
I. Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Reporting
• Monitor progress against project indicators, targets, and work plans.
• Ensure timely and accurate documentation of project activities and outputs.
• Review field data for quality, completeness, and consistency.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc reports as required.
• Document lessons learned, best practices, challenges, and recommendations.
• Support after-action reviews, reflection sessions, and learning initiatives. • Ensure community feedback is collected, analyzed, and integrated into programming.
J. Coordination and Representation
• Represent the organization in relevant coordination meetings and technical working groups as delegated.
• Maintain regular communication with local authorities, community leaders, civil society organizations, and humanitarian 
actors.
• Promote collaboration and complementarity among stakeholders operating in the target areas.
• Advocate for community-centered approaches and civilian protection needs.
K. Safety and Security
• Ensure compliance with organizational safety and security procedures.
• Support staff adherence to Security SOPs and duty of care requirements.
• Provide contextual updates and relevant security information to project management when required.
Professional competencies 
Generic professional competencies for this position:
• Experience from working as a protection team leader(managing staff) in a humanitarian/recovery context.
• Previous experience of working in complex and volatile contexts.
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile.