Women's Protection Coordinator

Trócaire is one of Ireland’s leading INGOs, with almost 50 years’ experience in development and humanitarian response. Trócaire works in partnership with local actors and is a member of Caritas Internationalis. Partnering with local communities in some of the world's most vulnerable regions, and engaging the public in Ireland, we aim to bring about lasting change for a just world. Operating in up to 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, Trócaire focuses on five core goals:

· Promote Access to Justice

· Achieve Climate & Environmental Justice

· Ensure Women & Girls’ Protection, Voice & leadership

· Save Lives and Protect Human Dignity

· Mobilise Public Action in Ireland to Achieve Global Justice

Our mission is grounded in the values of Solidarity, Courage, Participation, Perseverance, and Accountability, which guide all aspects of our work. Trócaire is a member of the global GBV Working Group, the Call to Action on Protection from GBV in Emergencies and the Irish Consortium on GBV.

Trócaire in South Kordofan

Trócaire has been working in South Kordofan since 2011, delivering humanitarian and development programmes through local partners in collaboration with local authorities. The current portfolio includes Health and Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Livelihoods and Food Security, with a strong protection mainstreaming and safe programme delivery. From August 2026, Trócaire will expand its programme with the implementation of two projects under its Women and Girls Protection, Voice and Leadership thematic area. This role will provide strategic and technical oversight of these projects, ensuring effective implementation and quality programming in partnership with local stakeholders.

Purpose of the Role

The Women's Protection Coordinator will lead the implementation and quality assurance of Trócaire’s Women and Girls Protection, Voice and Leadership programme in South Kordofan. The role will provide strategic and technical support to local partners and women-led organisations, ensuring effective GBV prevention and response programming, adhering to GBV minimum standards and delivery of quality, survivor-centred protection programming for women and girls affected by conflict.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Oversight:

• Support Trocaire partners in project setup including Women and Girls Safe Spaces and other emergency response activities at inception phase.
• Provide core GBV trainings including GBV Case Management, GBV Information Management System (IMS) INSPiRE Training etc to Trocaire partners and ensure high quality through regular accompaniment and mentoring of partner staff.
• Ensure GBV approaches are consistent, effective, culturally appropriate, and based on evidence or innovative methods.
• Work with GBViE advisor to develop a GBV programme strategy that aligns with the local context, organisational priorities and policies, and Sudan’s Country Strategic Plan.
• Conduct thorough analyses (contextual, power, poverty, gender) to shape programme strategies, locations, and target populations.
• Create standard procedures for GBV prevention and response in coordination with Trócaire’s global advisor and local partners, including GBV Case Management protocol and ensure ethical data management.
• Ensure all project sectors incorporate GBV prevention, mitigation, and follow Trócaire women empowerment integration (WEI).
• Support the adapatation of the relevant social norm approach i.e. SASA! Faith to facilitate community-led norm transformation activities (e.g., working with men and boys, community dialogues) to show intent to tackle root causes of GBV and gender inequality.
• Engage in coordination meetings and learning sessions and regular check ins with HQ GBViE, Gender and protection advisors.
• Support partners to conduct participatory safety audits, community‑led risk mitigation action plans, and community dialogues/information campaign.
• Support legal aid analysis as part of GBV service and improvement of services to GBV survivors.

Programme Implementation and Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Collaborate with partners including Women Centred Organisations (WCOs) to develop project work plans and close follow up of implementation plans in line with minimum standards and donor requirements
• Implement administrative procedures (Salesforce and Agresso) to manage projects to a high standard.
• Work with the MEAL Coordinator to establish an M&E Framework and work with partners to define their learning focus and develop a strategy for reporting, monitoring and learning in line with project logfrmae.
• Regularly review programme progress through partner and team meetings.
• Establish a reporting schedule (financial and narrative) aligned with programme indicators and donor requirements.
• Ensure financial reports are reviewed and signed off by the Finance Manager.
• Regular field visits to project locations to oversee programme implementation.
• Capture and share learning moments with Trócaire colleagues.
• Conduct a programme baseline using indicators aligned with the Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for GBViE Programming M&E Framework, organisational standards, collecting both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Collaborate with the Programme Accountant to develop a budget that ensures value for money and clear spending timelines.

• Support conducting consortium learning review, mid-term and end-of-programme evaluations, ensuring that lessons learned shape adaptation, flexible delivery models, and inform future programme designs.
• Provide timely information for the annual country report,
• As part of the WLO Strengthening intiative under this project, structured WLO capacity assessments, peer learning platforms, and financial support mechanisms for grassroots WLOs

Partner Relations and Support:

• Work with the partnership hub, HQ safeguarding advisor and any other relevant staff to ensure partners are supported on their thematic area.
• Maintain partnerships in line with Trócaire’s Partnership Policy.
• Use the Partner Capacity Building Framework to create plans that strengthen partners’ capacities, set targets, and review progress.
• Ensure all partners complete the Partner Governance and Finance Capacity Assessment before formal commitments are made.
• Promote accountability of partners to target communities and strengthen partnerships with government bodies, focusing on capacity-building in target areas.

Institutional Funding:

• Collaborate with the BDGM/CD to identify and secure institutional funding sources.
• Ensure donor funds are managed in line with donor and organisational requirements.
• Train and support partners on grant management and reporting to meet donor standards.

Networking:

• Participate in relevant thematic networks including GBV working group in South Kordofan, forums, and coordination meetings at the national and international levels to enhance programme learning and impact.
• Coordinate with other sectors to ensure GBV and Protection are integrated into services.
• Develop and contribute to advocacy strategies on GBV issues in coordination with HQ and local partners.
• Identify and pursue policy change priorities through an advocacy strategy.
• Support local partners including WLO to actively participate in humanitarian coordination forums, advocacy platforms, and decision‑making spaces.

Teamwork & Collaboration:

• Supervisor GBV programme team (Goal 3 staff) in Sudan.
• Collaborate with colleagues at local, regional, and global levels to achieve organisational goals.
• Contribute to global thematic meetings as needed.
• Provide content for Trócaire’s Communications, Campaigns, Fundraising, and Education units.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the CD or Programme Manager.