Réf. 0395
Call for Syrian Experts: Protection, GBV & Child Protection (Syria)
TRUST Consultancy & Development · Syrian Arab Republic - République démocratique du Congo
Publié le 2 octobre 2026Expire le 31 octobre 2026
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Description du poste
**Contract Type:** Individual Consultancy; Project-Based
**Eligibility:** **Syrian nationals or non-Syrian consultants currently residing in Syria only**
Trust Consultancy & Development (TCD) is seeking experienced consultants to join its roster of experts in **Protection, Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Child Protection (CP) and related protection programming** to support upcoming evaluations, assessments, research, Third-Party Monitoring (TPM), programme design and advisory assignments in Syria.
Selected consultants will be included in TCD's consultant roster and may be considered for future short-term consultancy opportunities based on their technical expertise, geographical experience, availability and the requirements of specific assignments.
**Primary geographic scope:** Syria
## About the Call
Trust is expanding its roster of experts with strong technical and practical experience in **protection, GBV, child protection, protection monitoring, case management, safeguarding and community-based protection**.
We are particularly interested in experts with **recent, first-hand knowledge of Syria's protection context**, including protection risks affecting conflict-affected, displaced and returning populations; women and girls; children and adolescents; persons with disabilities; older persons; and other groups facing heightened protection risks or barriers to accessing services.
Experts with experience in **protection assessments, evaluations, research, programme quality, monitoring and Third-Party Monitoring** are particularly encouraged to apply.
## Areas of Expertise
Applicants should have strong experience in one or more of the following:
1. **General Protection**, including protection analysis, protection monitoring, identification of protection risks, vulnerability analysis, referrals and protection-sensitive programming;
2. **Gender-Based Violence (GBV)**, including GBV prevention, risk mitigation, response services, survivor-centred approaches, referral pathways and community-based interventions;
3. **Child Protection (CP)**, including prevention and response to violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect, child protection case management, family strengthening and community-based child protection;
4. **Protection Case Management**, including identification, assessment, case planning, referrals, follow-up, case closure, supervision and quality assurance;
5. **GBV Case Management and Referral Systems**, including safe and confidential referral pathways, survivor-centred service provision and coordination among relevant service providers;
6. **Child Protection Case Management**, including best-interest procedures, referral mechanisms, family tracing/reunification where relevant, alternative care and case-management quality;
7. **Protection Monitoring and Analysis**, including monitoring protection risks and trends, community consultations, protection assessments, service mapping and evidence-based protection analysis;
8. **Community-Based Protection**, including community protection structures, community engagement, awareness raising, outreach and strengthening community capacities to identify and address protection risks;
9. **Protection of Women and Girls**, including safe spaces, women's and girls' empowerment, GBV risk mitigation, access to services and participation in community decision-making;
10. **Protection of Children and Adolescents**, including child-friendly approaches, psychosocial wellbeing, violence prevention, positive parenting, safe spaces and adolescent participation;
11. **Protection of Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons**, including disability inclusion, accessibility, age-sensitive programming and identification of barriers to services and participation;
12. **Gender, Inclusion and Protection Mainstreaming**, including gender analysis, age, gender and diversity approaches, disability inclusion and integration of protection principles across humanitarian and development programmes;
13. **Safeguarding, PSEA and Child Safeguarding**, including prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, safeguarding systems, codes of conduct, complaints and reporting mechanisms, risk assessments and organizational capacity strengthening;
14. **Housing, Land and Property (HLP) and Civil Documentation**, including documentation-related protection barriers, tenure issues, displacement and return-related HLP risks and access to relevant services;
15. **Mine Action-Related Protection and Explosive Ordnance Risk Education**, particularly where protection programming intersects with risks affecting children, displaced populations and returning communities;
16. **Protection and MHPSS Linkages**, including psychosocial support, safe referrals, community-based support and integrated approaches for individuals affected by violence, displacement and other protection risks;
17. **Protection in Cash and Assistance Programmes**, including protection risk analysis, safe and inclusive targeting, protection mainstreaming and identification of risks associated with humanitarian assistance;
18. **Protection Coordination and Institutional Strengthening**, including coordination mechanisms, referral systems, service mapping, capacity development, localization and engagement with authorities and protection actors;
19. **Protection Research, Monitoring and Evaluation**, including protection assessments, baselines/endlines, evaluations, outcome monitoring, perception surveys, qualitative research, mixed-method studies and Third-Party Monitoring;
20. **Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP)**, including participation, feedback and complaints mechanisms, information provision, community engagement and safe and accessible accountability systems.
## Qualifications & Experience
Applicants should have:
- **Syrian nationality and current residence in Syria, or be a non-Syrian consultant currently based in Syria**;
- A relevant university degree in social sciences, psychology, social work, law, human rights, gender studies, development studies, international relations, public health or another relevant field;
- At least **5 years of relevant professional experience**; senior/lead experts should preferably have **10+ years**;
- Recent professional experience related to **Protection, GBV and/or Child Protection in Syria**, preferably within the last three years;
- Demonstrated experience conducting or contributing to **protection assessments, evaluations, research, programme design, monitoring, TPM or technical advisory assignments**;
- Strong understanding of Syria's **protection context, displacement and return dynamics, vulnerable populations, service-delivery environment and key protection risks and barriers**;
- Experience engaging with communities, protection service providers, local organizations, authorities, NGOs, UN agencies and other relevant stakeholders;
- For GBV specialists, demonstrated understanding of **survivor-centred approaches, confidentiality, safe referrals, GBV risk mitigation and ethical principles for GBV-related data collection**;
- For Child Protection specialists, demonstrated understanding of **child safeguarding, best interests of the child, child-sensitive research and ethical engagement with children and caregivers**;
- Strong understanding of **confidentiality, informed consent, do-no-harm principles and safe data collection when working with vulnerable populations**;
- Strong research, analytical, facilitation and report-writing skills;
- Arabic fluency; professional English is strongly preferred.
## International Organization & Donor Experience
Previous experience with **UNHCR, UNICEF, UNFPA, UN Women, IOM, UN agencies, EU/ECHO-funded programmes, international NGOs, Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement actors or other organizations working on protection, GBV and Child Protection** is a strong advantage.
Experience with relevant international approaches and standards, including **Protection Principles, GBV Minimum Standards, Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS), IASC Guidelines, PSEA, safeguarding, protection mainstreaming, survivor-centred approaches and community-based protection**, should be clearly highlighted.
Applicants should indicate relevant assignments, including the **client, assignment, year, role and main responsibilities**.
**Eligibility:** **Syrian nationals or non-Syrian consultants currently residing in Syria only**
Trust Consultancy & Development (TCD) is seeking experienced consultants to join its roster of experts in **Protection, Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Child Protection (CP) and related protection programming** to support upcoming evaluations, assessments, research, Third-Party Monitoring (TPM), programme design and advisory assignments in Syria.
Selected consultants will be included in TCD's consultant roster and may be considered for future short-term consultancy opportunities based on their technical expertise, geographical experience, availability and the requirements of specific assignments.
**Primary geographic scope:** Syria
## About the Call
Trust is expanding its roster of experts with strong technical and practical experience in **protection, GBV, child protection, protection monitoring, case management, safeguarding and community-based protection**.
We are particularly interested in experts with **recent, first-hand knowledge of Syria's protection context**, including protection risks affecting conflict-affected, displaced and returning populations; women and girls; children and adolescents; persons with disabilities; older persons; and other groups facing heightened protection risks or barriers to accessing services.
Experts with experience in **protection assessments, evaluations, research, programme quality, monitoring and Third-Party Monitoring** are particularly encouraged to apply.
## Areas of Expertise
Applicants should have strong experience in one or more of the following:
1. **General Protection**, including protection analysis, protection monitoring, identification of protection risks, vulnerability analysis, referrals and protection-sensitive programming;
2. **Gender-Based Violence (GBV)**, including GBV prevention, risk mitigation, response services, survivor-centred approaches, referral pathways and community-based interventions;
3. **Child Protection (CP)**, including prevention and response to violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect, child protection case management, family strengthening and community-based child protection;
4. **Protection Case Management**, including identification, assessment, case planning, referrals, follow-up, case closure, supervision and quality assurance;
5. **GBV Case Management and Referral Systems**, including safe and confidential referral pathways, survivor-centred service provision and coordination among relevant service providers;
6. **Child Protection Case Management**, including best-interest procedures, referral mechanisms, family tracing/reunification where relevant, alternative care and case-management quality;
7. **Protection Monitoring and Analysis**, including monitoring protection risks and trends, community consultations, protection assessments, service mapping and evidence-based protection analysis;
8. **Community-Based Protection**, including community protection structures, community engagement, awareness raising, outreach and strengthening community capacities to identify and address protection risks;
9. **Protection of Women and Girls**, including safe spaces, women's and girls' empowerment, GBV risk mitigation, access to services and participation in community decision-making;
10. **Protection of Children and Adolescents**, including child-friendly approaches, psychosocial wellbeing, violence prevention, positive parenting, safe spaces and adolescent participation;
11. **Protection of Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons**, including disability inclusion, accessibility, age-sensitive programming and identification of barriers to services and participation;
12. **Gender, Inclusion and Protection Mainstreaming**, including gender analysis, age, gender and diversity approaches, disability inclusion and integration of protection principles across humanitarian and development programmes;
13. **Safeguarding, PSEA and Child Safeguarding**, including prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, safeguarding systems, codes of conduct, complaints and reporting mechanisms, risk assessments and organizational capacity strengthening;
14. **Housing, Land and Property (HLP) and Civil Documentation**, including documentation-related protection barriers, tenure issues, displacement and return-related HLP risks and access to relevant services;
15. **Mine Action-Related Protection and Explosive Ordnance Risk Education**, particularly where protection programming intersects with risks affecting children, displaced populations and returning communities;
16. **Protection and MHPSS Linkages**, including psychosocial support, safe referrals, community-based support and integrated approaches for individuals affected by violence, displacement and other protection risks;
17. **Protection in Cash and Assistance Programmes**, including protection risk analysis, safe and inclusive targeting, protection mainstreaming and identification of risks associated with humanitarian assistance;
18. **Protection Coordination and Institutional Strengthening**, including coordination mechanisms, referral systems, service mapping, capacity development, localization and engagement with authorities and protection actors;
19. **Protection Research, Monitoring and Evaluation**, including protection assessments, baselines/endlines, evaluations, outcome monitoring, perception surveys, qualitative research, mixed-method studies and Third-Party Monitoring;
20. **Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP)**, including participation, feedback and complaints mechanisms, information provision, community engagement and safe and accessible accountability systems.
## Qualifications & Experience
Applicants should have:
- **Syrian nationality and current residence in Syria, or be a non-Syrian consultant currently based in Syria**;
- A relevant university degree in social sciences, psychology, social work, law, human rights, gender studies, development studies, international relations, public health or another relevant field;
- At least **5 years of relevant professional experience**; senior/lead experts should preferably have **10+ years**;
- Recent professional experience related to **Protection, GBV and/or Child Protection in Syria**, preferably within the last three years;
- Demonstrated experience conducting or contributing to **protection assessments, evaluations, research, programme design, monitoring, TPM or technical advisory assignments**;
- Strong understanding of Syria's **protection context, displacement and return dynamics, vulnerable populations, service-delivery environment and key protection risks and barriers**;
- Experience engaging with communities, protection service providers, local organizations, authorities, NGOs, UN agencies and other relevant stakeholders;
- For GBV specialists, demonstrated understanding of **survivor-centred approaches, confidentiality, safe referrals, GBV risk mitigation and ethical principles for GBV-related data collection**;
- For Child Protection specialists, demonstrated understanding of **child safeguarding, best interests of the child, child-sensitive research and ethical engagement with children and caregivers**;
- Strong understanding of **confidentiality, informed consent, do-no-harm principles and safe data collection when working with vulnerable populations**;
- Strong research, analytical, facilitation and report-writing skills;
- Arabic fluency; professional English is strongly preferred.
## International Organization & Donor Experience
Previous experience with **UNHCR, UNICEF, UNFPA, UN Women, IOM, UN agencies, EU/ECHO-funded programmes, international NGOs, Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement actors or other organizations working on protection, GBV and Child Protection** is a strong advantage.
Experience with relevant international approaches and standards, including **Protection Principles, GBV Minimum Standards, Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS), IASC Guidelines, PSEA, safeguarding, protection mainstreaming, survivor-centred approaches and community-based protection**, should be clearly highlighted.
Applicants should indicate relevant assignments, including the **client, assignment, year, role and main responsibilities**.