Protection Risk Analysis Consultant

About the role

IRC Lebanon is updating its 2025 Protection Risk Analysis (PRA) to reflect significant changes in the context affecting affected populations. The consultant will use the Protection Analytical Framework (PAF) to identify priority protection risks across Protection and Rule of Law, Women's Protection and Empowerment and Child Protection, and to inform the Country Program Strategy Action Plan, program design and advocacy priorities. The work covers Bekaa, Baalbeck, Hermel, North Lebanon, Beirut and Mount Lebanon, and the new areas of South Lebanon and Nabatieh.

Key responsibilities

• Review the 2025 PRA and hold an inception meeting to agree objectives, questions and geographic focus.
• Map and review internal IRC data (protection monitoring, safety audits, caseload data, needs assessments, MEAL data).
• Conduct desk reviews of external secondary data and carry out about 10-15 key informant interviews and 8-12 focus group discussions with community members.
• Hold a joint analysis workshop with IRC technical teams, MEAL, partners and stakeholders to validate and prioritize risks.
• Write a final PRA report (15-20 pages, excluding annexes), a presentation deck, a two-page external brief and a lessons-learned note.

Required profile

• Advanced degree in international law, human rights, social sciences, humanitarian affairs or a related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in protection analysis, research, protection monitoring or related humanitarian programming.
• Demonstrated experience in participatory protection analysis and synthesizing primary and secondary data into actionable findings.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is required; experience with IRC or similar INGOs is preferred.

Required skills

• Familiarity with protection analytical frameworks such as the PAF and humanitarian protection standards.
• Strong analytical writing and facilitation, coordination and communication skills.

The assignment is expected to take about 30 working days, with payments in two installments after the first two steps and after the final report and presentation deck are approved.