MOHAMED MOHAMOUD MOHAMED
Garowe,Puntland Somalia
Summary
Highly accomplished Human Rights and Protection professional with over five years of progressive experience steering protection programming, child safeguarding, and community-based initiatives in complex, high-risk operational environments. Holds a Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Development, meeting the core academic and experience benchmarks for the Mission mandate. Proven track record in information gathering, tracking displacement trends, executing risk assessments, and managing sensitive protection databases. Adept at driving multi-stakeholder coordination across civilian, police, military, and host authorities to champion human rights promotion and institutional compliance.
Overview
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Certification
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6
years of professional experience
Work History
Child Safeguarding Area Officer
SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL
Puntland
11.2020 - Current
- Monitor, document, and analyze protection and human rights concerns affecting children and vulnerable populations across humanitarian and development programmes in Puntland and other operational areas.
- Conduct protection and safeguarding risk assessments to identify threats, vulnerabilities, and community protection concerns, and develop mitigation measures to strengthen safe programming.
- Support the collection, verification, analysis, and reporting of protection-related information, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance with organizational policies and international protection standards.
- Coordinate referral mechanisms and service mapping exercises to facilitate access to protection, psychosocial, legal, health, and other support services for vulnerable individuals and survivors of abuse.
- Prepare protection reports, briefing notes, case studies, situation updates, analytical summaries, and safeguarding documentation for management, Mission components, and relevant stakeholders.
- Liaise and coordinate with government institutions, host authorities, humanitarian actors, community leaders, civil society organizations, and protection partners to strengthen protection systems and community-based protection mechanisms.
- Facilitate awareness-raising and capacity-building initiatives on child protection, safeguarding, PSEA, protection mainstreaming, accountability, and human rights principles for staff, volunteers, partners, and community structures.
- Support safeguarding investigations and case management processes through documentation, follow-up, information management, and coordination with relevant service providers.
- Contribute to information management systems and protection databases by maintaining records, tracking incidents, analyzing trends, and supporting evidence-based decision-making.
- Participate in inter-agency coordination forums and contribute to discussions on protection risks, displacement trends, safeguarding concerns, and humanitarian response priorities.
- Promote adherence to international human rights standards, child rights frameworks, safeguarding policies, humanitarian principles, and organizational compliance requirements in line with the operational environment.
Protection and Gender Programme Assistant
MINISTRY OF WOMEN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY AFFAIRS (MOWDAFA)
Garowe
04.2020 - 10.2020
- Supported implementation of protection and gender programming aimed at strengthening protection services for women, children, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and other vulnerable populations.
- Conducted monitoring visits, protection assessments, and field observations to identify protection risks, community concerns, and service delivery gaps within host authority areas.
- Assisted in documenting, analyzing, and reporting protection incidents and safeguarding concerns, contributing to evidence-based programme interventions.
- Supported development, implementation, and review of child protection and safeguarding policies, procedures, and compliance mechanisms.
- Facilitated training and awareness sessions on child protection, safeguarding, gender-based violence prevention, and protection principles for government staff and community stakeholders.
- Coordinated with humanitarian organizations, community leaders, and government host authorities to strengthen referral pathways and access to protection services.
- Contributed to the preparation of reports, briefing materials, assessments, and programme documentation for management and development partners.
- Supported community engagement and outreach activities aimed at promoting child rights, human rights, gender equality, and protection awareness.
- Assisted in monitoring implementation of safeguarding standards and accountability mechanisms across programme interventions.
Education
Master of Human Rights and Development -
Kampala International University (KIU)
Uganda01-2020
Bachelor of Public Administration -
East Africa University
Garowe, Puntland, Somalia01-2016
Skills
- Protection of Civilians (POC)
- Human Rights Promotion
- Child Protection
- Safeguarding
- Trend Analysis
- Information Gathering
- Situation Updates
- Briefing Notes
- Civilian-Police-Military Liaison
- Host Authorities
- Civil Society Actors
- UN/AU Forums
- Database Administration
- Confidential Incident Tracking
- Reporting Mechanisms
- Conflict & Post-Conflict Environments
- Vulnerability Assessments
- Community Outreach
Certification
- Children's Rights Certificate – University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) Investigation – CHS Alliance
- Protection of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Refugees – SCI LMS
- Child Protection in Emergencies – DisasterReady
- GBV Information Management System (GBVIMS) – Training Certification
Languages
Somali
English
Arabic
References
Ismail Abdi Mohamed
Safeguarding National Manager, Save the Children
Phone: +252634444458 | Email: ismail.yahye@savethechildren.org
Mohamed Nour
Area Protection Associate, UNHCR
Email: garabcad84@gmail.com
Timeline
Child Safeguarding Area Officer
SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL
11.2020 - Current
Protection and Gender Programme Assistant
MINISTRY OF WOMEN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY AFFAIRS (MOWDAFA)
04.2020 - 10.2020
Master of Human Rights and Development -
Kampala International University (KIU)
Bachelor of Public Administration -
East Africa University