Title: Protection Officer (Protection Monitoring)
Location: Shire and Mai Tsebri
Required No: (Three) 2 for Shire and 1 for Mai Tsebri (Kindly indicate clearly on your application for which duty station you would like to apply)
Employment Category: H2
Reporting To: Protection Team Leader
Direct Reports: N/A
Start of Contract & Duration: Form July 1, 2021 to May 31, 2021
Posting date: June 22, 2021
INTRODUCTION
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region, and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, Gender based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.
OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
Under the supervision of the Protection team Leader, the Protection Officer will coordinate and implement emergency protection activities in selected sites. Specifically, she/he will conduct integrated rapid protection assessments and protection monitoring activities, develop local service mapping and referral pathways, provide information on services and contextual key protection concerns. He/she will also be tasked to identify through their work vulnerable cases and provide direct assistance and support including referrals and IPA. Additionally, the position is expected to contribute to other protection activities that DRC is implementing in the area based on their capacity and direction from the supervisor.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities and tasks
Experience and Technical Competencies: (include years of experience)
Education (include certificates, licenses etc.):
Languages: (indicate fluency level)
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies: