Title: Protection Officer (Protection Desks)
Location: Shire and Mai Tsebri
Required No: 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: July 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022
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 information dissemination activities in protection desks in selected sites. Specifically, he/she will ensure DRC’s activities in the information hubs are delivered according to DRC plans and policies. The officer will also play a key role in coordinating with other protection teams (protection monitoring and community engagements) to ensure operational concerns and considerations from the field are effectively fed back and mainstreamed into future activities. Furthermore, officer will be responsible for management of Information Hub facilities and logistics, ensuring efficient operations and activities. 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: