Title: Protection Officer – Community Structure
Location: Addis Ababa
Reports to: Protection Team Leader
Grade – H1
Number of Positions - 2
Start of Contract & Duration: up to July 15, 2022
Posting date: October 21, 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 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 JOB
The protection officer, under the supervision of the Protection Team Leader is responsible for the implementation of various protection activities within the project framework. These include community awareness raising, identification of IPA beneficiaries and follow up of cases, facilitating capacity building training to community-based structures/ community-based protection committees and conducting community group meetings, conducting PSS activities, and engaging in information dissemination through the mobile protection desk. Additionally, the position is expected to contribute to other protection activities that DRC is implementing within the project framework according to capacity and direction from the Protection Team Leader.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Programming & Operations
Reporting
Coordination
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:
· Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
· Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
· Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
· Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
· Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.
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