Protection Officer at Danish Refugee Council

Responsibilities:

R1. Project Management/Development, Monitoring & Evaluation:

• Plan, oversee and support the broad implementation of protection activities in urban program. 
• Provide assessment to vulnerable Persons of Concern and survivors of S/GBV ensuring individual and group level support is done with regular case reviews and file audits
• Ensure provision of professional and confidential protection – psychosocial services to survivors of GBV and other beneficiaries through a survivor-centered case management approach. 
• Take lead in design and development of sector concept notes and proposals.
• Facilitate formation of support groups for survivors of SGBV and other vulnerable groups.
• Take lead in protection data analysis and maintain a reliable beneficiary database inline with data protection policy/guidelines.
• Take lead in the implementation of prevention activities like EMAP and other GBV prevention tools
• Submit timely and high-quality activity and donor and internal progress reports that includes documentation of program milestones through case studies and human-interest stories for influencing impact at scale and contributing to fundraising.
• Lead protection team in project kick-off, review and project closure meetings including periodic program review and planning meetings and external meetings as often and as requested by the supervisor.
• Ensure project staff adhere to CHS Principles in project implementation; participate in CHS audits and support M&E plan. 

R2. Technical Implementation

• Mainstream protection in financial inclusion and protection of vulnerable populations ensuring adherence of rights, safety, dignity and accountability of vulnerable populations. 
• Conduct progressive protection monitoring and follow ups to check on progress of CSLA (community savings loans association) groups and individuals with various individual protection, GBV and PSS issues that are affecting their full engagement in the financial inclusion ecosystem. 
• Develop a protection trigger system alongside a financial trigger system that monitors any change in the protection situation, elevating participants to a higher level that triggers additional support and counselling as a form of early detection to reduce any negative behaviors as a result of financial stress.
• Provide individual and group therapy to persons of concern facing any mental health issues hindering them from fully thriving in financial inclusion ecosystem.

R3. Coordination & Partnership:

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders, including urban refugee and host community members and leaders, NGOs, UN agencies, and other DRC team members to enhance multi-agency and multi-sectoral cooperation and coordination on response activities.
• Promote collaboration and synergy between refugee focused interventions and the host communities. 
• Actively participate and maintain a strong working relationship with protection cluster and related working groups to support the provision of quality services to persons of concern.

R4. Budget Management:

• Support in ensuring sound budget expenditure and adherence to DRC financial procedures and donor requirements as related to the protection sector. 
• Draft spending plans, procurement plans, and work plans based on protection activities and budgets.

R5. Staff Supervision 

• Mentor, provide technical supervision, capacity building and facilitate performance development to protection project assistant and a protection community engagement facilitator 

Experience and technical competencies:

• Minimum of 3 years’+ field experience in leading and managing protection programming in an International NGO’ or other relevant agency and comprehension of behavior change communication strategies such as EMAP, SASA! 
• Technical experience in protection programming including casemanagement,GBV programing(prevention and response),conflict sensitivity analysis and Psychosocial support.
• Problem solving and conflict resolution skills and ability to work in a challenging environment, reporting and meeting the set deadlines.
• Strong project management skills, with experience managing multiple location and project budget. 
• Experience working in urban displacement responses in multi-sectoral interventions.
• Strong planning, organization and problem-solving skills with ability to work both independently and within a team in a demanding working environment.
• Good analytical and strategic planning skills.
• A demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with host governments, donors, partners, local organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Good level communication and interpersonal skills. 

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Sociology -major Counseling and/or Psychology, Social Work
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Swahili.