Title: Protection Officer
Location: Dolo Ado
Reports to: Protection Team Leader
Start of Contract & Duration: 2 months
Posting date: February 15, 2018INTRODUCTION
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.
DRC has started new program in Tigray regional state, where the organization is implementing a variety of youth protection activities in Hitsats, Mai-Aini and Adhi-Harush refugee camps, which are currently hosting a combined population of over 30,000 Eritrean refugees.
Overall purpose of the role:
Under the supervision of the Protection Team Leader, the Protection Officer will support the implementation of DRC’s mobile protection activities supporting internally displaced people (IDPs) and associated host communities. The Protection Officer will conduct protection monitoring activities, including observation, facilitation of focus group discussions and leading key informant interviews, will develop and facilitate trainings related to protection issues, will collaborate with relevant local authorities and duty-bearers to improve protection-related assistance, such as the provision of individualized protection assistance, and will support in the design and implementation of protection mainstreaming initiatives.
Responsibilities:
Technical Responsibilities:Project Monitoring and Evaluation:
Report Writing and Documentation
In this position, you will also be expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies
PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS
Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)
Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)
Languages: (indicate fluency level)
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