Protection From Violence Officer - Nyirol

About the role

NRC South Sudan is recruiting two Protection Officers for its Nyirol project in Jonglei. The posts report to the Protection Coordinator and cover a 5-month contract (project SSFM2644). The role monitors and mitigates risks, implements and manages protection, Community Feedback Mechanisms (CFM) and Accountability to Affected Population (AAP) activities, and helps build the Complaints and Feedback Mechanism.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines, and coordinate cross-sectoral collaboration with WASH and Shelter.
• Lead SIP and inclusion analysis, train staff on safeguarding, follow up safeguarding cases and lead monitoring of safeguarding policies across education projects.
• Manage the project's community feedback mechanisms: receive complaints and feedback, log cases in the database and follow up each case per the SOPs.
• Plan and run community engagement, sensitisation and awareness-raising activities, and map available services in the area.
• Identify protection concerns and incidents, report them to the Protection Coordinator, and identify hot spots where violence or coercion could occur.
• Support training of community members and stakeholders, write training reports and manage logistics.
• Develop safe and inclusive programming action plans and assess ideas for technical improvement.

Required profile

• Degree or diploma in Social Sciences or a related field.
• 2-3 years of relevant experience in protection programming in a displacement settlement, including work with host communities, IDPs and returnees in remote environments.
• 1-3 years of experience with protection activities and programming; previous work in complex and volatile contexts is an advantage.
• Some knowledge of English; strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Word and Excel.
• Data collection and reporting.
• Understanding of protection principles and best practices.