Protection Officer (Mobile Response Team) - 8 Positions

About the role

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is looking for eight qualified Protection Officers to join its Mobile Response Team (MRT) in hard-to-reach areas of South Sudan affected by conflict, displacement and natural disasters. The Protection Officer plans, implements, supervises and monitors community-based protection (CBP) and general protection activities, supports protection case management, develops CBP training materials and strengthens the capacity of community facilitators, partners and local structures on protection mainstreaming.

Key responsibilities

• Lead implementation and supervision of protection activities, including risk information dissemination, profiling of persons with specific needs and safe referrals, and run protection help desks
• Support the establishment of Community-Based Protection Networks and facilitate Individual Protection Assistance
• Organize capacity-building sessions, train CBPN members and develop IEC materials and training modules
• Promote protection principles, inclusion and Age, Gender and Diversity considerations, and build partnerships with community leaders, women's and youth networks and local authorities
• Conduct rapid protection assessments (FGDs, KIIs, safety audits, service mapping) and feed into the Protection Cluster's monitoring system
• Maintain event trackers, alert forms and trigger tables, and prepare documentation for field missions
• Take part in recruiting, orienting and supervising assistants, translators, peer educators, community mobilizers and crowd controllers

Required profile

• University degree in Social Sciences, International Development, Gender Studies or a related field
• At least three years of experience in protection programming, including direct implementation and community-based training
• Strong knowledge of GBV, Child Protection, Housing, Land and Property and Mine Action, and of South Sudanese legal frameworks and referral mechanisms
• Experience in community engagement, protection monitoring, capacity building and stakeholder coordination
• Fluent written and spoken English; knowledge of Arabic or other local languages is an advantage

Required skills

• Strong organizational, analytical, reporting and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently in mobile response settings and challenging environments
• Commitment to humanitarian principles, confidentiality, safeguarding and the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse