Job Description
Job Posting Organization:
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian organization that provides assistance and protection to refugees and displaced persons. Established in 1956, DRC operates in multiple countries around the world, focusing on providing support in conflict-affected areas. The organization aims to promote the rights of displaced individuals and ensure their safety and dignity. DRC employs thousands of staff globally, working in various sectors including protection, livelihoods, and emergency response.
Job Overview:
The Protection Officer Monitoring role is crucial for leading protection monitoring and conducting rapid assessments in Ayod, South Sudan. The primary purpose of this position is to identify protection risks, service gaps, and changes in the protection environment. The officer will be responsible for providing reliable analysis that informs response strategies, advocacy efforts, referrals, and community engagement initiatives. This role requires a proactive approach to understanding the local context and the challenges faced by vulnerable populations, ensuring that the data collected is used effectively to enhance protection measures and support services.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Protection Officer Monitoring will develop comprehensive monitoring plans and conduct regular field monitoring activities. This includes executing rapid assessments, conducting interviews, facilitating focus group discussions, and making observations to gather relevant data. The officer must ensure that data collection is safe, inclusive, and confidential, adhering to informed consent protocols and handling sensitive information appropriately. Responsibilities also include reviewing, cleaning, analyzing, and triangulating data to identify protection risks, trends, vulnerabilities, and service gaps. The officer will prepare concise monitoring reports, updates, and alerts that highlight clear findings, limitations, and practical recommendations. Additionally, the role involves ensuring safe and confidential referrals for individuals requiring support, coordinating with field teams, and providing coaching to enhance their capacity in protection monitoring.
Required Qualifications:
Candidates must possess a degree in Social Sciences, Social Work, Development Studies, Statistics, or a related field. Alternatively, a relevant diploma combined with substantial experience may be considered. The position requires a minimum of 2 years of relevant humanitarian protection experience, particularly in monitoring, rapid assessments, or protection analysis. Strong qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills, along with effective reporting and communication abilities, are essential. Familiarity with Excel and digital data-collection tools such as KoboToolbox is also required. Knowledge of protection information management principles is considered an advantage, as is a willingness to travel to remote locations under approved security" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #007bff !important;">security arrangements.
Educational Background:
The educational background required for this position includes a degree in fields such as Social Sciences, Social Work, Development Studies, or Statistics. Candidates with a relevant diploma may also be considered if they have substantial experience in the field. This educational foundation is critical for understanding the complexities of protection issues and effectively analyzing data related to vulnerable populations.
Experience:
The role requires a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in humanitarian protection, specifically in areas such as monitoring, rapid assessments, or protection analysis. Candidates should have experience conducting Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), facilitating Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), and making observations while ensuring the safe handling of sensitive information. Strong experience in qualitative and quantitative data analysis is essential, as well as proficiency in reporting and communication.
Languages:
While the job description does not specify mandatory languages, proficiency in English is typically required for communication within the organization and with stakeholders. Knowledge of local languages spoken in South Sudan may be advantageous and is often preferred to enhance community engagement and data collection efforts.
Additional Notes:
The position is expected to adhere to the Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for national employees, which includes details about salary and working conditions. The role may involve travel to remote locations, and candidates should be prepared for this aspect of the job. The position emphasizes the importance of DRC’s five core competencies: striving for excellence, collaborating with others, taking the lead, effective communication, and demonstrating integrity in all professional conduct.
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian organization that provides assistance and protection to refugees and displaced persons. Established in 1956, DRC operates in multiple countries around the world, focusing on providing support in conflict-affected areas. The organization aims to promote the rights of displaced individuals and ensure their safety and dignity. DRC employs thousands of staff globally, working in various sectors including protection, livelihoods, and emergency response.
Job Overview:
The Protection Officer Monitoring role is crucial for leading protection monitoring and conducting rapid assessments in Ayod, South Sudan. The primary purpose of this position is to identify protection risks, service gaps, and changes in the protection environment. The officer will be responsible for providing reliable analysis that informs response strategies, advocacy efforts, referrals, and community engagement initiatives. This role requires a proactive approach to understanding the local context and the challenges faced by vulnerable populations, ensuring that the data collected is used effectively to enhance protection measures and support services.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Protection Officer Monitoring will develop comprehensive monitoring plans and conduct regular field monitoring activities. This includes executing rapid assessments, conducting interviews, facilitating focus group discussions, and making observations to gather relevant data. The officer must ensure that data collection is safe, inclusive, and confidential, adhering to informed consent protocols and handling sensitive information appropriately. Responsibilities also include reviewing, cleaning, analyzing, and triangulating data to identify protection risks, trends, vulnerabilities, and service gaps. The officer will prepare concise monitoring reports, updates, and alerts that highlight clear findings, limitations, and practical recommendations. Additionally, the role involves ensuring safe and confidential referrals for individuals requiring support, coordinating with field teams, and providing coaching to enhance their capacity in protection monitoring.
Required Qualifications:
Candidates must possess a degree in Social Sciences, Social Work, Development Studies, Statistics, or a related field. Alternatively, a relevant diploma combined with substantial experience may be considered. The position requires a minimum of 2 years of relevant humanitarian protection experience, particularly in monitoring, rapid assessments, or protection analysis. Strong qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills, along with effective reporting and communication abilities, are essential. Familiarity with Excel and digital data-collection tools such as KoboToolbox is also required. Knowledge of protection information management principles is considered an advantage, as is a willingness to travel to remote locations under approved security" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #007bff !important;">security arrangements.
Educational Background:
The educational background required for this position includes a degree in fields such as Social Sciences, Social Work, Development Studies, or Statistics. Candidates with a relevant diploma may also be considered if they have substantial experience in the field. This educational foundation is critical for understanding the complexities of protection issues and effectively analyzing data related to vulnerable populations.
Experience:
The role requires a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in humanitarian protection, specifically in areas such as monitoring, rapid assessments, or protection analysis. Candidates should have experience conducting Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), facilitating Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), and making observations while ensuring the safe handling of sensitive information. Strong experience in qualitative and quantitative data analysis is essential, as well as proficiency in reporting and communication.
Languages:
While the job description does not specify mandatory languages, proficiency in English is typically required for communication within the organization and with stakeholders. Knowledge of local languages spoken in South Sudan may be advantageous and is often preferred to enhance community engagement and data collection efforts.
Additional Notes:
The position is expected to adhere to the Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for national employees, which includes details about salary and working conditions. The role may involve travel to remote locations, and candidates should be prepared for this aspect of the job. The position emphasizes the importance of DRC’s five core competencies: striving for excellence, collaborating with others, taking the lead, effective communication, and demonstrating integrity in all professional conduct.
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