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Job title: Protection Officer-Community Services

Reporting to: Team Leader- Protection

Direct reports: Team Leader- Protection

Location: Kyaka II, travels within the settlement and outside where necessary

Authorization level: (the amount this position is approved to spend without approval from manager)

Overall purpose of the role:

Oversee the implementation and monitoring of the activities of the community services sub sector in line with DRC Goal, and Values

Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the development of advocacy points based on assessment of situation and risks related to PSNs & EVIs.
  • Work closely with the other programme components to maximize programme output and impact
  • Assist in organizing and delivering protection trainings and promoting the refugee laws on the rights of vulnerable persons.
  • Provide technical and programmatic leadership to community-based mechanisms in Kyaka operational area as needed
  • Overs see the protection assessment and verification exercise for PSNs and ongoing risks analysis to design adequate responses.
  • Promote and support Youth initiatives for their development aspirations
  • Maintain close contacts with local authorities and RWCs in the refugee settlement; provide capacity building, meetings to improve community-based protection in the settlement.
  • Monitoring and guiding sector effective & timely implementations and coordination of activities.
  • Support in budget monitoring for the community services sub sector.
  • Develop work plans, budget proposals for the sector.
  • Advocate for the refugee services/ support at inter-partner and multisector level.
  • Support systems and operational procedures of home and out of home care programs of PSNs, and Elderly.
  • Support innovative problem solving of strategy development to address complex issues relating to self-reliance and wellbeing of the community.
  • Writing sector reports (internal and external basing on donor specification
  • Support the Protection and Community Service coordinator to monitor financial commitments and expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow ups.
  • Plan and coordinate proactively logistics and movements of staff from and to different zones

Experience and technical competencies:

  • Minimum of three (3) years’ experience working with vulnerable communities, basic needs and protection programming experience, and/or advocacy programs.
  • Solid skills in Assessments, supervisory skills, team player, community Mobilization, and report writing
  • Good Proposal writing skills
  • Training in Protection Community Services.
  • Experience in protection interventions in line with Refugees operation with PSN assistance.
  • Experience of working with UN or Non‐Governmental organizations.
  • Proficiency in English (written and spoken) is essential.
  • Good communication skills and ability to conduct training and awareness
  • Computer skills in MS packages: Excel, Word, Outlook mail
  • Good self-organization and basic management skills.

Education:

  • A University degree in social sciences, guidance and counselling or relevant fields.
How to apply:

Applications should be in English and include the following:

  1. A cover letter (1 page) in which you explain why you are interested in the position and how you meet the qualities and qualifications criteria and salary expectations.
  2. Concise and accurate CV (maximum 3 pages). The CV should include information about your qualification, relevant training courses, Work experience, name and contact details of 3 relevant references.

Please send your Cover letter, CV and Academic certificates by email to [email protected] by 23rd August 2018 5:00pm clearly indicating position name in the subject line. We thank applicants for their interest in the position however; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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The Danish Refugee Council is currently implementing a broad range of activities relevant to conflict affected communities and persons. The activities are categorized in ten sectors:

Shelter and Non-food Items, Food Security, Protection, Income Generation, Coordination & Operational Services, Community Infrastructure & Services, Humanitarian Mine Action, Armed Violence Reduction (AVR), Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), and Education.

Here you can read some short exemplifications of what types of activities the respective sectors include:

Shelter and Non-food Items: Provision of emergency shelter, emergency cash grants, rehabilitation of housing, distribution of non-food items (NFIs) and provision of return and repatriation kits.

Food Security: Emergency food provision or food voucher programmes. Training and capacity development in agriculture, agricultural inputs (e.g. tools and seeds), agricultural grants.

Protection: Advocacy for the rights of displaced people in their context of displacement, child protection initiatives, individual protection assistance based on vulnerability, legal aid, land & property rights, sexual and gender-based violence prevention, registration services for the internally displaced and refugees, monitoring of rights and rights awareness-raising, facilitation of return and repatriation processes.

Income Generation: Business training and SME development, business grants, life-skills training, literacy and numeracy training, vocational training, micro-credit loans, savings groups, group enterprise development and facilitation.

Coordination & Operational Services: Coordination and management of refugee and IDP camps, active participation in UN cluster coordination, humanitarian surveys and studies, facilitation of NGO Networks focused on displacement solutions, capacity development, training and support to local NGOs, secondment of experts to UN emergency operations worldwide

Community Infrastructure & Services: Provision of physical infrastructure like roads, bridges, community centres, irrigation systems or other community structures, facilitation and training of infrastructure management groups at community level, facilitation and funding of community development plans, initiatives for disaster risk reduction at community level.

Humanitarian Mine Action: Manual or mechanical mine clearance, clearance of former battle areas, education for affected communities – with special focus on children on how to avoid harm from mines and UXO, surveys of expected and confirmed mined or UXO areas, explosive ordnance disposal and stockpile destruction, capacity building of national demining institutions.

Armed Violence Reduction (AVR): Education in procedures for safe storage and safe handling of small arms and light weapons (SALW), capacity building of institutions for safety, local and community level conflict management and mitigation.

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH): Emergency water supply, hygiene item distribution, hygiene information and education, construction of latrines, installation water points, wells and water storage. Water purification.

Education: Education grants and fee support, school feeding programmes, teacher training and support, school materials provision and construction or rehabilitation of school structures.

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0 USD kyaka II CF 3201 Abc road Fixed Term , 40 hours per week Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Job title: Protection Officer-Community Services

Reporting to: Team Leader- Protection

Direct reports: Team Leader- Protection

Location: Kyaka II, travels within the settlement and outside where necessary

Authorization level: (the amount this position is approved to spend without approval from manager)

Overall purpose of the role:

Oversee the implementation and monitoring of the activities of the community services sub sector in line with DRC Goal, and Values

Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the development of advocacy points based on assessment of situation and risks related to PSNs & EVIs.
  • Work closely with the other programme components to maximize programme output and impact
  • Assist in organizing and delivering protection trainings and promoting the refugee laws on the rights of vulnerable persons.
  • Provide technical and programmatic leadership to community-based mechanisms in Kyaka operational area as needed
  • Overs see the protection assessment and verification exercise for PSNs and ongoing risks analysis to design adequate responses.
  • Promote and support Youth initiatives for their development aspirations
  • Maintain close contacts with local authorities and RWCs in the refugee settlement; provide capacity building, meetings to improve community-based protection in the settlement.
  • Monitoring and guiding sector effective & timely implementations and coordination of activities.
  • Support in budget monitoring for the community services sub sector.
  • Develop work plans, budget proposals for the sector.
  • Advocate for the refugee services/ support at inter-partner and multisector level.
  • Support systems and operational procedures of home and out of home care programs of PSNs, and Elderly.
  • Support innovative problem solving of strategy development to address complex issues relating to self-reliance and wellbeing of the community.
  • Writing sector reports (internal and external basing on donor specification
  • Support the Protection and Community Service coordinator to monitor financial commitments and expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow ups.
  • Plan and coordinate proactively logistics and movements of staff from and to different zones

Experience and technical competencies:

  • Minimum of three (3) years’ experience working with vulnerable communities, basic needs and protection programming experience, and/or advocacy programs.
  • Solid skills in Assessments, supervisory skills, team player, community Mobilization, and report writing
  • Good Proposal writing skills
  • Training in Protection Community Services.
  • Experience in protection interventions in line with Refugees operation with PSN assistance.
  • Experience of working with UN or Non‐Governmental organizations.
  • Proficiency in English (written and spoken) is essential.
  • Good communication skills and ability to conduct training and awareness
  • Computer skills in MS packages: Excel, Word, Outlook mail
  • Good self-organization and basic management skills.

Education:

  • A University degree in social sciences, guidance and counselling or relevant fields.
How to apply:

Applications should be in English and include the following:

  1. A cover letter (1 page) in which you explain why you are interested in the position and how you meet the qualities and qualifications criteria and salary expectations.
  2. Concise and accurate CV (maximum 3 pages). The CV should include information about your qualification, relevant training courses, Work experience, name and contact details of 3 relevant references.

Please send your Cover letter, CV and Academic certificates by email to [email protected] by 23rd August 2018 5:00pm clearly indicating position name in the subject line. We thank applicants for their interest in the position however; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

2018-08-24

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