Protection Assistant needed at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Overall purpose of the role: 
The purpose of this post is to support the Protection Officer to implement DRC Urban Program protection work with an aim of providing timely and effective protection to populations of concern including supervising the day to day implementation of protection tasks. The role is also responsible for addressing mental health needs for displacement affected population as well as being in charge of the provision of effective case management and documentation of program activities as per the donor requirements.

Responsibilities:   

• Support the Protection Officer to plan, oversee the broad implementation of protection activities in urban program.
• Assist to map out and stay updated on the contextual situation on protection concerns for displacement affected populations so as to inform appropriate programmatic action by DRC urban program.
• Support provision of professional and confidential protection – psychosocial services to survivors of GBV and other beneficiaries through a survivor-centered case management approach.
• Support in design and development of sector concept notes and proposals.
• Support implementation of protection activities that are responsive to the needs of refugee and host communities – women, girls, men & boys.
• Provided support in protection data analysis (conflict, child and gender etc.) and maintain a reliable beneficiary database.
• Contribute and work closely with the livelihoods, meal and advocacy/communication team/s to enhance program integration through well thought out strategies set by the project leads.
• Support in to submit timely and high-quality activity and donor and internal progress reports that includes documentation of program milestones through case studies and human-interest stories for influencing impact at scale and contributing to fundraising.
• Provide support to protection team in project kick-off, review and project closure meetings including periodic program review and planning meetings and external meetings as often and as requested by the supervisor.
• Undertake other duties as assigned by the Protection Officer to ensure the project expectations are met.

Experience and technical competencies: 

• Minimum of 2 years work experience in implementing protection programming in an International NGO’ or other relevant agency.
• Knowledge and experience of working with urban refugees and host communities including with government agencies will be essential.
• Experience in external stakeholder and relationship management and building coalitions.
• Good analytical, organizational and communication skills both verbal and writing, good presentation and interpersonal skills
• Creative, innovative, “thinking out of the box” mentality, solution finder.
• Agile, self-starter with an ability to work autonomously.
• Team player that thrive in cross-departmental cooperation.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Social Work or other Social Science related field.
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Swahili.

DRC’s Core competencies: 

• Striving for excellence: you focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: you involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: you take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: you act in line with our vision and values.

Conditions:  
Contract duration: 9 months. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the Danish Refugee Council terms of employment for National staff.
Availability: April 2022
Duty station: Nairobi
Key stakeholders:
Internal: Program management, Implementing staff, M&E & Communications staff
External: Refugee and host community, Local government authorities, Other NGOs (cluster working groups), Donors (where applicable) , DRC partners

General
Commitments: 
DRC has a Humanitarian Accountability Framework, outlining its global accountability commitments. All staff are required to contribute to the achievement of this framework (http://www.drc.dk/HAF.4265.0.html)

Application Process:
Qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications, which should include a 1-page cover letter clearly stating their motivation, and qualifications and a CV. Applications should include contact details of three professional referees who have supervised the candidate in the last five years. One referee must be the applicant’s most recent manager. Only applications that address the stipulated duties and meet the required qualifications will be considered.
We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on www.drc.ngo under Vacancies. Applications should be sent no later than: 29th March 2022.

Gender Equality: 
DRC is committed to achieving gender parity in staffing at all levels.  In light of this, female candidates and those from minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Equal Opportunities: 
DRC is an equal opportunity employer.  We value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all employees.  We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, disability status, religion, ethnic origin, color, race, marital status or other protected characteristics.
DRC’s capacity to ensure the protection of and assistance to refugees, IDP’s and other persons of concern depends on the ability of our staff to uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. DRC conducts thorough and comprehensive background checks as part of the recruitment process. Visit drc.ngo to read more about what we do to secure robust safeguarding mechanisms.

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please visit drc.ngo/jobsupport
Danish Refugee Council does not charge any kind of fee at any stage of the recruitment process nor does it use recruitment agents.