The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009.  With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender-based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

The protection officer-Legal, under the supervision of Protection Specialist and line managed by the areas Manager will undertake protection and legal service activities within the project framework. The Protection officer-legal will be directly responsible for the implementation of protection activities mainly safety and access to justice within their area of responsibility. She/He/ will be responsible for delivering quality protection interventions, in line with protection minimum standards and DRC Ethiopia’s protection strategy including provision of legal information dissemination, protection monitoring activities, identification of GBV related issues and case management. In addition, the officer will take on any additional protection activity as required to meet the project objectives.

Salary: USD 540.00 to USD 656.00 based on you work experience and educational qualification.

Responsibilities: (in bullet points)

Programming & Operations

• Develop individual work plan for the implementation of protection activities in accordance with protection standards and the framework of the project;
• Follow all protection guidelines, SoPs, national and international laws including appropriate tools based on the job responsibilities, and provide regular feedback to a technical unit on additional needs
• Carry out activities focusing on legal support according to work plan and allocated budget in accordance with international and national laws and regulations;
• Conduct rapid assessment to identify the legal service need and concern of the target population and frame response according to the identified need;
• Conduct information dissemination on the legal rights and procedures with a focus on issues affecting the target population through the mobile protection desk and community outreach;
• Provide guidance to the mobile protection desks on framing key legal information to be shared through the desk;
• Disseminate IEC materials with key messages on legal rights and procedures and available legal and protection services to the target population;
• Facilitate and advocate access to legal documentation for the target community in collaboration with relevant government authorities and humanitarian agencies;
• Implement standardized case management procedure.
• Organize capacity building training to government stakeholders and community-based structures on relevant international and national laws and procedures;
• Ensure the adherence to ethical data collection and data protection and data sharing protocols throughout protection activities;
• Work on protection monitoring; including on the achievements and challenges pertaining to our project implementation
• Engage with DRC finance, administration, and supply chain team as needed to facilitate implementation of project activity;
• Perform other relevant duties, as needed for the effective project implementation.

Reporting

• Prepare and submit progress reports of activities to Protection specialist that is all line managed by the area manager;
• Keep up to date record of cases and provide update as needed.

Coordination

• Liaise and build partnership with community leaders, local authorities, humanitarian organizations operating in the area and other relevant actors to achieve project objective;
• Establish working partnership with BoWCA, DRM, local administration, law enforcement bodies and University law faculty – legal aid service;
• Collaborate with DRC area office, country protection program, and other DRC sectorial programs towards integrated programming;

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master

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.

REQUIREMENTS

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)

• Minimum 2 years work experience in the humanitarian protection or relevant social service field;
• Prior Experience working with persons of concern including refugees, internally displaced and/ or returnees;
• Experience in direct implementation of protection activities relevant to the AoR for the position;
• Proven record of community engagement and consultation, such as assessments, training, workshops, or awareness sessions
• Strong planning, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to work both independently and within a team;
• High level of personal initiative, analytical and problem-solving skill;
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to develop and maintain working relationships across the organization.
• Commitment to learning and implementing organizational policies and procedures
• Good proficiency in Microsoft Office package.

EDUCATION: (include certificates, licenses, etc.)

• University degree in law, social work, social science, or other relevant fields from a recognized institution.

LANGUAGE:

• Excellent proficiency in written and spoken English;
• Proficiency in Somali language highly desirable