Protection Officer - GBV (Emergency)

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Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 2-5 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 17/03/2026
  • Location: South Sudan
GBV / VAWG
Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified candidate for the Protection Officer – GBV position in Baliet. If you are a skilled and motivated professional ready to make a difference, we want you on board! Together, we’ll work to deliver impactful humanitarian solutions in challenging environments.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the implementation of emergency GBV prevention and response activities within the Mobile Response Team across hard-to-reach and shock-affected locations.
  • Provide direct GBV Case Management for complex and high-risk cases in line with inter-agency GBV Case Management Guidelines and DRC SOPs, ensuring safe identification, assessment, documentation, follow-up, and closure.
  • Ensure safe and confidential referrals to health, MHPSS, legal, and other specialized services in coordination with relevant actors and service providers.
  • Conduct rapid protection assessments, safety audits, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and community mapping with a focus on GBV trends and emerging risks, and contribute to updating event trackers, trigger tools, and alert monitoring systems.
  • Strengthen and support community-based protection mechanisms, including women- and girl-led groups, to enhance community-level identification, referral, prevention, and risk mitigation of GBV.
  • Monitor GBV trends, harmful practices, community perceptions, and access barriers, and adjust programming in coordination with the Protection Team Leader and relevant partners.
  • Update and disseminate referral pathways in newly affected or underserved locations to ensure timely and appropriate services for survivors.
  • Develop and adapt GBV tools, IEC materials, awareness content, and training modules for emergency response and provide capacity building to assistants and community structures.
  • Prepare work plans, movement plans, procurement requests, and required financial and logistical documentation in line with MRT procedures.
  • Compile timely activity reports and contribute to donor reporting processes, including documentation of lessons learned, operational challenges, and success stories.
  • Participate in daily mission planning and debriefing sessions, represent DRC in GBV coordination forums when requested by the Protection Team Leader, and support integrated protection risk mitigation across MRT interventions.
  • Participate in the recruitment, orientation, training, and direct supervision of Assistants, Translators, Mobilizers, Peer Educators, Crowd Controllers, and distributors (casual labourers).
  • Ensure strict adherence to survivor-centered principles, safeguarding standards, data protection requirements, humanitarian standards, and DRC Code of Conduct.
  • Perform any other duties assigned by the Protection Team Leader to support effective mobile emergency operations.
Experience and Technical Competencies:

  • Minimum 2 years of experience in implementing GBV prevention and response activities, including in hard-to-reach areas of South Sudan.
  • Experience in emergency case management and working in hard-to-reach areas in South Sudan is strongly preferred.
  • Proven experience working in women- and girl-friendly spaces or centers.
  • Strong knowledge of IASC Guidelines on GBV case management and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in emergency settings.
  • Demonstrated understanding of survivor-centered approaches and GBV ethical standards.
  • Strong reporting and documentation skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
  • Commitment to women’s rights and humanitarian principles.

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