Protection Officer - Kiryandongo

About the role

The Protection Officer delivers the day-to-day protection component of ReSET in the assigned settlement, ensuring protection is the entry point and safeguard of the cash-plus model. The role works in an integrated team with IRC cash staff and consortium partners, and coordinates closely with OPM, UNHCR, district authorities and sector working groups.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of ReSET protection activities in the assigned settlement.
• Deliver technical support and guidance to the protection team, including case workers and community-based protection volunteers.
• Ensure the quality of planning, implementation and follow-up of protection activities, including integrated protection screening, case management, monitoring and referrals.
• Make sure cash and protection form one client journey, with protection overrides and cash-linked protection support applied safely and without exclusion.
• Build good relations with forcibly displaced and stateless persons, host communities, RLOs, partners, government and other humanitarian actors to support locally led delivery.

Required profile

• University degree, preferably in social work, sociology, law, human rights or a related field; a postgraduate qualification is desirable.
• 3-5 years of experience in protection programming (GBV, child protection or protection monitoring) in a refugee or displacement setting.
• Demonstrated experience in protection case management and supervision and coaching of field teams.
• Fluency in English and in a language commonly spoken in the settlement is an advantage.

Required skills

• Knowledge of community-based protection, protection monitoring and referral systems; community mobilization experience is an asset.
• Understanding of cash and voucher assistance and protection mainstreaming in cash programs (e.g. Safer Cash).
• Strong knowledge of protection principles, safeguarding, PSEAH practices, confidentiality and data protection.
• Program cycle management, monitoring, evaluation and accountability, and report writing.
• Ability to deliver training to staff, volunteers and community structures, and to use digital data collection and case management tools.