Protection Specialist - GBV, Child Protection and Legal Aid

About the role

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is looking for a Protection Specialist to support the implementation, quality and coordination of DRC Protection activities in West Nile, Uganda. The post is based in Arua, works under the guidance of the Country Protection Manager and focuses on gender-based violence (GBV) response and prevention, child protection, community-based protection and legal aid. It is a 12-month contract (NM G2 band) starting in November 2026.

Key responsibilities

• Follow up the quality of field-level implementation, including documentation and management of protection cases, and ensure beneficiary selection criteria and referral pathways are properly applied.
• Train, coach and mentor protection staff on protection tools and standards, and keep the protection risk analysis up to date.
• Identify key advocacy messages and help develop context-specific SOPs and guidelines with the Country Protection Manager.
• Support the Protection action plan for West Nile, protection mainstreaming trainings, and NFI/Cash/Water, WASH distribution activities on a need basis.
• Contribute to needs assessments, gap analyses, programme proposals and timely protection reporting.
• Support monitoring and evaluation, working with the PIM officer and MEAL team to gather accurate data on protection outcomes while protecting vulnerable groups and keeping data confidential.
• Take part in protection sector working group meetings and with line ministries and stakeholders, and provide regular analysis of protection developments in West Nile and Uganda.

Required profile

• At least 5 years of experience implementing and overseeing protection activities in GBV, child protection and community-based protection.
• Bachelor's degree in international relations, sociology, social sciences or a related field.
• Experience developing technical guidance and tools for protection quality, and designing and facilitating protection training.
• Experience collaborating with information management colleagues to use evidence on protection risks in programming.
• Legal aid experience is an asset.
• Ability to engage and mobilise colleagues without direct management lines.

Applicants must submit a cover letter and an updated CV (no more than four pages) in English through the online application form; email applications are not accepted. The closing date is 2nd November 2026. Former OCHA-CBPF project staff are encouraged to apply.