Protection Officer

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The individual will report directly to Team Leader  Protection – Madaba. Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Implements structured GBV prevention activities, including conducting outreach, organizing sessions, implementing sessions and ensuring safe identification and referral of GBV and other protection cases to appropriate services. 
• Ensures DRC has effective referral pathways to high quality survivor-centred GBV Case Management, and other services, as needed. 
• Coordinates closely with the MEAL team in the monitoring of, and learning from, project activities. 
• Supports in the development of GBV awareness and prevention materials. 
• Ensures protection principles are mainstreamed throughout the project activities. 
• Assists the Team Leader – Protection in administrative matters related to GBV activities.
• Assists the Team Leader – Protection in the timely reporting of project activities, including ensuring all activities are accurately documented on DRC Jordan’s IM database. 
• Coordinates closely with relevant GBV partners to facilitate cross-programming, and ensure timely access to referral pathways.
• Collaborate with the team leader and protection team members to carry out outreach and community mobilization activities in designated areas, ensuring active participation in individual identification and case assessments as needed.
• Participates in the CP/GBV sub Working Group, as required, and other groups established for coordination of GBV activities and interventions.
• Any other duties, as directed by the Team Leader – Protection.

About you:

Required:

• Bachelor/ Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or other related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in international organizations and humanitarian settings, specifically working with Protection Programming experience of facilitating GBV prevention programmes would be an advantage.
• Experience in providing trainings / facilitating sessions on protection topics.
• Experience facilitating community awareness sessions on gender and GBV.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, respect, non-discrimination and safety of individuals at all times.
• Computer Literacy (Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, creativity and flexibility.
• Comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well.
• Flexibility in working overtime when needed; 
• Previous experience working with Syrian refugees in Jordan.
• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic
• Working ability in English is an advantage

Source: https://job.drc.ngo/jobs/job?id=169506

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