Protection Officer

26 Jun 2026 Protection Officer – Monitoring at Danish Refugee Council

• Develop a work plan for the implementation of protection monitoring activities in the identified sites. • Ensure protection monitoring activities are implemented in line with international standards, best practices and DRC protection monitoring guidelines • Carry out the protection monitoring activities according to work plan and allocated budget • Contribute in the development and review of protection monitoring tools and in the analysis of the collected information • Support the Protection community workers in data collection using the standardized tools (Key Information Interviews, Focus Group Discussion and observation) Collaborate with the protection manager country PIM specialist in reviewing protection trends and needs in DRC’s areas of intervention and recommend appropriate responses for DRC’s and other agencies • Conduct service and resource mapping to determine available services and ensure effective protection services and referrals • Support Identification of individuals with specific needs and referral to relevant services including Individual Protection Assistance. • Collaborate with relevant partners to develop and maintain protection referral mechanisms. • Conduct community awareness raising and information dissemination on identified protection risks and prevention and mitigation strategies; • Ensure the continuity of protection programming (case management, referrals) and the identification of cases through protection monitoring. • Hold regular meetings with community-based groups/networks and help establish ‘community action plans’ to address protection risks. • Maintain good professional relationships with other stakeholders to collect daily information on protection and support safe referrals • Mobilize and create strong rapport with communities through engaging with community-based structures on a consistent basis and sticking to respectful, culturally appropriate ways. • Support community-based structures through promoting meaningful group conversation and guiding members to self-identify community protection concerns. • Engage in developing and implementing response plans according to the finding of protection monitoring with the leadership of protection manager;