Protection Officer - Monitoring

Title: Protection Monitoring Officer Location: Dollo Ado Employment Category:? H2 Reporting To:? Protection Team leader Posting date: September 16, 2023, Required Employee: 1 Salary: USD 540.00 to USD 656.00 based on you work experience and educational qualification. ? INTRODUCTION The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009.? With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender-based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration. ? OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: Under the supervision of the Protection Team leader, the Protection Officer will coordinate and implement protection monitoring activities in selected IDP sites and host community Dollo Addo, Dollo Bay and Hargelle Woredas of Somali region. Specifically, the staff will take leadership role in implementing protection monitoring activities through provision of guidance and leadership to protection monitoring assistants engaged in protection monitoring activities and by engaging in direct collection of data, contribution to data analysis and reporting, and referral of individuals with specific need to relevant services including Individual Protection Assistance. Additionally, the position is expected to contribute to other protection activities that DRC is implementing in selected IDP sites in Liban and Afdher zone of Somali region. ? Responsibilities: (in bullet points) Technical Responsibilities: ??????? 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 Assistant (Monitoring) in data collection using the standardized tools (Key Information Interviews, Focus Group Discussion and observation) ??????? Collaborate with the Team leader in reviewing protection trends and needs in DRC?s areas of intervention and recommend activities and responses for DRC?s and other agencies ??????? Conduct service mapping to determine available services and ensure effective protection services and referrals ??????? Support Identification of in