Protection Assistant – Prevention & Capacity Building-CP job at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Description

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is hiring a Protection Assistant – Prevention & Capacity Building-CP (3) to facilitate community-based child protection prevention activities and strengthen the capacity of community protection structures under the supervision of the Protection Team Leader and technical guidance of the Child Protection Officer. The role holder will ensure that prevention activities address key child protection risks identified through case management and community engagement, while strengthening safe identification and referral of children at risk to appropriate protection services.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

Project implementation and adherence to standards

• Facilitate community-based child protection prevention sessions, including awareness on child protection risks, available services, and safe referral pathways.
• Facilitate positive parenting sessions using approved national or organizational modules to promote safe caregiving practices and prevent violence, neglect, and exploitation of children
• Conduct community discussions and engagement activities with caregivers, youth, and community members to address harmful practices affecting children.
• Support the implementation of child protection prevention methodologies and community engagement activities in line with DRC standards and child protection principles.
• Collaborate with Child Protection case workers to ensure prevention activities reflect protection risks and violations identified through case management.
• Promote safe identification and referral of children at risk, including unaccompanied and separated children, through engagement with community actors
• Ensure prevention activities adhere to child protection principles, including confidentiality, best interest of the child, and do-no-harm approaches.
• Support participatory assessments and community consultations to identify child protection concerns and inform prevention activities.

Coordination and representation

• Work closely with community leaders, parasocial workers, help desk workers, and other community protection structures to strengthen their capacity to identify and refer children at risk
• Maintain regular coordination with Child Protection case workers and other protection staff to ensure prevention activities complement response services.
• Liaise with community-based child protection mechanisms and local stakeholders to support the implementation of prevention initiatives.
• Participate in relevant community meetings and protection coordination activities at field level when required.

Reporting

• Contribute to weekly, monthly, and quarterly activity reporting as required by the Protection Team Leader and Child Protection Officer.
• Provide informatin on child protection concerns, community risks, and emerging trends identified through prevention activities to inform programme monitoring and response

Logistics and administration

• Plan and coordinate field movements and community sessions in accordance with DRC procedures and security guidelines.
• Follow all DRC procedures related to security, logistics, finance, HR, and administration when implementing project activities.
• Perform any other duties assigned by supervisors necessary for effective implementation of project activities.
• Adhere to DRC’s Code of Conduct and child protection principles at all times.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

To be successful in this role, you must have a minimum of two (2) years’ experience working with vulnerable communities, basic needs and protection programming experience (prevention and response). Moreover. we also expect the following.

Required

• A Bachelor’s degree in Social sciences, Development studies, Community psychology, Guidance and Counselling or any related field.
• Professional training in Child Protection.
• Proven experience working directly with children and PSS skills specific to communication with children
• Basic counselling and case management skills to handle disclosures and safe referrals
• Experience working with UN or Non‐Governmental organizations.
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken).
• Good communication skills and ability to conduct training and awareness.
• Computer skills.
• Good self-organization and basic management skills.
• Familiarity with Monitoring & Evaluation for UN-funded projects.
• Familiarity with government adolescent life skills and positive parenting modules as well as parasocial workers manual.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the local languages spoken by South Soudanese and Congolese refugees’ communities.

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

• Facilitate community-based child protection prevention sessions, including awareness on child protection risks, available services, and safe referral pathways.
• Facilitate positive parenting sessions using approved national or organizational modules to promote safe caregiving practices and prevent violence, neglect, and exploitation of children
• Conduct community discussions and engagement activities with caregivers, youth, and community members to address harmful practices affecting children.
• Support the implementation of child protection prevention methodologies and community engagement activities in line with DRC standards and child protection principles.
• Collaborate with Child Protection case workers to ensure prevention activities reflect protection risks and violations identified through case management.
• Promote safe identification and referral of children at risk, including unaccompanied and separated children, through engagement with community actors
• Ensure prevention activities adhere to child protection principles, including confidentiality, best interest of the child, and do-no-harm approaches.
• Support participatory assessments and community consultations to identify child protection concerns and inform prevention activities.
• Work closely with community leaders, parasocial workers, help desk workers, and other community protection structures to strengthen their capacity to identify and refer children at risk
• Maintain regular coordination with Child Protection case workers and other protection staff to ensure prevention activities complement response services.
• Liaise with community-based child protection mechanisms and local stakeholders to support the implementation of prevention initiatives.
• Participate in relevant community meetings and protection coordination activities at field level when required.
• Contribute to weekly, monthly, and quarterly activity reporting as required by the Protection Team Leader and Child Protection Officer.
• Provide informatin on child protection concerns, community risks, and emerging trends identified through prevention activities to inform programme monitoring and response
• Plan and coordinate field movements and community sessions in accordance with DRC procedures and security guidelines.
• Follow all DRC procedures related to security, logistics, finance, HR, and administration when implementing project activities.
• Perform any other duties assigned by supervisors necessary for effective implementation of project activities.
• Adhere to DRC’s Code of Conduct and child protection principles at all times.

• Good communication skills and ability to conduct training and awareness.
• Computer skills.
• Good self-organization and basic management skills.
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken).
• Basic counselling and case management skills to handle disclosures and safe referrals
• Proven experience working directly with children and PSS skills specific to communication with children

• A Bachelor’s degree in Social sciences, Development studies, Community psychology, Guidance and Counselling or any related field.
• Professional training in Child Protection.
• Experience working with UN or Non‐Governmental organizations.
• Familiarity with Monitoring & Evaluation for UN-funded projects.
• Familiarity with government adolescent life skills and positive parenting modules as well as parasocial workers manual.
• Knowledge of the local languages spoken by South Soudanese and Congolese refugees’ communities.