Protection Officer job description

About the job

We are looking for a protection officer to monitor the risks faced by affected people, especially the most vulnerable, and organize the response through referrals, awareness and protection mainstreaming across the organization's work.

Duties and responsibilities

• Monitor protection risks and violations in communities through visits, interviews and group discussions
• Identify people who need support and refer them safely to case management and specialist services
• Run awareness sessions on protection, violence prevention and the right to services
• Write regular protection reports and analyse risk trends
• Help the organization's teams mainstream protection principles, including safety, dignity and do no harm
• Keep service maps and referral pathways in the area up to date
• Take part in protection coordination meetings and share information under data protection rules
• Help communities set up community protection committees and support their work

Working conditions

• Regular field visits to communities and shelters
• Hearing distressing accounts and dealing with emotionally demanding situations

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in law, social sciences, social work or human rights
• 3 to 6 years of experience in humanitarian protection programmes

The years of experience follow the level you choose when posting.

Skills

• Protection
• Case management
• Referrals
• Confidentiality
• Working with vulnerable people
• Protection monitoring
• Protection mainstreaming
• Protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA)

Preferred

• Knowledge of international humanitarian law, human rights law and relevant Libyan law
• Training in preventing and responding to gender-based violence
• Experience working with displaced people, migrants or refugees