Protection Officer-Prevention & Capacity Strengthening

DRC Uganda is currently looking for a highly qualified and motivated individual to join our dynamic team as Protection Officer-Prevention & Capacity Strengthening.

The overall purpose of the role:  

The Protection Officer-Prevention &Capacity Strengthening will be responsible for enhancing the ability of staff, partners, and communities to deliver effective protection interventions, focus on building knowledge, skills, and systems that safeguard vulnerable populations, ensure compliance with international protection standards, and strengthen organizational capacity to respond to protection risks. 

Your main duties and responsibilities will be: 

Project development and implementation  

• Follow up on the quality of implementation of project activities at the field level, including appropriate documentation and management of protection cases. 

• Provide hands-on training, coaching, mentoring to protection staff, ensuring clarity on protection tools and standards in consultation with protection coordinator. 

• Identify key advocacy messages and promote dissemination of these within the operational context. 

• Coordinate with the protection specialist to develop and deliver training modules on protection principles, safeguarding, child protection, gender-based violence (GBV), and humanitarian standards. 

• Provide ongoing coaching, mentoring, and technical support to staff and partners. 

• Develop tools, guidelines, and resources to strengthen protection practices 

• Conduct protection mainstreaming trainings and participate in any capacity assessment with support from the team leader and partnership officer. 

• Identify gaps and opportunities for further programming, support needs assessments and gap analyses, and contribute to proposals and other program development initiatives.  

• Contribute to timely review and submission of Protection reports as requested by the Protection Manager. 

• Conduct needs assessments to identify gaps in protection capacity. 

• Support integration of protection principles into program design, implementation, and monitoring. 

Coordination and representation 

• Collaborate with local NGOs, community groups, and government agencies to strengthen protection networks. 

• Represent the organization in protection coordination forums and working groups. 

• Facilitate knowledge-sharing and best practices across teams and partners. 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

• Support planning and ensure that activities are implemented in accordance with project objectives and work plan. 

• Collaborate & Coordinate with M& E team to ensure monitoring activities are mainstreamed with protection and ensure protection of vulnerable groups while gathering appropriate and accurate data on protection outcomes.

• With support from MEAL, develop indicators and tools to measure protection capacity strengthening outcomes. 

• Document lessons learned and contributed to organizational learning. 

• Contribute to preparation and submission of weekly, monthly and quarterly reports 

Logistics /Finance 

• Monitor financial commitments and expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow-ups.     

• Liase with DRC Administration, Logistics, and Finance Departments and the Protection Manager to ensure smooth operation of the field office.   

About you 

To be successful in this role, you must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in protection programming, humanitarian response, or capacity building. Moreover, we also expect the following.

Required  

• A Bachelor’s degree in Law, social sciences, development studies, guidance and counselling or related field. 

• Strong knowledge of international protection standards (e.g., UNHCR, ICRC, Sphere, Child Protection Minimum Standards). 

• Experience in training facilitation, adult learning methodologies, and organizational development. 

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills. 

• Experience of working with UN or Non‐Governmental organizations. 

• Good communication skills and ability to conduct training and awareness. 

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Computer packages 

• Good organizational and management skills. 

• Familiarity with Monitoring & Evaluation for UN-funded projects desired. 

• Ability to design and deliver engaging training sessions 

• Commitment to humanitarian principles and safeguarding policies 

• Team player with strong collaboration and networking abilities 

• Ability to ride a motorcycle. 

Desirable 

• Knowledge of the local languages spoken in the operation area. 

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. 

We offer 

• Contract length: 5 months  

• Band: NM H2 

• Designation of Duty Station: Imvepi 

• Start date: May 2026 

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for national employees; please refer to our website.  

Application process 

All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered. 

Closing date for applications: 23rd April 2026 

DRC does not solicit money for any part of its recruitment process. All recruitment is merit-based and follows HR best practices that are globally acceptable. Henceforth, should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it 

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo. 

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