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Africa
South Sudan
Bentiu with frequent travel to all field sites in Unity State, including other DRC AO in South Sudan
National contract
15 Apr 2025
24 Apr 2025
173541
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Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, we are excited to invite you to join our team as a Protection Officer – Psychosocial Support. If you are a skilled and motivated professional ready to make a difference, we want you on board! Together, we’ll work to deliver impactful humanitarian solutions in challenging environments.
About the job
The Protection Officer– Psychosocial Support is responsible for overseeing the PSS program strategy for DRC Unity State, in addition to ensuring high impact programming. The Protection Specialist – Psychosocial Support will advise on program design and implementation, innovative approaches, staff training and capacity building, with the aim of building a cohesive, well-coordinated and high-quality PSS response across multiple locations.
Geographic scope: Area (Unity State): This role has an area focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the area. The role contributes to the development of area strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
Responsibilities
The Protection Officer – Psychosocial Support:
- Leads the technical design of the PSS program, in collaboration with the Protection Manager. This includes assessing the current PSS needs in each site or proposed area of operation, assessing the PSS response capacities of DRC in each base and identifying intervention niches for the organization.
- Conducts regular quality assessments of DRC South Sudan’s psychosocial programming, and provides recommendations to improve structure, quality and programmatic harmonization.
- Develops high quality PSS manuals in English and translated into local languages, based on the identified needs in each base and the strategic priority areas outlined in DRC’s Strategy.
- Provides high quality capacity building for PSS staff on core methods and practices relating to structured psychosocial support and group activities and individual one-on-one support, including methods for working with children and the elderly/PSN
- Provides structured technical supervision for PSS field staff, including the Protection Team Leaders, PSS Officers and PSS Assistants /case workers through regular field visits and mentoring.
- Provides technical support to the Protection Specialist (Partnerships and Capacity Building) relating to the oversight of PSS activities undertaken by partners.
- Strengthens program learning, monitoring and documentation on PSS, in collaboration with the M&E team.
- Represents DRC at the GBV/PSEA/AoR and MHPSS working group
- Develops and strengthens relationships with networks and other stakeholders working on MHPSS/GBV/PSEAH to ensure linkages and alignment for DRC programming
- Contributes to future project development and proposal writing for projects relating to PSS.
- Contributes to the quality of staff care for DRC South Sudan staff and volunteers by facilitating trainings in self-care, stress management and personal resilience.
- Provides capacity building for DRC South Sudan staff on protection topics, as requested by the Protection Manager.
- Any other activities, as requested by the Area Manager and the Protection Manager
Required
- At least 6 years knowledge and experience in the field of PSS, including trauma, resilience & recovery, PSN, child development and work by extension with parents & caregivers.
- Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. Must be a licensed clinical psychologist.
- Excellent knowledge and experience in using key tools and approaches relating to PSS with displacement-affected populations, including the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies
- Proven capacity to technically support, train and coach staff, including developing training materials from scratch.
- Experience in the Eastern Africa working in emergency response or protracted crises and understanding of the psychological impacts of displacement on IDPs, Returnees refugee populations is beneficial
- Ability to work effectively as an integral part of multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural team.
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DRC as an employer
Founded in 1956, DRC Danish Refugee Council is Denmark’s largest, and a leading international NGO. We have continuously been ranked as one of the best NGOs in the world - and are one of the few with a specific expertise in forced displacement. In over 40 countries, we protect, advocate and build sustainable futures for refugees and other displacement-affected people and communities.
By working in DRC, you will be joining a global workforce of around 8000 employees. We pride ourselves on our:
- Professionalism, impact & expertise
- Humanitarian approach & the work we do
- Purpose, meaningfulness & own contribution
- Culture, values & strong leadership
- Fair compensation & continuous development
DRC’s capacity to ensure the protection of and assistance to refugees, IDP’s and other persons of concern depends on the ability of our staff to uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. DRC conducts thorough and comprehensive background checks as part of the recruitment process.
Danish Refugee Council is an equal opportunity employer and we consider all applicants based on individual merit and qualifications, regardless of personal characteristics or attributes. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, aiming for a 50% balance of men and women in management roles and ensuring that at least 50% of management roles are filled by national staff. We recognize that a diverse and inclusive team is crucial for achieving our organizational goals and making a positive impact on the communities we serve.