Role Overview & Purpose

The Protection Officer is responsible for field-level coordination, implementation, and quality assurance of DRC's SIDA P2P protection, mixed migration, return/reintegration, and related Economic Recovery linkages in Mogadishu and relevant South-Central return and transit locations. The role supports timely, protection-sensitive delivery of DRC direct activities and field-level accompaniment of local partners across various activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Protection services, case management, and direct assistance:

  • Coordinate vulnerability screening and protection risk assessments for migrants and returnees.

  • Provide technical guidance to DRC caseworkers and support partner case management.

  • Facilitate safe referrals to specialized services based on assessed needs.

• PSS, return/reintegration, and Economic Recovery linkages:

  • Coordinate delivery of structured individual and group PSS.

  • Support dignified reception, protection screening, and information counseling.

  • Work with Economic Recovery colleagues to link returnees to employment pathways.

• Protection Monitoring, referral systems, and evidence:

  • Coordinate regular community and route-based Protection Monitoring.

  • Support service mapping and monitor referral functionality.

  • Use monitoring trends to inform programme adaptation and reporting.

• Partner, government, and stakeholder coordination:

  • Provide technical accompaniment to local partners and government counterparts.

  • Support existing government-led migration and referral systems.

  • Coordinate with authorities and humanitarian actors for relevant activities.

• Planning, monitoring, reporting, and compliance:

  • Maintain field activity plans and monitor delivery against targets.

  • Coordinate with relevant programme teams for accurate documentation.

  • Ensure compliance with DRC policies and donor requirements.

Required Qualifications & Competencies

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, or a closely related field.

• Relevant training in Protection, case management, PSS, mixed migration, and return/reintegration.

• Minimum 3 years of relevant Protection experience in humanitarian or mixed migration settings.

• Demonstrated experience in case management and protection-sensitive direct assistance.

• Experience working with local partners and government authorities.

• Strong planning, analysis, reporting, communication, and data-protection skills.

• Languages: Advanced English proficiency and Native/Fluent Somali.

• Demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies: Striving for excellence, Collaborating, Taking the lead, Communicating, and Demonstrating integrity.

What We Offer & Benefits

Contract length: 6 months with the possibility of extension depending on budget availability and performance.

• Work location: Mogadishu

• Start date: 1st October 2026

• Reporting to: Protection Team Leader

• Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for employees on national contract.