Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a qualified Protection Assistant - GBV Caseworker for our operations in Sanja, Ethiopia

Instruction for applicants:
All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV in English. Please ensure that your CV does not exceed three pages. Applications with CVs longer than the specified limit may not be considered

Overall purpose of the role 

Under the supervision of the Protection officer- GBV and PCM supervisor, the Protection Assistant will implement GBV case management activities delivered by DRC in Sanja. Specifically, he/she will provide case management services to GBV survivors and other beneficiaries affected by the crisis. The assistant will work hands in hands with the whole DRC Sanja protection team and tag along the protection case management as well as support in the protection centers.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Provide case management services through high quality and confidential interventions in line with minimum standards for service provision and DRC’s case management SOPs. 
• Conduct referrals to relevant services when needed, while implementing the action plan and ensuring appropriate follow up and case closure when appropriate;
• Provide counselling for all survivors referred to case management service;
• Conduct case management in safe spaces identified in collaboration with survivors;
• File and store GBV data in the gender-based violence information management systems (GBVIMS) in compliance with the information sharing protocol developed at the inter-agency level;
• Provide emotional support group sessions to women and girls at risk of or survivors of gender-based violence in compliance with best-practice and DRC’s guidelines;
• Support in delivering basic GBV trainings to community structures, including sessions on the GBV core concepts and guiding principles and the safe identification and referral of GBV cases;
• Raise gaps in GBV response services and referral protocols to the GBV Officer and Coordinator;
• Ensure regular quality implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Gender-based violence- related projects and interventions;
• Engage with the community and community representatives to understand needs and gaps in Gender-based violence programming;
• Incorporate a survivor-centered approach in all GBV case management activities;
• Ensure strict adherence to confidentiality for all case-related information; protect the identities of survivors in the design and implementation of all activities
• Carry out any additional protection activities as assigned from the protection manger;

Reporting and administrative responsibilities

• Ensure the maintenance and regular update of case management database and other relevant trackers;

• Responsible for entering client data on the DRC Case Management IM system or excel forms (as appropriate) in a timely manner

• Participate in individual supervision sessions on a weekly basis with the Protection manager/ protection coordinator, bringing immediate attention to any case of special/emergency needs;

• Participate in internal case conferences/ technical review of cases, team meetings, training, and workshops as scheduled by the supervisory and management team;