Organization: DRC – Danish Refugee Council
Location: Addis Ababa
Grade: Mid level – Mid level
Occupational Groups:
Legal – Broad
Protection Officer (Refugee)
Closing Date: 2025-01-31
Title: Protection officer – Legal
Contract Type: National Contract
Location: Sheraro (North Ethiopia)
Employment Category: H2
Salary Range: As per the organization scale
Reporting To: Protection Manager
Posting date: January 17, 2025
Required Employee: 1
OVERVIEW
Since 1997, the international non-governmental organization (NGO) Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has been offering development and relief assistance in the Horn of Africa. DRC encourages and supports solutions to the issues that internally displaced persons (IDPs), migrants, and refugees experience. Since starting operations in 2009, DRC Ethiopia has been attending to the needs of vulnerable host communities, internally displaced people (IDPs), and refugees. Currently, DRC Ethiopia’s national office (CO) in Addis Ababa and five area offices (AO) in the Gambella, Tigray, Somali (Jijiga & Dollo Ado), and Afar regions carry out its projects.
The role’s overall goal:
Within the project framework, the Protection Officer-Legal will carry out legal tasks under the direction of the Protection Manager. The Protection Officer-Legal will be involved in offering the target population legal aid services, such as counseling, legal information distribution, support, and documentation facilitation. The officer will also do any extra protection tasks that the protection manager deems necessary to achieve the project’s goal.
Responsibilities:
Programming & Operations
- Develop a work plan for the implementation of activities focusing on Legal service provision within the framework of the project;
- Carry out activities focusing on legal support according to work plan and allocated budget in accordance with international and national laws and regulations;
- Conduct rapid assessment to identify the legal service need and concern of the target population and frame response according to the identified need;
- Conduct information dissemination on the legal rights and procedures with a focus on issues affecting the target population through the mobile protection desk and community outreach;
- Provide guidance to the mobile protection desks on framing key legal information to be shared through the desk;
- Provide legal counselling to the target community through the mobile protection desk;
- Develop and disseminate IEC materials with key messages on legal rights and procedures and available legal and protection services to the target population;
- Facilitate and advocate access to legal documentation for the target community in collaboration with relevant government authorities and humanitarian agencies;
- Facilitate access to Legal aid service in partnership with Addis Ababa university to individuals needing legal representation;
- Implement standardized legal case management procedure;
- Organize capacity building training to government stakeholders and community-based structures on relevant international refugee laws and national laws and procedures;
- Engage with DRC finance, administration, and supply chain team as needed to facilitate implementation of project activity;
- Perform other relevant duties, as needed or requested by Protection Team Leader.
Reporting
- Prepare and submit progress reports of activities to protection team leader;
- Keep up to date record of legal cases and provide update as needed.
Coordination
- Liaise and build partnership with community leaders, local authorities, humanitarian organizations operating in the area and other relevant actors to achieve project objective;
- Establish working partnership with Addis Ababa university law faculty – legal aid service;
- Collaborate with DRC country protection program, Economic Recovery, and, other DRC sectorial programs towards integrated programming;
DRC’s 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 act in line with our vision and values.
Requirements:
Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)
- 2-years work experience in a related field
- Experience in providing psychosocial support related activities in humanitarian organizations
- Previous experience working with IDPs and returnees – preferable
- Full proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel; proficiency in Activity info and other data collection/analysis tools desirable
EDUCATION: (include certificates, licenses, etc.)
- University Degree in Law from recognized institution.
LANGUAGE: (indicate fluency level)
- Proficient of English language
- Knowledge of local language (Tigrigna) is highly desirable
Gender Equality: DRC is committed to achieving gender parity in staffing at all levels. In light of this, women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply to bridge the gendergap.
Equal Opportunities: DRC is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, disability status, religion, ethnic origin, colour, race, marital status, or other protected characteristics
We encourage only qualified Ethiopian Nations to apply. DRC considers all applicants based on merit.
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