Global Surge Team Roster: Protection Technical Advisor

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International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 27/02/2026
  • Location: Remote (global)
GBV / VAWG
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. 

Job Overview/Summary: 
The IRC’s Global Surge Team (GST) is a roster of esteemed and highly qualified humanitarian professionals who deploy on short notice to non-emergency and emergency contexts to support the IRC’s mission. Members of the GST provide specialist support where talent is most needed for short-term deployments of up to three months. The GST is a flexible employment opportunity for staff, requiring members to be available for deployments only 50% of the year (with opportunities for additional deployments if incumbent is interested). 

The Violence Prevention and Response Unit (VPRU) works to reduce people’s risk of violence, support their recovery, and promote transformative work for a future free from violence. The unit houses expertise in Child Protection, Protection and Rule of Law, and Women’s Protection and Empowerment to support women, children and other at-risk groups through prevention programs that help stop violence before it happens, and violence response programs that ensures lifesaving services for people affected by violence. We work closely with health, economic resilience and education colleagues to provide integrated and holistic, client centered care.
Protection Technical Advisor (TA) will provide technical support in the design and development of protection programs for the assigned countries/ regions to ensure the most appropriate, effective, and safe delivery of assistance for populations who face protection risks. The Protection Technical Advisor will also train colleagues on a range of protection program approaches. Moreover, the position holder will lead or support selected global and country-led initiatives to extend scale and quality in line with IRC’s Safety Outcome Strategy. The selected candidate should also have familiarity with the operational aspects of protection, including service delivery for individuals who have experienced violence, individual and community level violence prevention programming; as well as with supporting the strengthening of social welfare systems in fragile contexts.

Job Qualifications: 
  • Master’s/post-graduate degree in social work, law, humanitarian affairs, or other relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
  • A minimum of 7 years implementing and/or managing  humanitarian protection programming in diverse crisis or post-crisis settings in at least two of the following sub-sectors: child protection, women’s protection and empowerment and peace justice and rule of law.
  • Experience providing technical support and guidance to a diverse team, including an ability to oversee staff in cross-cultural settings and at a distance.
  • Experience in two or more of the following programming areas: , GBV prevention and response, prevention and response to violence against children programing, protection of civilians, access to justice including through legal assistance in crisis settings, family strengthening and caregiver support programs, MHPSS programming, women’s social and economic empowerment, responsive information programing and protection advocacy.
  • Language Skills: Fluency in English and at least one additional IRC language (Arabic, French or Spanish)

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