Protection Specialist - GBV

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Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: Not Specified
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 04/09/2026
  • Location: South Sudan
GBV / VAWG PSEA/ Safeguarding
Overall purpose of the role:
Under the supervision of the head of Programme, the Protection Specialist will support the Protection Coordinator in leading DRC's Gender Based violence prevention and response programming across the country. The Protection Specialist will provide technical leadership, quality assurance, mentoring, and supervision support to DRC's Gender-Based Violence (GBV) interventions.

The role will work closely with field teams and partners to strengthen adherence to inter-agency standards and ensure survivor-centered, protection-sensitive, ethical, and safe programming approaches across all GBV interventions. It involves a lot of travelling to DRC’s area offices.

Experience and technical competencies:
  • Minimum a university or graduate degree in social studies, international development, gender, or other relevant field;
  • Minimum five years of progressively responsible protection experience, including at least three years focused on GBV programming in humanitarian, refugee or internal-displacement settings.
  • Demonstrated experience in survivor-centred GBV case management and supervision, psychosocial support, referral systems, community-based prevention and GBV risk mitigation.
  • Advanced practical knowledge of inter-agency GBV standards and tools, including GBV guiding principles, GBV case-management guidance, GBV Minimum Standards, GBVIMS/GBVIMS+, incident classification, information-sharing protocols and safe data practices.
  • Experience designing, monitoring and adapting multi-site programmes; developing technical guidance; and contributing to proposals, budgets and donor reports.
  • Strong record of training, coaching and mentoring staff and local partners, including remote and field-based technical accompaniment.
  • Experience with coordination mechanisms, government counterparts, UN agencies and national/local organizations. South Sudan or comparable emergency experience is an advantage.
  • Excellent analytical, facilitation, communication and relationship-management skills; ability to prioritise, travel frequently and work independently in complex environments.
  • Excellent English writing skills;

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