Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a qualified Protection Assistant – Monitoring for our operations in Mai Tsebri, 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

(This is a re-advertisement. Applicants from previous rounds do not need to re-apply. 

Overall purpose of the role

Under the line management from Protection team leader, technical supervision of Protection Officer -Monitoring the Protection Assistant-Monitoring will implement protection monitoring activities in selected IDP sites and host community in Mai-Tsebri & Dimma and the surrounding host community. Specifically, the role will plan and conduct protection monitoring visits in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), returnees and the nearby bay host communities, through data collection and encoding, referral of individuals at risk, information sharing, and timely reporting on protection trends and risks identified. The position will, furthermore, be tasked to identify and provide direct assistance and support to people with specific needs. Additionally, the position is expected to contribute to other protection activities that DRC is implementing in selected IDP sites in the contested area.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Conduct protection monitoring in assigned areas
• Contribute in the development and review of protection monitoring tools, testing, plans and in the analysis of the collected information with the Protection Officer and Protection manager.
• Identify and protection trends and needs in the assigned areas through Key Informant Interviews, Focus Group Discussions and observation.
• Utilize data collection system for data collection and uploading in line with international standards, best practices and DRC protection monitoring guidelines
• Identify individuals at risk, provide information and refer for specialized assistance.
• Support protection officers in coordination and implementation of Individual Protection Assistance
• Regularly monitor beneficiaries’ access to service, the effectiveness of referral service, and the contribution of referrals and individual protection assistance on addressing protection risks for individual cases.
• Conduct community awareness raising and information dissemination on identified protection risks and prevention and mitigation strategies
• Maintain good relationships with other stakeholders to collect daily information on fresh displacements in the area of coverage and support safe referrals
• Participate in engaging with community-based structures on a consistent basis and sticking to respectful, culturally appropriate ways.
• Ensure data is collected in line with Protection Information Management and protection principles, observing data protection Standard Operating Procedures
• Participate in relevant trainings such as Protection Information Management and other topics 
• Adhere to Ethical data collection and data protection protocols throughout protection monitoring process; 
• Ensure proper documentation of activities conducted under the position as a means of verification to measure project progress, effectiveness, and efficiency.
• Participate in protection and other multisectoral assessments

Report writing and documentation

• Support in the development of daily, weekly and monthly reports.
• Ensure proper documentation of all project monitoring activities
• Provide input during the protection monitoring reports and protection analysis 

Eligibility: Current IRC staff and former IRC staff who separated from the organization within the past 6 months.

Background of IRC:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC works with people forced to flee from war, conflict and disaster and the host communities that support them, as well as with those who remain within their homes and communities. At-work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. IRC leads the way from harm to home. Began work in Ethiopia, 1999 in response to severe drought that happened in Ethiopia’s Somali region. Currently, providing assistance in ten different regions implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.

The IRC has a focus on narrowing the gender gap in humanitarian aid and ensuring that we contribute to gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in both our programs and operations by working to establish a context where our clients (including those from minority groups) enjoy the same rights and opportunities as well as an equal access to services. The IRC also has a strong commitment to creating an equitable and inclusive culture, where safeguarding is upheld in our workplace and programs. We are determined to protect our clients and staff from safeguarding violations through prevention and, where misconduct is alleged, to address it without fear or favor.

 Job Overview: 

Under the direct supervision of the Field Coordinator and technical supervision of the Addis technical team, the Protection Senior Officer will supervise, coordinate and manage Protection and MHPSS activities in Bambasi, Sherkole or Tsore refugee camp and Ura new site, which includes GBV case management service and psychosocial support to survivors of GBV, ensure delivery of Girl Shine, Women Rise, SEL, Positive parenting, self-help plus and safe space activities. The Protection Senior Officer will demonstrate technical capability and support the protection MHPSS staff to ensure the program is holistic, upholding according to Global and national standards, procedures and principles. Protection Senior Officer will coordinate the various services available in the project intervention area. The Senior CP/CWI will also mentor, coach and build the technical capacities of IRC protection staff at the field.

  Major Responsibilities

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Provide ongoing technical support and guidance to all MHPSS-Protection staff across Assosa FO including structured-meeting and site visits.
• Oversee the implementation of Assosa MHPSS-Protection programming to ensure the program is implemented according to well- planned schedule annual, quarterly, month work plan and budgets-spending plan, and that program objectives are well-met.
• Provide consistency technical guidance, oversight and support to the response team in provision of quality case management and psychosocial support services to ensure that; timely and quality services are provided through regular auditing of case files and providing feedback to MHPSS-Protection Officer.
• Lead in the update/establish of a functional referral system and maintain good coordination mechanism with other actors to ensure comprehensive response intervention, risk mitigation and psychosocial and physical harm against women, girls and child services provision.
• Direct responsible for information management systems (IMS) are accurately collected, entered with data protection and confidentiality - for analysis, planning, evaluation, and coordinate with other stakeholders, accordingly to Data Sharing Protocol (DSP) with timely internal and external monthly submission (as agreed by the DSP) and participate quarterly IMS data analysis and interpretation meeting with signatories/Gov/agreed partners.
• Oversee women’s safe spaces and activities to ensure women and girls access to information and group/psychosocial activities in a safe, secure and dignified manner, including lead in the design and with the Response Officer to implement age-appropriate psychosocial activities at the safe space and other specific safe-space interventions to meet the needs of adolescent girls.
• Oversee safety audit activity and ensure consistency of its implementation, and ensure the recommendation are followed and effective through coordination mechanism and community solution.
• Directly responsible for all Assosa MHPSS-Protection grants, in collaboration with field/camp team; develop and maintain work plans, spending and procurement plans. Participate in all grant opening, and closing meetings, track expenditures and ensure they are allowable and allocable according to IRC and donor compliance and regulations; review monthly BvA and bring any over/under expenditure, miss-charge or double charging issues etc to the attention of the Field Coordinator/Finance team in a timely manner and jointly develop corrective plans.
• Timely, informative and quality inputs to funding proposals, including writing, log frames, and budgeting; and timely, and quality inputs to project reports this include the completion of all section required WPE and CP inputs.
• Lead in effective working relationships with all stakeholders at all level in best representation of IRC (WPE & CP) Program with Government of Ethiopia, RRS, community leaders, Partners, Ops, LNGO, UN Agencies, Community Based Organizations to enhance multi-sectoral cooperation and coordination, ensure that relevant information from coordination meetings is shared internally with the Assosa MHPSS-protection team, other IRC sectors and Field Management team.
• Support the Ethiopia Country SAP implementation at Assosa level coordinate with other IRC actors particularly WASH, and Operational Department to achieve the IRC strategy outcome with support of the Field management and WPE Coordinator.
• Inform the WPE coordinator Assosa team technical capacity needs and their professional development and foster a positive team spirit to encourage innovative and quality programming include concrete formal and informal capacity planning and training for staff once every quarter. 
• Ensure, in coordination with Field coordinator, Program Managers and TCs, all the IRC projects are implemented in accordance with IRC Program Framework and support that implementation follows the core programming principles.
• Facilitate timely submission of cash projection by respective program and support sector representatives, refugee staff’s payment sheet, construction labor cost and daily laborers’ sheet, etc for timely action by the field finance department.
• Work closely with the finance team for successful implementation of the IRC Integra system and complete /cascade guidance and directions provided from field and country office to the respective operation areas.
• Coordinate and facilitate grant opening, review/closing, and BVA review meetings as per agreed timeline in collaboration with program managers and sector reps.
• Provide administrative, operational, and logistical assistance to all programs managers to ensure planned training, workshops and awareness raising events are conducted as required.
• Ensure timely submission of field/camp level required reports (sector reports, management, donor, and government reports).
• Provide input on operational, administrative, and human resource needs during proposal design
• Any other duties and responsibilities that can be given by immediate and technical supervisors.

Safeguarding Responsibilities:-

• Promote and actively participate in initiatives and efforts to build team engagement, inclusion, and cohesion in IRC [team/officer.
• Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue, and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies.

1. Background

The Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) is a non-governmental, non-partisan, and non-profit organization committed to promoting the rights and opportunities of persons with disabilities. Through policy advocacy and the mainstreaming of disability inclusion in service delivery, development programs, and humanitarian actions, ECDD works in partnership with government institutions, civil society, and international organizations. Since its establishment in 2005, ECDD has been dedicated to fostering an inclusive Ethiopia where persons with disabilities in all their diversities exercise their human rights and have equal access to mainstream services and opportunities.

On September 4, 2026, ECDD launched a new one‑year initiative titled “A Multi-Sectoral Initiative for Screening 9,000 Youth with Disabilities, Providing Rehabilitation, School Enrollment, and Upgrading School Infrastructure across 23 Woredas.” This project, funded by UNICEF and implemented under the Biqu Wotat Program in partnership with the Amhara Development Association (ADA), aims to enhance inclusive education, healthcare access, and institutional support for 9,000 youth with disabilities (ages 15–29) across 23 target woredas. The initiative provides comprehensive functional screening and medical rehabilitation, upgrades physical infrastructure and resource centers in 43 secondary schools, builds the capacity of key educational stakeholders, supplies scholastic materials, and executes dedicated operational management.

Currently, ECDD is looking for competent and qualified Disability Inclusion Woreda Officers.

 2. Purpose of the Role

The Disability Inclusion Woreda Officer will coordinate, implement, and monitor disability inclusion and youth support services at woreda level. The officer serves as a key link among ECDD, ADA, Woreda government offices, One stop center, schools, OPDs, health and rehabilitation providers, communities, families, and youth with disabilities.

3. Key Responsibilities

3.1. Planning, Coordination and Implementation

• Coordinate day-to-day implementation of Biqu Wotat activities in the assigned woreda.
• Develop and update woreda activity plans in line with approved workplans, targets, budgets and timelines.
• Coordinate with ADA and relevant woreda offices, including Education, Health, Women and Social Affairs, Labor and Skills and other sectors.
• Maintain effective working relationships with schools, OPDs, health facilities, rehabilitation centers and community structures.
• Conduct field follow-up, supportive supervision and technical guidance, and participate in coordination and review meetings.

3.2. Identification, Screening and Verification of YWDs

• Plan and coordinate community-level identification, screening and verification of YWDs aged 15–29 years.
• Ensure particular attention to the program target that women with disabilities constitute at least 80% of identified beneficiaries.
• Mobilize families, community leaders, OPDs, youth groups, schools, service providers and community structures.
• Supervise Disability-Inclusive Community Promoters and data collectors and ensure proper use of approved tools.
• Conduct beneficiary verification and routine data-quality checks, and facilitate referrals to education, rehabilitation, skills, livelihood, employment and other services.

3.3. Clinical/Functional Assessment, Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology

• Coordinate clinical and functional assessments with health facilities, rehabilitation centers, OPDs, ADA, WYSAO and specialized providers.
• Facilitate referrals to rehabilitation, health, psychosocial and specialized services.
• Identify YWDs requiring rehabilitation and assistive devices and coordinate assessment, prescription, fitting, customization and provision.
• Support distribution, user orientation, follow-up, repair, adjustment, replacement or upgrading of assistive devices.
• Maintain accurate, confidential and up-to-date assessment, referral, rehabilitation and assistive-device records.

3.4. Inclusive Education, Accessibility and Capacity Building

• Identify and support out-of-school YWDs eligible for secondary education re-entry and coordinate enrollment, attendance, participation and retention.
• Facilitate tailored scholastic and accessible learning materials and follow up supported students.
• Coordinate accessibility assessments and audits of targeted secondary schools with accessibility/technical personnel.
• Work with school management, Education Offices, ADA and technical personnel to promote quality and sustainable accessibility improvements.
• Monitor the availability, functionality and utilization of IERC resources, including inclusive learning materials, ICT and library resources.
• Support and facilitate training, mentoring and technical assistance on disability inclusion, inclusive education, assistive devices, Ethiopian Sign Language, Braille and accessible learning materials.
• Conduct post-training follow-up and document progress, challenges, lessons learned and sustainability issues.

3.5. Supervision and Technical Support to Disability-Inclusive Community Promoters

• Provide regular technical guidance, coaching, mentoring and supervision to DICPs.
• Orient DICPs on project procedures, disability inclusion, safeguarding, referral pathways, documentation and reporting.
• Conduct joint field visits and supportive supervision.
• Monitor the quality of community mobilization, awareness creation, identification, screening, referral and beneficiary follow-up.
• Review DICP reports and beneficiary/referral records; identify capacity gaps and provide targeted coaching.
• Monitor performance against targets and recommend corrective actions.

3.6. Monitoring, Data Management and Reporting

• Monitor implementation against approved targets, indicators, workplans and timelines.
• Conduct regular monitoring visits to communities, schools and service providers.
• Collect, verify, consolidate and submit accurate project data and maintain updated beneficiary, activity, referral and service-utilization records.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness, confidentiality and secure management of program information.
• Prepare timely monthly, quarterly and other required reports and document achievements, challenges, lessons learned, good practices and success stories.
• Support assessments, evaluations, review meetings and other learning activities.

3.7. Stakeholder Coordination and Partnership

• Maintain strong working relationships with ADA, government offices, schools, OPDs, health and rehabilitation facilities, community leaders, families, caregivers and YWDs.
• Facilitate joint planning, implementation, monitoring, referral and follow-up mechanisms.
• Participate in woreda coordination platforms, technical meetings and stakeholder forums.
• Represent ECDD in relevant meetings when officially delegated and promote meaningful participation of YWDs and OPDs.

3.8. Safeguarding, Accountability and Inclusion

• Ensure beneficiaries are treated with dignity, respect, confidentiality and without discrimination.
• Promote equal and meaningful participation of persons with disabilities throughout program activities.
• Apply safeguarding, protection, accountability and Do No Harm principles.
• Ensure safe and accessible opportunities for beneficiaries to provide feedback and raise complaints.
• Promptly report safeguarding, protection or other serious concerns through established ECDD procedures.

3.9. Operational and Financial Support

• Monitor activities and expenditures against approved budgets and identify resource gaps or variances.
• Support timely corrective actions related to operational and resource requirements.
• Facilitate procurement and logistics arrangements in accordance with ECDD procedures.
• Promote efficient, transparent and accountable utilization of project resources and maintain complete supporting documentation.
• Coordinate with Finance, Procurement, Administration and Logistics teams to ensure timely implementation and compliance with organizational and donor requirements.