Protection Monitoring and CBP Officer

Education & Technical Expertise:

• Bachelor’s degree (in process or completed) in Social Sciences, Psychology, Human Rights, Peacebuilding, or related field.
  
• Minimum 3 years of experience in community-based protection and humanitarian protection response.
  
• Experience working with displaced communities, refugees, and host communities.
  
• Familiarity with community engagement tools, CBP methodologies, and durable solutions approaches.
  

Data Collection & Protection Monitoring:

• Conduct FGDs, KIIs, and protection incident documentation following established protection standards and ensure to document all of them
  
• Support partners who are conducting Household surveys and step in when required to.
  
• Support protection trend analysis on community-based protection structure feedback and work closely with PM teams on weekly updates, alerts, and key protection reports to the Protection Team Leader/PIM officers/PIM specialists.
  
• Supervise partner PM/CBP Assistants to ensure quality and adherence to SOPs and ensure FGD/KII reports are written regularly by partners and by itself to fill the quarterly PM reports as MoV
  

Community Engagement & Capacity Building:

• Facilitate awareness-raising sessions on protection risks, human rights, and safety protocols, among others
  
• Organize training sessions for local authorities and community protection actors at LGA level to strengthen their ability to respond to protection issues.
  
• Work closely with CBPS to develop community action plans and ensure an effective feedback mechanism for displaced communities, and support in framing CBPS initiatives at LGA level with validation of the CBP/PM TL and CBP/PM Specialist.
  
• Ensure that displaced communities and CBPS structures receive timely updates on protection risks through regular meetings and information-sharing mechanisms, and ensure that their self-protection mechanisms are reported, adapted, and supported.
  

Awareness‑Raising & Light EMAP Implementation

• Lead/Co‑facilitate awareness sessions on protection risks, GBV mitigation, child labour, PSEA, and referrals, etc.
  
• Support CBPS and partner staff to deliver simplified EMAP modules and facilitate EMAP modules regularly, even if lighter than a full EMAP with CBPS.
  
• Facilitate gender‑segregated discussion groups using adapted EMAP tools.
  

Coordination & Supervision:

• Ensure proper implementation of CBP activities by supervising local teams and partner staff in field locations and supporting CBPS to develop their own capacities
  
• Represent DRC in LGA-level protection meetings and coordination spaces.
  
• Provide guidance, supervision, and coaching to PM/CBP Assistants/volunteers/partners staff involved at the LGA level and ensure proper documentation of PM/CBP and all related protection activities in the LGA.
  

Protection Mainstreaming & AAP

• Support the establishment and functioning of feedback and complaint mechanisms (help desks, mobile desks, suggestion boxes).
  
• Ensure communities receive timely feedback on actions taken.
  
• Promote inclusion of women, youth, older persons, and persons with disabilities.
  

Data Protection & Ethics

• Ensure informed consent for all data collection.
  
• Ensure safe identification and safe referrals.
  
• Ensure secure storage of data in Kobo/SharePoint.