# Protection Officer

**Company**: International Rescue Committee
**Location**: Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Non-Profit

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## Description

We are seeking a Protection Officer to join our team in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing protection services to survivors of violence and vulnerable populations.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Participate in all training and information sessions organised by IRC or response coordination mechanisms

- Monitor security conditions in assigned communities and report concerns or incidents to the Senior Protection Officer

- Act professionally and personally, respecting IRC's humanitarian mission and values

- Perform other tasks assigned by the supervisor in support of the Ebola response

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Education, Human Rights, Social Sciences, Humanities, or related field

- Minimum 2-3 years of experience in protection programming, preferably in GBV response, child protection case management, or integrated protection in humanitarian or development settings

- Demonstrated experience in case management, including assessment, safety planning, referral, and follow-up for survivors of VBG and/or children at risk

- Knowledge of protection principles, survivor-centred approaches, and VBG guidelines

- Understanding of children's rights, minimum child protection standards, and child-friendly programming principles

- Previous experience in emergency response, particularly in Ebola or other epidemic contexts, is an asset

**Skills and Competencies:**

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to interact sensitively and professionally with survivors, affected individuals, children, and community members

- Demonstrated capacity to maintain confidentiality, apply do-no-harm principles, and manage sensitive information responsibly

- High degree of flexibility, resilience, and ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced and volatile field environment

- Ability to write clear case notes and basic reports

- Computer literacy, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel; familiarity with digital data collection tools (e.g., KoboToolbox) is an asset

- Team spirit with a positive attitude and strong work ethic; ability to work within a multidisciplinary mobile team and contribute to it

**Languages:**

- French proficiency required

- Local language proficiency (Swahili, Lingala, or other local languages) required

- English proficiency an asset

## Skills

### Required
- case management
- protection principles
- survivor-centred approaches
- VBG guidelines
- child protection
- emergency response
- French
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- KoboToolbox
- Swahili
- Lingala

### Nice to have
- English language
- local language proficiency
- previous experience in Ebola response

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