Protection From Violence Officer (Humanitarian Protection)

Location: Rubkona, South Sudan; duty station Rubkona with project locations in Leer; on-site role with approximately 70% travel, including mobile service delivery.

Contract: National contract for 04 months, from 1 December 2026 to 31 March 2027.

Company

hirify.global delivers humanitarian and recovery programming for displacement-affected populations.

What you will do

• Implement civilian self-protection programming and individual response services across fixed and mobile sites.
• Conduct protection monitoring, household assessments, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and other data collection.
• Identify protection risks and hotspots, conduct actor and service mapping, and develop referral pathways.
• Coordinate with Protection from Violence colleagues and provide technical guidance for quality service delivery.
• Prepare regular internal and donor reports, monitor activity targets, and contribute to protection risk analysis.
• Build working relationships with partner agencies, community leaders, representatives, and service providers.

Requirements

• Degree or diploma in Social Sciences or a related field.
• 2–3 years of relevant professional experience in protection programming in a displacement settlement.
• Previous experience working with host communities, internally displaced people, and returnees, including in remote environments.
• Previous experience in a humanitarian or recovery context, with documented results related to the position.
• Knowledge of protection and rights issues affecting displacement-affected populations; experience with displacement-related issues is required as relevant to the role.
• Proficiency in data collection, reporting, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and related office tools including Outlook.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, negotiation, organizational, and teamwork skills, with the ability to work across different cultural environments.
• Ability to prioritize responsibilities, manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and work independently when required.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Understanding of the Nuer language.

Culture & Benefits

• Work is guided by dedication, innovation, inclusion, and accountability.
• Commitment to safety, wellbeing, and a positive working culture.
• Expected behavioural competencies include handling insecure environments, planning and delivering results, working with people, analysing, communicating with impact and respect, coping with change, building meaningful relations, acting with integrity, and empowering people.
• Approximately 70% travel is expected for mobile service delivery.