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Job Information:

  • Job Title: GBV Specialist
  • Contract Length: 1 year
  • Contract Type: National Contract
  • Band: G2 – Non-Management
  • Designation of Duty Station: Assosa, Ethiopia
  • Start date: ASAP
  • Closing date for Applications: November 24, 2025

Overall purpose of the role:

  • The GBV Specialist is responsible for strengthening local and community-level protection systems to ensure a coordinated, survivor-centered, and sustainable GBV prevention and response framework within the H.E.R. project. The role focuses on capacity-building of government authorities, local structures, and community-based networks, particularly the Women and Social Affairs Offices (BOWSA), to improve service delivery, referral mechanisms, and the integration of GBV considerations across sectors. The GBV Specialist contributes to system level planning, coordination, and technical guidance, ensuring GBV prevention and response interventions adhere to international standards, align with DRC protocols, and foster an enabling environment for women and girls.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

  • Lead the capacity building of local authorities, Women and Social Affairs office, community-based networks, and partners to strengthen GBV response services.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to protection teams, GBV focal points, and community volunteers to ensure adherence to survivor-centered case management and referral standards.
  • Support the development, dissemination, and operationalization of referral pathways linking GBV survivors to multi-sectoral services, including PSS, health, legal, and livelihoods support.
  • Collaborate with local authorities and partners to assess gaps in GBV response services, conduct safety audits, and develop strategies to address systemic weaknesses.
  • Promote integration of GBV prevention and response considerations into community-based protection mechanisms and cross-sector programming.
  • Serve as the technical focal point for GBV system-strengthening, providing guidance to the Protection Officer and other relevant staff on standards, best practices, and tools.
  • Facilitate coordination with consortium partners, local authorities, and community representatives to ensure coherent, efficient, and accountable GBV interventions.
  • Support multi-sectoral planning, monitoring, and evaluation to enhance the effectiveness of GBV prevention and response initiatives.
  • Contribute to the design and implementation of community sensitization, awareness, and advocacy activities aimed at promoting protective environments for women and girls.

Monitoring, Reporting, and Compliance

  • Ensure the development and use of monitoring tools for GBV system-strengthening, including tracking referrals, service mapping, and capacity building outcomes
  • Support the protection staffs and protection specialist in data analysis and reporting, ensuring quality and timely documentation in line with DRC standards and donor requirements.
  • Promote adherence to confidentiality, data protection, and ethical standards, ensuring all GBV information is managed safely and responsibly.
  • Provide technical input into program design, budgets, and work plans to enhance GBV system-strengthening approaches.
  • Contribute to policy dialogue and advocacy efforts to improve institutional capacities and legal frameworks for GBV prevention and response.
  • Support integration of accountability to affected populations (AAP) and protection mainstreaming across all GBV related interventions.

Qualifications and Experience:

Experience and technical competencies:

  • Minimum 3 years of professional experience in protection, PSS, GBV, or case management in humanitarian or development settings.
  • Proven experience in direct case management, survivor-centered support, and psychosocial interventions.
  • Familiarity with EMAP, community-based protection, referral pathways, and multi-sectoral coordination.
  • Knowledge of protection principles, safeguarding, confidentiality, and ethical standards in humanitarian programming.
  • Experience engaging with government and local protection authorities, including Women and Social Affairs offices.
  • Competency in monitoring, reporting, and data collection, including use of digital tools such as Microsoft Office, Kobo, or Activity Info

Education: (include certificates, licenses, etc.)

  • Bachelor degree in Psychology, sociology, social work or other related fields from recognized institution.

Language: (indicate Fluency level)

  • Proficient of English language
  • Knowledge of local language is an advantage.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should send their application through Online [Apply-Now]. For more details visit official website: drc.ngo

DRC Overview:

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a private Danish humanitarian non-profit organization, founded in 1956. It serves as an umbrella organization for 33 member organizations. Formed after the Second World War in response to the European refugee crises caused by the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956, DRC has been active in large scale humanitarian projects around the world.