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Protection Officer

IRC (International Rescue Committee)

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Full Time 2026-07-05 Male/Female

Job Overview

Location

Kabul

Nationality

National

About IRC (International Rescue Committee)

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. 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. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
The IRC opened the country program in Afghanistan in 1988. Our programs span the range from humanitarian relief to early recovery and development activities, focusing on child protection, education, economic wellbeing, health, and power. The IRC works in 10 provinces throughout Afghanistan, among which some of the most security volatile, and employs over 1000 staff.

Compliance with Policies:

Compliance with the IRC WAY (our standards for professional conduct) is a responsibility shared by all involved in delivering on the IRC’s mission. We must abide by the IRC Way and Safeguarding Policies all the time.
The IRC has zero tolerance approach to the IRC Code of Conduct including safeguarding violations being committed by its staff, consultants, contractors, volunteers, interns, suppliers, vendors, sub-grantees/partners, implementing partners or any other associate.

Job Description

Main Purpose of the Job:

To support the safe, inclusive, and protection-sensitive implementation of protection and emergency response activities through protection mainstreaming, beneficiary identification, referral services, community engagement, and accountability mechanisms, ensuring that vulnerable women, men, boys, girls, and persons with disabilities access humanitarian assistance safely, fairly, and with dignity.

Duties and Responsibilities:

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1. Capacity Building and Training:

Provide capacity building, training field staff and relevant partners on protection mainstreaming principles, safe identification, referral procedures, and CCA referral SOPs.
Strengthen staff understanding of safer cash programming, “Do No Harm,” inclusive programming, and appropriate referral pathways.
Ensure safe, ethical, and confidential information sharing with relevant stakeholders and service providers, in line with data protection protocols, informed consent, and best interest principles.

2. Referral Management (Inward and Outward Referrals):

Identify protection, GBV, child protection, disability, health, shelter, WASH, legal, and other critical needs through safe screening during registration, PDM, outreach, home visits, or community feedback.
Facilitate safe inward and outward referrals for vulnerable individuals and households in line with CCA referral SOPs.
Maintain accurate referral documentation, including intake, consent, referral, follow-up, and feedback forms, and ensure timely entry into referral tracking systems (e.g., CommCare).
Coordinate with service providers to verify eligibility, service availability, referral protocols, and response timelines.
Maintain up-to-date service mapping through quarterly reviews and conduct monthly coordination meetings with service providers to ensure effective inward and outward referral pathways.

3. Protection Mainstreaming and Inclusive MPCA Distribution:

Ensure inclusive, safe, and protection-sensitive implementation of MPCA and other distributions through protection mainstreaming principles.
Work closely with MEAL, field teams, and CCA partners to ensure equitable access for women, girls, persons with disabilities, elderly individuals, and other vulnerable groups.
Support safe beneficiary identification, vulnerability screening, and inclusive targeting throughout registration, verification, distribution, and post-distribution processes.
Monitor distribution sites to ensure accessibility, dignity, confidentiality, and protection-sensitive practices are maintained at all stages.

4. Documentation and Reporting:

Ensure accurate, timely, and confidential documentation of all protection activities, referrals, screenings, beneficiary records, and distribution-related processes.
Maintain organized records of intake, consent, referral, follow-up, feedback, training, and monitoring activities in line with IRC and CCA SOP requirements.
Support data entry, tracking, and reporting through approved systems such as CommCare and other project databases.
Prepare regular reports on protection mainstreaming, referrals, distribution oversight, challenges, and key trends for supervisors and relevant teams

Job Requirements

· Bachelor’s degree in social work, Psychology, Sociology, Law, Human Rights, International Relations, or a related field preferred. Relevant field experience may substitute where appropriate.

· Minimum 2-3 years of relevant experience in protection, humanitarian response, referral work, community mobilization, case management, or related sectors preferred.

· Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, community engagement, safeguarding, and beneficiary support skills with the ability to work effectively with vulnerable populations

· Knowledge of protection mainstreaming, safer cash programming, referral systems, PSEA/SEAH, accountability mechanisms, and humanitarian principles preferred

· Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to prepare clear reports, maintain documentation, and coordinate professionally with teams and stakeholders.

· Fluency in Pashto, Dari and English

· Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage

· Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background

Submission Guidelines

For IRC- Afghanistan Internal Candidates:

(“ The IRC encourages employees to remain in a position for at least one year and be in good standing before applying for another position within the organization. if an employee is interested in a vacant position within the organization, he/she must inform his/her supervisor in advance before applying for a new position”)

(However, 1 year is a must to complete but to encourage IRCA employees somehow we are flexible who work in the current IRC position for at least 6 months or above and are given chance to compete for an opportunity in the organization)

All qualified candidates are requested to open the given link and follow the instructions:

https://theirc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Careers/job/Kabul-Afghanistan/Protection-Officer_JR00003977

applications received without a given link and/or online system will be disqualified and removed from the entire process.

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and after that for interviews. If you are not contacted TWO or FOUR WEEKS after the closing date .please know that your application has not been successful for the post. IRC Afghanistan Country Office, Qala-e-Fathullah, Street # 3, District 10, Old UNOCHA Office, Beside Fatemia Mosque.

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