Roving Emergency Advisor – Protection (EMPACT)

Are you an experienced emergency practitioner looking for a challenging new role? Are you looking to work with and for affected people in ensuring their rights are respected and protected in crisis situations? Then this is the role for you!

Who are we?

The Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for new colleagues to join our roving Emergency, Protection, Assistance and Coordination Team (EMPACT), a multifunctional team of senior Emergency Response Specialists deployable within 72 hours to support DRC Country Offices respond to emergency situations.

DRC’s EMPACT members need to show independence and determination to bring rapid and timely emergency programming to crises and to support country operations in the scale up, redesign and roll out of activities. Roving Emergency Advisors need to promote excellence in their field, promote a standards and rights driven approach to programming and operations and go above and beyond typical requirements in often unstable and high-pressure environments.

About the job

The Roving Emergency Advisor (Protection) leads or supports rapid protection analysis and the design of the emergency protection response. The Advisor provides technical guidance and hands-on support to protection staff throughout the project cycle, supports quality programming in line with DRC and global protection standards, and contributes to protection coordination and representation during the emergency phase. DRC’s protection programming encompasses Legal Aid, Community-Based Protection, Prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence, Child Protection, Protection Information Management, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support.

Your main duties and responsibilities will vary with each deployment, but may include:

• Leading or supporting rapid protection assessments and protection analysis to identify risks, needs and response priorities.
• Supporting the design and implementation of high-quality emergency protection responses in line with DRC standards and country strategies.
• Providing technical guidance to protection teams and supporting the adaptation and rollout of protection tools, approaches and SOPs in emergency contexts.
• Acting as a focal point for protection mainstreaming and ensuring Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) considerations are integrated across programming.
• Managing or overseeing the implementation of emergency protection projects, including work plans, budgets, targets and reporting.
• Ensuring quality assurance and monitoring of protection activities and promoting rights-based programming approaches.
• Supporting the recruitment, onboarding, supervision and capacity strengthening of national and international staff.
• Representing DRC in Protection Clusters, Working Groups and other coordination mechanisms.
• Liaising with local authorities, community representatives, humanitarian partners and civil society actors to strengthen protection responses and coordination.
• Identifying gaps in service provision and supporting advocacy and referrals for vulnerable populations.
• Managing project budgets and ensuring compliance with donor, accountability and procurement requirements when deployed in a managerial capacity.
• Contributing to DRC's Emergency Preparedness and Response Strategy and sharing lessons learned across emergency operation

About you

The Danish Refugee Council is seeking a Roving Emergency Advisor – Protection (EMPACT) with expertise in designing, implementing, and monitoring and evaluating protection interventions within two or more of DRC’s Protection sector components: Gender-Based Violence, Child Protection, Protection Information Management, Community-Based Protection, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, and/or Legal Aid.

Required

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in planning, implementation, and monitoring of protection activities and projects according to internal and national guidelines and international standards.
• Knowledge and experience designing, implementing, and monitoring and evaluating protection interventions within two or more of DRC’s Protection sector components: Gender-Based Violence, Child Protection, Protection Information Management, Community-Based Protection, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, and/or Legal Aid
• Sound understanding of and experience in protection mainstreaming, Age, Gender and Diversity mainstreaming, conflict sensitivity, and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
• Proven experience working in complex emergency contexts, including provision of technical advice to field teams and setting up protection programming.
• Excellent communication skills in English and French, including ability to present complex technical information in a simple way.
• Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities and to delegate.
• Strong experience in team management and capacity building and training of staff and target groups.
• Proven ability to live and work in an unstable, insecure environment.
• Detailed knowledge of humanitarian principles, guidelines and standards.
• Flexibility and ability to quickly adapt to different contexts, teams and roles at varying levels of seniority.

Desirable

• Spanish or Arabic speakers strongly encouraged to apply
• Ability to understand and integrate protection and conflict sensitivity
• Familiarity with DRC’s other core sectors

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:

Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.

Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.

Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.

Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer

Contract length: 12 months

Employment band: F

Designation of Duty Station: Roving

Start date: Earliest possible

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Roving Employees; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies. For questions regarding the vacancy please contact

emergencytraining@drc.ngo

Application process

All applicants must upload a cover letter, an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English as well as a degree certificate. Applications sent by email will not be considered.

Closing date for applications: 26 October 2026

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.