Protection and Referral Specialist

• Provide overall technical leadership of ReSET protection services and closed-loop referrals, ensuring cash and protection operate as one integrated client journey
• Lead the development, validation and roll-out of protection tools, SOPs and training for the programme, including the integrated protection screening tool, protection override criteria, and case management and referral SOPs
• Provide technical leadership, supervision and guidance to Protection Officers and technical oversight to partner protection teams
• Lead the protection design of the dual-entry client journey, representing protection on the multidisciplinary targeting panel and in reviews of scoring domains, thresholds and package rules
• Provide technical leadership and quality assurance for survivor-centred GBV case management, safety planning and GBV prevention and response, including SASA! Together
• Provide technical leadership for child protection case management, including identification and assessment of unaccompanied and separated children, Best Interest Assessments and Determinations, family tracing and alternative care
• Work with TPO Uganda to ensure access to community-based MHPSS and clear clinical referral pathways for severe cases; work with UGANET for legal assistance, civil documentation and Housing, Land and Property support
• Lead the design and maintenance of the ReSET referral system, including the joint service directory, referral acceptance standards, referral tracking identifiers and contingency arrangements
• Oversee the use of case management information systems (Primero/CPIMS, GBVIMS and CommCare as applicable), ensuring compliance with sector information-sharing protocols and data protection standards
• Anticipate and manage protection risks emerging from programme delivery, and lead the protection input to adaptive management decisions
• Build and maintain strong relationships with OPM, UNHCR, district authorities, national partners and refugee-led organizations to strengthen a locally led protection response
• Contribute to proposal development, donor reporting and programme learning to ensure continuity and innovation

Qualifications & Experience:

• University degree in social work, law, human rights, public health or a related field; a postgraduate qualification in a relevant field is desirable
• At least 7 years of progressive experience in protection programming, including GBV and child protection, in humanitarian or displacement settings
• At least 5 years in a technical lead or supervisory role
• Strong technical expertise in protection case management (GBV and/or child protection)

Skills & Competencies:

• Technical leadership across multi-site protection teams and consortium partners
• Partnership management and capacity strengthening with national and refugee-led organizations
• Protection mainstreaming in cash and voucher assistance (Safer Cash)
• Strong coordination, report-writing and donor-reporting skills
• Ability to lead in complex, fast-changing humanitarian environments