Senior Protection Officer - WPE

Job Description

Title: Senior Protection Officer - WPE

Company Name: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Ukhia)

Salary: --

Experience: --

Published: 2026-03-12

Application Deadline: 2026-03-18

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Program Brief

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Since 2017, IRC has supported Rohingya Refugees and Bangladeshi nationalities communities in Cox's Bazar, Khulna, Barisal, and Chittagong with integrated services. The organization also addresses climate change impacts by building resilience and promoting economic recovery, education, and protection.

Purpose of this role

The Protection Senior Officer-WPE provides technical supervision to the Protection Case Worker and Protection Officers – WPE and WGSS centre in order to ensure that basic, essential support for vulnerable women and girls (including survivors of gender-based violence- GBV) is provided according to survivor-centred principles during the emergency interventions. They will make certain that all activities conducted as part of WGSS centre and WPE activities follow the guiding principles and the survivor-centred approach to adhere to standard methodologies. The WPE Senior Officer will support the mainstreaming of these approaches throughout the wider Emergency Protection Response through close coordination with the IRC WPE TEAM in particular to ensure safe and quality referrals for GBV survivors to health services, also to the other service providers as well. They will receive on the job mentoring and training to fulfil their role and will be supervised by a Protection Manager - WPE.

Workstation: Ukhiya Office

Reports To: WPE Technical Manager - Case Management

Contract Length: Till 31 August 2026 (with high possibilities of extension)

Major Responsibilities

• Technical Quality Reinforce adherence to the GBV guiding principles and women-, girl- and survivor centered support throughout all activities in the Women Safe Space. Act as a focal point for WPE technical guidance to the wider MMT (Health and Child Protection teams)

• Ensure support for women and adolescent girls, including psychological first aid (PFA), safe referrals and information sharing, adheres to best-practice principles when working with women and girl survivors of GBV

• Align with internal and inter-agency Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) policies and procedures, reporting SEA through the IRC mechanisms.

Staff Supervision and Development

• Directly supervise, and provide ongoing mentoring and support to the Protection Case Worker and Protection Officer - WPE as they provide services to women and girls.

• Mentor and support staff professional development and foster a positive team spirit to encourage innovative and quality programming

• Identify training needs for the WPE team and support the organization and facilitation of training to meet those needs, in collaboration with the Protection Manager - WPE.

Implementation

• Work closely with WPE staff to design activities that respond to needs and priorities identified by women and adolescent girls

• Prepare and maintain/update detailed work plan(s) that support and achieve activities

• Conduct regular field visits to support the implementation of activities with the WPE team, giving supportive feedback and guidance as part of the mentoring process

• Ensure quality referrals between the health team and Child Protection team for the coordination, confidential and safe support to women and girl survivors of GBV according to the internal referral procedures.

Monitoring, Reporting & Administrative Support

• Ensure that all data collection (paper and electronic) reporting tools are used accurately on every day, and are then provided on schedule to relevant staff (i.e. MEAL Officer/Manager)

• Monitor daily/weekly data collection to ensure that the data is managed in safe and ethical ways

• Prepare and submit weekly and monthly work plans in a timely manner, and incorporate supervisor feedback as requested

• Ensure that all relevant financial, supply chain, human resources and other administrative documentation is accurately completed and submitted.

Coordination & Representation

• Identify concerns related to and support adherence to GBV referral protocols by all relevant organizations and agencies; report up to the Protection Manager - WPE

• Represent the IRC WPE team in camp-based coordination forums, giving updates on WPE activities, wider guidance on survivor-centered approaches and advocating for the safety and well-being needs of women and girls in the response

Outreach and Community Mobilization

• Build positive, productive, trusting connections with adolescent girls, their parents/careers and their communities, ensuring to maintain professional boundaries and humanitarian ethics at all times

• Inform adolescent girls and their guardians about available services and material support in accordance with their needs.

Other

• Promote and actively participate in initiatives and efforts to build team engagement, inclusion and cohesion in IRC [team/office]

• Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies.

• Gratuity,Weekly 2 holidays,Mobile bill,Insurance

• Two Retention Benefits equivalent to Basic Salary