Adolescent Girls Officer

Job Description

Title: Adolescent Girls Officer

Company Name: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum Bachelor’s degree in any Psychology/ Gender or Women’s Studies/ Social Work/ Social Science or other relevant subject

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The position works in the Women’s Safe Space as part of comprehensive/integrated women and girls Centers. Her/his role is to support adolescent girls in the center through provision of activities including: setting up information sessions, recreational sessions, and emotional support sessions. (S)he will assist in the provision of age appropriate group activities, skills building, information sessions and other recreational activities that promote support networks and cohesion with adolescent girls at the women and girls Centers/safe spaces. (S)he will also engage guardians in describing the importance of social connectedness for adolescent girls. These Centers will also provide essential SHR services to women and girls, so the Adolescent Girls Officer will work closely with the health team to ensure internal referrals for adolescent girls.
∎ The role will facilitate field based activities, trainings, workshops and donors visits for assuring quality of program implementation and also be responsible to strengthen community and government network at facility level. (S)He will ensure that all activities conducted as part of IWC’s WPE activities follow the guiding principles and the survivor-centered approach to adhere to standard methodologies.
∎ Department: Women’s Protection & Empowerment (WPE)
∎ Line Manager: WPE Senior Officer

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Adhere to and dedicatedly promote the women-, girl- and survivor-centered support approach, and the GBV guiding principles
∎ Consult and work with adolescent girls in the Centers to identify their needs, interests and priorities, and what’s important to them, and where possible, adapt activities according to these to ensure activities offered are culturally appropriate and meet the needs of adolescent girls
∎ Assist in the planning and implementation of training activities for adolescent girls participating in Center services and activities
∎ Assist in the planning and implementation of activities aimed at community leaders and parents (or guardians/gatekeepers) of the adolescent girls accessing the Centers and safe spaces
∎ Conduct, prepare, and help plan and organize activities with adolescent girls with an understanding of the age range of adolescent girls and varying risks adolescent girls face
∎ Provide Psychosocial First Aid and non-judgmental support and services to adolescent girls
∎ Assist with dignity kit distributions, appropriate messaging, and feedback from adolescent girls on dignity kits and other discretionary items provided
∎ Know, understand and use the formal GBV referral pathway
∎ Work in close, daily collaboration with the health team in the Centers to ensure women and girls have safe, discrete and confidential access to/from the GBV and health services via the internal referral procedures
∎ Know, understand and be able to apply the best interest and determination for children, specifically girls
∎ Share with the adolescent girls what options for her care are available, including what services can be provided and what services cannot
∎ 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
∎ In collaboration with the whole Center team, conduct community outreach and engagement activities to build community support to on board for the Centers in a safe and appropriate manner, and awareness activities on GBV and its health consequences, promote available services to adolescent girls, and listen to adolescent girls on barriers to accessing services with activities for female only groups
∎ Inform adolescent girls and their guardians about available services and material support in accordance with their needs

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 2 years’ experience needed in the field of Gender and/or GBV
∎ Candidate is required to be able to demonstrate a clear and genuine willingness to work and learn quickly and be committed to developing professionally in the field of GBV and supporting women and girl’s protection and empowerment – essential
∎ Deep understanding of and interest in the well-being of women and girls, and supporting their healing after the experience of violence
∎ Understanding of the impact and dynamics of men’s violence against women and girls, and a strong interest in working on women and girls’ protection and empowerment
∎ Personal qualities: Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well
∎ Strong communication and facilitation skills
∎ Ability to keep records and write simple and basic reports of activities would be an added advantage;
∎ Excellent listening and observation skills, including ability to build trust, support, respect and interact with survivors of all ages, background and diversity
∎ Demonstrated dedications to women’s empowerment and protection through current/ previous volunteer or paid work in women’s group, girls clubs or other relevant experience is an added advantage
∎ Ability to maintain confidentiality and respect in CWC/IWC at all times is essential
∎ Language spoken by population in need – essential
∎ Good working knowledge of English – preferable, not essential

Salary: Tk. 47250 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Two bonuses in a year equivalent to two basic salaries

Application Deadline: December 17, 2019

Company Information:
∎ International Rescue Committee (IRC)
∎ Address : Apartment A4, 4th Floor, Navana Miru, House 4, Road 96, Gulshan 2, Dhaka
∎ Web : https://www.rescue.org/
∎ Business : The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education, protection and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Founded in 1933. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.

Category: NGO/Development

Read Before Apply: Standard of Professional Conduct:IRC and IRC employees are required to abide by the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way - Code of Conduct which are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.Gender Equality & Equal Opportunity:We are committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer generous benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances. We welcome and strongly encourage qualified female professionals to apply.We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Are you ready to join the most dynamic team?