GBV Caseworker

Job Description

Title: GBV Caseworker

Company Name: Relief International

Vacancy: Not specific

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

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor’s degree in; Gender studies, Development studies, Sociology, Psychology, Public health, or relevant subjects.

Job Context:
∎ As a GBV Caseworker, you will be responsible to provide standard and ethical GBV case management response to GBV survivor, arrange confidential filing system and regularly update case management data system. You will also provide technical support to case management volunteer’s to build their capacity as para case workers.
∎ Duty Station: Ukhiya or Teknaf (base on designation area of work by direct supervisor)
∎ Report To: GBV Case Management Supervisor
∎ Program /Department: Protection
∎ Expected Start Date: At Earliest
∎ Contract length: Up to December 31, 2022 (With possibility of extension subject to funding, program needs and performance of incumbent)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Specific responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
∎ Under the guidance of the GBV Case Management Supervisors, the GBV Caseworker will be responsible for-
∎ GBV case response:
∎ Ensure informed consent, receive cases, classify and register.
∎ Conduct initial assessment, ensure immediate safety of survivor and arrange the services with respect to individual dignity and confidentiality.
∎ Uphold the survivor centered approach and GBV guiding principles.
∎ Appropriated and ethical referral of survivor to different service providers.
∎ Arrange case conference for survivors where required.
∎ Maintain confidential of case filing system:
∎ Ensure all cases information be kept in highest confidential.
∎ Uphold information sharing protocol (ISP) for case management data.
∎ Maintain all cases filing in locked cabinet system.
∎ Ensure regular data input in Primero/GBVIMS+ system.
∎ Ensure collaborative plan for regular case management supervision and coaching process with GBV case management supervisor.
∎ Provide technical support to case management volunteers to build their capacity as para caseworkers.
∎ Support awareness raising campaign on GBV social mobilization and other event celebration within protection program if required.
∎ Aware of updated GBV referral pathway and maintain necessary coordination with other service providers to ensure timely and appropriate service for GBV survivors.
∎ Monitoring, assessment and evaluation :
∎ Support RI monitoring, assessment and evaluation activities which including KII, survey, FGD etc.
∎ Support camp safety audit.
∎ Reporting:
∎ Provide bi-weekly, monthly and other periodical reports to GBV case management supervisors as required.
∎ Ensure monthly data input on GBVIMS.
∎ Support with necessary information as requirement from supervisor and manager which not breach the data information management principle.
∎ Coordinate with protection program colleagues and other RI program, HR, finance and operation.
∎ Represent RI in meeting in camp level coordination meetings as requirement by supervisor or manager.
∎ Any other responsibilities as requested by supervisor.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Prior field experience in working with refugees.
∎ Experienced working in GBV case management (preferable).
∎ Must adhere to GBV Core Guiding Principles and international humanitarian principles and standards for GBViE.
∎ Cultural awareness and sensitivity, prior experience in Rohingya camps is preferable.
∎ Competency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word and Excel.
∎ Ability to communicate clearly and sensitively in written and spoken English.
∎ Enthusiasm to learn.
∎ Optimistic and friendly.
∎ Flexibility.
∎ Excellent communication skill in Rohingya or Chittagonian and Bangla.
∎ Good command in English.

Salary:
∎ As per RI National Pay Scale Policy in Bangladesh

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Two festival bonuses in a year equivalent to one Gross salary.
∎ Severance (8.33% of the monthly Gross salary) goes with the monthly release of the salary

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 14 Apr 2022

Company Information:
∎ 31 Mar 2022
∎ Relief International
∎ Address : Bangladesh Country Office: Apt- D2, House- 39 (Sheltech Sunshine), Road-37, Gulshan-2, Dhaka- 1212 I Bangladesh.
∎ Web : www.ri.org
∎ Business : Relief International, headquartered in USA, is a leading international non-government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International (RI) has been working in Bangladesh since 2004, implementing programs covering emergency response, health, economic opportunity, trafficking in persons, gender equality and youth empowerment. RI has been present in Cox’s Bazar since 2014 where it was implementing a trafficking in persons project in Ukhiya and Teknaf supporting old caseload refugees as well as host communities prior to the large-scale influx. Since 2017, RI has scaled up its operations in Cox’s Bazar to support the emergency response by providing integrated, multi-sectoral programming for refugee and host communities, covering health services, including a 132 bed COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Center in Ukhiya, child protection, SGBV, complimentary food and livelihoods opportunities to support social cohesion. Relief International is currently implementing a large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, WFP, USAID.RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.


Category: NGO/Development

: RI Values:We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:IntegrityAdaptabilityCollaborationInclusivitySustainability Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.RI Bangladesh has a non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards Safeguarding. All employees are expected to abide by the Code of Conduct, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) ,Child Protection Policy and Human Trafficking Policy of Relief International.