Senior Officer - GBV Response

Job Description

Title: Senior Officer - GBV Response

Company Name: ActionAid Bangladesh

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's in preferably psychology, gender studies including others under social science area or combination of significant humanitarian experience in a related area is equality considered.

Experience Requirements:
∎ 3 to 4 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Project:Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Project, Funded by UNHCR
∎ Type of contract:Fixed term contract
∎ Duration of Contract:Up to 31 December 2024 (if not extended)
∎ Note: The appointment will be finalised after approval of the project
∎ Relationships: S/he will report to Project Manager. S/he will work as a team member in this project.
∎ The position will work as part of the AAB GBV team to oversee, manage and provide technical support to response programming. She/he will ensure quality, confidential, and appropriate implementation of case management activities. She/he will also ensure programming meets international standards following the GBV guiding principles and is women, girls and survivor cantered. Through supportive mentoring, she will provide capacity development to AAB to strengthen their understanding of case management. The position requires a personal commitment to advancing women`s issues and working on behalf of women and girls in the host and the Rohingya community. This position overall ensures GBV case management support and maintains caseload recorded. She/he will GBV cases are referred to other service providers and kept recorded through the case management system. GBV referred case follow-ups and keep records. Case closure. Conduct awareness-raising sessions. Liaison and communication with CiC, site management, Service providers & protection actors to ensure proper service for the survivor. Work in GBVIMS and effective report writing and generate to supervisor for next course of action.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Case management and PSS Provide:
∎ Working with the GBV Case Management supervisors - Case Management, ensure GBV training and mentoring is provided to AAB staff on available services and safe, appropriate and confidential referrals, survivor-cantered support and other relevant aspects of GBV.
∎ Ensure that all response programmes are carried out in accordance with the guidelines, and that regular monitoring and feedback mechanisms are in place. Procure supplies within programme budgets and ensure activities have the required resources.
∎ Ensure that all response programmes are carried out in accordance with the guidelines, and that regular monitoring and feedback mechanisms are in place. Procure supplies within programme budgets and ensure activities have the required resources.
∎ Identify individual cases through outreach session and home visit.
∎ Conduct initial (rapid) assessment for GBV cases and prioritize them according to risk level.
∎ Develop case plans that respond to the needs identified.
∎ Provide PFA and PSS case management support.
∎ Make sure internal and external referral mechanisms to ensure survivors' needs, Follow up on the referred case timely.
∎ Maintain strong confidentiality while handling any kind of GBV case management.
∎ Record all incidents reports in file.
∎ Work on resilience so that they can come back from vulnerabilities.
∎ Ensure protection and GBV principal through the survivor centre approach.
∎ Work on Capacity Management and Building of Women's Leadership. Empower the survivors to take their own decision.
∎ Liaison Maintain:
∎ Communicated with specific service provider and different actor.
∎ Develop and maintain a strong relationship between the service provider and the survivor.
∎ Collect information from other organisations and provide these to service receivers for maintain proper liaison.
∎ Liaison and communicate with CiC, Site management, Service provider & Protection actors to ensure proper service for the survivors.
∎ Reporting and Documentation:
∎ Ensure that ethical and sound data collection and information management is implemented for appropriate data analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy, working closely with the GBV team and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team.
∎ Ensure timely and accurate monthly reporting as required by the project.
∎ Keeping update and registered all activities.
∎ Team Building:
∎ Maintain interpersonal communication in team and organization.
∎ Strengthening team member's capacity through sharing knowledge and information.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum of 3-4 years of relevant experience in the direct provision of counselling and psychosocial support to survivors GBV in emergencies.
∎ Fluency in the Local Language
∎ Understanding of case management and analysis
∎ Knowledge of Protection and GBV principals
∎ Working knowledge of written and spoken Bengali and English
∎ Ability to work independently and foster a team spirit.
∎ Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
∎ Skills in report writing, documentation, and presentation.
∎ Gender sensitive and familiar with humanitarian principles, Human Rights Based Approach.

Salary:
∎ As per the Project Budget

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per the Project Budget

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 13 Dec 2023

Company Information:
∎ 9 Dec 2023
∎ ActionAid Bangladesh
∎ Business : ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency working in over 40 countries, taking sides with poor people to end poverty and injustice together.

Category: NGO/Development