Senior Project Assistant (GBV)- G6 (Re-advertisement)

Job Description

Title: Senior Project Assistant (GBV)- G6 (Re-advertisement)

Company Name: International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ University degree, preferably in psychology, women's studies, social work, or public health with minimum of four years-experience in the field of migration, IDP and refugee assistance and protection (including specific experience on Child Protection); or
∎ High school degree, preferably in psychology, women's studies, social work, or public health with minimum of six years-experience in the field of migration, IDP and refugee assistance and protection (including specific experience on Child Protection).

Job Context:
∎ Reference Code: SVN-56/2023/S - BD1
∎ Duty Station: Cox`s Bazar- Bangladesh
∎ Estimated Starting Date: As soon as possible
∎ Classification: G-6 (UN Salary Scale)
∎ Type of Appointment: Special Short Term (Initially 06 months)
∎ Under the direct supervision of the Protection Officer, GBV Operations Officer and overall guidance of the Deputy Chief of Mission (Emergencies) in Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh, the successful candidate will support the coordination of the GBV team activities. She/he will oversee individual and group-based activities of WFF.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ S/he will also guide and oversee information collection related to GBV and health gaps and services. The incumbent will be assigned to inter alia, the following tasks:
∎ 1. Reinforce adherence to the GBV guiding principles throughout all Protection activities.
∎ 2. Verify that Protection/GBV interventions adhere to best-practice principles with survivors of GBV and inform the supervisors of any deviation.
∎ 3. Coordinate the GBV Case Workers, Community Engagement Team Leaders, Mobilizers, PSS assistants provide logistical, administrative, and financial support to GBV team and the program.
∎ 4. Lead on GBV assessments in camps with relevant sectors including health, site management, wash and shelter programs.
∎ 5. Hold regular planning and debriefing sessions with team members.
∎ 6. Support staff professional development and foster a positive team spirit to encourage innovative and quality programming.
∎ 7. Identify training needs for Protection team and support organization and facilitation of training and capacity building to meet those needs, in collaboration with the IOM's GBV technical lead/Program
∎ Manager.
∎ 8. Monitor GBV trends, gaps, and needs and provide leadership to the community engagement team leaders.
∎ 9. Prepare and maintain/update detailed work plan(s) that support and achieve activities.
∎ 10. Identify concerns related to and support adherence to GBV referral protocols by all relevant organizations and agencies.
∎ 11. Liaise and coordinate with CiCs and site management including representing IOM in relevant meetings and coordination structures.
∎ 12. Maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders including community leaders and other implementing organizations and agencies.
∎ 13. Prepare and submit weekly, monthly, and three-month work plans in a timely manner, and incorporate supervisor feedback as requested; Compile monthly activity report for submission.
∎ 14. Ensure that all relevant financial documentation is accurately completed and submitted.
∎ 15. Ensure that attendance records and other reporting tools are implemented and routinely provided to relevant staff including M/E Officer and/or Program Assistant
∎ 16. Monitor data collection to ensure that staff collect data in safe and ethical ways.
∎ 17. Maintain positive coordination and relationships with partner and other sector staff.
∎ 18. Provide general assistance to the development of GBV projects.
∎ 19. Perform any other tasks that may be assigned by the supervisor.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience in emergency operations and liaison with other UN and non-UN humanitarian actors.
∎ Knowledge of the region and/or country an advantage
∎ Contribute to the development of work plans.
∎ Counseling and training experience.
∎ Clear understanding of gender, human rights, issues surrounding violence against women and girls
∎ Experience working in emergency responses targeting vulnerable women and girls.
∎ Demonstrated understanding of and ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients.
∎ Knowledge and experience with community outreach and mobilization
∎ Experience facilitating trainings, seminars, conferences, and workshops and mentoring for IOM staff and other stakeholders when needed.
∎ Positive and professional attitude, including ability to lead and work well in a team setting.
∎ Strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
∎ Personal qualities: Works well in and promotes teamwork, is comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well.
∎ Excellent communication, listening and observation skills, including ability to create trust, support, respect and interact with survivors of all ages, background, and diversity.
∎ Demonstrated commitment to women's empowerment and protection through current/ previous.
∎ Volunteering or other relevant experience is an added advantage.
∎ Familiarity with principles of monitoring and evaluation. Experience in writing brief narrative reports.
∎ Computer literate, including Microsoft Word and Excel
∎ Accepts and gives constructive criticism.
∎ Follows all relevant procedures, processes, and policies.
∎ Meets deadline, cost, and quality requirements for outputs.
∎ Monitors own work to correct errors.
∎ Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings.
∎ Identifies the beneficiaries.
∎ Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with beneficiaries.
∎ Identifies and monitors changes in the needs of all beneficiaries, as well as donors and the governments.
∎ Keeps all stakeholders informed of developments.
∎ Contributes to colleagues' learning.
∎ Articulates vision to motivate colleagues and follow through.
∎ Provides constructive feedback to colleagues.
∎ Identifies ways for their staff to develop their abilities and careers.
∎ Provides fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations.
∎ Uses staff evaluations appropriately in recruitment and other relevant HR procedures.
∎ Holds directly reporting managers accountable for providing fair, accurate, and constructive staff evaluations.
∎ Sets clear and achievable goals consistent with agreed priorities for self and others.
∎ Identifies priority activities and assignments for self and others.
∎ Organizes and documents work to allow for planned and unplanned handovers.
∎ Identifies risks and makes contingency plans.
∎ Adjusts priorities and plans to achieve goals.
∎ Allocates appropriate time and resources for own work and that of team members.
∎ Master's subject matter related to responsibilities.
∎ Identifies issues, opportunities, and risks central to responsibilities.
∎ Incorporates gender-related needs, perspectives, concerns, and promotes equal gender participation.
∎ Correctly frames migration issues within their regional, global, and political context.
∎ Persistent, calm, and polite in the face of challenges and stress.
∎ Treats all colleagues with respect and dignity.
∎ Works effectively with people from different cultures by adapting to relevant cultural contexts.
∎ Knowledgeable about and promotes IOM core mandate and migration solutions.
∎ Actively contributes to an effective, collegial, and agreeable team environment.
∎ Contributes to and follows team objectives.
∎ Gives credit where credit is due.
∎ Seeks input and feedback from others.
∎ Delegates tasks and responsibilities as appropriate.
∎ Actively supports and implements final group decisions.
∎ Takes joint responsibility for team's work.
∎ Learns about developments in available technology.
∎ Proactively identifies and advocates for cost-efficient technology solutions.
∎ Understands applicability and limitation of technology and seeks to apply it to appropriate work.
∎ Establishes realistic resource requirements to meet IOM needs.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 18 Jul 2023

Company Information:
∎ 5 Jul 2023
∎ International Organization for Migration (IOM)
∎ Business : Inter-Governmental Agency and Specialized Agency to the United Nations

Category: NGO/Development

Source: bdjobs.com

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