Women's Protection & Empowerment Manager

Job Description

Title: Women's Protection & Empowerment Manager

Company Name: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Vacancy: Undefined

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

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline
∎ Education in women' studies, social work, social sciences, human rights, humanities, or other relevant area or the equivalent in professional work;

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 4 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The Women`s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Manager will oversee and manage WPE program components across 5 health facilities run by a partner organisation. The WPE program components will focus on improving access to essential health services (including sexual and reproductive-SRH- services) for women and girls, psychological first aid, as well as providing an essential link to other vital services for women and girls in the area through information sharing/referrals. They will directly supervise up to 5 Women & Girls Support Workers, with one based in each health facility across refugee and/or host communities. They will ensure that programming meets international standards following the GBV guiding principles and is women, girl and survivor-centred. The WPE Manager, with the technical and management support and mentorship from the Snr WPE Manager, will provide on-going technical support and mentoring to the Women & Girls Support Workers on and off site. They will be directly supervised by a Senior WPE Manager.
∎ Department: Women`s Protection & Empowerment
∎ Reporting To : Senior WPE Manager
∎ Location: Ukhiya, (with frequent travel to the camps, including Teknaf )
∎ Start date : At Earliest (Urgent Recruitment)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ TECHNICAL QUALITY:
∎ Ensure that all programming (from support work with women and girls to community outreach and engagement) adheres to a women-, girl- and survivor-centred and feminist approach and that staff are supported to build and strengthen their practice in this area and :
∎ Provide direct capacity building support to the Women & Girls Support Workers to develop their skills, competencies and practice in: WPE and GBV/VAWG guiding principles; survivor-centred support; PFA for women and girls; safe, appropriate and confidential referrals; risk reduction and mitigation; provision of information; service mapping and basic quality assessment, community outreach and engagement; and other areas as identified;
∎ Working with the Women & Girls Support Workers, ensure GBV and WPE training and mentoring is provided to:
∎ health facility staff on safe, appropriate and confidential referrals, survivor-centred support and other relevant aspects of GBV and WPE practice;
∎ health facility community outreach teams on available services and safe, appropriate and confidential referrals and other relevant areas;
∎ Ensure that in all the health facilities women and girls have safe and confidential access to essential life-saving services (i.e.: clinical management of rape) and options for providing safe and confidentially feedback on services available; and that
∎ The WPE and health teams are using the functional, feminist/survivor centred internal and external referral pathways and conducting safe, confidential and appropriate referrals in line with best practice;
∎ Oversee and manage any discrete, in kind material distributions from planning to post-distribution monitoring;
∎ Liaise with the Women & Girls Support Workers and a WPE Specialist on any adolescent girls identified for specialised girls' programming;
∎ Ensure that ethical and sound data collection and information management is implemented for appropriate data analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy; working closely with the Snr WPE Manager and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team
∎ STAFF SUPERVISION & DEVELOPMENT:
∎ Directly supervise the Women & Girls Support Workers;
∎ Maintain open, supportive, and professional relationships with all team members (IRC and partner organisation), promoting a strong team spirit and providing management support and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform their roles;
∎ Convening the team on a regular basis to review programming, progress, successes and challenges and make timely adjustments to the activities; and reporting back to the Snr WPE Manager;
∎ Ensure timely completion and submission of monthly timesheets, probation reviews, appraisals and annual performance reviews; and provide regular constructive feedback to develop their practice;
∎ Assist with the recruitment of WPE staff;
∎ Ensure regular communication and close collaboration with the Snr WPE Manager.
∎ MONITORING, REPORTING, BUDGET MANAGEMENT:
∎ Monitor and consolidate information collected from weekly/monthly and staff activity reports; and actively work with the MEAL Officer to ensure accurate data and information;
∎ Monitor budget spending in line with the spending plans for your sites of operation, work with the Snr WPE Manager in developing remedial plans where necessary to ensure budgets are optimally utilized;
∎ Support implementation and ensure adherence to grant work plans, spending plans and monitoring and evaluation plans;
∎ Where requested by the supervisor, contribute in writing high-quality and timely IRC and donor reports on activities, indicators and achievements;
∎ Take the lead on supply chain, finance and logistics tasks in relation to the operations of the Women & Girls Support Officers including identifying and responding to procurement needs.
∎ OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
∎ Maintain open and professional relations with all IRC and partner team members, promoting a strong, respectful team spirit, ensuring effective communication, and opportunities for debriefing;
∎ Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team, promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaising with other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment;
∎ Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 26 years
∎ Only females are allowed to apply
∎ Proven experience in GBV programming for women and girls - essential; and experience in sexual and reproductive health - highly preferred;
∎ Experience in program/project management;
∎ Experience in directly supporting women and girl survivors of male violence;
∎ Deep understanding of the impact and dynamics of male violence against women and girls, and solid grounding in feminist, women and girl-centred, anti-oppressive practice;
∎ Demonstrated coordination and relationship building skills with partners;
∎ Demonstrated experience in successfully leading, building and strengthening a program team of 3 + staff in a dynamic, challenging and changing context;
∎ Demonstrated experience in supervising, mentoring and building capacity of staff;
∎ Demonstrated experience in facilitating practical workshops and learning on this issues outlined in the areas of responsibility for this position;
∎ Strong ability to respect differences of culture, opinion and lived experiences while upholding rights-based principles and women's protection and empowerment;
∎ Excellent interpersonal skills, positive and professional attitude, ability to lead and work well in a team setting and with multiple partners;
∎ Strengths in listening, empathy, flexibility, and creativity;
∎ Fluency in English Language - essential.

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Two Bonus in a year Equivalent to Two Basic Salary. Housing Allowance

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting

Application Deadline: April 11, 2019

Company Information:
∎ International Rescue Committee (IRC)
∎ Business : The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers emergency aid and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution or natural disaster. The IRC is currently working in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities where it resettles refugees and helps them become self-sufficient. The President of the International Rescue Committee is former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband.

Consisting of first responders, humanitarian relief workers, international development experts, health care providers, and educators, the IRC has assisted millions of people around the world since its founding in 1933.

Category: NGO/Development