Women's Protection & Empowerment Manager

Job Description

Title: Women's Protection & Empowerment Manager

Company Name: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum Bachelor's degree in Women's Studies/ Gender/ Social Science/ Social Work/ Human Rights/ Humanities or any other equivalent degree

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The Women`s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Manager will be responsible for overseeing the WPE prevention programming including SASA! Together and WGSS activities in camps directly implemented by IRC. The position requires a personal commitment to advancing women`s issues and working on behalf of women and girls in the Rohingya community. The WPE manager will report to the Senior Programme Manager. This position directly supervises the Senior WPE officer, who are responsible for SASA! together and WGSS activities implementation. Through supportive mentoring, the position will provide capacity development to IRC staff to strengthen their technical skills. Manager will work closely with IRC`s other program teams as well as with government and other services providers to improve service delivery and support complementary and, where appropriate, integrated programming.
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∎ Work Location: IRC-Bangladesh, Ukhiya Office, Cox`s Bazar.
∎ Reporting to: Senior Programme Manager-WPE
∎ Department: Women`s Protection and Empowerment
∎ Expected Start Date: At Earliest
∎ Contract length: Till 31 December 2022 (with possibility of extension subject to funding, program needs and performance of incumbent)
∎ Remuneration Package: Gross Salary: BDT 111,200 (Per Month), Retention Benefits: 2 (Two) Basic salaries in a year, eligible after 6 months of service, Gratuity: As per Policy, Health and Life Insurance. Mobile Allowance: as per policy)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Ensure that all programs (from support work with women and girls to community outreach and engagement) adheres to a women-, girl- and survivor-centered and feminist approach and that staff are supported to build and strengthen their practice in this area.
∎ Provide direct capacity building support to the WPE Senior officer, WPE Prevention officer and community outreach officer to develop their skills, competencies, and practice in: WPE and GBV/VAWG guiding principles; survivor-centered support; PFA for women and girls; safe, appropriate and confidential referrals; risk reduction and mitigation; provision of information; service mapping and basic quality assessment, SASA! together, community outreach and engagement; and other areas as identified.
∎ Ensure that in all the WGSS have safe and confidential access to essential life-saving services and options for providing safe and confidentially feedback on services available.
∎ Ensure the WPE teams are using the functional, feminist/survivor centered internal and external referral pathways and conducting safe, confidential and appropriate referrals in line with standard methodologies.
∎ Oversee and manage any discrete, in-kind material distributions from planning to post-distribution monitoring.
∎ Ensure that ethical and sound data collection and information management is implemented for appropriate data analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy, working closely with the Senior Manager and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team.
∎ Lead in the establishment/ renovation of women & girls safe spaces in camps.
∎ Liaising with government officials and other stakeholders to ensure support for the program and coordination.
∎ Staff Supervision & Development:
∎ Directly supervise the Senior WPE officers
∎ Maintain open, supportive, and professional relationships with all team members, 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 Senior Programme 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 Senior Progarme Manager.
∎ Spend significant time in field locations to provide hand holding support to team and supportive supervision.
∎ 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 supervisor in developing remedial plans where necessary to ensure budgets are optimally utilized.
∎ Support implementation and ensure adherence to work plans, spending plans and monitoring and evaluation plans.
∎ Where requested by the supervisor, contribute to 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.
∎ Other Duties and Responsibilities:
∎ Maintain open and professional relations with all IRC team members, promoting a strong & respectful team spirit, ensuring effective communication, and opportunities for debriefing.
∎ Consistently and dedicatedly 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:
∎ At least 5 year(s) relevant experience. Proven experience in GBV programs for women and girls is essential; and experience in coordination and advocacy is highly preferred.
∎ Experience in program/project management.
∎ Practical experience in successfully leading, building and strengthening a program team of 5+ staff in a dynamic, challenging and changing context.
∎ Demonstrated experience in supervising, mentoring and building capacity of staff.
∎ Deep understanding of the impact and dynamics of violence against women and girls, and solid grounding in feminist, women and girl-centered, anti-oppressive practice.
∎ Demonstrated relationship building skills with key stakeholders including government and UN agencies.
∎ 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.
∎ Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Salary: Tk. 111200 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per Policy, Health and Life Insurance. Mobile Allowance: as per policy

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 18 Feb 2022

Company Information:
∎ 9 Feb 2022
∎ International Rescue Committee (IRC)
∎ Address : 3rd floor, Sayemon Heritage Residence, Baharchora, Cox’s Bazar
∎ 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