Women's Protection & Empowerment Manager
Job Description
Title: Women's Protection & Empowerment Manager
Company Name: YPSA - Young Power in Social Action
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master Degree in any discipline preferably Psychology/ Gender or Women's Studies/ Social Work/Social Science, International Relation, Management, Communication and Journalism or other relevant subject
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Job location: Ukhiya and Teknaf in Rohingya community under Cox`s Bazar
∎ Project Duration: 1st July 2021 to 31st March, 2022 (Possibility for extension)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Highlights of Key Responsibilities:
∎ Work for women's protection and empowerment through awareness raising, building of self-confidence, expansion of choices, increased access to and control over resources and actions to transform the structures and institution which reinforce and perpetuate gender discrimination and inequality.
∎ Through relationships and communication with persons of concern, authorities and network of agencies including government, UN bodies, I/NGOs and other stakeholders stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment and provide information, innovative ideas, recommendations and advice to the senior management and extend cooperation to the project/program team(s) to address protection related issues.
∎ Ensure that the perspectives, capacities, needs and resources of the persons of concerns are reflected in the organizational/sectoral protection strategy, planning processes and operations plan addressing the specific protection needs of women and men, children, youth and older persons, persons with disabilities, minority groups such as persons with disabilities, sexual minorities and persons living with HIV/AIDS.
∎ Coordinate the implementation and monitoring of programmes ensuring that identified protection needs are adequately addressed.
∎ Represent organization in different platforms to do advocacy for women's protection and empowerment, gender equality and gender mainstreaming in all sphere of lives.
∎ Contribute to the organizational Protection team's information management component which: provide disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems; researches, collects and disseminates relevant protection information and good practices to enhance protection delivery and provide technical advice if necessary.
∎ Ensure through direct action and advocacy with more senior protection staff that the necessary resources are allocated to enable protection activities to identify and address protection and assistance gaps.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Only females are allowed to apply
∎ Experience Requirement:
∎ Minimum 5 years' experience needed in the field of Women's Protection, Gender and/or GBV
∎ Professional experience in advocacy, networking and policy development
∎ Experience in implementing activities for women and girls or proven engagement in women's rights/groups - highly desirable
∎ Competencies: Knowledge, Skills & Abilities :
∎ Candidate must be able to demonstrate a clear and genuine willingness to work women and girl's protection and empowerment - essential
∎ Deep understanding of and interest in the well-being of women and girls, and supporting their healing after the experience of violence
∎ Understanding of the impact and dynamics of men's violence against women and girls, and a strong interest in working on women and girls' protection and empowerment
∎ Personal qualities: Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well
∎ Strong communication and facilitation skills
∎ Ability to keep records and write simple and basic reports of activities would be an added advantage;
∎ Excellent listening and observation skills, including ability to build trust, support, respect and interact with survivors of all ages, background and diversity
∎ Demonstrated dedications to women's empowerment and protection through current/ previous volunteer or paid work in women's group, girls' clubs or other relevant experience is an added advantage
∎ Ability to maintain confidentiality and respect in CWC/IWC at all times is essential Communication deliberately with the wider groups/sector
∎ Knowledge of laws relevant to women's protection
∎ Field experience
∎ Commitment to help persons of concern and willingness to cooperate with counterparts
∎ Good analytical skills
∎ Strong interpersonal and communication skills in a multi-cultural setting
∎ Experience of working with persons of concern desirable
∎ Ability to live and work in the difficult and harsh conditions of developing countries is essential.
∎ Language Preference:
∎ Language spoken by population in need - essential
∎ Good working knowledge of English -essential
∎ Chittagongian/Rohingya dialect - preferable, not essential
Salary:
∎ Monthly consolidated Salary: 127,000/-
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 15 Dec 2021
Company Information:
∎ 8 Dec 2021
∎ YPSA - Young Power in Social Action
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 15th Dec 2021
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