Vacancy
Announcement
Position:
Women Protection & Empowerment (WPE) Officer
(National Position)
Location:
Garowe
Organizational
Description:
The International
Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the largest humanitarian agencies in the
world, providing relief, rehabilitation and post-conflict reconstruction
support to victims of oppression and violent conflict.
The IRC has worked
for over seven decades and today is involved in over 25 conflict zones in the
world addressing both the immediate life saving needs of affected people in an
emergency and the reconstruction needs in recovering societies.
The IRC is committed
to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work,
creative partnerships and thorough accountability to those we serve.
The IRC is an
international agency with offices in New York, London and Geneva.
Background:
The International
Rescue Committee has been working in Somalia since 2006, providing essential
services to conflict and disaster affected communities. The IRC has been
operational in Central Somalia (Mudug and Galgadud regions) and Mogadishu
implementing interventions in the areas of livelihood, WASH and health reaching
out to more than 200,000 conflicts and drought affected people.
In 2012, the
IRC extended its operations into Puntland with an office in Garowe where it
currently implements activities on community protection, WASH and Livelihood
support.
In July 2012, IRC Somalia initiated an assessment to determine the needs of women and girls among host and IDPs communities in Galkayo and Garowe districts.
In July 2012, IRC Somalia initiated an assessment to determine the needs of women and girls among host and IDPs communities in Galkayo and Garowe districts.
The assessment
highlighted a number of immediate gaps in response to ongoing violence in the
community. It also documented a lack of technical capacity and know-how for
responding to the needs of women and girls. Therefore, IRC is initiating a
program to respond to the concerns identified including support to local actors
around women and girls protection.
Scope
of Work:
Under the immediate
supervision of the WPE Manager, the WPE Officer will implement WPE projects and
related activities, with special focus on ensuring that existing GBV service
providers (health, psycho-social, and case management) have improved knowledge,
skills and attitudes to provide quality and comprehensive support to women,
girls, and survivors according to international standards and guidelines with a
view to enhancing that survivors of GBV/ SGBV in Nugaal regions of Puntland
have dignified access to basic but also competent GBV support services.
This position will be based in Garowe with frequent travel within Nugaal Region.
This position will be based in Garowe with frequent travel within Nugaal Region.
Specific
Responsibilities
The WPE Officer will
perform the following tasks:
- Support the WPE
Manager in sector programming and relations with local partners and
stakeholders.
- Conduct mapping
of existing GBV service providers in the areas of health, psychosocial
support and case management in Nugal region
- Conduct in-depth
service mapping and service delivery assessments to establish a baseline
that can be used to measure service provider capacity development and
inform programming priorities for international agencies working with
survivors of gender-based violence in Somalia.
- Support the
provision of technical training and mentoring of service providers on
comprehensive GBV services provision including clinical, case management,
and psychosocial support in line with key GBV resources and best practices
such as the WHO and IRC standards for clinical care for sexual assault
survivors.
- Support the
development of mechanisms to improve coordination around survivor care
through the establishment of referral mechanisms and standard operating
procedures (SOP’s) between agencies within the GBV working group providing
legal, psychosocial, medical and case management support.
- Conduct
protection monitoring visits. Collect data on service providers and
participate in the analyses of the same and the writing of focus group
discussion findings, monitoring and assessment reports, and other relevant
documents
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s
degree in clinical psychology, gender or other closely related fields.
- Fluency in
written and spoken English and Somali
- Minimum two
years of GBV-related experience preferably in Somalia
- Knowledge of
international human rights standards, and familiarity with customary laws
and legal developments, especially in South Central Somalia
- Experience
working in insecure environments on politically/socially sensitive
topics.
- Willingness to
frequently travel to the field.
- Strong
interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work
under pressure and without daily supervision
- Knowledge of
Microsoft Word, Excel and Email application software
Sending
applications: Interested
candidates are requested to send their application and CV to the email ID:
IRCSomaliajobs@rescue.org with the subject line as Application for the position
of WPE Officer-Garowe.
Deadline
for applications:
21st June 2013
