senior Child Protection (CP) and community wellbeing initiative (CWI) officer

Job Description

About IRC: 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. IRC has worked for over seven decades in the world addressing both the immediate, life-saving needs of conflict-affected people in an emergency and the reconstruction needs in post-conflict societies. 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.

Under the supervision of the field coordinator, CWI/CP manager and with technical support from the child protection and community wellbeing initiative technical unit of Addis Ababa, the Senior Child Protection and community wellbeing initiative Officer of Harar will supervise, coordinate and manage the CP/CWI in emergency program in a professional manner. She /he will demonstrate technical capability and support the CP/CWI incentive staffs to ensure the program is holistic, upholding according to standards, procedures and principles of CWI/CP. She /he will coordinate the various services available in the project intervention area. The Senior CP/CWI will also mentor, coach and build the technical capacities of CP/CWI staffs at the field.

Specific Responsibilities:

1. Program Planning Development and Implementation

- Undertake and ensure situational assessments, data collection, compiling and analyzing are to the required standard. - Participate in the development of CP/CWI strategy, approaches and contribute actively in its revision, monitoring and improvement. - Takes primary responsibility for the implementation and follow-up of CP/CWI in emergency program in Harar area program (including development/ update of relevant strategies, SOPs and referral pathways, Training of Case Management, for BoCWA Zonal and woreda staff, psychosocial support interventions and community-based support for at risk women and girls). - Ensure well-coordinated and holistic approach to address needs and cases concerning and referred to Woreda and Zonal BoWCA . - Support program staff in the design and implementation of effective community mobilization and awareness raising strategies. - Maintain standard, design and undertake diversified psychosocial support activities at the Safe Healing and Learning Space (SHLS) and women and girls’ safe space (WGSS). - Facilitate and take a lead in the arrangement (establishment) of family-based care system or appropriate care system and promote community-based protection mechanisms, including developing of standard process of support including case planning, referral, follow up and review of case management. - Lead in GBV rapid assessment and other program related assessment and contribute to the CW/CP overall intervention strategy based on feedback received from women and girls throughout the response activity engagement. - Lead in CWI/CP IEC/BCC development both prevention and response according to the workplan, existing informed assessment, GBV trends analysis or other critical information received throughout community/IDPs feedback form - Assist CWI/CP program manager to identify staffs capacity gap training need assessment, formal and informal capacity building plan and delivery. - Support CWI/CP officers in their regular work with IDP, including coordination meeting, ensure staffs are support with regular community/visit. - Strengthen protection mechanisms through mobilizing and involving the community in reducing risks and harm of (abuse, exploitation, violence, and neglect) against women, girls and children. - Responsible for planning, budgeting, implementation, and monitoring of the CP/CWI program in line with organizational and donors’ guidelines, policy, and procedures. - Assist in program work plan, spending plan, procurement plan, attend grant opening and closing meeting, BVA meeting and other management meeting as needed

2. Program Liaison, Coordination and Networking

- Develop and maintain skillful and effective communication and working relationships with relevant stakeholders including community leaders and other implementing partners. - Represent the program in all stakeholder meetings and communicate the outcomes with program staff. - Coordinate, lead and facilitate regular monthly meetings with the community, implementing agencies and sectors including preparation of agenda and circulate the minutes of the CP/CWI working groups (coordination body) meeting - Interact with Government and other partners, NGOs, UN and bilateral agencies in the different stages of CP/CWI program implementation and follow up on agreed points. - Ensure accountability and collaborate with the Operations Sections to establish and maintain sound internal controls according to financial and supply management requirements. - Mentor and support CWI/CP officers and social workers and develop a positive team spirit to encourage innovative and quality programming.

3. Monitoring and Evaluation

- Initiate/ Participate in periodic program review meetings with partners and community members. - Support the CP/CWI team in ensuring the availability of accurate, complete and up-to-date information required for effective CP/CWI in emergency program implementation, follow-up, review, monitoring and evaluation. - Regularly review and give feedback on the CP/CWI emergency program follow-up and report on the progress. - Prepares weekly and monthly progress, quarterly and annual implementation and donor reports and review budget as required.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

- University Degree (Diploma, BA, MA), in Social Science, Social Work, health or psychology/Sociology - 6 years for diploma holders. 4 years with the first degree and 2 years for postgraduate. - Female applicants are encouraged - Experience with Demonstrate confidence in discussing intimate gender and sexual issues - Experience working to always maintain GBV and protection principles including knowledge and practical application of GBV guiding principles and PSEA. - Experience working with counseling or social service provision with women and adolescent girls - Experience in working with harmed and at-risk children in NGO working system - Demonstrated experience in field staff management - Strong written and verbal language skills in English, and Amharic - Good communication skills with women and girls and individuals from a variety of educational and cultural backgrounds. - Strong computer skills, including MS Word and Excel, internet, e-mail. - Knowing more than one local language is a plus - Knowing Afan Oromo language is advantageous