Short Term WPE Manager ( 3 Months )

Job Description

JOB OVERVIEW

The Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Manager will roll-out IRC’s gender-based violence (GBV) response and prevention program in Somalia, that is responsive to emerging protection risks and needs for women and girls related to the Somalia crisis. The WPE Manager will also support the initial set up child protection programming.

Specifically, the WPE Manager will be responsible for:

Context evaluation:

- Working with other sector teams, monitor unfolding events in Somalia specifically: - Continually identify areas of displacement, high need and emerging GBV risks, feeding into protection analysis and contextual background tools/briefs - Conduct stakeholder analysis: continually review existing actor mapping with a view to establish/strengthen partnerships focused on the delivery of GBV response and prevention services

Program design:

- Based on emerging needs in Somalia, work with the WPE Coordinator and potential partners to design quality and responsive GBV response and prevention interventions, specifically: - Collaborating with partners in the design and implementation of GBV services, based on needs and context - Facilitating, co-designing training sessions with partners, other sectors, and other relevant stakeholders - Implementing and updating the response strategy to identified GBV risks and needs, outlining a problem statement, response modalities, activities and required funding - In collaboration with other protection streams and other sectors, ensuring complementary and aligned interventions, through partnerships and direct implementation

Program management and delivery:

- Lead WPE program start-up (through direct implementation and support partners), including: - Recruitment and training of WPE staff where relevant. - Technical support, including preparation and facilitation of trainings, to partners and staff (as needed and requested). Training content may include but is not limited to group psychosocial support interventions, women and girls’ safe spaces, GBV case management, referrals, etc.

- Procurement planning and management - Budget planning and management - Development and monitoring of work plan - Development of a monitoring and evaluation plan, in collaboration with the monitoring and evaluation team - Conduct program monitoring - Program report writing

Coordination & representation:

- Working with relevant stakeholders, including technical team, support the development of coordination system, specifically: - Continually identifying strategic actors to strengthen GBV response and prevention. - Participate in coordination mechanisms such as reoccurring meetings, actor and service mappings. - Represent IRC in external fora, including in coordination such as the GBV Working Groups, with donors and others.

Program quality:

- Support program quality through technical support and training, ensuring adherence to global standards, specifically:

- Develop/contextualize program tools and processes. - Conduct program monitoring of staff and Partners with a view to support program quality. - Deliver training sessions on protection and GBV topics. - Integrate technical capacity sharing approaches into partnerships..

Qualifications

- Bachelor of Arts or Science in Social Work, Gender, Human Rights, Social Science, Public Health, Humanities or other related field, desirable - Experience facilitating group activities, trainings and workshops and mentoring others - Counseling or case management experience desirable - Experience in working in camps or other emergency programming settings - GBV technical skills and knowledge and demonstrated ability to design/develop technical materials and deliver trainings/workshops, including understanding of core GBV survivor care principles and ethical concerns surrounding the collection, management, and sharing of sensitive survivor data. - Excellent communication skills - Demonstrated understanding of and ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients/beneficiaries - Positive and professional attitude, including ability to lead and work well in a team setting - High degree of flexibility and strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail - Computer literate, including Microsoft Word and Excel - Demonstrated team management skills with medium or large-size teams

Standard of Professional Conduct

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Gender Equality & Equal Opportunity

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce

including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.

Diversity and Inclusion

at IRC, we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Organizations that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, physical or mental ability, nationality, and perspective are validated to be better organizations. More importantly, creating a safe workspace environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best is the right thing to do. So, bring your whole self to work.

IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. In keeping with our core values of Integrity, Service, Accountability and Equality, IRC strives to maintain a work environment built on mutual respect in which all individuals treat each other professionally, and free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of IRC Persons in any work setting. All IRC staff, wherever they are located, are accountable for creating an environment free of discrimination, harassment, bullying, and retaliation.