Women’s Protection and Empowerment Manager

Job Description

More than 3.6 million people have fled across borders to seek safety in the 1st month since the escalation of conflict in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and over 6.5 million Ukrainians are reported to be displaced internally. As the vast majority of the displaced are women, girls, and boys, this could become the worst humanitarian crisis Europe has seen in decades.

Between February 7-23, 2022, an IRC team undertook a scoping mission covering Poland and Ukraine to better understand the context, humanitarian and civil society landscape, and anticipated service gaps in the event of an escalation of conflict in Ukraine and consequent displacement into neighboring Poland. As of February 24th, the IRC has pivoted to an emergency response, and have identified partner agencies in Ukraine to facilitate immediate assistance that can be used where it is the most needed. Simultaneously, the IRC is establishing operations across Ukraine to complement partner response services either in breadth or scale.

Key working relationships:

- Position Reports to: Integrated Protection Coordinator, Poland - Position directly supervises: TBD

- Internal collaborations within IRC: Child Protection (CP) Manager; Protection Manager; Protection Partnerships & Capacity Building Manager; Economic Recovery and Development (ERD) Manager - External collaborations to IRC: GBV prevention and response actors, organizations and agencies

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

Specifically, the WPE Manager will be responsible for:

1) Context evaluation: Working with other sector teams, monitor unfolding events in Poland, 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

2) Program design: Based on emerging needs in Poland, work with potential partners/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

3) 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

4) 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

5) Program quality: Support program quality through technical oversight and training, ensuring adherence to global standards, specifically:

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

Requirements:

- Language: English required; if possible, Polish and/or Ukrainian - 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 refugee camps or other emergency programming settings - Clear understanding of, and interest in, violence against women and girls, the well-being of women and girls, supporting their healing after the experience of violence, human rights, and gender - 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

This position will be based in Warsaw, with occasional travel to Rzeszow, Lublin and other locations as necessary. As this is a fluid and rapidly changing context, the location of this position and length of assignment may change based on the needs of the program.

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