Ethiopian Red Cross Society

Position: Protection, Gender and Inclusion Coordinator

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Permanent

Place of Work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Salary: Negotiable

Posted date: 21 minutes ago

Application Deadline: Aug, 13/2021 (7 days left)

Job Purpose

The Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI) Coordinator underline management of the head of Disaster Risk Management/Disaster Preparedness and Response in Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) will support ERCS both at headquarters and regional level and IFRC operations teams to:

• Provide technical advice and support to Ethiopian Red Crescent Society (ERCS) to ensure specialized and mainstreamed Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI) in strategy, approach and dedicated activities as an integral part of emergency operations and in long-term, preparedness and recovery programs.
• The person will also seek to ensure Inclusion of all in all ERCS operations and programs by building capacity and understanding among staff and volunteers to ensure no is left behind and no one is left out regardless of age, gender, religion, ethnicity, health status, etc
• The position will provide strategic and technical advice and training to build the capacity of ERCS staff and volunteers to integrate a more systematic approach to PGI throughout the program and disaster risk management cycle. This will include supporting and promoting the use of innovative approaches to information sharing, community participation and feedback, behavior and social change communication and evidence-based advocacy of protection risks.
• The position will provide and implement guidance to others within a defined scope and programming in ERCS. He/she will ensure that humanitarian assistance promotes the dignity, access, participation, and safety of all girls, boys, women and men based on their different needs, capacities and vulnerabilities, and without discrimination based on age, gender, disability, religious, race, or legal status.
• Enhance the impact, reach and efficiency of emergency response operations through the integration and coordination of PGI activities and approaches. This includes PGI specialization, mainstreaming, advocacy, program design, staff support and training, and strengthening community relationships.
• Ensure there is the operational capacity to identify protection risks including child protection and sexual and gender-based violence and take action to prevent, mitigate and respond to

Violence, exploitation and abuse, including appropriate reporting and referral mechanisms

Key duties and responsibilities

• Act as a technical resource to ERCS at Headquarters, regions and branches.
• Create a solid understanding of PGI among the staff, board, volunteers in ERCS (HQ, regions, branches).
• Train, identify, support and coordinate ERCS PGI focal points in different branches.
• Advice needs assessment efforts to ensure that; Information gathering activities are conducted and documented safely and confidentially; sex-age disability-disaggregated data is used to inform the response.
• Work with sector leads to ensure the specific needs, vulnerabilities and capacities of the affected population (including gender, age, and disability, and health, legal and social status) inform the design and implementation of relief and recovery programs, including emergency appeal and plans of action.
• Design strategies and programs in line with assessment findings and tailored to reach the specific needs of a particular group or groups (i.e., persons with disabilities, SGBV prevention and response, child protection) whilst integrating effectively with other sectors and existing capacities.
• Review Emergency Plans of Actions, DREFs, Emergency appeals and provide technical support and advice on PGI including technical support in implementation.
• Work with sector leads to ensure that all programs and operations are implemented in accordance with the IFRC Minimum Standards for Protection, Gender and Inclusion in Emergencies and the response promotes the dignity, access, participation and safety of women, men, girls and boys including with disabilities.
• Design and deliver capacity-building activities for ERCS staff, volunteers and community members: build understanding and ownership of PGI, support the implementation of the PGI Minimum Standards, reduce PGI risks in the operational environment, and build sustainable local capacity.
• Support the development of appropriate incident management, reporting and case management systems and referral pathways for the operations team to prevent, mitigate and respond to violence, exploitation and abuse. Where necessary, act as a technical advisor for the management of incident reports. Work with Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) colleagues and the protection/GBV cluster to harmonize approaches to complaints hotlines and other mechanisms.
• Advocate for PGI issues with key stakeholders internal and external to the RCRC to ensure appropriate awareness of PGI issues, their ramifications and how RCRC teams are responding to PGI risks and needs.
• Work with Community Engagement & Accountability (CEA) colleagues to analyze and utilize community practices, groups and information-sharing methods. Help design effective information dissemination tools, reporting systems and ensure a safe approach to community communications by the broader operations team that encourages community feedback and sharing of information.

Coordination, representation, relationships and reporting

• Work in coordination with other movement partners on PGI
• Coordinate with protection and gender inter-agency for a and engage in dialogue with local actors to ensure that PGI risks are addressed.
• Enhance national partnerships and coordinate with key partners, humanitarian agencies and UN through working with ERCS and other movement partners.
• Collaborate with sector leads, PGI focal points, to support the production of internal and external PGI reports, evaluations, case studies, etc. that demonstrate the impact of PGI and amplify community voices.

Job Specification

 MA/BA degree in Social/Behavioral Sciences i.e., sociology, anthropology, law, human rights, gender and psychology

• 8/10 years of relevant work experience out of which 4/6 years on managerial positions.
• Experience in a PGI related role (protection, gender, sexual and gender-based violence, disability rights)
• Ability to facilitate training and workshops on technical matters
• Experience of working in emergency operation
• Ability to work on MS applications e.g., Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience in beneficiary communication, social mobilization, communication with communities, community engagement and accountability or community for development in the region
• Possesses working knowledge of protection, gender and inclusion issues in humanitarian and development settings, specifically in the context of Ethiopia
• Experience of designing and implementing protection risks and needs assessments
• Experience in working in a constantly evolving context and ability to identify and address protection risks while respecting the cultural perspectives in that context.
• Work experience with other international organizations, large NGOs and/or governmental development agencies.
• Strong communications skills and robust knowledge of information sharing tools, and the ability to implement them.
• Highly organized, with the ability to work well in a team.
• Ability to multi-task and work under stressful conditions to meet deadlines.

Preferred

• Experience with the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement
• Experience in planning targeted and appropriate PGI strategies.
• Work experience with other international organizations, large NGOs and/or governmental development agencies.

Languages

• Fluently spoken and written English and Amharic
• Preferable to understand other local languages.

How to apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form Application Form (Note: Please download the application form and use Adobe Reader 9 & above to fill the form) and email to ercs-recruitment@redcrosseth.org before the closing date of this announcement on August 6^th, 2021.

Qualified women are strongly recommended to apply. Please note that we ONLY consider those who filled in the application form and send us back. We regret to inform that we do not accept CV at this stage.