Job Purpose

The Gender and Protection Officer will provide technical leadership on gender based violence prevention and protection mainstreaming in Concerns Emergency programming in Tigray Region. Specifically, he/she will support to mainstream, manage, provide training and technical support on GBV and protection as a whole to the project teams with including prevention and or mitigation. He/She will work closely with the program teams in strengthening of referral pathways within the response and ensuring that program beneficiaries and survivors are aware of the available support. In collaboration with the Field Team the position holder will ensure that target beneficiaries (men, women, boys and girls) with protection concerns across the different activities, MHNTs, Cash among others are identified and receive support by ensuring standard tools and procedures are in place and adhered to by team members to protect them from being harmed. He/She will support to coordinate with other protection and Gender actors to ensure protection issues are addressed regularly and on time. The position holder will represent Concern in different clusters and working groups including the protection cluster, health cluster, PSEA network among others.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Technical Support and Facilitation

• Assess the presence and application of the GBV guiding principles and basic capacity to respond to the needs of GBV survivors in the program areas.

• Provide technical accompaniment and capacity building support staff. 

• Develop and update referral pathways in consultation with the GBV AoR and GBV service providers. 

• Conduct Protection activities such as group based psychosocial support, outreach activities, case management, referral mapping and protection mainstreaming in collaboration with Senior protection officer.

• Undertake a Protection Risk Analysis periodically to ensure Protection interventions and other sector interventions are addressing the needs of people with heightened protection risks with the integration of do no harm principles.

• Coordinate with Woreda administration, local and international NGOs, UN agencies and other stakeholders to ensure holistic support for survivors, including comprehensive referral pathways.

• Builds the capacity of the health and nutrition teams to respond to the needs of GBV survivors as appropriate.

• Support health and nutrition team to incorporate robust community outreach activities on GBV prevention and awareness raising on available support for survivors.

• Work with all the Health and Nutrition Program Managers and Project managers to ensure that protection mainstreaming principles are applied during all the phases of the project.

• Provide technical support and supervise the application of protection mainstreaming in the field across different sectors and interventions.

• Developing and conducting training packages for staff and affected communities on gender and protection-related topics

• Work with Concern colleagues in other programs to identify and capitalize on opportunities to integrate or improve integration of activities or response.

• Work with the program teams to identify and address gender equality issues specific to the team.

• Raise awareness on reporting procedures and occasionally receive reports on PSEA, responding in accordance with the organization’s policies and procedures, providing referral, or next steps advice and support.

Coordination and networking

• Act as the focal person for gender and protection for Concern’s emergency programme in Tigray and provide support to other programmes as required

• Take a lead role in raising awareness about the organization’s PSEA , gender, safeguarding policies and procedures and provide advice to staff ensuring that staff understands their obligation to report a breach of policy.

• Participate in Protection and PSEA networks and cluster meeting as required.

• Support the strengthening/establishment of Woreda level GBV working groups where there are none

• Pursue and develop meaningful and formal partnerships with relevant partners including UN agencies and other partners actively involved in GBV prevention and response

• Participate in relevant gender forums and networks focusing on advocacy on Gender equality and GBV prevention and response.

Planning, Reporting and Accountability

• Submit weekly and monthly progress update on the GBV and protection activities to the Emergency Coordinator.

• Contribute to the preparation of internal and external reports by supporting the Emergency Coordinator in gathering relevant information from the field.

• Assist the Emergency Coordinator and the MEAL officer in compiling the internal monthly report and sharing with Addis head office.

• Document and share lessons learned and success stories in relation to BGV and protection to inform future programming

Protection Mainstreaming

• Contribute to the mainstreaming of GBV and protection issues in Concern programs, particularly in health and nutrition

Emergency Response

• Participate and contribute as necessary towards Concern’s Emergency response as and when necessary

• Comply with Concern’s health, safety and security guidelines during emergencies

Accountability

In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS): 

• Actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E); 

• Work with relevant colleagues  to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed; 

• Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behavior is disseminated among programme participants and communities. 

Safeguarding

• Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood.

• Understands local safeguarding structures and arrangements.

• Practices in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.

• Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including carers, family members and children at risk.

• Able to document safeguarding concerns, and maintain appropriate record-keeping, recording the wishes and views of the adult or child at risk, differentiating between fact and opinion.

Job Requirements

Person Specification:

• BSc Degree in in Social Science, Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, or related degree desired

• 4 years of relevant experience with the first degree, Prior experience providing gender-sensitive and child-friendly services, and/or developing/implementing referral pathways

• 2 years of relevant experience plus post graduate degree.

• NGO experience is a plus.

Skills Required:

• Basic supervisory/managerial skills.

• Technical and report writing skills

• Computer literate.

• Fluent spoken and written English.

• Good communication and interpersonal skills

• Excellent written and spoken English

Core Competencies

• Excellent community mobilization skills.

• Strong skills in monitoring, evaluation, research and conducting participatory, community-led assessments.

• Knowledge of Sphere and established international child protection/GBV standards, methodology and tools.

• Analytical skills and Interpersonal communication

• Ability to plan own work, set priorities, complete work under pressure or when faced with competing demands and report.

• Committed to CWW’s vision, mission and core values

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send non-returnable C.V., application letter outlining how their experience and education fit this vacancy through THIS LINK

OR

Apply in person in Concern Ethiopia, Human Resource Department Jijjiga Coordination Office

 Please note that no need to submit your supporting documents at this stage:   

Only short listed candidates will be contacted

Safeguarding at Concern: Code of Conduct and its Associated Policies

Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Subsequently, working or volunteering with Concern is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.

Women and disabled people are highly encouraged to apply