IRC Women Protection & Empowerment Officer Job in Garowe Somalia

Position: Women Protection & Empowerment (WPE) Officer (National Position)
Supervisor: Women Protection & Empowerment (WPE) Manager
 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. The IRC has worked for over seven decades and today is involved in over 25 conflict zones in the world addressing both the immediate life saving needs of affected people in an emergency and the reconstruction needs in recovering societies. The 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. The IRC is an international agency with offices in New York, London and Geneva.
The International Rescue Committee has been working in Somalia since 2006, providing essential services to conflict and disaster affected communities. The IRC has been operational in Central Somalia (Mudug and Galgadud regions) and Mogadishu implementing interventions in the areas of livelihood, WASH and health reaching out to more than 200,000 conflicts and drought affected people. In 2012, the IRC extended its operations into Puntland with an office in Garowe where it currently implements activities on community protection, WASH and Livelihood support.
In July 2012, IRC Somalia initiated an assessment to determine the needs of women and girls among host and IDPs communities in Galkayo and Garowe districts. The assessment highlighted a number of immediate gaps in response to ongoing violence in the community. It also documented a lack of technical capacity and know-how for responding to the needs of women and girls. Therefore, IRC is initiating a program to respond to the concerns identified including support to local actors around women and girls protection.
Under the immediate supervision of the WPE Manager, the WPE Officer will implement WPE projects and related activities, with special focus on ensuring that existing GBV service providers (health, psycho-social, and case management) have improved knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide quality and comprehensive support to women, girls, and survivors according to international standards and guidelines with a view to enhancing that survivors of GBV/ SGBV in Nugaal regions of Puntland have dignified access to basic but also competent GBV support services.

This position will be based in Garowe with frequent travel within Nugaal Region.
 

The WPE Officer will perform the following tasks:Support the WPE Manager in sector programming and relations with local partners and stakeholders.Conduct mapping of existing GBV service providers in the areas of health, psychosocial support and case management in Nugal region Conduct in-depth service mapping and service delivery assessments to establish a baseline that can be used to measure service provider capacity development and inform programming priorities for international agencies working with survivors of gender-based violence in Somalia. Support the provision of technical training and mentoring of service providers on comprehensive GBV services provision including clinical, case management, and psychosocial support in line with key GBV resources and best practices such as the WHO and IRC standards for clinical care for sexual assault survivors. Support the development of mechanisms to improve coordination around survivor care through the establishment of referral mechanisms and standard operating procedures (SOP’s) between agencies within the GBV working group providing legal, psychosocial, medical and case management support. Conduct protection monitoring visits. Collect data on service providers and participate in the analyses of the same and the writing of focus group discussion findings, monitoring and assessment reports, and other relevant documentsBachelor’s degree in clinical psychology, gender or other closely related fields.Fluency in written and spoken English and Somali Minimum two years of GBV-related experience preferably in Somalia Knowledge of international human rights standards, and familiarity with customary laws and legal developments, especially in South Central Somalia Experience working in insecure environments on politically/socially sensitive topics. Willingness to frequently travel to the field. Strong interpersonal and communication skills Ability to work under pressure and without daily supervision Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Email application softwareSending applications: Interested candidates are requested to send their application and CV to the email ID: IRCSomaliajobs@rescue.org with the subject line as Application for the position of WPE Officer-Garowe.
Deadline for applications: 21st June 2013