Job Summary

IR/INT/EXT/VN/007.21

March 10, 2021

Post title: Protection and Inclusion Officer

Report to: Senior Emergency WASH Officer

Duty Station: Somali Regional State, Kohle

Salary: As per the organizations scale

Required: One

Duration: Six months

Introduction

Islamic Relief is an international relief and development charity founded in 1984 with its headquarters in Birmingham, UK. As well as responding to disasters and emergencies, Islamic Relief promotes sustainable economic and social development by working with local communities - regardless of race, religion or gender. The office officially started operation in Ethiopia in 2004. Islamic Relief Ethiopia (IRE) is operational in the Somali Regional State with a base office in Jigjiga, Hargelle, Elkere, Bare, GG and Dekasuftu, Afar Regional State; Ewa, Awra and Gulina; Oromia regional State, West Harergeye, Chiro and Meayso Woredas and an additional operational office in Addis Ababa. For more information please visit our website

 Job Purpose

The Protection and Inclusion Officer works towards achieving “Leave no one behind” and “Do no harm” agendas, to be integrated into Islamic Relief Ethiopia Somali Regional State-Afder Zone –Kohle Woreda Multi-sectoral Emergency Response project, ensures commitments towards Core Humanitarian Standards and inclusion Charter. Protection and Inclusion Officer will provide management and technical oversight of IRE Protection sector interventions in Kohle, in particular in the fields of child protection, GBV, psychosocial support, community protection outreach and Protection, Safeguarding and Inclusion (PSI) mainstreaming across all other sectors.

 The candidate must have the ability to build strong partnerships with key stakeholders, local communities/IDPS, Camp leaders and local structures to meet objectives and implementing IRE‘s protection, inclusion and safeguarding interventions.

Key Role and Responsibilities

• Work closely and liaison with Senior Emergency WASH Officer, country office PSI officer and other focal points (Safeguarding -PSEA, accountability (CRM) and Gender and Child protection focal points).
• Follow issues, communications and enquires coming from CO technical staff (Livelihood and Food Security program coordinator, PDQA manager, PSI officer and MEAL manager) and focal persons (safeguarding (PSEA), Gender, Child Protection,) are addressed timely to ensure mainstreaming of inclusion and protection into IRE Somale region –Kohle project.
• Ensure that all programme targets are reached in accordance with agreed programme objectives, as per contracts with donors, in line with the overall programme approach and ensure integration with other programme /sectoral activities.
• Ensure the preparation of detailed implementation work plans and provide the necessary guidance and support to the team to achieve timely and quality implementation of activities.
• Monitor and manage Protection programme expenditure and budgets, ensuring resources are optimally utilized and spending is in line with IRE financial procedures and Donor requirements.
• Ensure application of standards, guidelines and good practices for children and women protection in emergency related activities
• Ensure the establishment of referral pathway among service provider and familiarize communities with referral pathway, available services and facilitate the referral to service provider.
• Build the capacity/Establish community-based protection reporting mechanisms and structures such as community-level complaint and feedback mechanisms.
• Monitor community awareness campaign which target IDPs (children boys, girls, women and men in regard to protection of children, boys and girls, women, and PWDs.
• Facilitate the risk mitigation and prevention activities such as awareness raising about child protection, sexual violence and GBV.
• Organize workshop with CBOs, to use existing systems in identifying their own needs for the provision of formal and informal assistance.
• Capacity building of local authorities and community leaders to develop capacities in the identification on existing barriers, and specific protection concern of person with disabilities and available services.
• Provide assistive devices to person with disabilities and increase their mobility to access the humanitarian response services providing in the area
• Establish women and adolescent girls -friendly spaces to create access to resources, support, basic services, social networks and referrals to additional services and providing community based psychosocial support.
• In collaboration with Psychosocial Counselor, Community social worker and government health professionals provide community based psychosocial support by involving community’s especially religious leaders and clan leaders.
• Conduct protection audit and assessments in collaboration with Psychosocial Counsellor officer and community social worker and other stakeholders.
• Implement remote activities that are sensitive to the needs of vulnerable individuals; such as psychological first aid, support, or self-help groups and other recreational and social support activities.
• Ensure provision of professional and confidential psychosocial services to survivors of GBV and other beneficiaries through a survivor- centered case management approach.
• Provide continuous support on PSI activities, identify training needs and build staff capacity, follow up and technical guidance during implementation phase, document progress /changes through regular monitoring visits through full participation of project participants (IDPS) and other stakeholders.
• Participate, influence external platforms on PSI and network with them to find areas of collaboration, best practice, innovation, knowledge sharing and partnerships.
• With the support of CO Protection and inclusion officer, advocate for safeguarding, child protection, PSEA and GBV issues in project area.
• Prepare and submit regular relevant sections of reports required for field office, country office, donors, management, on weekly/monthly, bi-annual basis through review of progress assessments against pre-defined project objectives, outputs, activities and indicators. And ensure data collection mechanisms are in place and disaggregated by SADDD.
• Demonstrate ethical and professional practice including respect of participant confidentiality and point of view, IRE’s Safeguarding Policies (Child Protection, PSEA, Code of conduct and other policies).
• Perform any other related activities given by his/her immediate supervisor  

Job Requirements

Person Specification

Education and Work experience

• University degree in one of the relevant areas- Sociology, Social work, Psychology, International Law, Human Rights, or other related Social Science
• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree and preferably 2 years of relevant professional work experience and required to have at least two and one year’s experience in issues related with Protection, GBV, Child protection, Gender, inclusion, and Monitoring and evaluation. Working in emergency or conflict situations (working with IDPs) in developing countries is an asset.
• Demonstrate enhanced knowledge of inclusive programming approach to child protection, Gender and GBV issues.
• Good understanding of GBV and guidelines in preventing in humanitarian action, CHS Commitments, SPHERE, minimum standards of CP, GBV and age and disability inclusion
• Good understanding of minimum standards on Protection, Gender, GBV, child protection mainstreaming in programming.
• Good understanding of project monitoring and evaluation

Language

• Fluency in English, and knowledge of local languages (Somali) is mandatory.

Required Skills/Competencies

• Communication skills
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good advocacy, analytical skills
• Teamwork/working with people
• Drive for results Learning Elements
• Be familiar with IR overall programming in unstable situations;
• Articulate methodology of program and project management; Planning and organizing
• Articulate rights based and results based programming in IR;
• Demonstrate a good understanding of IR policies and strategy to address safeguarding ,(PSEA) child protection and GBV issues;

Safeguarding and Equal Opportunity

Islamic Relief and Islamic Relief staff considers the welfare and protection of children, young people and people at risk to be paramount to the organization. And must adhere the principle of ‘do no harm and leave no one behind.’ It is critical we do not expose communities or staff we work with to the risk of harm through our interventions. With a zero tolerance approach Islamic Relief have a number of related policies which also describe standards in behavior expected from the organization, its staff and representatives towards each other and those we serve. Islamic Relief is committed to responding swiftly, appropriately and constructively to any and all information children, young people and people at risk have disclosed.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. We participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and child abuse during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment before signing the contract agreement.

Islamic Relief believes everyone has the right to be safe, respected and valued regardless of who they are or their circumstances, and an equal employment opportunity to all candidates and qualified applicants, we do not discriminate on the base of age, sex, race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability status and diversity.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are required to submit a complete Job application form with all required supporting documents (copy of credentials and testimonials) through Ethiopia.HR@islamic-relief.org.et.

You can access the Job Application Form with this link

Failure to follow the instructions will invalidate your application.

Closing date for the application is March 24, 2021.

Due to the high volume of application, we regret that we will be able to contact only the shortlisted candidates.