BACKGROUND:

The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation, and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.

Job Overview:

Under the direct supervision of the field manager and with technical supervisory support from Adama FO CWI/CP Manager and the child protection and community wellbeing initiative technical unit of Addis Ababa, the Senior Child Protection and community wellbeing initiative Officer of Harar sub office will supervise, coordinate, and manage the CP/CWI in emergency program under Harar sub office implementation. She /he will demonstrate technical capability and support the CP/CWI staffs to ensure the program is running smoothly, upholding according to standards, procedures, and principles of CWI/CP. She /he will coordinate the various services available in the project intervention area. The Senior CP/CWI will also mentor, coach and build the technical capacities of CP/CWI staffs at the field.

Major Responsibilities:

1. Program Planning Development and Implementation

• Undertake and ensure situational assessments, data collection, compiling and analyzing as per the required standard.

• Participate in the development of CP/CWI strategy, approaches and participate actively to its revision, monitoring and improvement.

• Takes primary responsibility for the implementation and follow-up of CP/CWI in emergency program in Harar area program (including development/ update of relevant strategies, SOPs and referral pathways, Case Management trainings for Zonal and woreda BoCWA office, IRC staffs, psychosocial support interventions and community-based support for at risk women and girls).

• Ensure well-coordinated and comprehensive approach to address needs and cases concerning and referred to Woreda and Zonal BoWCA offices.

• Support program staff in the design and implementation of effective community mobilization and awareness raising strategies.

• Maintain standard, design, and undertake diversified psychosocial support activities at the Safe Healing and Learning Space (SHLS) and women and girls’ safe space (WGSS).

• Facilitate and take a lead in the arrangement (establishment) of family-based care system or appropriate care system and promote community-based protection mechanisms, developing of standard process of support including case planning, referral, follow up and review of case management.

• Lead in GBV rapid assessment and other program related assessments and actively participate to the CWI/CP overall intervention strategy based on feedback received from women and girls throughout the response activity engagement.

• Lead in CWI/CP IEC/BCC development in both prevention and response according to the workplan, existing informed assessment, GBV trends analysis or other critical information received throughout community/IDPs feedback form.

• Assist CWI/CP program manager to identify staff’s capacity gap training need assessment, formal and informal capacity building plan, and delivery.

• Support CWI/CP officers in their regular work with IDP, including coordination meeting, ensure staffs are support with regular community/visit.

• Strengthen protection mechanisms through mobilizing and involving the community in reducing risks and harm of (abuse, exploitation, violence, and neglect) against women, girls and children.

• Responsible for planning, budgeting, implementation, and monitoring of the CP/CWI program in line with IRC and donors’ guidelines, policy, and procedures.

• Assist in program work plan, spending plan, procurement plan, attend grant opening and closing meeting, BVA meeting and other management meeting as needed

2. Program Liaison, Coordination and Networking

• Develop and maintain strategic and effective communication and working relationships with relevant community structures including community leaders and other implementing partners.

• Represent the program in all partner meetings and communicate the outcomes with program staff.

• Coordinate, lead and facilitate regular monthly meetings with the community, implementing agencies and sectors including preparation of agenda and circulate the minutes of the CP/CWI working groups (coordination body) meeting

• Share monthly updates to zonal level protection clusters and represent IRC in the meeting and share updates of the meeting

• Interact with Government and other partners, NGOs, UN and bilateral agencies in the different stages of CP/CWI program implementation and follow up on agreed points.

• Ensure accountability and collaborate with the Operations Sections to establish and maintain sound internal controls according to financial and supply management requirements.

• Mentor and support CWI/CP officers and social workers and develop a positive team spirit to encourage innovative and quality programming.

3. Monitoring and Evaluation

• Initiate/ Participate in periodic program review meetings with partners and community members.

• Support the CP/CWI team in ensuring the availability of accurate, complete and up-to-date information required for effective CP/CWI in emergency program implementation, follow-up, review, monitoring and evaluation.

• Regularly review and give feedback on the CP/CWI emergency program follow-up and report on the progress.

• Prepares weekly and monthly progress, quarterly and annual implementation and donor reports and review budget as required.

Job Requirements

• University Degree (Diploma, BA, MA), in Social Science, Social Work, health or psychology/Sociology relevant experience of 6 years for diploma holders, 4 years for first degree and 2 years for postgraduate holders.

• Women applicants are encouraged

• Experience with Demonstrate confidence in discussing intimate gender and sexual issues

• Experience working to always maintain GBV and protection principles including knowledge and practical application of GBV guiding principles and PSEA.

• Experience working with counseling or social service provision with women and adolescent girls

• Experience in working with harmed and at-risk children in NGO working system

• Demonstrated experience in field staff management

• Strong written and verbal language skill in English

• Good communication skills with women and girls and individuals from a variety of educational and cultural backgrounds.

• Strong computer skills, including MS Word and Excel, internet, e-mail.

• Knowing more than one local language is a plus

• Knowledge of Afan Oromo language is advantageous

How to Apply

Candidates who meet the above qualifications; please send your CV and application letter only through IRC career site: 

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Your application letter/cover letter must include the following information: 

• Name of the position you have applied for

• Date of application 

• Summary of your qualifications and experience

• Motivation/objective of why you have applied for the job

• Please include at least 3 references from current and former supervisors.

                       Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

IRC is an equal employment opportunity employer.  IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.

Professional Standards: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols, and other supportive benefits and allowances

Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.