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ORGANIZATIONAL DESCRIPTION:

Medical Teams International (Medical Teams) is a humanitarian relief agency focused on providing life-saving medical care for people in crisis. We serve all people regardless of religion, nationality, sex, or race. Medical Teams go where needed most to ease the suffering of communities affected by the crisis by providing life-saving medical care, strengthening local health systems, and supporting community health programs. Medical Teams was established in 1979 in the United States of America. The headquarters are in Portland, Oregon with programs operating in different country offices including Tanzania, Colombia, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, the United States, and Ukraine.

SCOPE OF WORK/ JOB PURPOSE:

Under the direct supervision of the field coordinator and protection manager, the protection Prevention Officer will supervise the prevention activities in the Kumruk refugee camps. The protection officer will train and supervise social workers and community activists in Refugee camps to prevent and respond to GBV issues. This includes providing ongoing training and mentorship for community workers, and community activists, develop a weekly, monthly, and quarterly work plan, and utilizing monitoring and evaluation systems to ensure high-quality services. The protection officer will encourage smooth communication, collaboration and coordination among partners from the protection, health, legal, and psychosocial sectors committed to reducing the incidence of violence against women. Conduct workshops, trainings and disseminating information to all relevant stakeholders and conducting response-related training for service providers to promote quality services.  Establish and strengthen the referral system in coordination with other implementing partners.

DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

1. Direct support the prevention activities, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the program in Kumruk refugee camps and ensure that the overall GBV program is implemented according to the work plan and spending plan

2. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all relevant stakeholders including government and other agencies, other implementing partners, community leaders, organizations and informal structures, and represent the program in all stakeholder meetings.

3. Facilitate training and workshops on gender and GBV related issues for health care providers, police, RRS staff, UNHCR, local authorities, women’s groups, refugee community leaders, religious leaders, youth groups, NGO workers and any other identified groups in support with the protection officer.

4. Develop a weekly work plan, monthly work plan, and monitoring plan and provide for community workers and/or community activists in refugee camps for awareness-raising activities.

5. Conduct regular field monitoring to ensure activities are implemented as per the GBV IASC guideline

6. Identify community workers and/or community activist focal point in the camp, provide regular communication check-in, and specific team leader tasks and share the communication/task plan with the response officer and protection manager.

7. Develop context-based IEC and BCC material, in collaboration with GBV team and ensure messages are appropriate for the community and conduct pre-testing before dissemination.

8. Develop a monthly outreach plan with the response officer and program manager in advance, based on case trends analysis according to the GBVIMS.

9. Assist in and /or capacity building to community workers to be able to support GBV safety audit activity as needed.   

10. Monitor prevention supplies for both financial and logistical needs, raise procurement requests of prevention activity on a quarterly basis in advance and ensure adherence to all relevant MTI financial and logistic policies.

11. Compile a prevention weekly report and submit it to the field coordinator and protection manager, in collaboration with the response Officer, by the end of every week.

12. Support response activities in coordination meetings with UNHCR, ARRA, police, legal justice, community leaders

13. Collect prevention qualitative and quantitative data, analyze, monitor, and evaluate the result-based prevention activities and share project data and information for problem analysis, planning, and evaluation with the protection manager and field coordinator.

14. Promote the participation of women, adolescent girls, and children in all matters affecting their life through the establishment of different clubs in school and through the organization of different outreach programs

15. Any other duties and responsibilities that can be given by the immediate supervisor and protection manager

Req. No – One

Location- Assossa

Job Requirements

• Diploma with 6 years of experience/ First degree with 4 years of experience in Social Work, Sociology, Public Health, Gender Studies, or any other Social Science related field.

• At least 3 years’ experience in GBV (Gender Based Violence), and Gender-related humanitarian and development programming. Work in remote areas and field experience is a plus.

• Clear understanding of gender, power abuse, and issues surrounding violence against women.

• Able to maintain GBV and protection principles at all times.

• NGO experience is a plus.

• Ability to lead, train, supervise, facilitate, and motivate other PROTECTION field workers in their respective tasks in a professional, respectful, and supportive manner. 

• Positive and professional attitude, able to organize, maintain composure and prioritize work under pressure, work overtime when needed and able to coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.

• Ability to work as a member of a team essential.

• Fluency in English and knowledge of local language is advantageous.

• Possess interest and commitment to human rights and gender equality.

• Must be computer literate, including Microsoft word, excel, outlook and power-point.

Your application letter must include the following information.

Name of the position you have applied.

Date of application

Summary of your qualifications and experience

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

Permanent Address and present address (if different form permanent) 

How to Apply

Candidates should follow the following 3 steps while applying for the positions:

1. Fill out the mandatory application form using the following link: Online Application Form  and make sure you receive an automatic response acknowledging receipt of your application which means your application was successful.

2. Send your CV and application letter to ethiopiarecruitment@medicalteams.org clearly mark “Senior Protection Officer- Prevention   ” in the subject line

3.Only candidates who only fill the online application form and send CV together with Application letter only will be considered for candidacy.

● All applications must be submitted on or before November 22 2023.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for further assessment.

“We are an equal employment opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Courageous, Tenacious, Selfless and Not alone.”

Qualified women are highly encouraged to apply.