Short term WPE Manager (3 months)

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

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, Galgadud and Bay regions) and Mogadishu implementing interventions in the areas of livelihood, WASH, Governance and peacebuilding, GBV, Nutrition, education and health reaching out to more than 200,000 conflict and drought affected people.

JOB OVERVIEW

The Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Manager will roll-out IRC’s gender-based violence (GBV) response and prevention program in Somalia, that is responsive to emerging protection risks and needs for women and girls related to the Somalia crisis. The WPE Manager will also support the initial set up child protection programming.

Specifically, the WPE Manager will be responsible for:

Context evaluation:

• Working with other sector teams, monitor unfolding events in Somalia specifically:
• Continually identify areas of displacement, high need and emerging GBV risks, feeding into protection analysis and contextual background tools/briefs
• Conduct stakeholder analysis: continually review existing actor mapping with a view to establish/strengthen partnerships focused on the delivery of GBV response and prevention services

Program design:

• Based on emerging needs in Somalia, work with the WPE Coordinator and potential partners to design quality and responsive GBV response and prevention interventions, specifically:
• Collaborating with partners in the design and implementation of GBV services, based on needs and context
• Facilitating, co-designing training sessions with partners, other sectors, and other relevant stakeholders
• Implementing and updating the response strategy to identified GBV risks and needs, outlining a problem statement, response modalities, activities and required funding
• In collaboration with other protection streams and other sectors, ensuring complementary and aligned interventions, through partnerships and direct implementation

Program management and delivery:

• Lead WPE program start-up (through direct implementation and support partners), including:

• Recruitment and training of WPE staff where relevant.

• Technical support, including preparation and facilitation of trainings, to partners and staff (as needed and requested). Training content may include but is not limited to group psychosocial support interventions, women and girls’ safe spaces, GBV case management, referrals, etc.

• Procurement planning and management

• Budget planning and management

• Development and monitoring of work plan

• Development of a monitoring and evaluation plan, in collaboration with the monitoring and evaluation team

• Conduct program monitoring

• Program report writing

Coordination & representation:

• Working with relevant stakeholders, including technical team, support the development of coordination system, specifically:
• Continually identifying strategic actors to strengthen GBV response and prevention.
• Participate in coordination mechanisms such as reoccurring meetings, actor and service mappings.
• Represent IRC in external fora, including in coordination such as the GBV Working Groups, with donors and others.

Program quality:

• Support program quality through technical support and training, ensuring adherence to global standards, specifically:

• Develop/contextualize program tools and processes.

• Conduct program monitoring of staff and Partners with a view to support program quality.

• Deliver training sessions on protection and GBV topics.

• Integrate technical capacity sharing approaches into partnerships..

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts or Science in Social Work, Gender, Human Rights, Social Science, Public Health, Humanities or other related field, desirable
• Experience facilitating group activities, trainings and workshops and mentoring others
• Counseling or case management experience desirable
• Experience in working in camps or other emergency programming settings
• GBV technical skills and knowledge and demonstrated ability to design/develop technical materials and deliver trainings/workshops, including understanding of core GBV survivor care principles and ethical concerns surrounding the collection, management, and sharing of sensitive survivor data.
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrated understanding of and ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients/beneficiaries
• Positive and professional attitude, including ability to lead and work well in a team setting
• High degree of flexibility and strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail
• Computer literate, including Microsoft Word and Excel
• Demonstrated team management skills with medium or large-size teams