Women’s Protection and Empowerment Manager

Key working relationships:

Position Reports to: WPE Senior Manager Position directly supervises:   WPE Coordinator Internal collaborations within IRC: Child Protection (CP) Manager; Protection Rule of Law (PRoL) Manager; Economic Recovery and Development (ERD) Manager; Health Manager External collaborations to IRC: GBV prevention and response actors, organizations and agencies

The Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Manager will roll-out IRC’s gender-based violence (GBV) response and prevention program in Ukraine, that is responsive to emerging protection risks and needs for women and girls related to the Ukraine crisis. Geography of activity – Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia regions.

Specifically, the WPE Manager will be responsible for:

1)     Context evaluation: Working with other sector teams, monitor unfolding events in Ukraine, 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

2)     Program design: Based on emerging needs in Ukraine, work with potential partners/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

3)     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

4)     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 

5)     Program quality:  Support program quality through technical oversight and training, ensuring adherence to global standards, specifically:

-        Develop/contextualize program tools and processes

-        Conduct program monitoring with a view to support oversight of quality

-        Deliver training sessions on GBV topics and programs

-        Integrate technical capacity sharing approaches into partnerships

Requirements:

-        Language: English and Ukrainian required

-        University Degree (master's or equivalent) in social work, human rights, social sciences, humanities, or another related field

-        Experience facilitating group activities, trainings and workshops and mentoring others

-        Counseling or case management experience desirable

-        Experience in working in refugee camps or other emergency programming settings

-        Clear understanding of, and interest in, violence against women and girls, the well-being of women and girls, supporting their healing after the experience of violence, human rights, and gender

-        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

 

Professional Standards

The International Rescue Committee is determined to protect the people it serves and staff from all kinds of harm, including sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment. It is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe. IRC builds diverse and inclusive teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.

IRC workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces its safeguarding policies to protect adult and child clients from any form of exploitation and abuse, including sexual exploitation and abuse, and its staff from sexual harassment and violence.

Where misconduct is alleged, IRC follows a Zero tolerance approach and takes all necessary actions and corrective measures. IRC investigation unit comprises of experts and trained investigators that ensures professional survivor-centered investigations are conducted if allegations of safeguarding violations are reported through the safe and accessible reporting channels that IRC makes available to its staff, partners, and clients.

These commitments are set out in IRC’s Safeguarding Policies, accessible in English and in Ukrainian language via this link: https://rescue.box.com/v/irc-safeguarding-policies.

IRC is an active member of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) set-up in Ukraine.