Roving Women Wellbeing Senior Officer
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Job Description
Job Title: Roving Women Wellbeing Senior Officer
Band/ Level / Grade: 8A
Department: WPE
Location: Sanaa with frequent travels to project governorates in north.
Background:
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, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
Scope of Work:
Under the direct supervision of the WWB Manager, the Roving WWB Senior Officer position will oversee and support provision of quality WWB interventions by IRC and the RISE consortium members in their designated locations. She will provide technical support, mentorship, develop necessary training outlines and materials, work closely with program officers, assistants with general oversight of program intervention through the partners and attend relevant meetings and workshops when assigned.
Responsibilities:
Technical Quality
- Ensuring that WWB program activities are women, girl -centered, open and updating of procurement plans, spending plans, work plans accordingly and seeking upervisors review on the documents on monthly basis.
- Facilitate trainings in technical development topics, including Women wellbeing core concepts, PSS and PFA.
- Develop and adapt training materials (handouts, presentations, etc.) and tools to monitor effectiveness of trainings, including pre and post-tests.
- When needed, work on updating training material, modules, and tools, develop facilitation guides, etc…
- Ensure proper documentation of all training and capacity building session, keep track of the attendance sheets, training reports, training tracker and fill in the training database for trainings.
- Maintain regular contact as the focal point with consortium members to establish a relationship based on trust and reciprocal respect and to ensure their regular involvement in IRC’s activities.
- Conduct regular coaching and mentoring sessions with local partner staff and mobilize other IRC’s team members to provide technical input and expertise.
- Develop work plans and benchmarks with consortium members.
- Ensure proper documentation for all local partners activities.
- Support consortium members during administrative and reporting processes, including recruitment of staff, submission of financial and narrative report to ensure adherence to IRC’s standard and build capacity of local partner.
- Provide feedback to the Manager on how to best support consortium members in capacity building process.
- Work closely and coordinate with the mangers and the partnership focal points.
- Conducting regular weekly in-person field visits and provide remote support including developing monthly site teamwork plans and ensuring weekly activity schedules are updated and follow up of activities against produced work plans.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships where relevant with NGOs, UN agencies and authorities.
- Advocate with peer agencies, government, and on ground actors to promote delivery of inclusive and high quality services.
- Prepare internal weekly, monthly reports, including feeding into donor reports in time, ensuring the accuracy of the information provided.
- Other relevant duties as assigned by the supervisor to support the implementation and quality of the program.
Requirements (Qualifications, Skills and Abilities)
Education & Knowledge
- Bachelor’s degree in gender studies, health, social work, humanities, or other related discipline.
- In-depth understanding of Women well being programming and PSS programming
Experience
- Preferred 1 -2 years professional experience in Women Well being programming.
- At least one year of experience supervising a team providing direct services working at the community level.
- Experience in working collaboratively and/or advocating with other sectors and teams to promote gender equality and prioritize needs of women and girls.
- Experience in starting-up new programming.
Skills & abilities
- Good interpersonal and team building skills and knowledge of participatory approaches.
- English skills needed: Good oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure, long working hours, and heavy workload.
- Self-motivated, honest, highly responsible, and punctual.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Flexibility, adaptability, culturally sensitivity, sense of humor
Work Environment
- Based in Sanaa with 70% travel to project locations.
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, and Anti-Retaliation
IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, marital status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
How to Apply
1- Qualified and Interested individuals are required to apply for this position via the IRC Career at https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/54682?c=rescue
2- For cornerstone application guide find the link: Cornerstone Application Guide
3- CV, Copies of the academic and work certificates should be submitted in the system.
Deadline for Applying: September 6, 2024. The system will stop receiving CVs at 12:00 A.M, September 6, 2024.Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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