NEW WPE Psychosocial Support Facilitator Level not specified – Level not specified IRC – International Rescue Committee Gaza
IRC - International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world’s largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 50 countries and more than 25 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you’re a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
The IRC began planning to reopen an oPt country program in mid-2022 and launched an emergency response in Gaza in October 2023. The organization is currently supporting a network of local partners in both Gaza and the West Bank to sustain critical health, protection, food security, cash, education, and early childhood development interventions. The IRC is also deploying emergency medical teams to provide surge clinical capacity in hospitals and other health facilities.
The IRC is working to scale its emergency response while building a longer-term oPt country program in parallel. This effort is being jointly managed by the Emergencies and Humanitarian Action Unit (EHAU) and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with a view to eventually transition the country program fully under the MENA region.
In Gaza, the IRC is currently scaling up its direct program implementation in protection, with a particular focus on child protection and women’s protection and empowerment / gender-based violence (GBV) programming. The aim of IRC’s WPE programming in Gaza is that women and girls receive GBV response services and are supported through risk mitigation.
Job overview
The WPE Psychosocial Support Facilitator will be responsible of conducting PSS sessions and recreational activities for women and girls and ensure that they receive the necessary emotional and psychological care in coordination with the case workers.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
The WPE PSS facilitator shall:
Program implementation and quality
●Adhere to the GBV guiding principles and the WPE Case Management guidelines throughout all VAWG case management and psychosocial interventions. This includes ensuring confidentiality of survivors, and respect for their wishes and decisions.
●With support from the WPE officer design and develop variety of recreational activities tailored to the needs of women and girls, including arts and crafts, sports, music, drama, and other therapeutic activities.
●Plan and implement daily, weekly, or monthly schedules of activities, ensuring accessibility for all participants regardless of age, ability, or background.
●Provide a supportive and non- judgmental atmosphere where women and girls feel comfortable expressing themselves.
●Work closely with the case workers and other team members to integrate sessions and activities into the broader PSS services and activities provided.
●Collect feedback from the participants to assess the effectiveness and impact of PSS activities.
●Maintain records of attendance and participants of sessions and activities.
●Conduct awareness raising sessions for women and girls related to their wellbeing, GBV, rights and information on available services and referral pathways.
Flexibility – This position will have a focus on at least one site. However, due to the changing context, and in order to best ensure we are meeting the needs of women and girl the position may also be required to provide roving support or be more mobile across different sites or settings.
Shared responsibilities
This position will take shared responsibility with the whole WPE team –
•for ensuring strong integration, cohesion and quality across all WPE Programming through ensuring regular and clear communication and collaboration between sites and across the team on activity planning, sharing resources, technical expertise, experiences and learning.
Requirements:
•Degree or equivalent qualification in Social Work, Gender, Social Science or another related field
•Experience in facilitation of sessions, or teaching, engagement with women and girls on PSS activities.
•Clear understanding of and interest in the well-being of women and girls, and supporting their healing after the experience of violence
•Experience in data entry, safe information storage and managing confidential survivor information, is desired.
•Demonstrated understanding of and ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients wishes and decision.
•Positive and professional attitude, including ability to lead and work well in a team setting.
•Fluency in Arabic, English is an added value.
KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
•Supervisor: This position reports to the WPE officer
•Internal: This position will work closely with the WPE case worker, WPE Prevention officer, and outreach workers
•External: Coordinating with other support and operational sectors within IRC as well as representing IRC in some external meetings as needed or required.
Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.
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