NEW WPE Senior Prevention Officer Level not specified – Level not specified IRC – International Rescue Committee Southeast

Job Overview/Summary:The position, requires a personal commitment to advancing women’s issues and working on behalf of women and girls in the community. The WPE Senior Prevention Officer will be responsible for ensuring IRC staff, partner key staff and project staff consider gender and women’s safety through the project cycle. The WPE Senior Prevention Officer is responsible to adapt the IASC GBV guidelines developing training package for Nutrition, WASH and Health programs and provide training to key staff from different programs. He/she will be ensuring the villagers have the key knowledge of IASC key messages. He/she will serve as the lead in providing gender mainstreaming training for VCDs, VHCs and WASH committee members. Additionally, this position is responsible to ensure the women from the targeted villages are trained on women’s leadership and those trained women are confident to advocate for the needs of women and girls from their communities. This position reports to the WPE Manager. This position will be based in Southeast.

• Key objectives include:

• Represent the IRC WPE program as a gender equality technical person; advocate, and liaise on all women issues; provide technical support to partner, and/or cluster, and capacity building for partner organization.
• With the support from WPE Manager and WPE Technical Specialist, coordinate, plan, and technically supervise partner staff to ensure different programs consider gender and social inclusion throughout the project cycle.
• In coordination with WPE Manager and WPE Technical Specialist, support partner staff to conduct gender mainstreaming workshops within villages.
• Coordinate with partner staff to take the lead on women’s leadership trainings and women are confident to represent and speak up for the needs of women and girls.

Major Responsibilities

TechnicalQuality

• Represent the IRC WPE program as a gender equality technical person; advocate, and liaise on all women issues; provide technical support to partner, and/or cluster, and capacity building for partner organization.
• With the support from WPE Manager and WPE Technical Specialist, coordinate, plan, and technically supervise partner staff to ensure different programs consider gender and social inclusion throughout the project cycle.
• In coordination with WPE Manager and WPE Technical Specialist, support partner staff to conduct gender mainstreaming workshops within villages.
• Coordinate with partner staff to take the lead on women’s leadership trainings and women are confident to represent and speak up for the needs of women and girls.
• Coordinate with WPE Managers and partner to lead program strategy and design at identified service locations, capacity, and local needs.
• Together with partner staff, develop work plan, supervision plan and coaching time.
• Develop capacity building plans for individual partner staff and community workers on IASC GBV Guidelines, gender mainstreaming and women’s leadership.
• Coordinate for village level trainings and activities and deployments with other sector staff.
• Provide guidance and technical support to key implementing partner through regular field monitoring visits.
• Adapt, design, and translate training packages of IASC guidelines and gender mainstreaming.
• Together with partner staff, provide IASC guidelines trainings to Nutrition, WASH and Health program staffs.
• Together with partner staff, provide gender mainstreaming for VCDs, VHCs and WASH Committees.
• Closely working with consultant, develop training curriculum of women leadership.
• Provide women’s leadership TOT training for partner staff.
• Regularly monitor and provide support on village level trainings.
• Develop, translate and printing IEC materials in coordination with partner.
• Ensure all training materials and plans are aligned with IRCs global and contextually adapted guidelines.
• Compile and submit monthly activity report to WPE Manager and M&E Focal.
• Attend meetings with partner, NGO staff or in the community on behalf of the WPE program if required.
• Promote GBV Guiding Principles of safety, confidentiality, non-discrimination and respect throughout all WPE activities
• Ensure that ethical and sound data collection and information management systems are in place for analysis, planning, evaluation, advocacy and coordination with other department/program

GrantMonitoringandReporting

• Prepareandsubmitmonthlyandquarterlyworkplansinatimelymannerfor supervisorreviewand feedback.
• Compileand develop a monthlyactivity report for submissionto theWPEsenior Officer.
• Ensure that all response-relevant financialdocumentation is accuratelycompletedandsubmitted,as requiredbyIRCpolicies.
• Coordination&Representation
• Ensure that all response-relevant financialdocumentation is accuratelycompletedandsubmitted,as requiredbyIRCpolicies.
• Identifyconcerns related toservice provision and access toservices anddevelop strategies for constructively addressing them with other relevantactors.
• Supportotherstakeholders,includinggovernmentactors,otherhumanitarian actors, and communities/leaders in identifying strategies thataddress theconcernsandneedsofwomenandgirls.
• Coordinate closely with WPE Senior Officers and WPE Manager for advocacyissues.
• ContributetothestrategicvisionandplanningofWPEandpartner’sprogram/activitiesincollaborationwithWPESeniorManager,Manager,other officers andpartnerstaff.
• AttendmeetingsonbehalfoftheWPEprogramasrelevantorrequested.
• Coordinate with partner staff in celebration of special events and activitiesincluding16DaysofactivismandInternational WomenDay.
• ServeasafocalofIRCWPEresponseteamtotheexternalcommunity.

Other

• Ensure allactivitiesare carried outin accordance withIRC policiesandprocedures.
• OtherdutiesasassignedbythesupervisortoenableanddevelopIRCprogramming.

Minimum Qualifications:

Job Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor of Arts or Science in Social Science, Public Health, Humanities or other related field, desirable.

Work Experience:

• At least two-three years of experience working in programs that focus on gender equality and women’s leadership.
• Strong understanding of basic gender-based violence (GBV) and women’s protection concepts and an interest in reducing GBV in the community.
• Familiaritywithemergencycontextsandissues,particularlyin Southeast.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Commitment to learning and taking initiative to ensure programming reflects best practices and is adapted to contextual needs.
• Clear understanding of gender equality, human rights, and issues surrounding violence against women and girls.
• Strong coordination and partnership skills; knowledge and best practice around partnership principles.
• Positive and professional attitude, including ability to lead and work well in a team setting as well as work with implementing partners.
• Demonstrated understanding of and ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients.
• Knowledge and experience with community outreach and mobilization.
• Experience facilitating trainings and workshops and mentoring others.
• Experience living and working in a high pressure and provide positive track record of adapting to sensitive contexts.
• Strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks, and maintain attention to detail.

Language

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong communication in English, fluency in Burmese and local languages preferred.

Only Myanmar nationals with relevant skills sets and proven experience of working at international level are strongly encouraged.

Standards
of Professional Conduct: The IRC and
IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Code
of 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, Harassment-Free
Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons
and several others.

Gender
Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the
gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling
environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave,
gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and
allowances.

IRC
is an Equal Opportunity Employer IRC considers all applicants on the basis of
merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual
orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability

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