WPE Program Manager at International Rescue Committee

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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: WPE Program Manager

Ref: req45101
Location: Mubi North, Adamawa
Employment Type: Full-time
Level: Manager / Supervisor
Open to Expatriates: No
Sector: Women's Protection & Empowerment
Employment Category: Regular

Scope of Work

• Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious human rights and public health issue affecting women and girls around the world. It impacts all aspects of women and girl’s physical, emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It has harmful consequences for the individuals who experience it, their families, and their communities.
• The WPE programming in NE Nigeria will cover the Adamawa States. The WPE Program Manager will lead the design, implementation, and monitoring of WPE projects in Adamawa State and reports to the WPE Coordinator.
• The WPE Manager will provide technical oversight to prevention and response staff in Adamawa State in the protection and empowerment of women and girls (and the effects of the conflict on women and girls in general), with an emphasis on the coaching staff to build their capacity, advocating for improved services for women and girls, and ensuring quality response to reach women and girls in conflict-affected areas.

Responsibilities

• Program Management, Technical Quality, and Strategy:
• Provide ongoing leadership, training, and guidance to staff to ensure programming meets best minimum standards and prioritizes the security of beneficiaries and staff.
• Support the team to conduct safety audits and take the lead in communicating with other stakeholders to ensure all services mitigate the risk of GBV and are in line with IASC GBV Guidelines
• Design and lead assessments in Adamawa to ensure the voices of women and girls inform WPE program design.
• Lead the development of coordination and referral mechanisms to ensure GBV survivors can access health care in a timely manner.
• Promote and teach good practice regarding rapid WPE case management and psychosocial support.
• Develop protocols for information management in insecure environments.
• Support the WPE team to develop awareness-raising messages to promote the uptake of GBV response services in a timely manner.
• Support the WPE team to ensure sustained programming.
• Promote coordination with the other sectors within the IRC.
• Design and lead on rapid responses in newly opened LGAs
• Liaise with the IRC Health Manager to help provide support in terms of health services to GBV Survivors.
• Lead the development of proposals for Adamawa State  to ensure consistent funding, with technical support from the WPE Coordinator and Senior Technical Advisor
• Review monthly BvAs and submit monthly BvA corrections.
• Prepare and keep updated budget spent out plans to maintain program expenditure within budget.

Staff Performance Management, Learning & Development:

• Collaborate with the WPE Coordinator to implement the staff training plan for WPE Team members.
• Oversee and when necessary, conduct trainings for community and service providers.
• Collaborate with the Health Sector to organize Clinical Care of Sexual Assault Survivors training for health staff, as needed.
• Collaborate with the other IRC Program Managers to maintain an on-going training program to ensure WPE is integrated into health, child protection, ProL, ERD, Education and vice versa.
• Oversee administrative aspects of the program including, but not limited to, writing job descriptions, interviewing, and hiring staff, developing staff performance objectives and conducting timely performance appraisals.
• Ensure the staff follows IRC global financial procedures and meeting donor requirements.
• Other duties as required.

Research, Learning and Analysis:

• Lead the development and oversee implementation of strong monitoring and evaluation systems.
• Lead the preparation of reports to the Women Protection and Empowerment Coordinator and donors.
• Provide trend analysis on areas where WPE is implementing to improve services and advocacy for women and girls.
• Liaise with other teams on best practices and assist each other with information sharing.

Coordination & Representation:

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders – including community leaders, Camp chairpersons, National Emergency Management Agency, State Emergency Management Agency) NGOs, UN agencies, Local Partners and other IRC sectors to enhance multi-agency and multi-sectoral cooperation and coordination.
• Ensure that information from coordination meetings is shared, as appropriate.
• Advocate for women and girls, with feedback from women and girls, in external meetings

Key Working Relationships:

• Position Reports to:  WPE Program Coordinator
• Indirect/Technical Reporting: Senior Program Coordinator and Senior Technical Advisor
• Position directly Supervises:  WPE Officers in Adamawa.

Key Internal Contacts:

• Country Program:
• Region/Global:

Key External Contacts:

• GBV Subcluster
• Ministry of Women Affairs.

Qualifications
Education:

• Must have a University Degree in Public Health, Social Work, or Social Science, with significant relevant work experience in conflict-affected areas.

Work Experience:

• 5 years GBV program management experience, preferably in insecure locations,

Demonstrated Technical Skills:

• Excellent GBV case management skills and have provided direct case management to survivors of GBV,
• Knowledge and experience of participatory planning methods
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience in grant management and proposal writing is preferred.
• Experience in managing a GBV emergency response team using rapid case management,
• Experience using and good knowledge of the GBVIMS.
• Good interpersonal and team-building skills.
• Thorough understanding of feminist theory and survivor-centered programming
• Ability to live and work under pressure in an unstable security environment.

How to Apply
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