Requisition ID: req57987 Job Title: WPE Case Worker (Internal) Sector: Women Protection & Empowerment Employment Category: Regular Employment Type: Full-Time Open to Expatriates: No Location: Abyan, Yemen Work Arrangement: Job Description 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 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. The IRC responds to people’s acute and longer-term needs with integrated programs that improve health and safety, prioritize children’s education, foster economic wellbeing, and empower communities to regain control over their lives. Our work gives rise to some of the most pressing issues facing contemporary humanitarian action, including questions of access, conflict sensitivity, coordination, and impact. The IRC Yemen began its programs in October 2012. Since establishing its presence in the South of Yemen, in the Red Sea Coastal city of Aden, the organization has grown from just an implementing small project to handling large scale emergency and relief operations. Following the war which broke out in Yemen in March of 2015 and the humanitarian disaster, which was crafted by the same, IRC launched one an emergency response program in the southern governorates of Aden, Lahj, Abyan, Shabwah and Al Dhale, and expanded later in Sana’a and Hodeidah in the North. Currently IRC Yemen is operating in eight governorates in the south and north of Yemen through direct programming and through local partnerships, in Health, WASH, Nutrition, Economic Recovery Development, Education, Child Protection, Gender and Women Protection and Empowerment. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) have been working in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for more than forty years. Today, the IRC has more than 2,200 staff working across the region, including in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, and Yemen to support those affected by some of the world’s most complex and protracted humanitarian crises. SCOPE OF WORK: Under the supervision of IRC Yemen WPE Response Officer, and based in Abyan, the WPE Case Worker will be responsible for the providing quality case management and psychosocial support services to the women and girls and work in collaboration with the health sector to provide holistic care to survivors of GBV. The WPE program works in close collaboration with all the IRC team and local partners. JOB SUMMARY: This position will cover the response services in the field and will be responsible for case management in women and girl community center and mobile safe spaces. This position will make relations with IRCs RH, MHT, nutrition, CP team and the safe space of the partner to improve the GBV referral pathway. Will be responsible for monitoring and supporting the PSS workers of partner in that area. WORKING RELATIONS: This position will work directly with the Response Officer and Senior Officer. Indirectly, we will work with MHT, the partnership team, and the partner management in that area. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: · Provide individualized, age-appropriate comprehensive case management using IRC WPE standards and the line with the GBV Guiding Principles (Respect, Safety, Confidentiality, Non-discrimination). When appropriate, this may include accompanying survivors to a referral point. · Assist the Response Officer in creating a welcoming environment at the Women and Girls Community Center (WGCC) and implement activities in the WGCC and/or work in the mobile team to provide appropriate PSS activities in a safe area to communities on a weekly basis. · Provide accurate information on the referral pathway. · Use the survivor centered approach and help empower people seeking assistance. · Monitor how the GBV referral pathway is working and advocate in the field for improved referral systems as needed. · Coordinate a positive referral pathway with other actors . · Inform the Response Officer of the supplies needed in the WGCC or on the mobile team. · Work with the WPE assistant on an appropriate weekly curriculum for adolescent girls. · Promote and actively participate in initiatives and efforts to build team engagement, inclusion, and cohesion in IRC [team/office] · Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue, and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies. · Educate/raise awareness among the community and clients about the existing feedback mechanisms and response processes. Qualifications REQUIREMENTS: (Qualifications, Skills and Abilities): A. Education : - Bachelor’s degree. - More than three courses in Psychological Support / GBV Case Management and WPE curriculums. B. Experience : - Having knowledge and experience in the working environment of Abyan WGCC and the Abyan field Camps. - Minimum three years of experience in implementing GBV-case management activities. - Writing reports and raising annexes. - experience in the Primero APP and using it in the GBV collection of data. - Participation in GBV training. - Qualification and experience in facilitating Case management training - Good understanding of Gender violence, women’s protection, and empowerment in the context of Yemen. - Experience of work in WGCC and mobile areas in supervision of activities and GBV case management. - Knowledge in WPE curriculums. - C. Skills and Abilities : - Excellent knowledge of the working environment. - Personal Qualities: Compassionate, team-oriented, culturally adaptable, flexible, and thrives under pressure. - Knowledge of Microsoft word and excel. - Flexible, able to handle pressure well, and have strong communication skills in the community and targeted areas. D. Proficiencies: - Understanding of gender-based violence, women’s protection, and empowerment in the context of Yemen. -Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, - Strong background and experience in the referral mechanisms and dealing wit GBV survivals. 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. IRC strives to build a diverse and inclusive team at all levels who as individuals, and as a group, embody our culture statement creating a working environment characterized by critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity for us to achieve our aspirations as a team and deliver the best possible services to our clients. Commitment to Client Responsiveness: By committing to Client-Centered Programming, at the IRC Yemen, we place the people we serve - our clients - at the center of our programming and services. The IRC Yemen Staff have an important role to play in supporting the implementation of client-responsive programming through raising awareness among the community and clients about the existing feedback mechanisms and how to use them including the response processes, access, and eligibility to services, and contribute to building an institutional culture that prompts staff to listen to clients.