Requisition ID: req57785 Job Title: WPE Prevention Officer Sector: Women Protection & Empowerment Employment Category: Regular Employment Type: Full-Time Open to Expatriates: No Location: Myanmar Work Arrangement:In-person Job Description Background: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a private, non-political, non-profit, and non-religious organization. For over 90 years, we have been providing humanitarian assistance to communities affected by conflict and natural disasters in more than 40 countries. Since 2008, the IRC has been active in Myanmar, delivering humanitarian assistance in areas such as health, protection, water, and sanitation, specifically targeting families impacted by conflict and natural disasters. Scope of Work: The WPE Prevention Officer will oversee prevention and risk reduction activities such as safety audits and awareness sessions, and efforts to engage the community in IRC sites. The WPE Prevention Officer will provide technical support and guidance to the community focal points. This position will lead all awareness raising and information dissemination activities with the community to ensure services are accessible to women and girls. The Prevention Officer will also seek to ensure data collection and entry is completed accurately and according to GBV confidentially best practices, for monitoring and evaluation purposes, and will review and submit to WPE Manager/M&E Manager on a regular basis. The position requires a personal commitment to advancing women’s issues and working on behalf of women and girls in the community. Further, s/he will assist with the facilitation of awareness-raising sessions. This position will be based in Sagaing. Main Responsibilities: Technical Quality + Reinforce adherence to the GBV guiding principles throughout all WPE activities. + Ensure the voices of women and girls are integrated into all activities and discussions. + Carry out and analyze information from GBV assessment and safety audits, and community consultations to identify risks faced by women and girls. + Engage the community in understanding the IRC WPE program to ensure buy-in and support for associated activities. + Provide training/mentoring to partner organization staff to implement all prevention activities, including assessment and risk identification activities, and ongoing coaching to partner staff if relevant. + Provide prevention-related training for both IRC and partner staff. + Conduct twice a month facilitation spot-checks for prevention staff_ community focal points in GBV awareness sessions. + Review weekly work plans with the prevention team + Conduct regular team meetings with prevention staff and address the concerns and technical issues raised by the team. + Support WPE Manager on training for community leaders and other INGO staff as necessary. + Develop strategies for sharing information with communities, particularly women and girls, about free services available to them Grant Monitoring and Reporting + Prepare and submit weekly, monthly, and quarterly work plans in a timely manner for supervisor review and feedback + Compile and develop monthly activity report for submission to the WPE Manager + Ensure that all prevention relevant financial documents are accurately completed and submitted, as required by IRC policies + Ensure data collection and M&E measures are carried out correctly and turned in monthly Coordination & Representation + Identify concerns related to safety and security, water and sanitation access, etc., and develop strategies for constructively sharing these concerns with relevant actors, including other sectors inside the IRC. + Support other stakeholders, including local authorities, actors, other humanitarian actors, and communities/leaders in identifying strategies that reduce risks faced by women and girls. + Communicate regularly with other WPE and operations teams to ensure that the program's operational needs are met in an organized and timely fashion + Collaborate with WPE Officers and Managers to streamline procedures and develop ways to improve program efficiency + Collaborate with other IRC sectors to enhance integrated programming. + Support M&E Manager for keeping documentation in a systematic manner + Contribute to the strategic vision and planning of WPE program and activities in collaboration with WPE Senior Manager, Manager, and other officers. + Coordinate closely with WPE Manager for advocacy issues + Attend meeting on behalf of the WPE program as relevant or requested. Make sure meeting updates and decisions are shared with the wider group. + Serve as a focal of IRC WPE Prevention team to the external community Others + Ensure all activities are carried out in accordance with IRC policies and procedures. + Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programming. Myanmar nationals with relevant skills sets and proven experience of working at international level are strongly encouraged. The IRC Core Values and Commitments The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality 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 Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons. IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff are suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy. Level of interaction with children: Frequent direct contact with children. IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have competencies to solicits and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback. IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment. Qualifications Minimum Requirements: + Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience + At least 2 years of professional experience in NGOs in community mobilization, social work, counseling, or psychosocial programs + Familiarity with emergency contexts and issues, particularly in central Myanmar + Clear understanding of and experience related to gender, human rights, and issues surrounding violence against women and girls + Strong desire to work with women and girls and address the issues they face in in central Myanmar. + Demonstrated working experience in community engagement and behavior change activities + Demonstrate understanding of and ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients. + Previous work with or within a women’s organization, preferred + Experience facilitating trainings, worships, or mentoring others + Strong ability to organize work, coordinate multiple tasks, meet deadlines, work in a professional environment, work under pressure, and work within a multi-culture team + Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders including community leaders and other implementing partners + Excellent written and oral communication skills in Burmese, strong interpersonal skills + Ability to communicate in English and be computer literate Myanmar nationals with relevant skills sets and proven experience of working at international level are strongly encouraged. The IRC Core Values and Commitments. The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality 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 Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons. IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff are suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy. Level of interaction with children: Frequent direct contact with children. IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have competencies to solicits and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback. IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment.