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 Mandalay.
Major ResponsibilitiesTechnical 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 ReportingPrepare and submit weekly, monthly, and quarterly work plans in a timely manner for supervisor review and feedbackCompile and develop monthly activity report for submission to the WPE ManagerEnsure that all prevention relevant financial documents are accurately completed and submitted, as required by IRC policiesEnsure data collection and M&E measures are carried out correctly and turned in monthly Coordination & RepresentationIdentify 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.Support M&E Manager for keeping documentation in a systematic manner.Collaborate with other IRC sectors to enhance integrated programming.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 OthersEnsure 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.