Women Protection & Empowerment Officer

JOB OVERVIEW
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking a professional WPE Emergency Response Officer to join our Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Program in Ukraine. The WPE Emergency Officer will oversee GBV prevention, community engagement, and risk reduction activities, particularly in conflict-affected areas: close to the contact line and responding to emergency situations, as well as in remote and unserved locations. The officer will provide critical support to women and girls through various activities and ensure adherence to best practices in WPE.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Program Implementation and Quality:
– Conduct awareness-raising sessions on GBV for women and girls in remote, underserved areas and for those evacuating from dangerous regions.
– Distribute life-saving information leaflets about where survivors can get help.
– Organized distribution of dignity kits for women and girls.
– Provide first psychological aid to affected individuals, when appropriate.
– Develop and providing GBV mitigation and community engagement activities, ensuring that best practice WPE guidelines and approaches are being followed.
– Seek technical guidance and support from the WPE Senior Officer on activity development and implementation.
– Ensure confidentiality of survivors, informed consent, and respect for their wishes and decisions.

Community Engagement:

– Build and maintain relationships with communities, including local leaders, groups, organizations, and actors.
– Mapping on available services for GBV survivors, service locations, community support for survivors.
– Work with the WPE team to ensure the response to the evolving needs of women and girls and their communities.
– Identify concerns related to and support adherence to GBV referral protocols and guiding principles, and report these to the WPE Manager.

Administration and Reporting:
– Prepare and submit weekly activity work plans in a timely manner.
– Prepare weekly reports to the WPE Senior Officer.
– Complete all relevant tools for activities conducted- Contribute to monthly reports, including information on community engagement activities, consultations, and progress made.

– Participate in coordination meetings relevant to WPE as requested by the supervisor.

JOB REQUIREMENTS 

Education: Master’s degree in social work, psychology, human rights or law, or a related field

Experience: Practical experience in case management on GBV, CRSV and life skills to promote recovery and rehabilitation of survivors, responding to gender-based violence and promoting gender equality

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies: 
– Demonstrated understanding and ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients/beneficiaries
– Excellent communication skills
– Positive and professional attitude, including the ability to lead and work well in a team
– High degree of flexibility and strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks, and pay attention to detail
– Computer literacy, including Microsoft Word and Excel

REPORTING STRUCTURE AND TEAM COLLABORATION

Position Reports to: WPE Senior Officer, WPE Manager, WPE Senior Manager, WPE Coordinator 
Internal collaborations within IRC: Child Protection team; Protection team; Economic Recovery and Development team; Health team.
External collaborations GBV actors, organizations and agencies 

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

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This role requires full-time work.
Fast pace of working, multitasking and stressful work.

IRC employees are eligible to the following benefits:

Competitive salary
Purposeful job and development opportunities
English classes and unlimited online training courses
Medical insurance for staff and family members
Free psychological support to employees and their family members 
30 calendar days of annual vacation with flexibility beyond the legally set minimum requirements
Up to 10 days of paid medical leave