Male PSS assistant

Responsibilities: (in bullet points)

·        Provide psycho-social and lifeskills sessions to engage with men and
adolescent boys

1.     Provide psycho-social support and lifeskills sessions to engage with men and male caregivers, in adherence to DRC’s curriculum on engaging male caregivers as part of the adolescent girls programme;

2.     Provide psycho-social and lifeskills sessions to engage with adolescent boys, in compliance with Abaad’s Program Ra curriculum as part of the adolescent girls programme;

3.     Deliver PSS in line with global and national inter-agency SOPs and standards,provide sessions in safe spaces in adherence to inter-agency standards and set session timing in collaboration with participants;

4.     Create a safe space where participants can voice their opinions, thoughts and emotions, share experiences and brainstorm on solutions in a confidential and respectful manner;

5.     Apply age and gender appropriate facilitation skills during group sessions; use inter-active adult learning techniques to effectively engage with session participants;

6.     Participate in outreach activities, including the ”I am Here” approach, to identify vulnerable adolescent girls, boys and their caregivers. Effectively engage with the community, caregivers and participants to ensure the meaningful participation and inclusion of most vulnerable and invisible girls and boys;

7.     When needed and with their informed consent, safely identify and refer survivors of SGBV and children at risk to case management services and other available services as needed;

8.     When needed and with their informed consent, liaise with DRC’s lawyer to ensure that men and boys survivors of SGBV or child protection violations receive legal counselling in line with the case plan;

9.     When needed and with their informed consent, liaise with psychologist to ensure that men and boys survivors of SGBV or child protection violations receive mental health and psychological support services;

10.  Actively participate inservice mapping and update service map on quarterly basis, share service map
with people of concern;

11.  Support and facilitate collection of monitoring and evaluation data, including baseline and endline questionnaires;

12.  Ensure proper and ethical documentation of data collected on both hard and soft copies, including attendance sheets,permission slips, parental consent, referrals etc.;

13.  Support the Protection officer with the logistics and procurement processes as needed for the effective implementationof activities.

·        Facilitate trainings on SGBV to people of concern and ROVs

14.  Plan and provide trainings on SGBV guiding principles, basic concepts and safe identification and referral of SGBV cases to community members.

·        Coordination and planning

15.  Coordinate closely with GBV caseworkers to ensure that individual case plans are taken into consideration for tailoring sessions to the needs of adolescent boys andcaregivers;

16.  Maintain positive relations with community members and key stakeholders, local implementing actors, local authorities, and other international and local stakeholders;

17.  Prepare and submit weekly, monthly and 3-month work plans in a timely manner with validation from the GBV Protection Officer’s.

Other: Perform any other duties relating to the nature of the job as directed by the GBV Protection Officer

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)

·        1 to 2 years of experience in engaging men and boys required, experience in CP or SGBV case management is a plus

·        Ability to maintain confidentiality, respect, non-discrimination and safety of survivor at all times

·        Excellent knowledge of GBV, child protection and PSS basic principles, good knowledge of negative impacts of child labor and early marriage on child development and at the individual, family and community levels

·        Excellent gender and age appropriate facilitation skills, child development and adult learning techniques

·        Excellent communication and psychosocial first aid skills

·        Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, creativity and flexibility

·        Comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well

·        Computer literacy (Microsoft Word and Excel)

·        Ability to work flexible hours

·        Previous experience in international organizations and humanitarian settings is a plus

·        Most be able to drive and have a driver licence