Gbv Assistant –Tripoli

About the job The GBV Assistant will be responsible for engaging with women and girls through outreach activities, including information dissemination, risk identification and mitigation, and support the creation and follow up of women and girls’ committees.   Duties Identify settlements of vulnerable women and girls in the catchment areas of the centre-based activities; Meet regularly with partners providing services and information to women and girls in order to update service mapping and disseminate key messages; Carry out daily field visits and conduction of information sessions on available services, reproductive health, hygiene, etc.; Conduct risk assessment visits to identify risks faced by women and girls in their settlements and mitigate these risks through referrals to other partners, provision of in-house services and advocacy; Identification and referrals of GBV survivors for case management and other specialized services; Identifying other protection cases and doing appropriate referrals; Assist in establishing community support committees for women and girls. Committees should be linked with DRC community centers (SDC) or safe spaces (incl. recruitment, commitment, development of terms of reference, follow up, etc.) Contribute to the overall protection weekly and monthly report underlining protection issues and related trends and figures in coordination with the GBV officer.   About you To be successful in this role you must have Bachelor Bachelor/Degree in Social work, political science, law or other related field; 2 years of experience in counseling survivors of gender-based violence or vulnerable women and girls; Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, creativity and flexibility. Ideally you will also have Flexibility in working overtime when needed; Computer literacy (Microsoft Word and Excel); previous experience with NGOs.   We offer An interesting job in one of the world’s best NGOs. DRC will offer the successful applicant a 6 months contract, renewable dependent on both funding and performance. You must be available to start work from November and be willing and able to work in Tripoli. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for National staff. This position will be placed at levelB1, equivalent to a basic salary of$1180 per month. Commitments DRC has a Humanitarian Accountability Framework, outlining its global accountability commitments. All staff are required to contribute to the achievement of this framework (http://www.drc.dk/HAF.4265.0.html). Application process Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button or go to www.drc.dk and find Current Vacancies.  All applicants should send a cover letter and an updated CV no longer than four pages, both in the same language as the vacancy note. Your CV should also include contact details of three professional referees.(Applications sent to the email vacancy@drclebanon.dk will not be taken into consideration) Applications close 16-Nov-2014. The interviews are expected to take place one days after the closing date. DRC reserves the right to recruit a candidate who matches the required profile before the above deadline _________________________________________________________________________________ About DRC The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a private, independent, humanitarian organization working on all aspects of the refugee cause in more than thirty countries throughout the world. The aim of DRC is to protect refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) against persecution and to promote durable solutions to the problems of forced migration on the basis of humanitarian principles and human rights. DRC works in accordance with the UN Conventions on Refugees and the Code of Conduct for the Red Cross/ Red Crescent and NGOs in Disaster Relief.