Gender Based Violence Officer - Beirut and Mount Lebanon

Background:

The GBV department at IMC implements projects that aim to prevent and respond to GBV, in coordination with other departments to ensure that the best quality services are extended to beneficiaries. International Medical Corps is thriving toward the integration of the GBV prevention and response tools into all implemented activities in Lebanon.

Job Purpose:

The GBV Officer will be managing the project in the areas sharing and supporting the team in the management and the technicalities of the project implementation.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Oversee implementation of case management, psychosocial support activities, awareness raising sessions, and men’s center activities.
2. Providing technical advice on GBV case management and psychosocial support to vulnerable person, particularly survivors of gender-based violence. In addition to monitoring referrals and feedback mechanisms.
3. Regularly initiate case file audit and make sure that all necessary forms and report are kept filed and updated.
4. Ensure coordination and collaboration with other IMC departments, local and international NGOs, UN agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure holistic support for survivors, including participation in strengthening GBV SOPs and referral pathways
5. Provide input on program development and recommendations, as required.
6. Ensure programming is on track in absence of direct supervisor; reporting daily on important issues that require supervisor feedback and decision making.
7. Facilitate trainings on staff skills, while regularly monitoring and evaluating capacity building for the team.
8. Contribute and regularly update service mapping of service providers within your area to ensure that caseworkers are informed of all relevant and available services.
9. Identify protection concerns, challenges and gaps of vulnerable persons within the community you are working in, develop a response plan to address them, and report them; i.e. any trends should be reported to the area manager and advocate for gaps in GBV response.
10. Attend working groups, meetings, and other training as requested or when needed.

Positions directly reporting to the GBV officer position: 

GBV social worker
Sr. GBV Case manager

Essential qualifications: Previous experience working with GBV survivors

Desirable qualifications: Management skills

Essential experience: Previous NGO experience

Desirable experience: Experience in the field of social work.

Essential competency: Adheres to ethical considerations and principles in regards to working with vulnerable populations.

Desirable competencies:

Experience in working closely with community members throughout a program cycle
Experience in or understanding of program accountability principles

General specifications for all positions:

• Experience in working closely with community members throughout a program cycle

• Experience in or understanding of program accountability principles
• Knowledge of, respect and empathy for the communities we are working with
• Commitment to championing community and partner points of view
• Strong understanding of the project cycle and of M&E systems
• Good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Non-discriminatory and readiness to involve men, women, girls and boys from diverse backgrounds, particularly the most marginalized segments of the community
• Very good listening and facilitation skills – capable of managing and facilitating group discussions with program participants, local officials, partners and all levels of staff
• Ability to mobilize people – to develop and maintain relationships with staff and communities to ensure their participation in International Medical Corps ways of working