SCOPE OF WORK:
The WPE Risk Mitigation Associate will facilitate information sessions on available services, and support mechanisms at the IRC Women and Girl Community Centers, and during mobile and outreach activities. The WPE Risk Mitigation Associate will also be responsible for training and supervising a team of refugee-based Outreach Workers to ensure increased information to vulnerable women and girls about services and risk mitigation activities.
Position objectives:
Community members and other stakeholders take action to mitigate identified risks.
Community members are informed of available services and support mechanisms.
Outreach Workers are trained and supervised to ensure outreach services follow guiding principles.
Who this position reports to: WPE Protection Officer
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Community outreach and engagement
Assist the WPE Protection Officer to conduct weekly or bi-weekly safety audits to identify risks faced by women and girls in their settlements;
Conduct weekly outreach visits to provide information on available services;
Support outreach teams to conduct weekly visits to beneficiaries;
Disseminate information materials, in collaboration with the WPE Protection Officer, ensuring messages are appropriate for the community and tested before dissemination;
In collaboration with the Protection Officer, refer GBV risks and protection concerns of women and girls to relevant partners and community leaders;
Through outreach visits, assess needs of women and girls for follow up activities through mobile services or centre based activities and liaise with the Response team on a weekly basis.
Monitoring & Reporting
Consolidate findings from weekly outreach visits and activities.
Prepare and submit weekly reports to the WPE Protection Officer (oral or written).
Coordination & Representation
Support adherence & dissemination of referral protocols amongst stakeholders and provide information on available services to beneficiaries;
Maintain positive coordination and relationships with partner and other IRC staff.
Centre based activities
Provide regular support to centre-based activities in particular, recruiting, organizing and supporting activities as designated by the WPE Response officer in collaboration with the WPE Protection officer
Other
Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Professional Standards
All IRC staff are required to adhere to THE IRC Way Standards for Professional Conduct and the IRC country employment policies.
Application Deadline
Organisation
Salary Range
Unpaid Position
Contract Type
Full Time
Application Submission Guidelines
WOMEN OF ALL BACKGROUNDS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED ON A ROLLING BASIS – THIS POSITION WILL BE FILLED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO irclebanon.jobs@yahoo.com WITH THE SUBJECT LINE “WPE Risk Mitigation Associate”.
Requires a Cover Letter?
Yes
Education Degree
Bachelor Degree
Education Degree Details
REQUIREMENTS:
• Ability to engage with community members in an open manner, maintain confidentiality and respect.
• Positive and professional attitude, able to organize. INGO experience preferred.
• Works well in a team, flexible and able to handle pressure well.
• Computer literacy preferred but not required.
• Fluency in Arabic required. Ability to communicate in English and write reports in English strongly preferred.
• Ability to engage with community members in an open manner, maintain confidentiality and respect.
• Positive and professional attitude, able to organize. INGO experience preferred.
• Works well in a team, flexible and able to handle pressure well.
• Computer literacy preferred but not required.
• Fluency in Arabic required. Ability to communicate in English and write reports in English strongly preferred.
Arabic
Fluent
English
Very Good
Hide guidelines for wrong answers
No