Protection Assistant (Adolescent Girls PSS)

About the job 

Provision of psychosocial support and life skills sessions to adolescent girls and engaging with female caregivers using DRC’s specialized adolescent girls curricula tailored to the needs of women and girls at risk or survivors of SGBV. 

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Provide psycho-social support and life skills sessions to adolescent girls, in adherence to DRC’s curriculum on empowering adolescent girls, as part of the adolescent girls programme, provide psycho-social and life skills sessions to engage with female caregivers, in compliance with DRC’s curriculum and as part of the adolescent girls programme; 

• 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; 

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

• Identify safe spaces in mobile and outreach locations in adherence with safe spaces inter-agency guidelines, ensure that activities are implemented in safe spaces that are accessible to women and girls, set timing of sessions is decided in consultation with women and girls to allow for their meaningful participation, 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; 

• 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; 

• Coordinate effectively with GBV case workers to ensure their presence while providing key GBV sessions to adolescent girls and female caregivers, and facilitate introduction of GBV case management services to session participants; 

• When needed and with their informed consent, liaise with DRC’s lawyer and psychologist to ensure that women and girls survivors of SGBV or child protection violations receive legal counselling in line with the case plan and mental health and psychological support services 

• Actively identify adolescent boys at high risk of or engaged in risky behavior in relation or maladaptive gender role practices and ensure they are referred to the adolescent boys sessions, actively participate in service mapping and update service map on quarterly basis, share service map with people of concern;  

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

• Coordinate closely with CP, GBV and PWSN caseworkers to ensure that individual case plans are taken into consideration for tailoring sessions to the needs of adolescent boys and caregivers; 

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

About you 

To be successful in this role we expect you to have a Bachelor in Social work, Counseling, Psychology or other related field. Moreover, we also expect the following:​

Required  

• 1 to 2 years of experience in working with adolescent girls 

• 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 

• Female candidate to work with Adolescent girls

Desirable 

• Experience in CP or SGBV case management 

• Previous experience in international organizations and humanitarian settings​

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:   

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process. 
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.   
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation. 
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.   
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with DRC’s vision and values. ​

We offer 

• Contract length: 31st of December 2019
• Band:  I Level 1, 2,035,125 LBP 
• Duty Station: Tripoli 
• Start date: May 2019​

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Nationals; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies. For questions regarding the vacancy please contact dolene.khairallah@drclebanon.dk.​

Application process 

Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button or go to www.drc.ngo under current vacancies. 

All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email to Dolene Khairallah will not be considered.​

Closing date for applications: 24 April 2019 

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please visit drc.ngo/jobsupport. 

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.