GBV Officer - Emergency Response ( Repost)

Background:

When catastrophe hits, International Medical Corps is often one of the first humanitarian aid organizations on the scene providing rapid and effective aid that saves lives, reduces suffering, and promotes self-reliance.

International Medical Corps: provides safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient centered care; offers needs-based response according to the context and type of Sudden Onset Disaster and/or outbreak in the affected nation: adopts a human rights-based approach to their response; ensures they are accessible to all sections of the population affected by the SOD and/or outbreak particularly the vulnerable; and treats patients in a medically ethical manner consistent with the World Medical Association Medical Ethics Manual.

International Medical Corps is accountable to: patients and communities; host government, Ministry of Health; our organization and donors. International Medical Corps commits to a coordinated response under the national health emergency management authorities. International Medical Corps collaborates with the national health system, the cluster and the humanitarian community

Job Purpose : 

This position will support International Medical Corps' emergency response to Beirut Blast.

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 Responsabilities: 

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.

Attend working groups, meetings, and other training as requested or when needed

Desirable Experience:

• Minimum 2 – 3 years in the field of social work.

Competency:

• Adheres to ethical considerations and principles in regards to working with vulnerable populations

Desirable Competency: 

• 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