GBV Coaching Program Assistant - Beirut - National Candidates Only

Background/IRC Summary:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

Since November 2012, the IRC Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) program established five Women and Girls Community Centres and ten mobile teams in North Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley to respond to and prevent Gender Based Violence (GBV).  The WPE Program aims at increasing access of women and girls to psychosocial and case management services and enables communities to identify and mitigate safety and security risks faced by women and girls. All programming is implemented using survivor-centred approaches that prioritize confidentiality, dignity, safety, and respect.

Job Overview/Summary:

Under the supervision of the Case Management Coaching Program Senior Officer, the Coaching Program Assistant will be supporting in coaching case workers/social workers from governmental and non-governmental GBV actors in various locations in Lebanon.

This support will be provided through:

• Supporting in developing and conducting workshops related to case management and supervision of case managers.
• Organizing sessions for case workers/social workers.
• Contributing to development of case management materials, training manuals, tools, and other resources as needed.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Material consolidation and development

• Support in the development of materials for coaching.
• Assist in the development of the yearly Capacity Building and Partnership strategy for WPE/IRC.
• Assist in the review and update of the CM training guide after CM trainings and participants’ feedback.

Coaching and capacity building for case worker/social workers

• Assist the GBV coaching Program Senior Officer in preparing the monthly peer to peer support groups for case workers/social workers at the governorate level to provide technical and emotional support.
• Shadow the workshops for case workers in each governorate based on the needs identified and support in building case worker/social workers skills to deal with more complex situations.

Coaching and capacity building for supervisor

• Provide administrative support to the GBV coaching Program Senior Officer with the supervisors’ peer to peer sessions.
• Shadow the Bi-Monthly peer to peer support groups for supervisors at the national level.

Reporting and Coordination

• Develop monitoring and evaluation tools for the case management coaching and update them regularly.
• Submit trainings and learning sessions reports to the senior case management coaching officer after each activity.
• Follow up with participants on regular basis and coordinate with GBV Focal points in different locations.
• Attend and actively participate in the capacity building monthly meeting.
• Work closely and coordinate with the senior case management coaching officer.

Other

• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs
• All IRC staff is required to adhere to THE IRC Way Standards for Professional Conduct and the IRC country employment policies.

Key Working Relationships:

• Position Reports to: GBV Coaching Program Senior Officer
• Position directly supervises: None
• Position works with: Quality assurance manager, Adolescent Girls Manager, Senior WPE Manager, Senior Case Management Officers.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Counseling and training experience with NGO/INGO organization, including for at least 1 year of experience in Case management for survivors of GBV.
• Clear understanding of gender inequality, and issues of violence against women and girls.
• Experience in training and coaching.
• Positive and professional attitude, able to organize, maintain composure and prioritize work under pressure, work overtime when necessary and be able to coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
• Ability to work as a member of a team essential.
• Must be computer literate, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Fluency in Arabic and English.
• Degree/diploma in Social Work, Counseling, Women’s Studies or other related field
• INGO experience.
• Experience in training and/or building capacity of other team members through coaching and mentoring.
• Ability to communicate in English and write clear and concise reports in English strongly preferred.
• Works well with a team and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well.

Note: the coaching assistant will spend time in the different locations based on the plan set with the senior case management coaching officer in accordance with the project.

Working Environment: 

Travel and other requirements: Staff will be based in Beirut but coaching sessions are conducted in Bekaa, North, South, and Beirut.