WPE Prevention Officer - Anbar / Rawa
Iraq
- Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
- Location: Iraq
- Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
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Occupational Groups:
- Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
- Gender-based violence
- Women Protection & Empowerment
- Closing Date: Closed
Requisition ID: req5802
Job Title: WPE Prevention Officer - Anbar / Rawa
Sector: Women Protection & Empowerment
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Iraq
Job Description
The International Rescue Committee 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, IRC offers life-saving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in more than 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted by conflict or disaster. IRC leads the way from harm to home. The IRC established programmes in Iraq in 2003 to address the overwhelming needs of displaced people in Iraq and the neighboring countries. Since re-establishing its presence in Iraq in November 2007, the IRC has been assisting thousands of internally displaced families in the northern, central and southern governorates in the sectors of protection, gender-based violence (GBV), shelter, education, and emergency humanitarian assistance. Working in coordination with the humanitarian community in Iraq, the IRC's assistance and emergency programmes address the needs of war-affected Iraqi internally displaced persons (IDPs) and Syrian refugees from several operational bases in the country, and include both camp-based and urban-based assistance.IRC will continue to provide support to IDPS in the southern governorate and focusing at Rawa in Anbar governorates. The majority of Rawa residents were displaced between 2014 and 2017. According to statistics, around 19,000 people from Rawa were still living in displacement as of July 2018. Returns to Rawa started in January 2018, with 7,674 people having returned to the district as of 15 July 2018.The current context in Rawa there are protection issues, livelihoods and lack of basic services in areas of return. IRC operates throughout Iraq, with the main office in Erbil and field offices in Baghdad, Anbar, Mosul and Kirkuk. The IRC has WPE programming in three governorates and provides both direct service provision (through women’s and girls’ centers and mobile teams) and technical support to local partner organizations to implement safe spaces and deliver services to women and girls as well as longer term capacity building of local NGOs, government service providers, and other protection actors on GBV related topics. Job Overview/Summary: The prevention Officer will report to the Senior Officer in Ana/Rawa.He will lead in the dissemination of information and provide trainings to the community on prevention of GBV. He will be involved in mobilizing communities to develop and implement strategies to prevent GBV and Implement awareness raising activities targeting the community members. He will be the focal person and responsible for outreach activities in the WPE program in Rawa. Major RESPONSIBILITIES: Program implementation: Community Mobilization: Coordination, Representation and advocacy: Report writing: KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS Position Reports to: WPE Senior Officer Position directly supervises: Community mobillizers Other Internal and/or external contacts: Internal: WPE Case Workers, IRC Iraq team including other programmes (ERD, Child Protection, and Protection/Rule of Law), Grants Department, Supply Chain, HR and Finance Departments External: Close collaboration with other humanitarian actors, local NGOs, UN agencies, government service providers.
Qualifications
Qualifications & Preferred Skills Working Environment: ·The position will be based in Rawa and frequent travel to field sites. Occasional travel to other locations within Anbar may be required. Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation. Gender Equality IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including maternity leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Attention Returning National Candidates: IRC strives to attract, motivate and retain qualified national staff in our programs. We strongly encourage national or returning national candidates to apply for this position. If you are a national of the country in which this position is based and are currently located outside of your home country and possess over two years of international work experience, IRC has introduced an attractive remuneration package. The package includes competitive compensation, return flight to post, shipping allowance, temporary housing and a relocation allowance. Certain restrictions may apply. IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.
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