Jobs – Gender-Based Violence and Protection Technical Coordinator at American Refugee Committee (ARC)

Job Title: Gender-Based Violence and Protection Technical Coordinator

The American Refugee Committee (ARC) International is an International nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that provides humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries around the world. ARC seeks to promote peaceful and safe communities where men and women have equal rights and communities can access locally owned, high-quality services.

Job Summary: The GBV/Protection Technical Coordinator will support and steer efforts in ARC’s Gender-based Violence & Protection program in Uganda. The Coordinator will ensure quality prevention and response implementation and good coordination in line with international standards and best practices.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

1. Program Development and Management:

• Work closely with the ARC protection team and local actors, provide technical leadership related to implementation of the GBV/Protection program
• Make sure there is essential, life-saving GBV services, including comprehensive case management and psychosocial support, are available in line with international standards and are closely monitored
• Collaborate closely with ARC, government, and other NGO health staff to promote the clinical care for sexual assault survivors in line with WHO protocols
• Ensure safe and ethical data collection, storage, analysis, and sharing through the GBVIMS, using standard forms and database and monitoring adherence to inter-agency information sharing protocols
• Implement evidence-informed, community-based GBV prevention and risk reduction strategies, including community mobilization and social change strategies, community-based protection mechanisms, and protection and gender mainstreaming
• Promote gender equality through supporting women’s empowerment and leadership through economic and educational opportunities (where applicable) and partnerships with local women’s groups
• Write project concept notes and proposals and develop budgets for continued and new programming
• Actively engage local partners and community members, particularly women and girls, in all aspects of design, implementation, and monitoring in order to maintain inclusive programs, contextual relevance, and sustainability

2. Capacity Strengthening and Human Resources:

• Facilitate workshops and staff meetings for the ARC protection team to ensure GBV programming meets best practice standards and prioritizes the safety and security of beneficiaries and staff.
• Supervise case management staff to ensure client-centered case management and psychosocial support services in line with international guidelines through one-on-one supervision, case consultations, observational exercises, and other regular mentoring and debriefing exercises
• Actively participate in the recruitment of GBV staff

3. Coordination & Advocacy:

• Co-lead the GBV Wording Group and maintain strong working relationships with all stakeholders
• Strengthen the operationalization of specific GBV Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) by engaging relevant stakeholders in review and update processes
• Explore potential formal partnerships with local women’s groups, national NGOs, and government social workers to strengthen their technical and organizational capacity
• Assist in building strong working relationships with relevant Government Ministries to address women’s issues and GBV appropriately in national policies, laws and guidelines
• Utilizing IASC GBV Guidelines, collaborate with all clusters to ensure coordinated prevention and risk reduction interventions are integrated within each cluster’s strategy and activities

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  

• The applicant should preferably hold a good Bachelor’s degree required, with a Master of Social Work, Public Health, or any other related field preferably gender studies or psychology
• At least five years’ experience with at least 1 year managing GBV prevention and response programs in emergency and post conflict environments
• Past exposure and experience in counseling and ability to adapt psychosocial skills to cultural context; experience supervising other counselors or social workers preferred
• Familiarity with effective community mobilization techniques and social change approaches, such as Raising Voices SASA is strongly preferred
• Thorough awareness and knowledge of reproductive health, gender, and GBV issues and demonstrated commitment to gender equality
• Strong knowledge of GBV-related best practices and tools, including IASC GBV Guidelines, GBVIMS, SOPs, GBV Coordinator’s Handbook, Caring for Survivors/Working with Survivors Training Tools, WHO Recommendations, etc.
• Strong grant management in post conflict/transitional settings
• Past experience in participatory methods for community education and mobilization
• Excellent communication skills, with good spoken and written English
• Excellent report writing, research, documentation, and presentation skills
• Demonstrated experience related to monitoring and evaluating projects
• Past exposure and experience coordinating with and strengthening capacity of civil society actors and organizations

How to Apply for the job:  

The American Refugee Committee (ARC) invites applications from Ugandan citizens who meet the above requirements to send an application letter, CV & copies of academic documents by email only to jobs@arc.co.ug addressed to The Human Resources Manager, ARC International.

NB: Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Deadline: Sunday, 31st August, 2014.