WPE Prevention Officer - Kirkuk
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: req8630
Job Title: WPE Prevention Officer - Kirkuk
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. CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND The IRC established programs 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), education, economic recovery, child Protection and emergency humanitarian assistance. Working in coordination with the humanitarian community in Iraq, the IRC's assistance and emergency programs 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 operates throughout Iraq, with the main office in Erbil and field offices in, Baghdad, SAD, Anbar, Kirkuk and Mosul. The IRC Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) program is providing psychosocial, counseling and case management support to vulnerable women and girls and GBV survivors. The IRC WPE is also working at the community level to provide greater support to and protection of women and girls through outreach, capacity building of community members, safety assessments, and women-led risk mitigation activities. Job Overview/Summary: the WPE Prevention officer will be disseminating information and provide trainings to the community on issues related to women and girls.In this position the Prevention Officer will also work with service providers in the area to provide information about WPE program, GBV, and create a referral pathway to enable effective case management, in addition to directly supervising 5 community mobilizersThe Prevention Officer will also be engaged in assessment of risks faced by women and girls in the targeted communities and development of response strategies. Major Responsibilities:The WPE Prevention Officer shall: Staff Management and Development Key Working Relationships: Position Reports to:WPE Manager Indirect Reporting: WPE Women and Girls Committees
Position directly supervises:Community Mobilizers
Qualifications
Tips to Consider: 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. Notice to all Job Seekers IRC implements an equal employment opportunity policy and our recruitment process is based on merit. Applicants and/or successful interview candidates (both internal and external) are not required to pay any fees at any stage of the recruitment process. If anyone asks you for any financial or non-financial favors to help you secure a job at IRC, kindly report to iraq.hr@rescue.org. ملاحظة لكل الباحثين عن وظيفة تعتمد لجنة الانقاذ الدولية سياسة فرص عمل متساوية وان عملية التوظيف لدينا تعتمد على الجدارة . لايتوجب على المتقدمين لاي وظيفة او المؤهلين للمقابلات (سواء كانوا موظفيين حالين او متقدمين من خارج المنظمة) دفع اي مبلغ مالي خلال اي مرحلة من مراحل التوظيف. اذا قام اي شخص بطلب اي خدمة مالية او غير مالية لقاء مساعدتكم في تأمين فرصة عمل داخل المنظمة ،يرجى الابلاغ عن ذلك الى iraq.hr@rescue.org
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