Community Wellbeing Initiative (CWI) Officer

BACKGROUND: The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refuguees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.

Job Overview:

• Community Wellbeing Initiative (CWI) Officer will be responsible for implementation of a program which encompasses protection through immediate assistance, daily follow-up project implementation, coordination and communication with stakeholders, and compile project documentation and reporting. The position holder will be based at Adama Town and directly reports to the Project Manager and indirectly to Adama field coordinator and technical supervisors.

Major Responsibilities:

• Conduct trainings on Gender Based Violence (GBV) response and prevention to government and non-government service providers based on field sites needs, requests and scheduling.
• Be seconded at government institution and provide technical support on GBV case management and counseling support.
• Support one stop center
• Support the implementation and monitoring and evaluation of project activities.
• Work on monthly and progress reports.
• Develop CWI communication materials (brochures, leaflets) as needed.
• Establish community groups and build their capacity on GBV response and prevention.
• Establish good partnership with different actors including schools and provide technical support.
• Conduct monthly BVA reviews and make appropriate recommendations to CWI Addis team as needed.
• Support in the update/establish of a functional GBV referral system, Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs), maintain good GBV coordination mechanism with other actors to ensure comprehensive response intervention, risk mitigation and GBV services provision at the target region.
• Support in prevention program activity design of effective community outreach and engagement strategies to strengthen the protective environment for women and girls and maximize the community impact including engaging men and boys.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation activities including in assessments and surveys.
• Assist with all aspects of project implementation in region and provide operational support (i.e., HR & Admin., Finance, Logistics) including facilitating procurement requests, following up on PR tracking, etc.
• Coordinate and organize CWI workshops and trainings including prepare TOR, facilitate procurement requests, and follow up on the timely implementation.
• Any other duties and responsibilities including field visits to other field offices that can be given by immediate and technical supervisors.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities that can be given by immediate and technical supervisors.