Requisition ID: req51940
Job Title: Senior WPE Officer
Sector: Women Protection & Empowerment
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Al-Hassaka, Syria
Work Arrangement:
Deadline: 1-June-24
Job Description
Background/IRC Summary:
The Syria crisis is often described as the worst humanitarian catastrophe since the end of the Cold War. Today, 13.4 million people in Syria – more than half of the country’s population – need humanitarian assistance with needs increasingly being exacerbated by economic decline. Of these, 6.8 million are refugees and asylum-seekers who have fled the country. This is no short-term humanitarian episode. The devastating human consequences to huge numbers of people will endure for decades. The destruction of relationships, communities, livelihoods, homes, and infrastructure will take years to repair.
IRC is offering a robust humanitarian response to the Syria crisis a rapidly expanding portfolio, supported by more than 1000+ staff in Syria Country Program. IRC is undertaking programs in Syria and the neighboring countries of Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan in the fields of health, child protection, early childhood development, education, women’s protection, and empowerment, non-food items and food distribution, cash assistance, water and sanitation, protection and rule of law, and livelihood programming. Our work in these challenging settings gives rise to some of the most pressing issues facing contemporary humanitarian action, including questions of access, security, funding, and coordination.
Job Overview/Summary:
With direct management support from the Women’s Protection and Empowerment Manager and Senior Women’s Protection and Empowerment Manager, the WPE Senior Officer plays a key role in supporting field-level implementation of WPE Response and Prevention programming including overseeing IRC and/or partner-led WGSS activities, delivering WPE’s capacity development plan and priority donor deliverables in Alhol, Roj camp, Areesha camp Washokani camp, Serikani camp and in another assigned site at Hassakah. The WPE Senior Officer will also support the roll-out of IRC’s new and innovative program models such Women Rise and EMAP. The WPE Senior Officer is a roving position and will require regular weekly travel to field locations especially in Alhol at Hassakah. This position will oversee and support the day-to-day WPE activities in their designated sites in static centers and/or mobile locations.
Responsibilities:
Program management and implementation.
Monitoring and Reporting:
Coordination:
Staff Performance Management, Learning & Development
Other:
Qualifications
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
Language/Travel:
English and Arabic are required while being fluent in Kurdish is highly desired.
Travel: 70% to field sites in 60% as well as attending field, regional workshops and meetings.
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to:WPE Manager
Indirect Report to for technical guidance: Senior WPE Manager
Position directly supervises: WPE Officers and GBV Caseworkers
Position provides technical support and mentorship to: WPE Officers, GBV Caseworkers, Adolescent Girls Assistants, Community Mobilisers, Facilitators
Internal: Other WPE Senior Officers, WPE Admin and IM Officer
External: Other local and international actors, camp management
Professional Standards: IRC staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Global Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability and Equality. In accordance with these values, IRC operates and carries out policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-Workplace Harassment, Respect at Work Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
Returning National Candidates: We strongly encourage national or returning national candidates to apply for this position. If you are a citizen 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, the Middle East Region 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 strives to attract, motivate and retain qualified national staff in our programs.
Accountability to Clients: IRC staff must adhere to the commitment of contributing to the sustainability and development of its (CR) Client Responsiveness Mechanisms, preserving the culture of prioritizing the needs of our clients and affected communities by systematically listening to their perspectives and using their feedback to make programmatic decisions and give them greater influence over program design and delivery.
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 parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.
Diversity and Inclusion: at IRC MENA, we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Organizations that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, nationality, and perspective are validated to be better organizations. More importantly, creating a safe workspace environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best is the right thing to do. So, bring your whole self to work.
IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. In keeping with our core values of Integrity, Service, Accountability and Equality, IRC strives to maintain a work environment built on mutual respect in which all individuals treat each other professionally, and free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of IRC Persons in any work setting. All IRC staff, wherever they are located, are accountable for creating an environment free of discrimination, harassment, bullying, and retaliation.
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