GBV Prevention Officer (Deadline: Oct 27, 2022)

Hello Hello! Alight is recruiting a 3 GBV Prevention Officers to be based at Afar & Amhara (Debrebirhan & Sekota). You’re interested in joining us? Welcome, we’re happy you’re here!

If you join us, you will find…

A team with deep experience in co-designing solutions that create new value around the world. We know we need to always be better, and we believe in the power and abundance of everyday people, everywhere, to change the world with us.

A culture of radical accountability to our customers –as we help build a meaningful life for and with the displaced, we ask them what they want and then deliver on it.

Alight (formerly American Refugee Committee) is an international non-profit organization with its headquarters located in the United States. Alight has provided humanitarian assistance to millions of beneficiaries in 29 countries over the past 40 years, currently reaching over 10 million refugees, IDPs, and disaster-affected communities in 17 countries around the world, helping people regain control of their lives after conflict and natural disasters. Alight maintains full-fledged humanitarian programs in Somalia, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Thailand, and Myanmar. Alight is currently in the process of responding to humanitarian situation in Ethiopia.

Alight focuses on lifesaving humanitarian interventions as well as recovery and resilience building programs designed to create lasting positive change in the lives of vulnerable people. Alight works closely with displaced persons, returnees, refugees and communities affected by natural and man-made disasters, providing a range of integrated assistance including primary and curative health care, water and sanitation, protection services, restoration of strategic health and water infrastructure, dignified housing for returning refugees, and sustainable job creation. Alight has also built strong relationships with development partners, agencies, as well as federal and local governments in order to approach challenges in an inclusive and holistic manner and come up with innovative solutions that best fits the local context.

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

The ALIGHT will implement an emergency program that encompasses protection through immediate assistance in the Amhara/Afar region. Under the direct supervision of the Protection Manager, The GBV prevention Officer will lead community mobilization and awareness-raising interventions to prevent incidents of GBV.  The GBV prevention Officer will work with the Psychosocial Counselor officer and other implementing partners and the Government to identify any protection concern(s) for women and girls in targeted woredas through discussions, meetings, and outreach campaigns and share with actors for appropriate actions on implementation in the IDP sites, ensure coordination with governmental actors and communication with the Addis Ababa protection team, and support project documentation and report writing.

MAJOR/KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the ALIGHT protection response team, community structures, and partners to identify causes and contributing factors for violence against women and girls in the targeted location.

• Engage community members and structures including Men, boys, women, and girls to design participatory strategies and actions to prevent GBV in the community.

• Mobilize and engage community members, structures, and partners in   prevention and response events in two targeted locations including discussions, training, etc;

• Coordinate with partners to integrate GBV prevention activities into their activities.

• Facilitate community events such as 16 Days of Activism to create awareness on the prevention of and response to GBV;

• Responsible for the overall implementation of GBV mitigation and prevention activity and working closely with community representatives and other protection actors to aware the community about GBV in the target woredas.

• Develop TOR for all prevention training activity.

• Provide different training for project staff, other implementing partners, and Government sectors on GBV basic concepts, guiding principles of GBV, and referral pathway of GBV.

• Organize and facilitates IASC guidelines training for integrating GBV in humanitarian action for service providers.

• Provide PSEA training for IMC GBV, and other sectors and implementing partners.

• Capacitate project community mobilizers through job training, coaching, and mentoring sessions.

• Involve in the hiring of community mobilizers with the ALIGHT HR team.

• Organize and conduct awareness sessions.

• Involve in the production of IEC/BCC material.

• Deliver and submit a regular project report and weekly update.
• Attend GBV meetings at targeted location level and represent ALIGHT.

• BSc degree in Social Work, Public health, Nursing, gender, preferred MS
• A trained community mobilizer in a reputable organization
• Background in GBV, Human Rights, and/or Protection.
• Experience in participatory techniques and community mobilization
• Experience in participatory techniques and community mobilization.
• Ability to lead, train, supervise, facilitate and motivate other
• GBV field workers in their respective tasks in a professional, respectful and supportive manner.
• Positive and professional attitude, able to organize, maintain composure and prioritize work under pressure, work overtime when needed and able to coordinate multiple tasks, and maintain attention to detail.
• Ability to work as a member of a team essential.
• Ability to communicate well in English as well as write clear and concise reports in English is plus.

Key Behaviors and Abilities:

• Excellent coordination and communication skills
• Should have good documentation and dissemination / presentation skills
• Should be able to live, work and travel in an insecure environment, following strict security guidelines at all times.
• Proven capacity to work in a quickly moving, unstable situation and work against targeted outputs with tight time frames and deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• High level of confidentiality and integrity.
• Experience of working under high pressure, in fast-paced environments.
• Strong service orientation with the ability to proactively approach staff to understand their needs and to find effective solutions.
• Strong organizational skills ability to handle multiple priorities in an autonomous manner.

Plus

• COVID-19 sensitivity
• Gender-sensitive
• Understanding of and commitment to the “Humanitarian principles”
• Understanding of and commitment to Alight code of conduct and organizational goals