Women's Protection & Empowerment Officer
Idlib
- Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
- Location: Idlib
- Grade:
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Occupational Groups:
- Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
- Closing Date:
Job Overview/Summary:
Under the supervision of the WPE Program Manager, the Women Protection and Empowerment Program Officer will manage and implement WPE project activities directly and in collaboration with local partners. The officer oversees daily operations, providing technical support to ensure high-quality delivery of WPE services. The WPE Officer ensures adherence to standard operational procedures and minimum WPE standards, effectively addressing the needs of vulnerable women and girls. The Officer is responsible for timely and accurate reporting on supervised projects.
Major Responsibilities:
Program Design, Planning, Implementing and Support
- Prepare and maintain/update detailed work plan(s) that support and achieve the overall grant timeline and completion date.
- Organize and deliver training for service providers and community leaders to ensure consistent, high-quality service provision.
- Contribute to integrated protection activities.
- Provide accurate information and submit regular quantitative and qualitative progress reports.
- Develop and regularly update activity implementation, spending, and procurement plans.Develop and implement tools for WPE assessments, including revising tools, directing WPE staff, and analyzing findings.
Staff management
- Support the provision of ongoing supervision, leadership, training and technical support and guidance to all program staff.
- Maintain professional relationships, promote team spirit, and provide guidance to enable staff success.
- Conduct regular and predictable high-quality meetings with each direct report, at least bi-weekly.
- Promote and monitor staff care and well-being, supporting interventions for identified staff care needs.
- Encourage staff career growth where appropriate.
- Adhere to IRC Global HR Policies and Procedures, exemplifying high compliance standards.
- Ensure timely completion and submission of monthly timesheets, probations reviews and annual performance reviews.
Project Monitoring and Evaluation
- Collaborate with the WPE Manager, MEAL team, and partners to implement safe, confidential data collection mechanisms.
- Support design and implementation of contextually appropriate monitoring and evaluation tools.
- Conduct monitoring visits to oversee the partner WPE projects, assessing achievements, identifying challenges, providing detailed reports, constructive feedback, and development plans.
- Maintain a systematic archiving/database to track activity progress and quality.
- Ensure timely, high-quality internal and external reporting.
Coordination & Representation
- Prepare presentations and instructional materials for WPE activities and trainings as needed.
- Facilitate timely information sharing regarding field-level challenges and needs.
- Represent IRC in internal and external forums, including protection and GBV sub-clusters.
- Contribute to developing referral mechanisms in collaboration with IRC teams, other NGOs, and relevant clusters.
- Minimum 2 - 4 years of experience in Women Protection and Empowerment or GBV programs.
- Bachelor Degree in humanities, social sciences, sociology, psychology, education, or related fields.
- Experience in INGO preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in WPE/GBV case management and psychosocial support.
- Proven skills in capacity building and training internal and external teams.
- Understanding of protection mainstreaming and best practices for integrating WPE interventions in humanitarian action.
- Strong report-writing skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
- Proven leadership, management, team-building, coaching, and staff development capabilities.
- Experience collaborating with local stakeholders and partners.
- Full proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Full professional competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
- A commitment to IRC’s mission, vision, values and IRC Way – Professional Code of Conduct.
- Credible written, presentation and verbal communication skills; ability to convey information effectively and solid experience providing training and staff development.
- Validated sense of professional discretion, integrity, and ability to handle complex situations diplomatically and to effective resolution.
- Excellent management and interpersonal skills and a solid ability to promote harmonious/cohesive teamwork, in a cross-cultural context.
- Validated ability to plan long-term, organize priorities and work under administrative and programmatic pressures with detail orientation and professional patience.
- Highly collaborative and resourceful; ability to establish positive working relationships with senior level management and all other partners to maximize cooperation and productivity.
- Curiosity, a desire to continually learn and develop is a must.
- Analytical ability in creating effective solutions to complex matters while adhering to labor laws and internal policies.
Language/Travel:
English and Arabic are required.
Travel: To field sites. as well as attending workshops and meetings.
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: WPE Manager
Directly Supervises: N/A
Indirect Reporting: Integration Protection Coordinator, IM Officer,
Other Contacts: Regular coordination with relevant IRC staff/departments.
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.
Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.