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Title:         Project Officer

Organization: Refugee
Law Project (RLP)

Duty Station:
Uganda

Reports to: Field
Office Coordinator

About US:

The Refugee Law
Project (RLP) is an outreach project of the School of Law, Makerere University.
Our Mission is to empower asylum seekers, refugees, deportees, IDPs and host
communities to enjoy their human rights and lead dignified lives. Refugee Law
Project’s work is currently structured in five thematic areas: Access to
Justice; Conflict, Transitional Justice & Governance (CTJ&G), Gender
& Sexuality; Mental Health & Psychosocial Wellbeing; and Media for Social
Change.

Job Summary:   The Project Officer provides directly and
indirectly a range of violence related screenings, psychosocial assessments,
diagnostic, therapeutic, and/or case management services for individuals,
groups, and/or families, as appropriate to clients.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Direct Client
support

• Plan and execute systematic screening of recently arrived refugees
  for experiences of violence and resultant medical/psychosocial/legal needs
• Provide psychosocial support, counseling, referrals and advice to
  clients exposed to sexual and gender based violence, trauma and torture
• Support in management of the emergency medical funds and coordinate
  the emergency medical referral to approved medical service providers and
  the home-based medical care scheme for persons unable to access public
  services (e.g. disabled, sexual minority clients)
• Conduct field visits and follow-up with clients in the different
  refugee settlements across the region
• Provide technical support to refugee support groups
• Plan, develop and implement client care and communication strategies
  including establishing close working ties with relevant partner
  organisations
• Support the legal team, as necessary, in provision of legal
  representation to refugee clients on cases involving sexual and
  gender-based violence.

Stakeholder
capacity building

• Facilitate in trainings, workshops, conferences and seminars on
  refugee related aspects
• Conduct trainings and information sessions organised by RLP and for
  RLP
• Participate in coordinating annual events related to project
• Participate in the planning and provision of training activities on
  other psychosocial issues

Research

• Undertake psychosocial and SGBV related social research with the bid
  to publish findings on identified issues among refugees and forced
  migrants
• Participate in data collection processes and activities through
  interviews and focus group discussions or using any other adopted data
  selection technique
• Identify and prepare research training materials and tools as
  necessary for the execution of specific research projects

Networking and
Advocacy

• Represent the organization at different fora that address forced
  migration issues related to gender and other cross-cutting issues such as
  HIV/AIDS and SRHR issues.
• Participate in advocacy on psychosocial issues;
• Advocate for the mainstreaming of a range of gender and sexuality
  issues in refugee protection and assistance programmes, such as sexual and
  gender minorities, sex workers/survival sex work; male survivors of sexual
  violence, etc.
• Consult with related professional and paraprofessional staff, as
  appropriate, in the performance of therapeutic and/or casework; refer
  clients to appropriate service agencies as required.
• Follow-ups to determine reliability and validity of treatment used;
  make recommendations regarding modification to services and service
  delivery
• Participate in the review of psychosocial issues and program
  policies and procedures
• Participate in, lead, and/or coordinate training sessions and
  workshops to enhance psychosocial skills of staff and/or client groups

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate for the Refugee Law Project (RLP) Project
  Officer job opportunity must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work,
  Psychology, Development Studies, Community Education or related human
  services field
• At least three years of proven and relevant work experience with
  vulnerable communities (e.g. community mobilisation, social work,
  counselling working with SGBV survivors, research in war-affected
  communities etc.)
• Experience of empirical research, data analysis, and evidence based
  reports and evidence based reports
• Has worked with an NGO or can understand the way NGO’s operate
• Practical and theoretical understanding of sexuality, sexual and
  gender based violence
• Excellent written and spoken English and communication skills
• Excellent networking and communication skills
• Good computer skills (standard office and PowerPoint software) are
  necessary
• Amicable interpersonal appearance and behavior
• Proactive and self-driven
• Comfortable working in environments with little basic infrastructure
• Ability to work under pressure; Team player and organized
  personality
• Result oriented and quick at implementing plans
• Analytical skills, self-motivation and ability to motivate others
  and high level of integrity
• Knowledge of any language spoken in refugee communities will be an
  added advantage

How to Apply:

All candidates who
wish to join the Refugee Law Project (RLP) in this capacity are encouraged to
send a motivation letter and curriculum vita in one file not exceeding 2MBs
electronically to: recruitment@refugeelawproject.org

NB: The
position applied for MUST be indicated in the subject line of the email. Copies
of certificates should not be attached, but will be requested for from
short-listed candidates only.

Deadline: 10^th May 2019

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