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Title:         WPE Assistant Prevention
Officer (5 Fresher Jobs)

Organization: International
Rescue Committee (IRC)

Duty Station: 
Uganda

Reports to: WPE
Prevention Officer

About US:

The International
Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by
conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. It
was created by Albert Einstein more than 80 years and has been working in
Uganda since 1998. It has particularly working in the conflict zones where tens
of thousands of people have been kills and over 1.6 million displaced.
Following a peace agreement in 2006, Ugandans are returning home and looking to
rebuild their lives. The IRC is there to protect women and children from
violence and exploitation by fostering a safe environment and encouraging
education, and is supporting farmers and small businesses, and helping
communities promote peace and long-term development.

Job Summary:  The WPE Assistant Prevention Officer (APO)
will lead the implementation of a GBV prevention strategy to support refugees
and host community women and girls living in Yumbe District, specifically in
BidiBidi Settlement. He/She will collaborate and guide the WPE volunteers,
conduct a range of outreaches and implement a set of adolescent and livelihood
interventions aimed to respond to the needs of adolescent girls and women.
Selected APOs will also partake in male engagement activities to further
involve men and boys in WPE programming and outreach efforts.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Design and monitor GBV prevention activities, ensuring these
  activities are informed by target beneficiaries and correspond to their priorities
  and safety.
• Conduct training and dialogues with WPE volunteers, Women
  committees, male & female community leaders, and key informants on the
  topics of GBV, women’s rights, gender equality in line with priorities
  identified by women and girls.
• Conduct outreach efforts to disseminate information on services
  available to women and girls and raise awareness with the Community
  Volunteers and the Women Committees.
• Support roll out of new initiatives e.g. EMAP, Girl Shine, and SASA!
  Etc. while tracking progress on implementation and engagement of targeted
  clients.
• Support capacity building and coordination activities by delivering
  training sessions to GBV service providers on GBV core concepts and
  guiding principles, safety audit and service mapping tools, reporting and
  advocacy skills, and community mobilization.
• Implement prevention and community-based advocacy initiatives based
  on identified needs and Safety Audit reports that reflect the voices of
  women and girls.
• Implement prevention programs and conduct dialogues with male
  community members.
• Facilitate Information Sessions (IS), Door-to Door outreaches, Focus
  Group Discussions (FDGs), Awareness Sessions (AS), and other sessions for
  women and girls at the Women Center and via mobile teams.
• Implement Adolescent Girls Programming including facilitation of the
  IRC adolescent girls curriculum and other planned activities, selection of
  target girls, relationship building with key gatekeepers and monitoring of
  activities.
• Work with WPE Social Workers to provide targeted psychosocial
  support to adolescent girls to promote the development of their social and
  economic assets and to better protect them from violence as they
  transition into adulthood.
• Work with families, caregivers and communities to support in building
  and strengthening a more protective environment for adolescent girls and
  by providing parenting skills trainings.
• Collaborate with finance and logistics to ensure program supplies
  and resources are available in a timely manner to support program implementation.
• Update and maintain work and spending plans that support the
  achievement of activities.
• Constantly monitor activity implementation, compile daily &
  weekly reports, and attend weekly staff meetings.
• Attend WPE and IRC meetings and trainings as needed and as requested
  by senior staff.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) WPE
  Assistant Prevention Officer job should hold a University degree in social
  sciences (i.e. sociology, psychology, gender studies, law, human rights,
  etc.).
• A minimum of two years of experience in working in the social
  sector, particularly working with refugee and IDP populations.
• Experience working in humanitarian responses targeting vulnerable
  women and girls.
• Experience conducting participatory trainings on women’s protection
  and empowerment.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills and ability to present
  ideas effectively, in both oral and written form.
• Ability to communicate sensitively and without judgment; good
  diplomatic and persuasion skills.
• Ability to use good judgment when making decisions and to take
  accountability for decisions made.
• Emotional maturity and stability to resolve conflicts in non-violent
  way and maintain appropriate boundaries.
• Good interpersonal skills including ability to gain trust and build
  relationships.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks; proven self-initiative and problem
  solving abilities.
• High standard of spoken and written English.

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 24^th May 2019

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