IFRC recruits 01 Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI) Coordinator
Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI) Coordinator
Closing date (Geneva time zone):22-05-2019
Duty station:Beira
Country:MOZAMBIQUE
Duty station status: Non Family Duty Station
Accompanied status: Non-Accompanied
Duration:6 Months
Category of Staff: Delegate
Grade: To be determined
Vacancy No:IFRC03039
Background
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with 190 member National Societies. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, our work is guided by seven fundamental principles; humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.
Organizational Context
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC or “the Federation”) is the World’s largest volunteer-based humanitarian network. The Federation is a membership organization established by and comprised of its member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Along with National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Federation is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The overall aim of the IFRC is” to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.” It works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises. The Federation is served by a Secretariat based in Geneva, with regional and country offices throughout the world. The Secretariat is led by the IFRC Secretary General and provides the central capacity of the International Federation to serve, connect, and represent National Societies. Due to the nature of emergency response operations, this role profile is an outline of the likely responsibilities applicable to Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI) Coordinator deployed in an IFRC co-ordinated operation. The role profile is complementary to and should be read in conjunction with the specific tasks elaborated in the Deployment Order / Terms of Reference.
Job Purpose
The Protection Gender and Inclusion (PGI) Coordinator will provide strategic advice and guidance to others within a defined scope. The PGI Coordinator ensures that humanitarian assistance promotes the dignity, access, participation, and safety of all girls, boys, women and men based on their different needs, capacities and vulnerabilities, and without discrimination based on age, gender, disability, religious, race, or legal status. In addition, the PGI Coordinator will support National Society and IFRC operations teams to enhance the impact, reach and efficiency of emergency response operations through the integration and coordination of PGI activities and approaches. This includes PGI mainstreaming, advocacy, programme design, staff support and training, and strengthening community relationships. The PGI coordinator ensures there is operational capacity to identify protection risks including child protection and sexual and gender-based violence and take action to prevent, mitigate and respond to violence, exploitation and abuse, including appropriate reporting and referral mechanisms
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Act as a technical resource to the operations team.
Advise needs assessment efforts to ensure that
Information gathering activities are conducted and documented safely and confidentially
Sex-age disability-disaggregated data is used to inform the response
Work with sector leads to ensure the specific needs, vulnerabilities and capacities of the affected population (including gender, age, disability, health, legal and social status) inform the design and implementation of relief and recovery programs, including emergency appeal and plans of action.
Design strategies and programmes in line with assessment findings and tailored to reach the specific needs of a particular group or groups (ie disability support, SGBV response, child protection) whilst integrating effectively with other sectors and existing capacities.
Work with sector leads to ensure that all programmes and operations in the response are implemented in accordance with the Red Cross and Red Crescents Minimum Standards for Protection, Gender and Inclusion in Emergencies and the response promotes the dignity, access, participation and safety of women, men, girls and boys.
Design and deliver capacity building activities for Red Cross Red Crescent staff, volunteers and community members: build understanding and ownership of PGI, support the implementation of the PGI Minimum Standards, reduce PGI risks in the operational environment, and build sustainable local capacity.
Coordinate with protection and gender inter-agency fora and engage in dialogue with local actors to ensure that PGI risks are addressed.
Support the development of appropriate incident management, reporting and case management systems and referral pathways for the operations team to prevent, mitigate and respond to violence, exploitation and abuse. Where necessary, act as a technical advisor for the management of incident reports. Work with Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) colleagues and the protection cluster to harmonise approaches to complaints hotlines and other mechanisms.
Work with broader Red Cross and Red Crescent (RCRC) operation to ensure there are sufficient safe spaces for more vulnerable individuals and groups in the population such as children and older persons; particularly in operations where temporary settlements and evacuation centres are a key component.
Monitor and report upon the changing operational context and the protection risks ensuring that prevention, mitigation and response activities are targeted and adapted to the changing context, risks and needs. Contribute this information to sectoral leads and operations coordinators, needs assessments and operational plans, humanitarian diplomacy efforts, communication materials, community engagement and accountability and donor reporting.
Advocate for PGI issues with key stakeholders internal and external to the RCRC to ensure appropriate awareness of PGI issues, their ramifications and how RCRC teams are responding to PGI risks and needs.
Work with Community Engagement & Accountability (CEA) colleagues to analyse and utilise community practices, groups and information sharing methods. Help design effective information dissemination tools, reporting systems and ensure a safe approach to community communications by the broader operations team that encourages community feedback and sharing of information.
Education
Academic qualification or equivalent professional training in community development, social work, legal and human rights, social science, public health or other related field.
Experience
5 years of experience in a PGI related role
Previous experience in an advisory role in an emergency response setting
Demonstrated experience in applying humanitarian protection/gender/accessibility standards and guidelines in a range of contexts.
Experience in developing and delivering training courses.
Knowledge, skills and languages
Broad understanding of PGI issues in emergencies contexts
Strong ability to incorporate PGI related systems and processes into operations and programmes, taking into account the context and low resource environments
Excellent communication and listening skills
Strong skills in assessment and analysis
Culturally competent with excellent ability to work effectively as part of multicultural teams and engage in a respectful, considerate manner with local staff and communities.
Extremely flexible and adaptable, at ease in ambiguous high intensity emergency environments.
Languages
Fluently spoken and written English
Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic)
Competencies and values
Advocacy
Awareness Raising
Information security
Sexual and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response
Prevention and Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Humanitarian Diplomacy
Comments
The Federation is an equal opportunity employer.