Protection Assistant – GBV Prevention (Re-advertisement)(Dadaab) at Danish Refugee Council

Overall purpose of the role: The purpose of this post is to provide day to day management of Protection/GBV prevention activities and other related activities in IFO and Dagahaley Camps in Dadaab. In collaboration with the Protection Officer- GBV, s/he will undertake all prevention related activities that may include among others; trainings and capacity building, awareness raising and outreach sessions, mentorship and life skills sessions with in and out of school adolescents and youths; Open forums with opinion leaders and community structures, focus group discussions, implementation of community based behavioral interventions i.e SASA and EMAP etc. S/he will work and liaise closely with GBV Officer, Lead Psychosocial Counselor and Assistant psychosocial counsellors on documentation of programme activities as per the donor requirements.

Responsibilities: R1. Project Implementation

•  Mobilize community to participate in GBV prevention activities in the refugee camps.
•  Participate in meetings with community leaders, GBV support groups and other stakeholders.
•  Develop innovative and sustainable GBV implementation strategies closely monitoring behavior change and regularly monitor existing strategies on SGBV.
•  Referring all SGBV related cases to the response team for management.
•  Organizing and conducting training sessions for incentive workers, community groups like mentors, SASA activists and EMAP champions; identified community and agency staff on SGBV/human rights issues.
•  Conduct daily supervision, guidance, mentorship and supervision of community workers with bi annual performance review to ensure effective implementation.
•  Conduct regular formal and on-job training and mentorship to the team with other related topics to enhance professionalism.
•  Conduct sensitization, dialogue sessions with the wider population on ways to prevent & stop SGBV.
•  Facilitate formation of support groups to enhance community engagement & ownership on GBV Prevention work.
•  Identify and strengthen Community structures through engaging community leaders, camp management and other stakeholders to ensure that the survivors receive adequate support at the community level.
•  Disseminate relevant information i.e. feedback, assessment findings, SGBV trends etc during Community forums and meetings.

Coordination and networking

•  Maintain and strengthen existing networks through other service providers at the camp level, to ensure that survivors receive quality services and support both at the agency levels.
•  Actively participate in scheduled meetings such as GBV inter-agency Coordination meetings.
•  Identify new networks to work with to ensure GBV is prevented.
•  Work in close collaboration with the response team to ensure ongoing needs of at-risk groups, women and girls are being met in the prevention related activities.
•  Strengthen existing referral systems and networks of psychosocial service providers
•  In collaboration with other partners, design prevention activities/interventions within the refugee and host community.
•  Participate in conducting trainings for partners on relevant organizational development areas and support peer learning between DRC and other partner agencies.

Monitoring and evaluation

•  Draft and share quality weekly, monthly, quarterly SitRep and annual reports backed with photos while maintaining DRC visibility and beneficiary protection principles.
•  Use appropriate data collection tools and submit assessments and reports in a timely and accurate manner.
•  Document 1 human interest story/best practice per quarter as part of the report and donor reporting
•  Ensure Core Humanitarian Standards are mainstreamed in the day to day project implementation.
•  Attend relevant training forums relevant to the job.
•  Conduct any other related activities as deemed necessary by the supervisor.

Experience and technical competencies:

•  Minimum of 2 years of work experience within the field of protection, sexual and gender-based violence programming, social work, psychology or programming background
•  Experience working communities within the refugee camp set up and people from diverse background and cultures;.
•  Experience in implementing behavior change communication and community mobilization strategies such as SASA! EMAP, Community Based Protection and others
•  Clear understanding of Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS);
•  Experience with capacity building of staff, and in convening and facilitating trainings and workshops
•  Excellent analytical and report writing skills (English)

Education:

•  A Bachelor's degree in relevant field (Social Science, Social Work, Psychology, Project management and development, Gender and Development)
•  Fluency in written and spoken English essential
•  Training on GBViE, PSEA, SASA/EMAP (EBIs) will be an added advantage

Languages:

•  Fluency in Somali language is a MUST
•  English
•  Kiswahili