GBV Assistant at Multi Aid and Charity Initiative

Qualification    BA/BSc/HND

Experience       2 years

 Job Summary

The Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Assistant will support the GBV Officer to develop quality and timely assistance for the most vulnerable cases; it involves assessing beneficiaries’ identification, supervision of volunteers, and case management. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Work in collaboration with GBV Officer to undertake assessments of clients registered for MHPSS services,
• In accordance with the best-practice and international standards in GBV (Gender-Based Violence) response, provide direct, high-quality, and evidence-based psychosocial support for vulnerable persons of concern and particularly GBV survivors,
• Conducting the MHPSS-Protection Screening form in the field office,
• Ensure age-appropriate and tailored recreational and skill-building activities for women and girls in safe and easily accessible spaces,
• Ensure circulating information between service providers on a local level on MHPSS services of MACI, operation protocols, and vulnerability criteria of cases,
• Support mapping of local service providers & support the development of memorandums of understanding,
• Provide group counseling on GBV and relevant topics in the field office,
• Support case referrals between agencies as needed, follow up the case and close the procedure of the cases.
• Ensure accurate data entry of all cases received,
• Prepare an intervention plan including care plan and case summaries for cases following detailed assessment,
• Identify individual protection cases and case follow up until cases can be considered to be closed,
• Work with identified individuals and families to develop and implement action plans in accordance with their needs, capacities and goals,
• Record and make data entry for the assessment care plan follow up information in the database in a timely manner,
• Accompany cases in the referral places and do necessary home visit, if necessary.
• File and store GBV data in compliance with the basic required procedures of MACI Filing System,
• Compile information and report on achievements. Report internally to the Protection Officer on weekly and monthly achievements,

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• At least 2 years of relevant professional humanitarian experience with a humanitarian aid organization with focus on psychosocial, community services and protection,
• Good knowledge and practice of Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.,
• Exceptional command (written and spoken) of English. Kanuri and Hausa
• Understanding rights and protection issues of children and women is an advantage,
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, working with different groups, partners and nationalities,
• Strong initiative and self-motivated, with a strong commitment to teamwork and humanitarian principles,
• Flexible, enthusiastic and willingness to learn from others,
• Ability to multitask and cope with competing demands under tight deadlines,
• Ability to cope with high workload and stress and identify priority activities and assignments, and adjust priorities as required,
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environment,

• Experience working with Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) survivors, experience working with case management,
• Flexible and responsive.

Language Skills:

Fluent in English, Kanuri and Hausa.

Required Competencies and Values

• Inclusion & respect for diversity
•  Integrity & transparency
• Professionalism

Core Competencies

•  Accountability
•  Communication
•  Managing and sharing knowledge
•  Teamwork
•  Delivering results