Gender Based Violence (GBV) / MHPSS Officer at Green Concern for Development

Description

• Lead and manage the team and its partners towards the efficient and effective delivery of agreed outputs, outcomes and impacts ensuring full donor satisfaction for the GCD/CBM-TDZ project.
• The GBV/MHPSS Officer will be responsible for implementing and managing gender-based violence prevention and response activities within the project.
• The GBV/MHPSS officer will work closely with GBV Caseworkers to provide support to survivors, communities, and stakeholders across project locations.

Responsibilities
Project Management:

• Implementation of the activities according to the logical framework: counselling, identifying GBV cases, creating links with similar organizations and partners working on MHPSS, training, IEC tools etc.
• Assess SGBV needs, their personal situation and, strengths in order to develop plans to improve their well-being.
• Determines the state of well-being of the SGBV situation by interviewing the client; assessing psychological, emotional, and social information; and making on-site visits.
• Coaches and supervises peer educators in their community-based activities (lay counselling &support group sessions) at project sites in coordination with Community workers.
• Supports the GREENCODE/CBM psychosocial activities e.g. individual counselling, group counselling sessions or support groups for special needs e.g. PLHIV or GBV survivors, risk reduction s
• Organizes, facilitates and conduct specific trainings on GBV issues/MHPSS for Caseworkers according to their needs.
• Maintains records of cases by documenting the beneficiaries' situation and own actions, adhering to data protection regulations.
• Monitors planned actions through regular follow-up.
• Contributes to the team effort by accomplishing interrelated results as needed.
• Follows up with beneficiaries to ensure that their situations and well-being have progressed.
• Submission of monthly report

Partnership Development:

• Maintain and strengthen partnerships with implementing partners.
• Support the Project Manager/National Coordinator in networking with key stakeholders working in the project districts.
• Support the National Coordinator in building project staff capacity in program management.

Advocacy:

• Participate in GREENCODE profile-raising activities including the ‘International Days Celebration’.
• Assist partners and involve them in conducting workshops and conferences.
• Represent GREENCODE at conferences and workshops and support the PM in raising the organizational profile.

Financial & Resource Management:

• Work closely with the Finance & Support Services department to help prepare and monitor expenditures.
• Ensure that project activities align with GREENCODE/donor policies.

Requirements

• University degree in a relevant field
• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience working in the same role or related role in the humanitarian or development sector in NGO or INNGO
• Experience in coaching, training, and facilitation
• Demonstrated track record of proposal writing and project implementation.
• Experience in managing teams.
• Experience with key donor-funded and grant principles.

Skills and Competencies:

• Report writing.
• Problem solving.
• Analytical.
• Social mobilization.
• Knowledge of database management and good command over MS Office.
• Good understanding of working with project budgets, forecasts, and reports.
• Good communication skills (both oral and written).
• Proficient in both verbal and written English.

Key Behaviours:

• Interpersonal and intercultural sensitivity.
• Social and receptive (active listener).
• High degree of integrity.
• Ability to work independently and as a part of the team, as the situation dictates.
• Proactive and ready to take initiative.
• Ability to assimilate and handle a wide range of information efficiently and effectively.
• High level of stress tolerance and ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision.
• Willingness to undertake extensive field trips within the Maiduguri working area.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within GREENCODE and amongst beneficiaries served by GREENCODE.

Compliance & Ethics:

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout GREENCODE.
• As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of GREENCODE and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.