Gender & Protection Officer at FINDEF

Job Summary

The Gender & Protection Officer will be responsible for supporting and implementing the minimum measures for mainstreaming protection as outlined by the Humanitarian Principles, the SPHERE Standards and other Protection policies and guidelines. S/he will support the establishment and management of complaints and feedback mechanism desks. This role will support FINDEF’s operations in promoting and building a ‘Safe Organization’ and maintaining zero tolerance to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) of beneficiaries through awareness raising and beneficiary sensitization focusing on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) by staff and representatives as well as facilitating confidential reporting of safeguarding, protection, and SEA concerns/incidents through appropriate channels. The role will collaborate closely with other technical areas (especially Programs, HR, and MEAL) to help ensure our safeguarding practice in the communities we work in is robust. Also, s/he needs to communicate well and multi-task under tight deadlines, be a team player and a problem-solver.

Specific Responsibilities

• Build the capacity of all staff on Protection and Gender related issues, to enhance internal knowledge and expertise and provide qualitative delivery of activities with high protection standards and enhance protection sensitive approach within the targeted communities.
• Work closely with the project team and the beneficiaries to ensure activities are implemented in a gender sensitive manner.
• Ensure equal participation of women and men in the activities and ensure to have an appropriate complaint and feedback mechanism to collect the communities’ feedback in a gender sensitive manner and ensure that the programme includes these feedbacks throughout the project implementation.
• Maintain, monitor and measure GBV project implementation and contribute to effective information management on GBV survivors, adhering to the national guidance on case management of survivors and the SOPs.
• Support the implementation of the SGBV prevention and response by managing programme implementation and monitoring.
• Meet regularly with the program team to fine-tune programming, ensuring activities are implemented using a gendered lens.
• Assist in monitoring protection needs and service provision in field locations according to agreed upon guidelines, standards, and indicators.
• Support vulnerable individuals identified during project implementation according to FINDEF’s standards.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with local partner organizations, key government departments and any relevant local or international organization.
• Represent FINDEF at the monthly & quarterly gender-based violence and protection working groups hosted and share progress, challenges, and appropriate follow up plans.
• Ensure Do No Harm approach is applied in all activities conducted within the field and host communities.
• Keeping detailed, organized records of project information and documentation.
• Submit weekly and monthly work plans along with detailed activity reports to the Project Manager.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in women/gender studies, international human rights, law, sociology, social work, or any other relevant field;
• 3-5 years of relevant protection experience with a humanitarian/development organization;
• 2 years of project management and coordination experience;
• At least 1 year of experience working on livelihoods projects;
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, ethics, and respect for beneficiaries at all times.
• Ability to engage with community members, partners, government, and other stakeholders in a respectful manner (essential).
• A clear understanding of rights and protection issues including solid experience working with vulnerable communities;
• Awareness and demonstrable knowledge of how SGBV manifests in humanitarian settings and ability to describe context-specific prevention and response actions.
• Demonstrable knowledge of and experience in humanitarian emergency operations.
• Demonstrable knowledge of reproductive health issues and/or protection issues in humanitarian and recovery settings.
• Knowledge of the humanitarian reform process and roles/responsibilities of humanitarian actors.
• Experience working directly with survivors of SGBV using a survivor-centered approach is recommended.
• Fluency in English, Hausa and Fulfude – both written and verbal;
• Proven analytical and writing skills;
• High-level knowledge and practice with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.);
• Willingness and ability to frequently travel to and reside in remote areas where access to social services are limited.