Protection / GBV Officer at Women in the New Nigeria (WINN)

Job Description

• The Protection/GBV Officer is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of Protection/GBV activities to ensure quality implementation including Adolescent safe space, community prevention activities, training on topics such as psychological first aid, and gender-based violence (GBV), and the validation of referral pathways and supporting the Women and Girls Safe Space (WGSS) activities, GBV case management, across project locations.
• The Protection/GBV Officer will provide technical support to WINN and advise on gender and protection mainstreaming and best practices as well as program development.
• The Protection/GBV Officer will work closely with other officers under the supervision of the Senior Protection Officer, Program manager, and support staff (including finance, operations, and administration) to ensure that activities are implemented according to schedule, budget, and required quality.
• The position includes the daily management of field staff.
• The Protection/GBV Officer reports directly to the Senior Protection Officer and will work closely with the Program Manager and other department heads.

Essential Job Responsibilities
Strategy & Vision:

• Oversee the implementation of protection activities and ensure adequate gender mainstreaming across program field locations.
• Develop protection strategy, harmonize activity work plans, and manage all field activity implementation related to protection/GBV.
• Ensure that program implementation mainstreams protection in coordination with other sectors in line with best practices.
• Ensure that beneficiaries/participants are effectively targeted according to vulnerability criteria.
• Lead where necessary community meetings to identify gender-related priorities and protection concerns.
• Establish and maintain effective program reporting, and monitoring and evaluation systems (to track, analyze and report on results) for both internal and external use.
• Integrate community approaches, protection mainstreaming, gender sensitivity and capacity building into all activities as appropriate.
• Ensure the program filing system is in place, adheres to internal and donor regulations and filing is regularly maintained.
• Adhere to all WINN policies related to security, operations, and transport/ logistics information related to programming.
• Provide weekly field reports, capturing activities progress, lessons learned, success stories on the project as well as general situation and community updates and needs.
• Report on any problems encountered in the field such as project participant complaints, local authority interference, and security threats to WINN staff and activities.
• Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to WINN and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission.
• Perform other related special projects and duties as determined and assigned by the supervisor.

Program Management:

• Support the program manager in developing new programs and overseeing ongoing program management and administration of teams across various field locations as assigned.
• Ensure that program implementation is responsive to communities and consistent with WINN’ relevant program guidelines, principles, values, quality standards and strategic plan.
• Undertakes regular (daily, weekly, bi-weekly) field monitoring visits to assess progress and identify technical quality and/or other implementation issues, flag these to suoervisors, provide solutions and implement modifications as required.
• Guides and support implementation of all project activities (including, PSS, Skills acquisition, age-appropriate engagement, prevention, and risk mitigation), providing affirming feedback, highlighting strengths and weaknesses, and make recommendations for improvement.
• Ensure that program implementation mainstreams protection in coordination with other sectors in line with best practices.
• Develop program implementation strategies, including sub-sector coordination, beneficiary targeting and distribution process as well as psychosocial and capacity building of staff.
• Integrate community approaches, gender sensitivity and capacity building into all activities as appropriate.
• Ensure program implementation is on time, target, and budget, using effective M&E systems to reach desired impacts.
• Create and maintain systems ensuring effective and transparent use of financial resources for timely and informative reporting in line with partner policies and procedures.
• Ensure all interventions adhere to WINN’s Gender Policy, Do No Harm principles, and beneficiary accountability standards.

Team Management:

• Develop the capacity of the team, deepen understanding of their roles and assist with career development.
• Providing technical assistance to the field staff, by designing and rolling out capacity building activities and training on all GBV/protection, ensuring on the job coaching and mentoring.
• Under the supervision of SPO with staff and partners to assess training needs and develop a training and capacity development plan to ensure successful transfer of skills, knowledge, and attitudes to improve GBV responses and prevention.
• Promote accountability, communicate expectations, and provide constructive feedback informally and formally via regular one on ones and performance reviews.
• Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.

Influence:

• Identify, build, and manage collaborative partnerships with consortium partners, technical partner, local governments, and other stakeholders.
• Communicate effectively to ensure overall project targets and project obligations are met.

Security:

• Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership.
• Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• S/he will supervise Protection Field Monitors, Community Volunteers and Mobilizers

Accountability:

• Reports directly to: Senior Protection Officer
• Works directly with: Program Manager, Finance, MEL, and Operation Teams, partner staff.

Knowledge and Experience

• BA/Sc. in relevant field required.
• 5 years of experience working on the development, implementation, administration and compliance of a field-based international development or humanitarian program; general gender and protection mainstreaming experience & knowledge required.
• Experience with conducting gender analysis, protection assessments, monitoring and evaluation and other learning efforts required.
• Demonstrated strengths in analytical skills, monitoring and evaluation, and report writing.
• Strong interpersonal, intercultural and communication skills
• Excellent oral and written skills and computer skills
• Fluency in Englis, Kanuri and Hausa is required.