Job Openings at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Purpose/objective of the position:

Coordinate with partners and other stakeholders in the implementation of livelihood programming through supporting market systems development (MSD), improved production practices for farmers’ associations, cash transfer programming (CTP) and savings and loans groups (SLG) while developing the social cohesion between members of the target communities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Economic Recovery Team Leader, the holder of this position shall perform the following duties:

Supporting SME Development, CTP and Agricultural Inputs Distributions and Farming Skills Training using Market Systems Development (MSD) Approach

• Work with Government and Community Resilience Groups (CRGs) to screen, select and verify beneficiaries in the target communities.
• Provide livelihood guidance, on an individual, group or association basis, to increase beneficiaries’ awareness of different business options based on market assessment and beneficiary interests.
• Provide information to beneficiaries about livelihoods and business development opportunities.
• Organize small business training and business planning activities with beneficiaries
• Provide information to the beneficiaries on skills training, market opportunities, and small enterprise creation.
• Train, coach and mentor farmers on improved agricultural (livestock and crop) production practices
• Facilitate the implementation of Cash Transfer Programmes (CTP) at ward level; Unconditional/Conditional Cash Grants and Cash for Work
• Work with line manager to plan for agricultural inputs distributions using MSD approach and ensuring distributed inputs accountability.
• Linking bulk agriculture produce buyers with farmers’ associations and input sellers with farmers.
• Work closely with Ministry of Agriculture Extension workers in facilitating crop farming/poultry production training for beneficiaries.
• Support the organization of training and other events related to the project.
• Establish linkages to vocational learning institutions and refer beneficiaries to selected marketable courses of their interest.
• Provide administrative support if required.
• Submit weekly reports and contribute to compilation of the monthly report and submit to line manager.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordination of LGA and Ward level stakeholders in consultation with line manager.
• Ensure that protocol is followed through stakeholder consultation at all stages of project implementation.

Social Cohesion Programming

• Assess the relevance of potential intercommunal dialogue activities linked to livelihoods to improve the dialogue and cooperation between these fields (e.g. joint workshops, peer-to-peer activities, language exchanges, etc.).
• Select beneficiaries who will participate in the activities through youth empowerment and social safety-net planning in coordination with AVR teams.
• Maintain Excel tracking sheet to ensure that data are collected on a timely basis.
• Contribute to regular reporting on achievements and challenges related to the project as requested by the Livelihoods Officer.

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Work closely with the monitoring team and the Livelihood Officer on the timely monitoring and evaluation of all components – information, beneficiary selection, beneficiary feedback about activities, etc.
• Facilitate the qualitative and quantitative monitoring of the project through team meetings, visits to selected beneficiaries, regular reporting and any other monitoring tools.
• Participate in the internal evaluation of the program.

The responsibilities listed in the JD are not exhaustive and may be readjusted according to operational needs but will remain in line with the overall purpose of the role.

Education and professional experience:

• University degree or advanced training/ course in Agriculture, Business Administration, Sociology, Social Work, International Affairs, Humanitarian or related field
• Experience in livelihood programming and training.
• An understanding of humanitarian/civil society issues in the country and the region.
• 1-2 years working experience, in the field of business is required

Competencies: (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• Computer literacy (Word, Excel)
• Respect and a non-discriminatory attitude
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good reporting skills
• Ability to show empathy
• Ability to work under pressure
• Fluency in Hausa, Kanuri, and any other spoken languages spoken in Borno State (written and spoken)
• Working knowledge in English (written and spoken)

General Regulations

• The employee shall follow DRC instructions on safety, confidentiality, and ethical guidelines, including the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Accountability Framework.
• Employee should not engage in any other paid activity during the DRC contract period without prior authorization.
• Employee should not engage in any activity that could harm DRC or the implementation of any project during the DRC contract period.
• Employee should not give interviews to the media or publish project-related photos or other material without prior authorization.
• Employee shall return all borrowed equipment for the project to DRC after the end of the contract period or upon request.

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Purpose/objective of the position:

The CCCM/ Site Management Assistant is responsible for IDP hosting site management, local stakeholder, information management, and assisting other DRC field teams with project implementation. This is a field-based position and may require spending extended periods of time in the field.

Duties and Responsibilities:

CCCM/ SMC Implementation

• Regular visits to the Site Management and protection targeted sites each week as per agreed plan in consultation with supervisor and share site report.
• Facilitate CCCM trainings including government/local authorities on CCCM/ SMC
• Support in the creation and strengthening of Site Management Committees (SMCs); build capacity of SMC members through coaching on CCCM principles and practice and reinforce adherence to the TOR and Code of Conduct
• Ensure regular contact (visits and phone calls) and collect information and updates from SMC and IDP representatives and share with relevant line managers
• Assist in identifying needs, service gaps and duplications in all targeted sites, and report such issues through Cluster reporting tools and flag for action through appropriate coordination channels
• Facilitate site-level meetings with SMCs and other stakeholders such as humanitarian actors and government officials to discuss needs, issues, and gaps
• Attend all relevant SMS coordination meetings, representing DRC, as well as attend meetings with various stakeholders, including clusters, local authorities and IDPs as requested.
• Provide accurate and timely information for drafting the weekly SMS reports and other updates.
• Support in efforts to disseminate information to IDP populations
• Help conduct site verification, detailed site assessments, safety audits, and eviction risk mapping by providing information and collecting data as requested.
• Follow and uphold humanitarian principles and centrality of protection at all times.
• Excellent liaison with other Site Team Members, ensuring consistency and coordination of activities in the site.
• Any other tasks as requested by SMS Coordinator.

Site Management Coordination and Representation:

• Represent DRC with communities, local authorities, site partners, and other stakeholders
• Build and maintain mutually respectful relationships with site management, service providers, local authorities, IDP community members as well as host community members
• Foster collaborative relationships with local authorities to facilitate implementation of activities
• Attend and facilitate meetings with stakeholders, such as local authorities, Clusters, NGOs, INGOs, UN and IDPs, including translation of meeting proceedings and provision of meeting minutes.

Community participation and representation:

• Establish, support and aid in the design of site management committees, recognizing influence of ‘Camp Leaders’ in Nigeria context
• Support representative committees and community groups, ensuring Inclusion is main factor in composition and any community-based targeting
• Supporting and promoting participation of women, youth, people with specific needs and marginalized groups in camp governance mechanisms and CCCM Activities.

Information Management:

• Establish, maintain, and actively utilize networks of key informants at IDP sites
• Ensure the timely registration of new IDPs, including identification of protection related needs
• Support in the drafting of weekly situation reports and provide other relevant information on site conditions and services
• Provide, document, and track timely referrals and service requests to key partners
• Update public information boards with site management and partner information. Ensure that the information on the boards are accessible to everybody, include non-literate populations.

The responsibilities listed in the JD are not exhaustive and may be readjusted according to operational needs but will remain in line with the overall purpose of the role.

Education and professional experience:

• Diploma in social or political sciences, engineering, urban planning or relevant discipline
• Minimum two years of experience in international and/or local NGO; ideally involved in the direct implementation and supervision of field level humanitarian assistance to IDPs
• Significant professional knowledge of SMS/SMC strategies, policies, and modalities.
• Strong conceptual understanding of gender, protection, human rights and humanitarian principles
• Proven leadership skills and related experience in building, establishing, and negotiating relationships and social networks with various stakeholders at the community, local, and national levels
• Strong representation, negotiation, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Strong team spirit and ability to work comfortably in multi-cultural contexts
• Ability to spend extended periods of time in field conditions
• Ability to come up with innovative solutions to unexpected and challenging problems

Competencies: (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• Computer literacy (Word, Excel)
• Respect and a non-discriminatory attitude
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good reporting skills
• Ability to show empathy
• Ability to work under pressure
• Fluency in Hausa, Kanuri, and any other spoken languages spoken in Sokoto State (written and spoken)
• Working knowledge of English (written and spoken)

General Regulations

• The employee shall follow DRC instructions on safety, confidentiality, and ethical guidelines, including the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Accountability Framework.
• Employee should not engage in any other paid activity during the DRC contract period without prior authorization.
• Employee should not engage in any activity that could harm DRC or the implementation of any project during the DRC contract period.
• Employee should not give interviews to the media or publish project-related photos or other material without prior authorization.
• Employee shall return all borrowed equipment for the project to DRC after the end of the contract period or upon request. 

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This position will support the PSS team in putting in place curricula/adjusting tools and SOPs and conducting supervision and coaching visits to PSS TL and partners. He/She will support technical working group related to MHPSS in NE/NW and will advise local partners on their implementation of MHPSS activities. He/She will also support CM teams in and collaborate with the CM/GBV Specialist to distinguish the two forms of case management and advise partners when/how to refer cases from CM to MHPSS. He/She will also support any technical working groups related to PSS/CP Coordination fora at national and area level in the Northeast and Northwest. Will need to explore curricula to support youth/elderlies and people with disability. Will be the focal point for the disability working group /MHPSS WG. The PSS Specialist will advise on programme design and implementation, innovative approaches, staff training and capacity building, with the aim of building a cohesive, well-coordinated and high-quality protection work in their area of specialization across multiple locations.

The PSS Specialist will rove across all states and LGA covered by DRC programming and into partners’ location to deliver the various trainings and seminars and will ensure to visit some of the safe spaces/home visits conducted by DRC local partners and will advise on curricula to be used for different types of PSS/ conduct PFA for further referrals and support standardization of some MHPSS awareness sessions. He/She will also ensure to deliver trainings on minimum standards SOPs on MHPSS as per DRC guidelines and will deliver training on how to use some key MHPSS tools to the partners. He/She will use supervision and coaching to give advice to partners staff and organize a few trainings and workshops on the PSS situation in Sokoto/Zamfara/Borno in particular on targeted communities. He/She will help complementing the questionnaires for protection analysis to highlight the situation and coordinate with the partners on MHPSS service mapping in Northern Nigeria for further referrals and shifting some traditional practices by ensuring further dialogues with more traditional leaders (religious, traditional healers and others) and ensuring accountability. He/She is also the lead of PSS accountability.

Within the scope of DRC’s Protection projects, as the successful post holder, you will play a crucial role in development of the PSS tools for DRC Nigeria, contributing to technical development, strategic direction, and quality assurance of key modalities: ensuring to help the roll out of the PSS SOPs, working closely with Case Management Specialist for developing SOPs for the pilot of general protection case management, trainings PSS team, and contributing to giving local protection partners guidance on setting up PSS especially mixed with the graduation approach and the social safety nets. The PSS Specialist is expected to actively participate in contextualization of PSS documents developed in Nigeria including SOPs and trainings as well as development of further PSS related technical documents, trainings on SOPs and guidelines including different scopes of the implementation from planning to information management according to the standards of data protection. In addition to that, s/he will ensure the implementation of PSS services are well aligned with the PSS WG in country and at area level in the North of Nigeria and work closely with Borno protection team leader and country level protection manager with a great understanding of the identified needs and risks in the area.

DRC is therefore seeking an experienced, analytical, results-oriented colleague to support efforts to standardized guidance on different PSS approaches, ensuring incorporation of PSS tools/guidelines in accordance to global PSS strategies, engaging DRC Nigeria to have standardized toolkits on PSS for onboarding new staff, defining tools for differing contexts, and facilitating a structured roll out with PSS Teams and Protection Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The PSS Specialist oversees the technical support and consistent follow-up (quality assurance) of DRC’s PSS activities, including direct service provision and reinforcing referral pathways. This involves coaching and supervising PSS team members etc where applicable. Oversees the development and adaptation of technical material aiming to build the capacity of the DRC staff and partners through face-to-face or remote training and coaching and uses supervision and coaching tools to give advice and visit different safe spaces to ensure compliance with the standards. He/She will also carry field visits and develop questionnaires to understand the psychosocial needs of the population and give clear recommendations and contribute to both PSS at field level in safe spaces/through mobile teams and PSS at home with the most vulnerable families.

Job Purpose

What you will do

• Supporting the Protection Manager (CO level) in the development of protection PSS strategies and implementation plans in participating in providing strategic advice, technical support and capacity building support to designated Area Offices on PSS and setting up case management.
• Develop trainings/tools to be used in the future and assess current ones and organize trainings to field teams in PSS
• Work in close collaboration with PSS and country level Protection Manager to contribute to innovation and development of PSS approaches, including piloting and learning from experiences for further sharing learning/experiences
• Creation of a learning agenda for operationalization PSS SOPs and support DRC Nigeria to set up PSS practices and curricula to align with global toolkits and DRC Global strategies/tools
• Contribute to development and delivery of induction and training provision of Adamawa/Borno/Sokoto/Zamfara DRC and partners staff in relation to PSS.  Will provide some technical supervision to technical staff in Area Offices of DRC Nigeria in safe spaces for spotchecks/supervision/coaching and of protection local partners of DRC.
• Identification, development and maintenance of relationships with relevant stakeholders of PSS in different areas offices
• Support DRC Nigeria collaboration on further developing and piloting PSS M&E systems and setting up CM/PSS platforms and close collaboration with the PIM and CM/GBV specialist on dashboards to use etc
• Revise existing protection PSS guidelines in line with lessons learned, including adaptations suitable for hard-to-reach environments and integrated case management/PSS approaches including remote modalities due to camp closures/relocation of populations.
• Ensure that best practices within PSS area are identified, documented and disseminated.

The responsibilities listed in the JD are not exhaustive and may be readjusted according to operational needs but will remain in line with the overall purpose of the role.

Education and professional experience:

• Degree in Psychology, PSS, or Social work/ Social Sciences or any other related field (Master’s degree would be advantageous).
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a senior level project implementation role in a humanitarian/recovery context, managerial experience with documented technical protection PSS
• Experience with PSS Tools and platforms as well as monitoring and evaluation and institutional learning experience on PSS
• Experience working with multi-agency tools and approaches as well as global and local protection case management/PSS WG is desirable including GBV/CP AoR and general protection case management
• Psychosocial analysis skills in conflict areas is necessary for this position
• Excellent level of English required
• Any knowledge of any of the languages spoken in Northern Nigeria would be an advantage (Fulani, Hausa etc)
• Working with PSS curricula such as ‘My Safety, My Well-Being’, ‘Emotional awareness for caregivers’ etc is mandatory for this role
• Experience delivering trainings on PSS is required for this position
• Psychological/psychosocial research on impact of PSS in conflict area is an added advantage
• Experience in safety, security and  well-being including provision of psychological first aid  for very vulnerable families is mandatory
• Experience in psychosocial support in social safety nets programming would be a distinct advantage.

Behavioural competencies:

• Planning and delivering results
• Working with people
• Analysing
• Communicating with impact and respect
• IT skills: Good knowledge of Office software: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Data collection and analysis software. 
• Proficient in PSS Programming  
• Highly self-driven while striving for perfection under minimum supervision. 

General Regulations

• The employee shall follow DRC instructions on safety, confidentiality, and ethical guidelines, including the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Accountability Framework.
• Employee should not engage in any other paid activity during the DRC contract period without prior authorization.
• Employee should not engage in any activity that could harm DRC or the implementation of any project during the DRC contract period.
• Employee should not give interviews to the media or publish project-related photos or other material without prior authorization.
• Employee shall return all borrowed equipment for the project to DRC after the end of the contract period or upon request.

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Purpose/objective of the position:

The Protection Information Management (PIM) Specialist will be responsible for leading and updating a PowerBI dashboard, data cleaning, and data analysis process for protection programming, including case management, community-based protection, and psychosocial support, data collected in Northwest and Northeast. She/he will also lead the process of coordination with DRC partners, Protection TL, MHPSS Specialist, CBP specialist (if needed in the future), GBV/CM Specialist on how to set up safe platforms for PSS/CM to ensure compliance with data protection and create regular dashboards. He/She will liaise with the MEAL team and be efficient in putting graphs/powerBI and use of DEEP and have some knowledge of GIS to produce maps to illustrate protection reports while taking into consideration the PIM principles.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Country Protection Manager, the holder of this position shall perform the following duties:

The position will support the Country Protection Manager, Protection TLs and Specialists in ensuring quantitative and qualitative data analysis for each subcomponent of DRC and will be responsible for the design, implementation, and management of protection program-related data collection and information management systems. The position will play a key role in contributing to and supporting protection programming and advocacy through streamlining the collection, analysis, and sharing of information following professional standards for PIM. This work will further contribute to improved, evidence-based programming across the mission and the wider humanitarian response by improving the production and analysis quality of PIM products, including protection reports and rapid protection assessment snapshots (if needed) to be shared internally and externally with key stakeholders. This position will ensure proper protection information management. The PIM Specialist is responsible for collecting, storing and analyzing all data related to Protection operations. This includes all field reports, tasks from authorities and information from local stakeholders, additionally manage and maintain the case management database (e.g., CPIMS+, GBVIMS+, PRIMERO, custom tools) while supporting the development and rollout of digital tools for protection data collection and reporting.

The PIM supports operational decision making by producing easily accessible aggregated data and maps.  The PIM specialist will advise and deliver regular training on CBP/CM/MHPSS data protection system to put in place. The PIM Specialist will be conversant in CBP/CM/MHPSS data protection platforms such as prot6/knack platforms and others to advise CM/MHPSS specialists to put a data protection system in place and collaborate with MEAL to efficiently protect all information and ensure safe information management system for the protection teams. He/she needs to have multiple competencies both in terms of protection/information management/MEAL with a protection focus and needs to have strong reporting and summary skills. His level of english and attention to details needs to be impeccable. The PIM Specialist will closely support partners in NW although it will be under the management of the country Protection Manager and under the supervision of the Programme Manager.  In the NW, the PIM specialist will be more focused on setting up data protection/dashboard and training local partners and doing a lot of capacity building training additionally, working closely with JIPS on preparing tools/questionnaires for data collection, working closely with the CBP TL (or specialist) in preparing some shorts reports.

The PIM specialist to ensure that the JIPS questionnaires and tools contain protection-related questions for the profiling exercise to gather relevant data for the EU-SPADS project for the NW. To provide technical assistance on protection issues to JIPS team members additionally he/she will also advise and help in verification of data reporting and set up of kobo tools and training enumerators for the protection analysis/legal analysis and other analysis relevant to this project, and all stakeholders relevant to the project. To conduct protection-focused data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and gaps in protection services peculiar to the NW context and ensure that protection concerns are documented in all aspects of the profiling exercise to inform protection response. And to provide recommendations for protection programming based on profiling findings for the EU-SPADS project.

The PIM Specialist needs to verify carefully each PIM dashboards and know how to verify information collected for the whole projects and use some of those information for overall analysis of the context while ensuring respect for confidentiality/disidentifying, encrypting data/ensuring protection information management standards are upheld and work closely with the CBP TL his position will contribute to the development of quality internal/external reports for protection advocacy and provide relevant protection data, insight and analysis in a careful and sensitive manner.

Ensure that DRC data protection policies are shared, understood and uphold by all partners’staff involved in the project management in compliance with the highest standards of privacy and confidentiality, additionally he/she needs the protection manager and the MEAL manager to update the draft of data protection SOPs and ensure to develop verification lists so everyone complies to it.

Generic Duties:

• Lead on updating and rolling out of new PowerBI dashboard based on newly developed data collection toolset.
• The PIM specialist will need to have strong reporting skills and be proficient in managing Power BI and performing data verification. He/she should have a solid knowledge of Kobo tools, including how to adapt tools to them and fix any errors that occur.
• The PIM specialist will work with the PSNE on activity info and set up a PIM system in the Northwest for DRC, as well as for local partners, including dashboards for data management.
• He or she will review partners’ data and additionally draft analyses that include graphs and explanations. Therefore, a background in protection analysis is essential.
• Supporting quality graphs/analysis/maps of the DRC protection reports for DRC Nigeria but also of any other PIM products
• Generate regular dashboards, analytical reports, and visualizations on protection needs (CM/ C4P/MHPSS/GBV) and caseloads.
• Maintain regular and positive collaboration with colleagues to enhance synergies and ensure that intervention between the different project components is harmonized and that protection is mainstreamed into the other sectors of intervention.
• Participate in the recruitment of project staff, provide objective feedback with regards to staff performance (evaluate performance and deliverables against job descriptions), expectations and areas for growth and professional development, to the recruiting manager.
• Support Protection Manager, PSS/CBP-TL (NE) and programme manager (NW) to identify capacity building needs of protection staff by assessing their knowledge and skills and accordingly providing learning opportunities through training, workshops and/or simulation exercises; ensure continuous on the job coaching and mentoring.
• Support the Protection Manager in developing and/or updating protection tools and training material in order to meet the project’s requirements.
• Contribute to the development of quality internal/external reports and project proposals, providing relevant protection data, insight and analysis.
• Train and support protection staff on data entry, system use, and IM best practices.
• Ensure that DRC data protection policies are shared, understood and upheld by all staff in compliance with the highest standards of privacy and confidentiality.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with relevant partners and other project stakeholders working in the project areas.
• Proactively participate in relevant coordination meetings, as requested by the Protection Manager and the Project Coordinator for both ECHO and the EU projects.
• Ensuring to use tools and existing dashboards and analysis, review protection partners’ reports to ensure they can be shared in a professional way, ensuring proper use of HH surveys questionnaires, ensuring to make suggestions to Protection Manager on questions to add.
• Other duties as assigned by the Protection Manager and/or Programme co.

The responsibilities listed in the JD are not exhaustive and may be readjusted according to operational needs but will remain in line with the overall purpose of the role.

Education and professional experience:

• Minimum of five years’ practical experience in research or information management/analysis, working for INGOs in humanitarian settings.
• Excellent knowledge of research/data collection and experience in using the Protection Analytical Framework and strong reporting skills
• Ability to interpret, analyze, and synthesize information in a fast-paced environment with a protection lens.
• Demonstrable experience producing quality protection reports under tight deadlines using both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
• Demonstrable experience using and developing relevant questionnaires
• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to work collaboratively in a multi-cultural environment as well as independently.
• Excellent organizational and research skills, ability to prioritize, and attention to details, being detailed oriented and ensuring excellent reporting analysis skills is key for this position.
• Use of DEEP or/and other POWERBI and other AI tools will be ideal for this position and a minimum understanding of dashboards is necessary and protection information management
• Proven understanding of PIM and management of sensitive data and ensuring knowledge management/information management practical tools is necessary
• How to use sensitive data in a sensitive manner as per data protection principles /PIM of different subsectors for advocacy purposes is necessary.

Competencies: (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• Computer literacy (Word, Excel)
• Respect and a non-discriminatory attitude
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good reporting skills
• Ability to show empathy
• Ability to work under pressure
• Fluency in Hausa, Kanuri, and any other spoken languages spoken in Sokoto State (written and spoken)
• Working knowledge in English (written and spoken)

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The GBV/CM Specialist is responsible for ensuring gender is mainstreamed throughout DRC’s protection and livelihoods programme. The GBV/CM Specialist (Gender) will also support on the strategic development and technical oversight of DRC’s GBV activities, with a strong focus on GBV prevention. DRC currently has offices in 4  states across Nigeria, providing integrated protection and livelihoods programming. The GBV/CM Specialist ensures gender is mainstreamed throughout DRC’s protection and livelihoods programme. The GBV/CM Specialist will also support the strategic development and technical oversight of DRC’s GBV activities, with a strong focus on GBV prevention, and can also advise partners on some GBV responses. However, the main focus will be on GBV Prevention programming. While contributing to DRC’s broader protection strategy to ensure linkages across protection activities, the specific technical focus of this role will be Gender Based Violence (GBV) prevention and response programming – including GBV case management conducted by partners. 

To this aim, the GBV/CM Specialist will support the harmonization and rollout of tools, guidelines and SOPs for GBV prevention programming, such as Journeys of transformation, Engaging Men and Boys into Accountable Practices, No Means No and other types of GBV prevention programming and GBV case management carrying out by local partners. The position holder will strengthen referral pathways and ensure standard donor and data analysis/reporting methods (in collaboration with M&E) are in place for these activities.  The GBV/CM Specialist will play a key role in capacity building and mentoring GBV prevention teams, drafting GBV SOPs in close collaboration with the Protection Manager (CO level) and supporting local partners' case management staff on GBV standards, tools (including GBVIMS), and approaches for communicating with communities on raising attitudes. He/She will conduct regular trainings on GBV, gender mainstreaming, GBV response framework etc. They also work closely with the Protection Manager (CO level) and CBP team to include GBV/gender mainstreaming-focused questions to understand some situations better and guide them on how to do it safely with all confidentiality principles upheld. He/She can, from time to time, conduct field visits to advise GBV team leaders/officers on the quality of how to conduct activities. She/He will be responsible to maintain Community Based GBV structures in place for further referrals and revising awareness-raising materials related to GBV programming (response/prevention) 

The CM/GBV specialist will be involved in roving across all states to provide gender and GBV analysis, advise and give GBV prevention and response training to local partners and to DRC implementation teams.  They will support DRC teams in advising CM/GBV staff of partners on GBV response, especially related to the integration to SRH, developing SOPs, and creating training programs on GBV prevention and response and case management. They will advise on program design, innovative approaches, and staff training, ensuring high-quality protection work. . He/She will support CM teams and partners GBV teams in the NE and North West of Nigeria giving them technical advice. Specialists will advise on programme design and implementation, innovative approaches, staff training and capacity building to build cohesive, well-coordinated and high-quality protection work in their area of specialization across multiple locations. She/he will also attends some meetings of the PSEA taskforce to ensure mainstreaming of GBV safety audits and PSEA tools and guidelines all across our area of operations and ensuring gender mainstreaming principles are upheld. He/She will develop SOPs on general case management and how to distinguished GP CM/GBV CM and adapted trainings for it and adapt the IPA SOPs to cash for protection SOPs based on the guidance given by the PSNE and train the team on it. He/She will particularly follow up with partners/DRC teams on case management implementation, give advises and develop checklists to ensure standards are upheld. On ECHO project, he/she will carry out regular field visits to the CM teams and helping setting them up while with the EU project he/she will support the local partners to deploy the GBV teams and give them guidance on CM. He/She will also be in charge of drafting the gender/GBV analysis and GBV mainstreaming tools and questionnaires for the durable solutions approach and the GBV prevention/response SOPs. He/She will also needs to carry some field visits in the NW and engage with key stakeholders such as SARC centres, VVF and establishing partnerships with NAPTIP and other relevant bodies to ensure a better comprehension of GBV/Gender inequalities in Northern Nigeria.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Protection Manager, the holder of this position shall perform the following duties:

Gender analysis

• Undertakes a detailed gender analysis, using primary and secondary data, focusing on DRC’s areas of operation in Nigeria.  
• Works with the Protection Manager (CO level) to develop and roll out a gender mainstreaming strategy for DRC, including the development of relevant tools, such as a gender-responsive PIM system.  
• Provides capacity building for DRC staff and partners on gender-responsive programming, including the development and delivery of gender- and GBV-focused trainings.   
• Leads the development of gender-focused awareness raising material.  
• Conducts regular field visits to ensure that all gender and GBV activities are of a high quality. 
• Provides technical oversight to DRC Nigeria GBV activities, focusing on GBV prevention. Develop new GBV manuals and tools, as required, and undertake quality checks of program activities.  
• Provides technical oversight to partners providing GBV or gender-related activities.  
• Represents DRC at the GBV AoR.  
• Undertakes any other tasks, as requested by the Protection Manager (CO level), (and at times by Protection Partnership Manager and other Protection Managers). Develop analysis of GBV protection needs and provide evidence-based recommendations for GBV response programming, through a phased approach. 
• Ensure Do no Harm through effective coaching, mentorship, and trainings required for implementation. 
• Ensure a minimum standard of capacity and awareness on GBV referrals across protection teams (including sensitive legal cases) and other sector teams to reinforce the effectiveness of the more specialized staff response. 
• Provide regular technical support and guidance to protection managers to strengthen the capacity of protection teams in delivering high quality GBV prevention and response services, ensuring that supervision and coaching structures are in place at field level to ensure adequate oversight by PMs and GBV TL and to local partners conducting GBV case management among other GBV activities 
• Undertake field visits to monitor the quality of implementation and provide technical advice and customized and needs based capacity building to protection staff, with specific regard to GBV 
• Ensure that ethnical, consistent and sound data collection management systems (GBVIMS) are in place for GBV protection activities, ensuing availability of data analysis for informed decision making and project design.  
• Support to team members on consistent client and data tracking; and data visualization (Power BI); In close coordination with the PC, support the GBV teams with the establishment and regular update of the GBV MEAL plan, including (a) ensuring appropriate indicator and quality tracking (both quantitative and qualitative) and (b) working closely with MEAL to put in place accountability mechanisms.  
• Coach field teams with the adoption of standardized methodologies (including those developed by consultants or internally), and replicate the ToT on JoT, EMAP and other regularly to support GBV Prevention TL and other PMs.  
• Stay abreast of developments that have an impact on the protection environment in Nigeria and provide ongoing analysis on key issues on a regular basis. 
• Provides technical oversight to partners providing GBV or gender—related activities.
• Undertakes any other tasks, as requested by the Country level Protection Manager (CO level)/Manager
• Ensuring to give trainings of trainers on Engaging Men and Boys into Accountable Practices and provides tips to area level GBV team leaders/GBV partnerships specialists
• Ensuring to work closely with the ECREC team on graduation approach and continue to build capacities of different integrated curricula on men as allies into Women’s Economic Empowerment
• Start working closely with different specialized NGOs/consultancy company to understand referrals and links to forensic sciences and access to justice.

Capacity building  

• Lead the development and delivery of participatory training materials, including working closely with the CM specialist on General CM/ GBV case management training and PFA for GBV survivors, for relevant staff; generally, support with ongoing coaching, mentorship, and training required for implementation of GBV programming  
• In coordination with the Protection Manager (CO level) and Protection Managers, assess training and development needs within the Protection team, develop a capacity building plan, including the development and/or delivery of training materials to further build the capacity of protection staff to undertake all necessary steps of the GBV case management process. 
• Participate in the recruitment process, the capacity building and the evaluation of protection staff, as necessary.   
• Establish processes, systems and learning events in Nigeria that will lead to a general capacity building and professionalization of DRC staff and partners on protection.  

Program design 

• In close coordination with the Protection Manager (CO level), the GBV/CM Specialist contributes to the development and implementation of DRC’s sector strategy in Nigeria, as well as the harmonization and rollout of tools, SOPs and guidelines with a particular focus on GBV.  
• Recognizing DRC’s existing human rights case management capacities, propose concrete strategies for extending that capacity to GBV case management in pilot areas. 
• Provide strategic recommendations on linkages for GBV programming and GBV risk mitigation with other sectors (e.g. women’s access to assets and livelihoods). 
• Work closely with Protection Manager (CO level), and all Specialists on identification of GBV needs of communities and gaps in Protection services within DRC’s areas of intervention.  
• Support development of guidance on communication with communities’ mobile modalities, integration of protection with other core sectors, and ensure application of a participatory, community-based approach. 
• Provide technical input into the development and implementation of relevant SOPs and technical standards. 
• Participate in the proposal development process by providing field-specific context analysis, technical sector-specific analysis, beneficiary information, and technical feedback on the concept. 

Coordination and Representation 

• Active participation in, contribution to and representation of DRC in the Protection Sector and GBV AOR or other relevant bodies, including working groups and other meetings related to protection. 
• Coordinate internally and externally with relevant actors to ensure teams are applying updated service mapping for effective referrals when requested by a client. 
• Ensure that DRC’s work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies, ensuring the specific needs of vulnerable communities are being addressed.  
• Feed into national clusters through Technical Coordinators, in particular regarding context, needs and possibilities for coordination. 

Education and professional experience:

• Degree in Social work, gender or another relevant social science; Masters would be an advantage.
• Minimum 5 years of experience working for an INGO in a role focusing on gender and GBV. Experience working as a technical capacity would be a distinct advantage.
• Extensive experience developing and delivering gender and/or GBV trainings of at least 4 years; 
• Experience working with national partners, local/government authorities, and UN organizations IS MANDATORY
• Excellent communication skills.
• Having worked on sexual and reproductive health will be a distinct advantage
• Experience with curricula such as Journeys of Transformation, Engaging Men and Boys into Accountable Practices and any behaviour change curricula etc would be an advantage
• Experience working in integrated programming, especially related to women’s economic empowerment is highly valued in that application
• Experience working as a case management supervisor is necessary. 
• Experience providing training on case management topics for at least 2-3 years is mandatory.

Competencies:

• Computer literacy (Word, Excel)
• Respect and a non-discriminatory attitude
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good reporting skills
• Ability to show empathy
• Ability to work under pressure
• Fluency in Hausa, Kanuri, and any other spoken languages spoken in Borno State (written and spoken)
• Working knowledge in English (written and spoken)