Recruitment Notice: PAF Technical Advisor

Requisition No: req44930

Job Title: Women’s Protection and Empowerment Technical Advisor

Industry: Women’s Protection and Empowerment

Contract Type: Regular

Employment Rate: Full Time

Open to Expats: Yes

Working Arrangements: Open to Remote Work

Description of the

BACKGROUND position
Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping communities rebuild. The IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation, creative partnerships and, above all, accountability to those we serve. Working today in more than 40 countries and 28 US cities, the IRC brings safety, dignity and hope to millions of uprooted people. The IRC’s vision is to lead the humanitarian sector in delivering high-impact, cost-effective programs for people affected by crises and using our learning and experience to shape policy and practice. To achieve this vision, IRC’s Technical Excellence (TE) unit provides technical assistance to IRC country program staff and shares learnings to influence policy and practice. TE is made up of five technical units: Economic Development and Recovery; Education ; Governance ; Health; and Violence Prevention and Response.

The Violence Prevention and Response Unit (VPRU) works to reduce people’s risk of violence, support their recovery and promote transformative work for a violence-free future. The unit houses expertise in child protection, protection and rule of law, and women’s protection and empowerment to support women, children and other at-risk groups through child abuse prevention programs. violence that help stop violence before it happens, and violence response programs that provide life-saving services to people affected by violence. VPRU has programs in over 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

The Women’s Protection and Empowerment (PAF) team strives to achieve a vision that women and girls, together with their communities, work to create a world where they are valued and live in free from violence, and can exercise their rights to promote their safety, equality and voice. The team supports programs to adhere to minimum standards and good practices in preventing and responding to gender-based violence and to address the safety, health, psychosocial and justice needs of women and girls who experience violence.

JOB OVERVIEW
As the PAF Technical Advisor for Central Africa, alongside another PAF Technical Advisor, you are responsible for ensuring high quality technical assistance to an IRC region comprised of 6 country programs. You will promote and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to deliver high-quality, high-impact interventions that are informed by evidence and best practices, context-specific, guided by client and partner voices, and broadly inclusive .

Program Design and Proposal Development: You will help national programs design winning submissions and generally position IRC for continued success in our technical areas:
• Support the designated Country Programs Technical Lead by participating and/or facilitating program design meetings
• Promote and support design collaboration with partners and clients
• Advise on program modalities and partnership development strategies based on how best to support, complement and strengthen local systems
• Advise and/or provide hands-on support on assessments, including the application and contextualization of technical standards
• Review the quality of technical design, including alignment of narratives, logframes and budgets with IRC standards and results

Implementation support: you will support country program staff and other key stakeholders to implement technical interventions: •
Support national programs and other stakeholders in the recruitment and training of technical coordinators
• Assess program quality and inform improvements, providing follow-up support to country programs as needed
• Collaborate with country program colleagues to monitor and analyze key indicators to inform periodic review, adaptation of the program and course correction, if necessary
• Provide technical capacity building through mentoring,ongoing coaching and training for country program focal points

Knowledge and Learning: You will support IRC’s ongoing sector learning and technical leadership:
• Document lessons learned from program activities and share takeaways and opportunities
• Share learnings from different contexts with program staff across the region
• Update sectoral evidence in collaboration with global and regional staff to influence approaches
• Collaborate with other technical advisors in the region to promote leadership of integrated programming
• Contribute to the achievement of strategic priorities of the PAF and the Violence Prevention and Response Unit – VPRU
• Maintain industry best practices through continuous learning and development

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Success in this role requires someone with expertise in designing and delivering technical assistance to GBV programs, and with a deep understanding cultural, societal and political contexts in at least one of the regions where IRC operates.

Work experience:
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience implementing and/or managing GBV programs, with programmatic field experience in a service delivery organization, NGO or international agency .
• Experience and familiarity with related donors, agencies and country contexts required, preferably in humanitarian and transitional post-crisis contexts.
• Demonstrated expertise in the design, monitoring and evaluation of technical programs, with the ability to translate concepts and strategy into measurable actions.

Demonstrated skills and competencies:
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills; proven ability to prioritize and deliver projects on time and independently.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate a dynamic, cross-functional and global team structure in a large multinational organization.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong analytical problem solving skills.
• Very good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
• Ability to manage and adapt to change proactively and positively.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in GBV, gender, public health, social work, humanities or relevant field required, master’s degree preferred.

Language skills: Excellent spoken and written French is essential. Fluency in English highly appreciated.

Key Working Relationships: This position reports to the PAF Senior Technical Advisor within the VPRU Unit, based in London. This position may potentially supervise occasional consultants and/or interns. Regular communication with other VPRU colleagues, Economic Recovery and Development, Education, Governance and Health technical unit staff, regional and country program teams, fellowship management staff and grants, as well as other internal stakeholders.

Work Environment: Standard office work environment. This role may require international travel up to 40% of the time. This role is based in one of our international hubs in Dakar or Nairobi. Other IRC locations may be possible.

For staff based in IRC’s New York or London offices: This role may require full or part-time remote working and part-time remote employees may be required to share workspaces.
Diversity, inclusion and gender equality

The IRC recognizes and honors the fundamental worth and dignity of all individuals. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, gender, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other protected characteristic. The IRC is also committed to closing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce, including maternity leave, gender-sensitive safety protocols, and other benefits.

We will ensure that people with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other employment-related benefits and privileges. Please contact us to request a suitable space.

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values ​​and principles set out in the IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. They are integrity, equality, service and responsibility. In line with these values, the IRC implements and enforces policies for the protection of beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse, the protection of children, the fight against workplace harassment,

IRC and IRC employees must adhere to the values ​​and principles contained in the IRC WAY (Standards of Professional Conduct). They are Integrity, Equality, Service and Responsibility. Consistent with these values, IRC operates and upholds policies on beneficiary protection from exploitation and abuse, child protection, workplace harassment, financial integrity, and retaliation.

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