Women Protection And Empowerment Community Mobilizer

JOB OVERVIEW
The Women’s Protection and
Empowerment (WPE) community mobilizer will be leading all information
provision, outreach, risk mitigation and community mobilization efforts. Core
activities include dissemination of information, assessment of risks faced by women
and girls in the targeted communities and development of response strategies,
capacity building of community members.

KEY
RESPONSIBILITIES
– Adhere to and proactively
promote the women-, girl- and survivor-centered support approach, and the
GBV guiding principles
– Identify key protection
risks and mitigation/reduction measures
– Identify barriers to
accessing available services for vulnerable/specific groups and propose
measures to reduce/eliminate those barriers 
– Organize community
meetings as needed, for information dissemination or other purposes
– Monitor for any changes
and protection trend in the community
– Encourage and foster
social cohesion among host and IDP community
– Work with protection team
to ensure IRC protection is responding to the evolving needs of
communities
– Maintain positive
coordination and relationships with partner and other sector staff.  
– Through regular community
outreach build and maintain relationships with communities, including
local leaders, different groups, and stakeholders, in order to foster an
environment of support to women and girls and survivors of GBV and IRC
programming
– Support the protection
team in conducting assessments and other activities that gage risks of
at-risk groups
– With the technical support
from the Officer, develop appropriate messages on the types of services
and support available to survivors of GBV
– Assess the topics that met
the needs of the community and particularly women and girls; report ideas
to the WPE Manager
– Provide and reinforce
appropriate safe and confidential referrals of survivors of GBV; and
adhere to the GBV guiding principles throughout all GBV outreach and
engagement interventions. This includes ensuring confidentiality of
survivors, and respect for their wishes and decisions
– Support distributions of
risk reduction items (inc. dignity kits) and follow-on monitoring
– Complete relevant activity
tracker and contribute to monthly activity reports, according to guidance
provided by the WPE
– Prevention Officer, and provide information on a
weekly basis to the WPE Prevention Officer in-line with deadlines
– Maintain positive
coordination and relationships with partner and other sector staff

JOB REQUIREMENTS
– Language: Ukrainian
required; if possible, English 
– Bachelor of Arts or Science
in Social Work, Human Rights, Social Science, Public Health, Humanities or
other related field, desirable 
– Demonstrated experience with
community work, community mobilization and engagement, and working with
women and girls affected by conflict 
– Clear understanding of and
interest in the well-being of women and girls, and supporting their
healing after the experience of violence 
– Ability to respond to
emergencies when needed and support WPE team in providing any kind of
support and distributing kits when needed 
– Experience facilitating
group activities, trainings and workshops and mentoring others 
– Clear understanding of, and
interest in, violence against women and girls, the well-being of women and
girls, supporting their healing after the experience of violence, human
rights, and gender  
– Excellent communication
skills 
– Demonstrated understanding
of and ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for
clients/beneficiaries 
– Positive and professional
attitude, including ability to lead and work well in a team setting 
– Computer literate, including
Microsoft Word and Excel 

REPORTING
STRUCTURE AND TEAM COLLABORATION
– Prepare and submit weekly work plans
in a timely manner.
– Prepare weekly reports for the Women Protection and Empowerment Senior Officer, Women Protection and Empowerment Prevention
Officer.
– Fill in all relevant tools for
activities.
– Contribute to the preparation of
monthly reports, including information on public engagement activities,
consultations and progress.
– Participate in WPE-related
coordination meetings as requested by the supervisor.

WORK
ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
– This role requires full-time
commitment.
– Fast paced, multitasking and
stressful work.

IRC
employees are eligible to the following benefits:
– Competitive salary
– Purposeful job and development
opportunities
– English classes and unlimited online
training courses
– Life Insurance
– Medical insurance
– Free psychological support to
employees and their family members
– 30 calendar days of annual vacation
with flexibility beyond the legally set minimum requirements
– Up to 10 days of paid medical leave