Protection Officer – GOAL Ethiopia
Development and Project Management, Social Sciences and Community
GOAL Ethiopia
GOAL’s purpose is to save lives and empower communities to develop resilience and greater control over their lives and livelihoods. GOAL aims to increase the resilient wellbeing of the world’s poorest people and focuses on those who are excluded or marginalized, particularly those who are vulnerable due to socio-economic status, gender or age.
John O’Shea founded GOAL in 1977, and throughout the 42 years since its foundation, GOAL has responded to almost all of the world’s major humanitarian crises since, working with vulnerable communities in more than 60 countries.
While GOAL continues to be an agile first-responder to humanitarian crises, it is also committed to working with vulnerable communities to help them survive crises and support them on the road to recovery.
GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The PO will facilitate and organize all program activities in including community awareness activities, trainings, and the management of GBV and CP cases. He/she will supervise child and women friendly facilitators or case workers in their day-to-day awareness raising and response activities and ensure all the necessary trainings are provided to capacitate all staff to undertake their assigned tasks. The He/she will be fully responsible for the all over all implementation of Gender and child protection project activities and maintain working relationship with the coordinating and implementing partners in the woredas he/ she is assigned for carried out the project activities.
Key Areas of Accountability/Duties
The protection officer will report to the senior protection officer (PO) and with additional support from the Protection and Safeguarding HOD or Advisor in the overall management, planning, assessing, implementing, and reporting of the program.
Key Duties:
Prevention and response of GBV
§ Train and mobilize case workers/WFS facilitators and community members on GBV and Sexual Exploitation and Assault (SEA).
§ Train staff, other implementing partners as well as community members on SGBV/SEA.
§ Train Stakeholders, BoSA and other implementing partners and GE GBV staff on GBV incident classification system and standard intake form
§ Organize and facilitate a SGBV medical response training of medical staff on STI treatment and post-rape management.
§ Monitor the availability of essential medical and other supplies to support GBV case referrals to government clinics.
§ Assist the Protection and Safeguarding HOD and Advisor and senior protection officer in the preparation of GBV or cp training materials appropriate to the needs of the community and trainees.
§ Coordinate activities with all stakeholders and the community to build cooperative working relationships at the Woreda level.
§ Organize awareness raising campaigns on International Women’s Day, HIV/AIDS Day, 16 Days of Activism etc
§ Ensure a holistic case management service is availed to women who have experienced trauma or are at-risk of SGBV.
§ Ensure close follow up of SGBV cases and proper recording of developments and referrals in take files.
§ Work on the monthly progress reports and weekly update and share to the S/P/P manager
§ Participate in the design and implementation of program and project evaluation.
§ Attend capacity building trainings as requested by the line manager.
§ Integrate CP and GBV issues at all time and work with the CP team together.
§ Perform other duties as assigned by the senior protection officer
§ Attend protection cluster (GBV and CP) meetings and represent GE in protection meetings, visits, assessments etc
Child Protection (CP)
§ Motive and sustain the Team worth among child protection workers, case workers, and CFS volunteers for greater impact in the community.
§ Develop internal system for identification of children needs during activities and ensure linkage between children services and other partners and stakeholders activities including CFS.
§ Set up child help desk and clearly link it to the referral pathway while providing the necessary advice and support to children, community, and other stakeholders on child participation, psychosocial support, as well as CFS implementation and all its integrated programs.
§ Set up clear mechanism to manage, visitors including donors, support offices and national office staff as well as for children data protection in all its forms.
§ Coordinate Child protection activities including CFSs and all its integrated programs implementation, community-based child protection mechanisms etc
§ Coordinate with all agencies on child protection while working with GE in Charge to ensure compliance to inter agency and GE International standards for implementing child protection and GBV activities.
§ Organize meetings with key stakeholders at local level, Implement and monitor project activities towards realization of project outputs in a timely and effective manner.
§ Conduct rapid assessment, base line and end line survey and mapping of relevant local actors on child protection issues.
§ Regular supervision to ensure all CP activities meet quality standards.
§ Conduct staff and volunteers training and regular coaching on required topics, including Child Protection, CFS management, communication with children, BIA, Case management, PFA, creative activities, positive discipline, life shills and use of local traditional materials.
§ Conduct orientation on CP and PSEA codes of conduct, display them in all sites and ensure every new staff sign and volunteer, visitors, and casuals involved in children activities adhere to them.
§ Map potential local or community level CP partner, Identify their strengths and capacity gaps and develop a capacity building plan for them
§ Support Child Protection Committees to be functioning through training, coaching on CP related topics such as referrals, response and prevention of VAC, and case management including child marriage and trafficking.
§ Conduct regular meetings (weekly based with staff and monthly based meeting with parents, volunteers and community leaders and use it as coaching opportunities on CP issues.
Mainstreaming Issues
§ The Protection Officer works as the focal person for the implementation and mainstreaming of GOAL Ethiopia Child Protection Policy.
§ The employee must read, understand and implement, according to area of responsibility, GOAL’s policies and procedures on mainstreaming of Gender and HIV/AIDS.
Safeguarding/Compliance issues
§ Familiarize oneself to GOAL Donor Compliance issues, specifically to the terms and conditions of the Donor the programme is working on and comply with same in area of responsibility.
§ Ensure compliance with GOAL Safeguarding Policies that include Child Protection policy, Prevention from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse policy (PSEA), and Code of Conduct and uphold the highest standards according to your area of responsibility.
§ Foster a working environment that is non-threatening, safe, and actively addressing safeguarding in its processes. Take proactive steps to ensure that potential safeguarding risks are identified and work to eliminate and mitigate those risks.
JOIN US
Do you want to join an exciting organization that brings high level impact to the community and add value to your professional advancement? Then join us if you have:
§ BA/MA in Psychology/Sociology or other related social science field with two years related experience for MA holders and four years for BA holders, preferably in NGO environment,
§ Experienced in the design, implementations and reporting of GBV prevention and response program.
§ Strong knowledge and application of Child Protection and GBV issues and psychosocial stimulation skills
§ Strong training and facilitation skill.
§ Efficient skill in analysis and use of information; consider available information from appropriate sources to ensure evidence-based decisions, identifies options and makes timely recommendations.
§ Effectively and efficiently communicating with others to build effective networks and alliances.
§ Fosters working in teams & team work spirit.
§ Motivated and able to work independently,
§ Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
§ Computer literate,
§ Accountability & responsiveness within areas of responsibilities
§ Sense of confidentiality.
§ Ability to speak local (Somali) language.
Desirable qualities, Skills and Competences:
§ Creativity and innovation: Develop new insights into work situations.
§ Flexibility; Adapts behavior and work methods in response to new information, changes or obstacles, adjusts rapidly to new or changing situations
§ Resilience: Maintains focus and intensity and remains optimistic, persistent and professional even under adverse, stressful or difficult situations.
§ Passionate, strongly dedicated and highly committed to support beneficiaries affected by emergencies
§ Very good organizing and coordinating skills,
