What are the responsibilities and job description for the Women Protection & Empowerment Senior Manager position at rescue?
This role is open to current IRC employees only.
IRC Emergencies & Humanitarian Action Unit (EHAU) is committed to improving access to life-saving services and providing comprehensive support to communities affected by crisis.
Purpose of the Role
The Senior Women’s Protection & Empowerment (WPE) Manager will lead the design, implementation, and oversight of WPE programming aimed at addressing violence against women and girls (VAWG) through delivery of GBV risk reduction, prevention and response programs. This includes the provision of GBV case management integrated in health facilities, and community-based MHPSS for women and girls and GBV risk reduction activities. Through tailored capacity development and supportive mentoring, the Senior WPE Manager will enhance the technical skills of IRC staff, with a focus on case management, Women Rise (PSS curriculum) and community-led GBV risk reduction strategies. In addition, the Senior WPE Manager will oversee project implementation to ensure alignment with project proposals, donor requirements, and IRC’s global WPE standards. This includes managing project budgets, ensuring timely and high-quality reporting, and fostering collaborative partnerships. The role will report to the project director and work closely with technical leads for Health and WASH to ensure integrated service delivery.
Highlights of Key Responsibilities
Project Management:
• Responsible for overall project management and coordination of assigned WPE grants. Lead role in project implementation on ground and oversee and manage implementation of WPE programming case management in health facilities and community-based MHPSS and risk reduction activities
• Responsible for managing WPE team to ensure VAWG programming is implemented in accordance to IRC’s overall WPE programming and donor requirements.
• Working closely with respective WPE team members to ensure timely implementation and budget spending in line with the project documents
• Ensure development of project planning and management documents for each project including but not limited to; project results framework, detailed implementation plans, spending plans, M&E plans, procurement plans, human resource plans and ensure their execution
• Responsible for preparing high quality donor, management and other internal and external reports and ensure their timely submission.
• Put in place measures to track financial spending and ensure the budget is spent as per project financial plans.
• Lead business development, including program design and drafting of project proposals and budget
Program Quality & Technical Support:
• Ensure that all WPE programming, meets IRC and international standards adhering to a women-, girl- and survivor-centered approach and that IRC and staff and volunteers are supported to build and strengthen their practice in this area.
• Ensure that all services are fully functioning, are well equipped and resourced, and staff members and teams are motivated and encouraged in their roles and work.
• Provide technical guidance and support to the WPE teams to strengthen the provision of quality case management and psychosocial support services to meet the needs of women and girls.
• Lead on needs-based capacity development (training, learning sessions, and on-the-job mentoring) for the WPE teams in critical areas of WPE and VAWG practice.
• Ensure that ethical and sound data collection and information management systems are managed appropriately and are functioning in all sites.
• Ensure regular collaboration and communication with the health team counterparts in health facilities and mobile teams to ensure standard methodology across both sectors and strong internal safe and confidential referrals.
• Work with the WPE Coordination and other Senior WPE staff in the design and implementation of activities that specifically target women and adolescent girls grounded in evidence-based methodologies.
Staff Supervision & Development:
• Provide direct supportive supervision to the WPE Officers and support them to do the same for the WPE staff they supervise to enable them to successfully perform in their positions.
• Responsible for performance management including setting performance objectives and conducting regular performance appraisals on progress with supervisees, providing timely and constructive feedback to develop their professional practice.
• Spend significant time in field locations to provide hand holding support to team and supportive supervision.
• Ensure WPE staff have opportunities and space to meet, self-organize and build strong, supportive peer networks and solidarity with each other, creating a community of feminist grounded VAWG practice between them.
• Ensure staff well-being and care is prioritized and is an integral part of weekly/monthly work plans.
Program Quality and MEAL:
• Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) team to ensure robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks are in place.
• Conduct regular field visits to ensure program quality and provide actionable feedback to teams.
• Document lessons learned and promoted evidence-based decision-making to refine programming.
Coordination, Representation & Advocacy:
• Proactively build strong working relationships at the site levels with other international and national actors/organizations and UN agencies (i.e.: WASH, shelter, food/NFI) for advocacy on ensuring specific measures are put in place to reduce risks of VAWG in line with Inter-Agency Standing Committee Guidelines for response and prevention of GBV in humanitarian settings; and ensure that all advocacy points are communicated in a timely manner relevant stakeholders for field and national level advocacy
• Represent IRC in relevant coordination meetings at camp and sub district level including sector coordination meetings.
Other Duties & Responsibilities:
• Maintain open and professional relations with all IRC and partner team members, promoting a strong, respectful team spirit, ensuring effective communication, and opportunities for debriefing
• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of field teams, promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaising with other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.
Job Requirements:
• Advanced degree in social sciences, public health, gender studies, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ total experience with least 3 year(s) of experience in Project Management, budget management and tracking the project progress.
• Proven experience in GBV in emergencies/ humanitarian crisis.
• Proven experience in capacity building, training, and case management.
• Strong understanding of the cultural and contextual factors related to GBV in conflict-affected areas.
• Ability to work in a team
• Fluency in Arabic will be an asset
• Excellent communication skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Skills in project evaluation, coaching, training and staff supervision
• Be highly sensitive to the rights and protection of women and children
