Job Description

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

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Project Officer- Gender, Protection, and Accountability

Purpose of the position:

The purpose of the Project Officer- Gender, Protection, and Accountability is to lead the implementation and establish a robust feedback, complaint, and protection system for the Joint Resilience Project (JRP) in Galkayo and surrounding areas. He/she will be responsible for ensuring Gender and Protection Mainstreaming, Feedback, and Compliance Mechanisms are in place for all World Vision Somalia’s humanitarian grants in the region (Puntland - Mudug, Somalia);

 Key Responsibilities:

• Consortium M&E design and learning
• Working closely with the line Project Manager, Monitoring Accountability Evaluation and Learning (MEAL) Manager.
• Support partner staff training in routine data collection tools, management, analysis, and how to use data to showcase impact (Capacity building)
• Actively represent WVI at local child protection and gender coordination forums
• Ensuring accountability and protection system is an integral part of project design and implementation
• Ensure humanitarian projects mainstreamed Gender-based violence and protection

Experiences and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Social Science, Social Work, Gender Studies, Development Work, or any related subject. 
• Demonstrate experience in advocacy and policy advancement work in child protection or gender
• Knowledge of the humanitarian standards for child protection and GBV is a requirement
• A minimum of 3 years experience in protection project implementation
• Demonstrates well-developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as negotiation skills
• Must adhere to set security standards
• Ensure a gender perspective in the scope of work

• Competence in the use of MS Office, and MS Excel.
• Strong capacity-building and facilitation skills, accompanied by cross-cultural sensitivity.
• Excellent English communication skills (oral and written).
• Ability to work in and contribute to the team-building environment.
• Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts, psychologically stressful environments

Skills Required

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