Job Description

Position title       :            PSEA Officer (1)

Reporting to       :            Area Manager

Location               :            Baidoa

Job summary:

This position will provide support and back up to the Human Resource function/department by performing a variety of administrative duties in the day to day responsibilities of the department. The position will work closely with and be supervised by the Human Resources Officer and performing additional duties as assigned.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for strengthening our safeguarding, (particularly with regards to Preventing Sexual Harassment, Exploitation, and Abuse (PSHEA)) measures and interventions in our emergency response project
• Provide training and capacity-building activities to identify target groups and stakeholders in the community regarding PSHEA
• Ensure all SOS Children’s Village PSHEA regulations are implemented during the emergency response and ensure the co-workers are aware of the regulations.
• Map the capacity-building activities in the location and be responsible to support the MHPSS officer on working with Gender-Based Violence (GBV) survivors within the community.
• Support the project by integrating PSHEA during the response and ensure co-workers, community and stakeholders had an understanding of the regulations.
• Lead, identify, assess, and monitor overall capacity-building needs on PSHEA with various stakeholders and government offices to ensure effective capacity building.
• Responsible to take part in awareness-raising sessions and capacity-building training in relation to SOS Child and Youth Safeguarding Policy to prevent and protect children and young people from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination
• Support children and young people to make them understand the CS risks and protection mechanisms 
• Responsible to report any CS suspicion, concern, allegation or incident immediately, following Child Safeguarding reporting procedures. CS reports should be made to the CS team at the programme level and/or to the respective line manager   

Experiences and Qualifications

Job competencies:

Essential

• BA degree in gender, social work, and development studies and related fields 
• 3 years prior experience in gender and PSHEA roles
• Experience working with an international organization in Humanitarian or development programs
• Experience working on community mobilization and dialogue
• Experience in developing training manuals and working on capacity development of the community Knowledge of Gender Mainstreaming and experience in PSHEA project.
• Has Experience working with M&E and providing reports.
• Experience in working with government stakeholders and the community regarding PSHEA

Communication skill: - excellent in verbal and written communication. In addition, communicating with various stakeholders 

Capacity Building: - the ability to develop and deliver training on PSHEA

Living organizational ethics focusing on individual commitment, values, and attitudes.

Child Safeguarding Policy:

SOS Children’s Villages Somalia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates’ value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes. SOS Children’s Villages organization is committed to safeguarding the rights of the children and therefore, is expected that every individual who joins with SOS Children’s Villages Somalia understands his/her responsibility in protecting and keeping children always safe

Skills Required

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