Deadline: Ongoing

Location: Yola, Nigeria

Plan International is seeking to fill the role of Gender-based Violence (GBV) Nurse Officer.

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

Responsibilities

• Provide all immediate assessments, first aid, health care support to survivors as needed and requested
• Provide referrals and follow-up medical care, treatment, and support as needed
• Help refer and support survivors to access additional health care/examination that may not be provided at the primary clinic and safe spaces
• Provide information and instruction to survivors on the medical treatment regimen that has been prescribed for them, ensuring they understand the regimen (dose, schedule, etc.)
• Monitor and help ensure the survivor continues to follow treatment regimen
• Provide health/medical information to survivors as needed and requested
• Ensure regular communication with project coordinator to integrate appropriate SRHR/SGVB in emergency priorities in programme design
• Support case management officers in conducting case management supervision and monitoring
• In collaboration with humanitarian agencies, provide support to reintegration activities especially for women, girls and boys formerly associated with armed groups 
• Conduct regular capacity assessment and capacity building including coaching and mentoring of case managers and government health workers to improve on the quality of case management
• Collaborate with other project staff to ensure referrals to other services such as psychosocial support, mental health and education/livelihoods interventions
• Ensure the immediate needs of women and adolescent girls are identified during rapid assessment and are immediately responded to
• Facilitate the identification of vulnerable women and adolescent girls, profile and provide them with dignity kits
• Facilitate life skills training for adolescent boys and girls
• Develop and roll out SRHR information and educate adolescent girls
• Train GBV service providers (health workers) on clinical management of sexual assault survivors

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Midwifery, or a related field
• Three years, minimum, of INGO experience in humanitarian response and managing of SRH, GBV and child projects
• Certified serving or retired nurse, midwife or community health extension worker
• Two years, minimum, of direct psychosocial/counselling experience with a reputable agency
• Experience working with survivors of violence in emergency preferred
• Strong ability to lead women centres and child friendly spaces preferred
• Clear understanding of gender, abuse of power, and issues surrounding violence against women and girls
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, medical ethics and respect for clients at all times
• Experience in participatory techniques and community mobilisation
• Strong ability to lead, train, facilitate and motivate others in their respective tasks in a professional, respectful and supportive manner
• Knowledge and ability to speak Hausa and Kanuri is an added advantage

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