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
To apply and for more information, click here.
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