Deadline: 03 February, 2021
Location: Gwoza, Nigeria
Plan International is seeking to fill the role of Gender Protection Officer.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Ensure targeted women and children with protection concern are identified
- Ensure standard tools and procedures are in place and adhered to by team members to protect targeted women and children from being harmed
- Mainstream, manage, provide training and technical support and build the capacity of the full project team
- Coordinate with other child protection agencies at the facilities to ensure protection issues are addressed regularly and on time
- Provide technical leadership to project team in accordance with best practice and Plan International policies, including its gender sensitive and child-centered community-based approach
- Ensure referral information management systems are in place for appropriate identification, responses and follow-up for children at risk of violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect at service delivery access points
- Ensure regular communication with project coordinator and CPiE specialist to integrate appropriate child protection in emergency priorities in project service delivery
- Collaborate with other project staff to ensure referrals to other services such as psychosocial support, mental health and education/livelihoods interventions
Requirements
- University degree or equivalent in Law, Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, Human Rights, or a related degree
- One year, minimum, of post-NYSC work experience in implementing protection programmes, preferably social work or legal assistance in humanitarian or development settings
- Experience in providing services to children and women at risk and victims of abuse, exploitation and violence, providing gender-sensitive and child-friendly counselling services, and/or developing/implementing referral pathways
- Experience working with a team in a cross-cultural setting
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