Under the overall supervision of the Field Coordinator (FC)- and technical supervision of the Senior Technical Officer – GBV, the Assistant Technical Officer, Gender-Based Violence (GBV) will in day-to-day activities; implement Gender- Based Violence (GBV) prevention and response activities at the field sites including safe spaces, health facilities, IDP Camps and host communities
Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsible for implementation of the overall GBV response, including individual case management, group support group, individual and group counselling, and psychosocial support activities for survivors of GBV in the Safe Space
Adhere to survivor centered approach and GBV response guiding principles.
Apply all GBV case management steps to provide specialized and individualized support to survivors of gender-based violence.
With informed consent from the survivor, engage family members of survivors and empower them with skills to help survivors cope.
Qualification & Experience:
BA/BSc in social work, Sociology, Social Sciences, Psychology, or a similar degree with at least 1-3 years relevant experience in child protection programming including CP Case management and PSS, child protection prevention as well as setting up and management of child friendly safe spaces or SHLS.
Extensive knowledge of GBV in humanitarian context.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Proven experience in working with IDPs or refugees, returnees, and host communities.
Familiarity with Nigerian law enforcement systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
Safeguarding:
FHI 360 is committed to providing a safe environment for all employees, beneficiaries and anyone contracted by FHI 360. This Includes taking measures to protect vulnerable people from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) by either FHI 360 employees or associated personnel. FHI 360 abides by child safeguarding principles. FHI 360’s Safeguarding Policies apply and flow out to all FHI 360 staff, board members, volunteers, and partner staff (subcontractors, consultants, vendors, and subrecipients), regardless of the funding mechanism or amount of contract, agreement, or purchase order.
This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
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Our values and commitments to safeguarding: FHI 360 is committed to preventing any type of abuse, exploitation and harassment in our work environments and programs, including sexual abuse, exploitation and harassment. FHI 360 takes steps to safeguard the welfare of everyone who engages with our organization and programs and requires that all personnel, including staff members and volunteers, share this commitment and sign our code of conduct. All offers of employment will be subject to appropriate screening checks, including reference, criminal record and terrorism finance checks. FHI 360 also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS), facilitated by the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response. In line with the MDS, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any substantiated findings of sexual abuse, exploitation and/or harassment during the applicant’s tenure with previous employers. By applying, job applicants confirm their understanding of these recruitment procedures and consent to these screening checks.
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