The position Within the scope of DRC’s Protection projects, the EMAP/GBV Officer, will work closely with the EMAP/GBV Team Leader, Protection Manager, and other Protection team members to ensure the set-up, implementation, and impact evaluation of the Engaging Men through Accountable Practice (EMAP) intervention. The EMAP/GBV Officer is expected to travel to field office on a regular basis according to the work plan established by the EMAP/GBV Team Leader. Responsibilities include the management and direct supervision of the EMAP Assistants operating in his/her axis of responsibility, the supervision of the protection activities, the representation at local coordination meetings, as well as the liaison with key local stakeholders (partners, authorities etc.). The EMAP/GBV Officer is also responsible for drafting activity reports (weekly, monthly, ad hoc) based on key finding and achievements.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Protection Team lead, the holder of this position shall perform the following duties:

Program implementation.

• Liaise with other GBV partners implementing EMAP to ensure understanding of lessons learned and best practices, as well as to leverage contextualized resources and expertise.
• Ensure strong understanding of the EMAP intervention, framework of Accountable Practice, and all guides associated with the intervention.
• Contextualize the curriculum with the support of the Protection Coordinator, Protection Manager, and EMAP/GBV Team Leader for rollout in targeted areas.
• Develop work and procurement plans for the set-up and implementation of the EMAP curricula.
• Engage with communities and key community stakeholders on prevention interventions, including the selection of EMAP participants for discussion groups.
• Facilitate the relevant gender-specific discussion groups and provide support to the EMAP Assistant for facilitation of the other gender-specific discussion groups.
• Develop a monitoring and evaluation plan, along with relevant tools, with the support of the Protection Coordinator, Protection Manager, EMAP/GBV Team Leader, and MEAL Coordinator.
• Ensure appropriate documentation and means of verification for all program activities.
• Adhere to data protection policies and procedures, along with protection information management principles and best practices, for all program and project data.
• Draft weekly reports on activities, highlighting any implementation challenges and proposed solutions and adaptative measures, and ensure weekly uploads of data to the activity dashboard.
• Draft monthly and quarterly donor reports with qualitative and quantitative data, elaboration of program successes and challenges.
• Maintain regular contact with community focal points to ensure a constant flow of information and feedback and strengthen their capacity through training, coaching, and mentoring.
• Liaise with other project sectors and staff to ensure appropriate internal coordination and collaboration.
• Other activities or tasks relevant to the set-up and successful implementation of EMAP and GBV prevention programming as assigned by the EMAP/GBV Team Leader, Protection Manager, or Protection Coordinator.
• Assist the Protection Team leaders to develop and coordinate emergency rapid needs assessments and responses in line with proposals, strategies, and donor requirements.
• Represent protection department in various partner coordination meetings including PSWG, CP-SSWG, GBV-TWG, MHPSS and government line ministries as relevant.
• Provide training/capacity building to duty bearers, international and local NGOs and IDP communities on protection related issues (guiding principles of IDP protection; child protection; SGBV etc.).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Psychology, Social work, Social Sciences, Counselling, Education, Human Rights, Development Studies or relevant equivalent disciplines.
• Two (2) years work experience in a humanitarian organization / with displacement affected populations or significant experience as a DRC Protection social or outreach worker.
• Knowledge of protection norms, principles, and activities.

Desirable:

• Excellent communication skills (oral and writing)
• Professional fluency in English, Hausa, Kanuri is an added advantage.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills – self-motivated individuals, able to take initiative and propose solutions, resilient, positive, and able to work independently.
• Skills and experience in Assessment, delivery, monitoring, review and evaluation, working with refugees or IDPs.
• Good facilitation/training skills; experience designing and delivering training curricula, preferably focused on adult learning.

General Regulations

• The employee shall follow DRC instructions on safety, confidentiality, and ethical guidelines, including the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Accountability Framework.
• Employee should not engage in any other paid activity during the DRC contract period without prior authorization.
• Employee should not engage in any activity that could harm DRC or the implementation of any project during the DRC contract period.
• Employee should not give interviews to the media or publish project-related photos or other material without prior authorization.
• Employee shall return all borrowed equipment for the project to DRC after the end of the contract period or upon request.