GBV Officer/Nurse at Plan International - 2 Openings

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: GBV Officer/Nurse

Location: Maiduguri, Borno, NG
Slot: 2 Openings

Role Purpose

• Plan International has secured funding from the German government through its German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) for the implementation of a Child Protection Mobile program intervention in order to address the immediate protection needs of children, adolescents and their families affected by the crisis in North-East Nigeria.
• The crisis in North-East Nigeria has adverse psychological impact on children and caregivers thus building their resilience and coping mechanism is key to their recovers and fostering of social cohesion.
• In this regard, Plan International is recruiting GBV Officers/ Nurse who will be responsible to provide rapid GBV prevention and response services, lead and coordinate case managers and facilitate capacity building for case managers and volunteers in line with International minimum standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and MHPSS guidelines, GBV in Emergencies guidelines.
• The post holder will be supervised directly by the Project Coordinator and technically by the GBV Technical Advisor.
• S/He is expected to work very closely with other members of the program team.
• Initial assignment is for 12 months with possibility of extension of up to 36 months depending on satisfactory performance and availability of funding.

Dimesions of Role

• Communicates within Plan International Nigeria and with partners and related government institutions. The post holder will manage Plan International Mobile GBV Case Management activities interfacing with other programme team members. The post holder will also contribute towards the capacity building of Plan Internationals implementing partners and community volunteers including stakeholders at LGA and community level. S/He will ensure strong linkage between GBV and Reproductive Sexual Health Rights as well as time response to survivor in the areas of Clinical Management of Sexual Violence Survivors. The role is part of a Mobile team responsible to provide rapid response services and must be willing to deploy in a very short notice in areas highly affected by influx of IDPs, volatile security and extremely hard to reach communities cut off by natural disaster like floods.

Key Roles/Responsibilities
In collaboration with the Field Team, Project Coordinator and GBV Technical Advisor, the GBV Officer/Nurse will be responsible:

• To ensure GBV survivors including child survivors and those at risk of GBV are identified and receive individual case management support by ensuring standard tools and procedures are in place and adhered to by case management team members.
• To manage, provide training and technical support to, and build the capacity of the full case management team.
• To coordinate with other GBV service providers on case management.

Technical responsibilities:

• Provide technical and management leadership to Case Managers in accordance with best practice and Plan policies, including its survivor and child-centred community-based approach.
• Ensure that solid case management, referral and information management systems are in place for appropriate identification, responses and follow-up for survivors of GBV.
• Ensure regular communication with Project Coordinator and GBV Technical Advisor to integrate appropriate GBV in emergencies priorities in program design
• Ensure regular individual supervision, case review meetings with Case Managers and case conferences are conducted to reflect on progress and to accommodate the lessons learned and improve case management system accordingly.
• Ensure the [GBV IMS Database] is set up, regularly updated, analyzed for trends in the caseload, and efficiently and confidentially managed in collaboration with the GBV IMS Officer [and relevant partner organizations (e.g. Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, UNFPA and UNICEF)].
• Provide support to reintegration activities especially for women, girls and boys formerly associated with armed groups in collaboration with humanitarian agencies
• Conduct regular capacity assessment and capacity building including coaching and mentoring of Case Managers 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 sessions for adolescent boys and girls
• Develop and roll-out RSHR information and education with adolescent girls
• Train GBV service providers (Health Workers) on Clinical Management of Sexual Assault Survivors

Staff Supervision & Development:

• Directly supervises GBV Case Managers
• Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
• Ensure timely completion and submission of regular program and staff reporting and annual performance reviews, as appropriate
• Assist with the recruitment of Case Managers.
• Ensure training, support and ongoing capacity building opportunities for Case Managers
• Provide evaluations on Case Managers performance in accordance with Plan Policies and Guidelines.
• Ensure that all Plan policies are upheld, as well as Emergency Gender Based Violence Guidelines, Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, GBV Case Management Standard Operating Procedure and Core Humanitarian Standards

Grant Planning & Implementation:

• Produce weekly and monthly data and regular narrative reports for different stakeholders and information to feed into donor narrative report
• Supports implementation and ensure adherence to monitoring and evaluation plans.

Monitoring & Reporting:

• Initiate regular, participatory assessments/feedback surveys with client communities.
• Provide inputs into and consolidate weekly, monthly and quarterly progress reports on the Case Management activities; Submit reports for all field activities, trainings and meetings.
• Maintain effective and efficient oversight, quality control and reporting systems and processes that ensure regular field monitoring and modifications as required.
• Contribute to high-quality Plan International and donor reports on activities, indicators and achievements, as well as best practices and lessons learned.
• Coordination & Representation
• Actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders, including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors.
• Regularly attend LGA level GBV sub-working group meetings, Case Management meetings at appropriate levels to contribute to coordinator of case management responses across agencies.
• Program Development
• Contribute to the development of the CP/GBV program strategic direction for responding to in need of women, girls, boys and men.
• Contribute to proposal development activities (narrative and budget) through providing information from the ground and participation in rapid assessments.

Other:

• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of field teams; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to Plan International management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for Plan programs
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop Plan programs.

Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge
Essential:

• B.Sc in Nursing, Public Health, Reproductive Sexual Health, Midwife, Human Rights or related degree desired
• At least 3 years' experience in implementing child protection or Gender Based Violence programs, preferable social work or case management, in humanitarian or development settings
• At least 2 years direct experience providing services to children at risk and survivors  of abuse, exploitation and violence, providing gender-sensitive and child-friendly counselling services, and/or developing/implementing referral pathways and case management systems
• Previous experience supervising and managing a team in a cross-cultural setting especially Case Workers
• Demonstrated experience in capacity building and mentoring of staff
• Experience conducting and managing Clinical Management of Sexual Assault survivors training strongly desirable
• Previous experience in emergency preparedness and response
• Experience working with case files and databases and providing regular documentation preferred
• Experience in grant management and proposal writing preferred
• Experience facilitating and leading life skills sessions for adolescent girls strongly desired.

Desirable:

• Demonstrated understanding of the skills necessary to work with children and particularly vulnerable children
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems, think and plan strategically, and communicate with key actors in a dynamic and unpredictable operating environment
• Excellent community mobilization skills
• Strong skills in monitoring, evaluation, research and conducting participatory, community-led assessments.
• Knowledge of Sphere and established international child protection/GBV standards, methodology and tools
• Knowledge of community mobilization and facilitation techniques
• Computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Ability and willingness to work in a participatory manner with a diverse range of client communities
• Personal qualities: Team player, clear communicator, flexible, network-builder, able to handle pressure well under minimal supervision, and a commitment to child rights and gender equality
• Languages: Fluency in written and spoken English
• Knowledge of local language (Hausa, Kanuri) a must
• Creates strong sense of purpose and commitment within own part of operations and with stakeholders
• Holds self and others to account to deliver on agreed goals and standards of behaviour
• Demonstrates a high degree of professionalism/integrity
• Provides good and adequate administrative and logistical support to enable programmes to meet meets it’s agreed financial and program outcomes.
• Actively seeks for support in addressing difficulties in execution of duties.
• Strategic thinking and effective contribution to own work and Organisational development.
• Sound judgement and decision-making in complex situations
• Strong emotional intelligence including self-awareness.
• Leads by example to motivate high performance of others
• Very strong commitment to continuous learning.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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