WPE Psychosocial Support Officer

• Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
• Location: Kasulu
• Grade: Junior
• Occupational Groups:
  • Public Health and Health Service
  • Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
  • Gender-based violence
  • Social Affairs
  • Administrative support
• Closing Date

Requisition ID: req5701
Job Title: WPE Psychosocial Support Officer
Sector: Women Protection & Empowerment
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Kasulu, Tanzania

Job Description
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, IRC offers life-saving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in more than 30 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted by conflict or disaster. IRC leads the way from harm to home.
The IRC has been present in Tanzania for 25 years, supporting refugees and Tanzanians with health, education and protection. With a National Office in Dar es Salaam and field offices in Kasulu, Kibondo and Kigoma, the IRC serves over 200,000 people each year.
The IRC currently has over 200 staff and employs a further 2,000 refugee workers to enable the frontline delivery of its programmes. Together, we aim to provide the best possible impact for some of the most vulnerable children, women and men. In all that we do, IRC strives to deliver through IRC’s core values of Integrity, Accountability and Service. This new role is at the heart of that challenge.
The Women’s Protection and Empowerment program in Tanzania has worked to strengthen gender-based violence (GBV) service delivery, help survivors heal, mobilize communities to prevent violence, and promote women and girls’ inclusion. The IRC works to ensure GBV survivors have access to life-saving care, improved protection and envisions a country in which women and girls are respected, have access to essential services and opportunities, and live free from violence. The IRC Tanzania has been implementing GBV programs in refugee camps.
This position will be responsible for providing direct comprehensive case management service and holistic psychosocial support services, in best response to the needs of GBV survivors in the the target population/ assigned refugee camp. The Psychosocial Support Officer work in close coordination with multi-sectoral response GBV services providers. The position is based in the assigned camp and report to GBV Psychosocial Support Supervisor.

• The incumbent will provide professional psychosocial and confidential services to survivors of GBV, grounded in the IRC’s holistic, survivor-centered case management approach.
• Provide case management services in accordance with the case management steps, conduct safety assessment and planning, conduct consent based, timely multi sectoral response referrals for GBV survivors including access to justice, working closely with the WPE legal team.
• Ethically and confidentially document client information through accurate filling of IRC provided intake forms and ensure confidential and safe storage
• Ensure cases that need life-saving services are prioritized for immediate medical or security related action.
• Ensure proper and safe documentation of reported GBV incidences through utilization of GBVIMS tools and coding system; consent form, case intake form, action plan, follow up plan, client satisfaction tool and other case management tools accurately and appropriately, strictly follow data protection protocol and confidentiality. Secure document storage in a lockable cabinet and location at all time.
• Conduct GBV ethical and accuracy data collection in GBV information management systems (GBVIMS) entered with data protection and confidentiality – working with supervisor for analysis, planning, evaluation to inform WPE programming
• Conduct effective working relationships with all GBV services providers including police, and MHA at camp level in best representation of survivors’ best interest and needs, use and follow of GBV referral pathway and GBV SoPs.
• Attend internal weekly case review meeting with supervisor.
• Attend Case conference meeting as assigned by supervisor.
• Ensure that IRC support center is safe, confidential, and accessible in supportive environment for GBV survivors.
• Advocate on survivors’ needs and best interest, ensure actions are immediate taken especially medical and safety issues, and other survivors’ needs are met by services providers.
• Promote networks with community leaders, women leaders, women’s group, service providers and camp management to ensure that survivors receive compassionate support from the community.

Data collection and reporting;

• Conduct regular administration of client satisfaction surveys for survivors accessing GBV services
• Conduct regular IRC case management supervision tools with officer and case worker.
• Regular check data quality and accuracy, review case files on a regular basis, focusing on active cases to make sure that a) forms are being used and filled out appropriately; and b) to monitor the services that are being provided (as documented in the case file).
• Track indicators, maintain, update and analyze data on WPE response activity and indicator
• Prepare and submit timely and quality weekly, monthly, quality and other donor reports as per the donor requirements, including assist in proposal input. Accountable to meet report deadline.
• Support and working closely with WPE M&E Manager on program data collection.
• Use of WPE Response M&E tools and GBVIMS tools sufficiently and systematically
• Participate in data analysis, interpretation of the analyzed data on GBV reporting trends to inform intervention areas.

Program management

• With support from supervisor participate in all response budget planning; accountable for develop and maintain work plans, spending and procurement plans, tracking expenditures and ensure all prevention activities are allowable and allocable according to IRC and donor compliance and regulations; review monthly BvA and bring any over/under expenditure, miss-charge or double charging issues etc to the attention of the supervisor in a timely manner and jointly develop corrective plans and prepare response activity cash projection submit to supervisor.
• Build the knowledge and skills of case worker/incentive staff on GBV cases management emphasis on safety assessment and planning, and psychosocial support/counseling, referral to other services.
• Communicate any incentive staffs issue to supervisor in a timely manner. Any recruitment of the new incentive staff must obtain supervisor approval.
• Participate and support in building the capacity of community based groups to provide ongoing psychosocial support to emotionally distressed persons
• Participate in capacity building of other service providers and community based structures to ensure that survivors receive compassionate support as assigned by supervisor.
• Conduct transparent and accountable records of beneficiaries issued with non-food items distribution at the IRC support center. Inventory of all materials support must be regular update and accurate.
• Participate the identification for material needs of GBV survivors in collaboration with Supervisor and initiate purchase requests to respond to the needs in line with approved budgets, and in advance of the quarterly procuring.
• Direct manage assets/inventory assigned to the support centers

General Responsibilities:

• Attend and participate in trainings identified organized by your supervisor.
• Follow any new procedures and guidelines designated in circulars from Country Director.
• Support the IRC Tanzania Country SAP implementation in Kibondo field office, coordinate with other IRC actors particularly Health, Education, MHPSS and Operational Department to achieve the IRC strategy outcome with support of WPE Sr. Manager and WPE Coordinator.
• Report any violations of the IRC Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Code of Conduct (Tanzania and worldwide) as per the IRC Tanzania reporting mechanism. The reporting of violations is an obligation on the part of all staff members.
• Assist where necessary in undertaking activities that aim to prevent the occurrence of sexual abuse and exploitation of refugees by IRC and other humanitarian workers.
• Represent IRC at inter-agency meetings as assigned.
• Assist in control and proper usage of stationery and other items relating to work.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by your supervisor.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in counseling and/or psychology. Diploma holders with extensive work experience will also be considered.
• Minimum 2 years of direct psychosocial/counseling experience with a reputable agency; experience working mental health cases preferred.
• Clear understanding of psychosocial support, psychosocial care, counseling and support service for survivor of GBV.
• Must maintain confidentiality, working ethics, GBV guiding principle and uphold rights and survivor best interest, respect survivor decision at all times.
• Positive, highly motivated, innovative, with strong organizational and inter-personal skills.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Strong knowledge of computer applications, including MS Word, Excel and power point
• Willing to work in a remote location.
• Fluency in Swahili and English, knowledge of French or Kirundi is a plus.

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