Protection Gender and Inclusion Officer
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Ukrainian Red Cross Society
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 0-5 years
- Organisation type: Inter-governmental
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Location: Ukraine
The Ukrainian Red Cross Society is the largest humanitarian organization in Ukraine, which is one of the first to respond to all emergencies in the country and provide assistance to those who need it most.
Job duties and responsibilities
- Act as the focal point and resource person on protection, gender and inclusion · Provide technical advice on integrating PGI into programmes, projects and humanitarian responses
- Enhance internal awareness and capacity of URCS team in relation to protection, gender and inclusion matters
- Contribute to the development and roll out of standard URCS training and other resources on protection, gender and inclusion
- Design, implement and facilitate training/workshops for the QCA Focal Point Network based on existing standard trainings on protection, gender and inclusion, and those which are being developed
- Support URCS to be active protection actors and coordination mechanisms · Oversee the collection, analysis, and utilization of sex, age, and disability disaggregated data to inform protection, gender, and inclusion (PGI) activities across all programs
- Collaborate with sector leads to integrate PGI-related considerations into multi-sectoral needs assessments and ensure that all programs align with the Minimum Standards for Protection, Gender, and Inclusion in Emergencies
- Collaborate with the QCA Focal Point Network and with other organizations to map and disseminate referral pathways at the regional levels
- Conduct regular monitoring of the operational context and emerging protection risks, providing timely reports to inform and adapt prevention, mitigation, and response strategies.
Position Requirements
- Education: A graduate university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in Social Sciences (i.e. Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology or Health Education) or other relevant field such as Law, Child Protection, Gender or Women’s Studies or Social Work (preferred)
- Experience:
– 3 years of experience in a related role to any and preferably a few of the following areas of work (Protection-preventing and addressing various forms of sexual and gender-based violence including child protection, preventing sexual exploitation and abuse, Gender – promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, Inclusion – work with older people, disability rights, other forms of social inclusion).
– Demonstrated professional experience in an organization or governmental institution within the context of humanitarian or developmental support and coordination of PGI related services and assistance
– Demonstrated experience in applying humanitarian protection, gender, accessibility standards and guidelines and in setting up and managing accountability systems, participatory planning processes
– Experience of coaching, training and developing local staff and volunteers in order to build long-term capacity and create ownership
– Required possesses a broad understanding of national and regional humanitarian issues, and international humanitarian standards for Protection, Gender, and Inclusion.
– Demonstrates ability to represent and advocate for Protection, Gender equality and inclusion with diplomatic and contextual adaptation and appropriateness to sensitive issues including for language.
– Fluent spoken and written Ukrainian and good command of English (advantage), and Russian.
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