Background:
The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery, and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.
The IRC is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic individual for the position of Community Wellbeing Initiative (CWI) Coordinator who will be the head of IRC Ethiopia’s Gender-Based Violence program, with a focus on women and girls’ protection and empowerment, spanning emergency, humanitarian, and development programming. The IRC Ethiopia’s CWI program provides support services for GBV survivors and those at risk (including case management and psychosocial support) and quality women and girls’ protection and empowerment programming that focuses on the holistic needs and priorities of women and girls grounded in their lived experiences and realities. Specifically - women and girls’ economic, physical, psychological, emotional, and social well-being and safety. The CWI program also works and collaborates with a range of partners including: Government; women and girl-focused NGOs; community-based women’s groups; and UN and international NGOs.
Job Description
The CWI Coordinator is responsible in overseeing high quality program management, implementation, strategic direction, partnership development of the CWI (GBV) Programme. They will provide technical support, mentoring, encouragement, capacity development and guidance to the CWI Assistant Coordinator and CWI Managers, alongside the team as a whole. The CWI Coordinator supports the CWI team across the country in GBV prevention and response in emergency, humanitarian and development contexts in the following regions – Oromia, Somali, Tigray, and Benishangul-Gumuz, Afar and Amhara (where IRC directly responds and/or works with partners). This position reports to the Deputy Director for Programs (DDP) and requires regular travel to the field.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Technical Oversight, Quality & Programming
Management, Staff Development and Team Wellbeing
Strategic Planning and Fundraising
Representation