Gender in Emergencies & Protection Coordinator

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CARE International in Lebanon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any Kind. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

CARE International in Lebanon and its employees abide by the CARE International Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse  and Child Safeguarding Policies.

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1. Purpose 

CARE is seeking a senior Gender in Emergencies & Protection Coordinator to oversee and provide technical guidance for standalone protection programming including case management, and to mainstream gender, protection and GBV mitigation across all programming within CARE Lebanon.   

Successful candidates will bring extensive programmatic expertise in GiE approaches including conducting gender analyses, experience leading Protection and GBViE programming including case management, and a track record of successfully delivering GiE-focused work across in humanitarian settings. They should have demonstrable expertise in capacity building, supporting resource mobilization and organizational representation. 

CARE International’s Humanitarian Mandate is to meet the immediate needs of disaster-affected women and girls and their families in the poorest communities in the world in a way that also addresses the underlying causes of people’s vulnerability. CARE recognizes the link between poverty and gender inequality and the need for humanitarian organizations to design, plan and respond to the needs of affected women, girls, men and boys in ways that promote gender equality. In order to address the systemic and structural practices that create barriers to the realization of women’s rights and gender equality; including prevention of and response to gender based violence and sexual exploitation and abuse, CARE recognizes the importance of working with girls and women in a way that supports their empowerment and of actively engaging men and boys as allies in the prevention of GBV.

2. Reporting Lines 

Emergency Team Leader

3. Organizational Relationship

Technical supervision of Protection Program Managers under Emergency Programming

Guidance, capacity building and mainstreaming support to emergency sector teams

4. Specific Duties and Responsibilities 

Main responsibilities

  • Provide Protection, GiE, GBViE and PSEAH technical guidance to Emergency Protection and Gender staff according to CI’s policies, GIE approach and global humanitarian standards.
  • Capacity build staff and partners through mentoring, training and guidance on best practice and standards including the IASC Gender Handbook and the IASC Guidelines for GBV Interventions in Humanitarian Settings. 
  • Provide technical guidance to set up a Protection case management system including safe data management protocols
  • Capacity building staff on the GBV survivor-centered approach for safe referrals of GBV issues
  • Support the mainstreaming of gender, protection, a do no harm approach including GBV mitigation throughout CIL’s wider programming including cash, livelihoods and shelter
  • Support CiL and partners (where applicable) to build capacity to integrate gender sensitive / responsive / transformative approaches into humanitarian work and systems
  • Lead and/or support Rapid Gender Analyses following CARE’s RGA toolkit and approach
  • Strengthen ‘Nexus’ programming that links the Gender in Emergencies response with longer-term interventions to ensure a strategic approach

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AS ASSIGNED BY LINE MANAGER

5. Qualifications / special skills or knowledge

Skills and experience

Required:

  • 7-10 years work experience in humanitarian and development settings, preferably with a large NGO
  • 5-7 years operational field experience in protection, GBV and gender in emergencies roles
  • Significant field experience setting up and managing protection case management systems and services incorporating safe data protocols and survivor-centered approach to GBV disclosures
  • Demonstrated knowledge and skills in mainstreaming gender, do no harm and GBV mitigation in humanitarian program design, management, monitoring and evaluation, including application of IASC Gender Handbook, GBV Guidelines and SPHERE standards.
  • International experience in assessment, gender analysis, program development, evaluation, project proposal and budget preparation
  • Experience in providing training and capacity building on GBV programming,
  • Strong knowledge of PSEAH approaches and familiarity with operational guidance
  • Excellent inter-personal skills and collaborative working and management style

Desired

  • 3-5 years protection project management experience
  • Practical experience in rapid gender analysis

c. Academic background: ex. high school diploma; college degree (specify major/minor); specialty (ex. Accounting). Include the following phrase when possible: “or equivalent combination of education and work experience.”

  • Master’s degree (or a combination of bachelor’s degree and relevant work experience) in development studies, international relations, gender studies or another relevant field.
  1. Languages: English and/ or Arabic are the working language of CARE International in Lebanon.
  1. of other languages is an asset.

PSEA and Save Guarding Child policy

CARE International in Lebanon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

CARE International in Lebanon and its employees and stakeholders abide by the CARE International Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Child Safeguarding Policies.

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Last modified: 
11 Sep, 2020
Intervention Sector(s):
Displaced Population, Gender issues, Refugees, Shelter and Non-Food Items
Application Deadline:
Thursday, 17 September 2020
Contract Type:
Full Time
Period of Employment:
6 months
Salary
N/A
Salary Range:
> 3000 (USD)
Education Degree:
Bachelor Degree
Education Degree Details:
Experience Requirements:
5 to 10 years
Arabic Language:
Fluent
English Language:
Fluent
French Language:
None
Country/City: 
  • Lebanon
  • Beirut
  • Lebanon