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World Vision International

Christian humanitarian organization supporting children worldwide

Protection & Gender Officer

Community Outreach & ProgramsPosted on Nov 5
Full-timePaoua, Central African RepublicNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A university degree in social sciences, community development, child protection, or a related field is required.
  • At least three years of experience implementing child-protection and gender-based-violence programs is required, ideally in the Central African Republic or a similar context.
  • Knowledge of international child-protection standards and child-rights-based approaches is required.
  • Communication and capacity-building skills, including training and community mobilization, are required.
  • Ability to work autonomously, take initiative, and prioritize effectively in a dynamic environment is required.
  • Interpersonal skills and the ability to work with diverse stakeholders are required.
  • Proficiency in written and spoken French and an acceptable level of English are required.
  • Experience in preventing and responding to gender-based violence is required.
  • Knowledge and professional experience in child-rights programming are required.
  • Research, assessment, reporting, project and program monitoring, and evaluation skills are required.
  • Skills in people management, facilitation, conflict resolution, and capacity building are required.
  • Strong analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to think and plan strategically are required.
  • Ability to work with limited supervision is required.
  • Availability to travel regularly as needed is required.
  • Applicants must be local applicants.
  • Applicants must submit a current CV, a copy of their national identity card, copies of their diplomas, and relevant work certificates or employment attestations.
  • Applicants must use a valid email address and their email address as their account username, and retain their chosen password throughout the recruitment process.
  • Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision and good moral character are required.

Responsibilities

  • Implement child-protection and gender-based-violence activities in accordance with World Vision policies and procedures and international child-protection standards.
  • Raise awareness and train local populations, including community leaders, families, and children, on children’s rights and gender-based violence to prevent violence.
  • Identify vulnerable and at-risk children and communities, with a focus on gender-based-violence survivors, and provide psychosocial support, life-saving assistance, and access to appropriate protection services.
  • Coordinate activities with local stakeholders, including nongovernmental organizations and government agencies, to support a holistic child-protection approach and prevent gender-based violence.
  • Collect and analyze data on gender-based-violence cases and child-protection situations, and prepare regular reports for the project manager.
  • Participate in relevant child-protection and gender-based-violence meetings and working groups at community and national levels.
  • Coordinate with government, local and international nongovernmental organizations, United Nations agencies, and other stakeholders to support survivors holistically, including developing or strengthening gender-based-violence standards, standard operating procedures (including for health actors), information-sharing protocols, and comprehensive multisector referral pathways.
  • Oversee child-protection and gender-based-violence activities, including budget development and monitoring, compliance, and reporting, and ensure grant activity indicators and targets are achieved on time and within the project budget.
  • Build project partners’ capacity to design, implement, advocate for, monitor, and evaluate gender-responsive interventions that protect women, girls, men, and boys and mitigate protection and gender-based-violence risks in their areas of work.
  • Ensure monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning tools incorporate gender considerations and are systematically implemented in collaboration with the project manager, behavior-change communication specialist, and monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning specialist.
  • Provide technical advice, training, coaching, and mentoring to local partner staff on child protection and gender-based violence to ensure quality services for beneficiaries.
  • Conduct field-monitoring visits to assess progress, identify implementation challenges, provide solutions, implement modifications, and ensure accurate data collection.
  • Integrate a gender approach with WASH, food security, education, health, social affairs, privacy, and other thematic sectors during project implementation, and promote its long-term sustainability to help eliminate gender-based violence.
  • Assess whether gender-based-violence guiding principles are present or applied and evaluate basic capacity to meet survivors’ needs in program areas.
  • Train mandated institutions, local authorities, police and justice officers, informal justice mechanisms, the ministry of education, referral mechanisms, and health divisions to recognize, respect, and protect the rights of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
  • Train child-protection committee members, community leaders, parents, and guardians on child-protection laws, child-protection standards and referral mechanisms, and sexual and gender-based violence.
  • Monitor and report protection abuses through confidential reporting to child-protection and gender-based-violence services; follow up on cases reported by protection committees; report child-protection incidents through WVI’s Ethicspoint electronic reporting system; and provide technical advice on appropriate action plans.
  • Ensure community-level child-protection structures exist and develop a monitoring plan to ensure child-protection information is updated periodically.
  • Participate in daily devotions and weekly chapel services.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of local languages is an asset.

About the Company

World Vision International

Christian humanitarian organization supporting children worldwide

What World Vision International does: It is a Christian humanitarian, development, and advocacy organization focused on children. It operates in nearly 100 countries with 33,000+ staff and works with supporters to help more than 200 million vulnerable children by addressing the root causes of poverty. How its product works: Through long-term programs and rapid relief, it provides essentials like water, food, and tools for families to overcome poverty, guided by faith and field expertise, and coordinated across communities by staff and partners. How it is different from competitors: It combines a large, faith-guided global network with a clear focus on sustainable, root-cause approaches to development, serving all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender, and stressing lasting impact that endures beyond one-time aid. What the company’s goal is: To improve the lives of children, families, and communities around the world and create lasting, generational impact.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Monrovia, CA
Founded
2012

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