WPE Manager

Overview

The Women's Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Manager will be responsible for the technical quality of partner WPE mobile gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response programming in Kachin state. This role ensures adherence to GBV guiding principles and supports service delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate, plan, and technically supervise partner staff to ensure program quality.
• Represent as a GBV focal person in State level working groups and establish a strong referral pathway system.
• Document referral pathways and procedures; lead coordination and advocacy efforts with service providers and community leaders.
• Coordinate with IRC and partner health programs to ensure quality health referrals for GBV survivors.
• Design and implement mobile GBV service delivery to reach targeted IDP camps.
• Support partner staff to provide basic case management and psychosocial activities for survivors of GBV.
• Conduct GBV attitude, knowledge and skills assessments for partner staff.
• Support partner organizations to oversee outreach activities on GBV services.
• Develop and oversee M&E systems, tools, and ensure data collection and quality.
• Develop, expand, and increase quality delivery of GBV services.
• Contribute to the country-specific GBV strategy and positioning IRC as a strong GBV player.
• Provide guidance and technical support to key implementing partners through regular field monitoring visits.
• Develop capacity building plans for individual partner staff and community focal points.
• Provide technical capacity building and training to key partner organizations and other actors.
• Ensure all training materials and plans are aligned with IRCs global and contextually adapted guidelines.
• Ensure response work with survivors adheres to best-practice principles.
• Assess and analyze GBV situation in Kachin to develop a holistic program.
• Ensure that ethical and sound data collection and information management systems are in place.
• Work with program staff to ensure field experiences are documented and used for learning and advocacy.
• Support exploration and development of program expansion possibilities.
• Provide training and capacity building to other IRC and partner departments.
• Collaborate with HR department for recruitment of staff.
• Ensure positive relationships with IRC and partner staff.
• Supervise, and provide performance management feedback for staff under direct supervision.
• Identify and communicate capacity building needs.
• Prepare and maintain/update detailed work plan(s), spending plan and procurement plan.
• Ensure program documentation system is adequate.
• Manage grant/s for Kachin programs and collaborate for sub-grants management.
• Provide accurate and regular narrative and financial reports, and maintain detailed records.
• Conduct and draft needs assessment reports and other internal reports.
• Prepare program quarterly/annual donor report.
• Support drafting of program briefing materials and respond to requests for program information.
• Contribute to development of concept notes, proposals and strategic plans.
• Liaise and coordinate with other UN and NGO partners, ministry departments, local authorities, and beneficiaries.
• Liaise regularly and work closely with program, operations and finance staff in Yangon.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders.
• Regularly attend GBV sub-cluster meetings and other cluster meetings.
• Ensure all activities are carried out in accordance with IRC Operational policies.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Required Experience

Overall responsibilities for ensuring the technical quality of partner WPE mobile gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response programming. Experience reviewing Urdu content is required. Experience in translation/localization is required.

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