Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Officer

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Officer

Responsibility Level/Grade: Officer
Incumbent’s Name: To Be Determined
Department/Project/PN: DRR and GiE
Workstation: Dhangadi
Supervisor/Principal Evaluator/Title: DRR and GiE Coordinator
Co-evaluator: To Be Determined

JOB SUMMARY

The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Officer is responsible for CARE Nepal efforts to strengthen SRHR services during emergencies response and recovery in the Kailali district. This position is also responsible for promoting Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) approaches across CARE’s programs and policies and promote gender sensitive and gender transformative programming. The Incumbent will work closely with local government, humanitarian partnership platform and local implementing partners and relevant stakeholders to establish a participatory and rights-based social accountability mechanism to enhance SRHR services during emergencies. The Incumbent will be responsible for implementation of the project interventions and support the emergency response and recovery activities of the project.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

• In line with the humanitarian principles and project objectives, ensure high quality implementation of SRHR activities at the local level, compatibility and alignment with CARE policies, strategies, and guidelines (including internationally agreed upon standards (MISP, Core Humanitarian Standards, etc.)
• Support disaster response and recovery mechanism at local & province level government (such as: Rapid Response Team, Disaster Management Committee, health/protection cluster, district emergency operation center) to integrate the toolkit of rights-based social accountability mechanisms and adopt approved procedural guidelines of social accountability, to ensure continuity of practice.
•  Strengthening the quality of SRHR interventions through development and contextualization of program tools, guidance, and resources, and ensuring all staff are familiar with relevant standards and toolkits.
•  Support SRHR program delivery capacity of key SRHR stakeholders at district level, including the Health and Protection Cluster and relevant technical working group members, in the humanitarian contexts
•  Develop or adapt and deliver training modules on human rights-based accountability and gender responsive approaches to outreach and outpost staff from humanitarian organizations and Humanitarian Partnership Platform (HPP) partners
• Ensure the mainstreaming of Safeguarding, protection from harmful practices and violence, Disability Inclusion in the program area and address the SRH needs of adolescents and youth.
•  Ensure innovation of interventions, contexts of social and gender norms, gender equality and the rights of girls.
•  Facilitate a process with reproductive health (RH)-Sub Cluster and Protection Clusters to integrate the lessons from the cohort of community monitors and circle of accountability groups engagement.
• Provide close guidance to the field office team, technical coordination into the project planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation; assess the outputs, outcomes and impact of program interventions and activities in the program area.
•  Liaising with key internal and external actors in the districts, local community settings, including other thematic actors within CARE Nepal and relevant clusters, working groups, regularly attend and share updates in the SRHR Knowledge Management and experience sharing at local, regional, and national level
•  Take part and support advocacy on key SRHR issues, Gender-Based Violence (GBV) risks, women lead in emergencies (WLiE) interventions and support national/provincial/local level advocacy efforts
•  Provide technical support to the program/project team including partners on issues related to GESI and build capacity of program/project and partner staff including different engaging alliances in GESI tools and procedures.
•  Support in development and rollout of tools and guidance on SRHR
• Delivering relevant trainings on SRHR for all project and support staff
•  Ensure M&E and learning in close collaboration with the M&E team and alignment to system Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability (MEL)
•  Support the quality and timely reporting and documenting of project activities including preparation of regular updates, monthly, quarterly, and yearly SRHR program progress reports.

Upholding CARE’s Core values and ensuring its principles

• Link and demonstrate CARE Nepal’s core values, programming principles, strategic objectives, gender equity and equality.
• Comply and exercise organizational values and culture.
•  Help to promote rights and good governance.
•  Any other duties/responsibilities as per the need/priority of mission in consultation with supervisor.
•  Demonstrate positive behaviors following CARE code of conduct and uphold implementation of CARE Safeguarding policy at all levels.
•  Conduct awareness raising on CARE Safeguarding policy, feedback and accountability channels and code of conduct.

Authority:

Spending Authority: None
Supervision: None

Working conditions: Work is based in Dhangadi, Kailali

PERSON SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Qualification and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing/public health equivalent in relevant area with 3 years of experience in global development or humanitarian sector, including at least 2 years’ experience in GESI, Emergency response and recovery along with demonstrated experience in implementation of MISP. The Incumbent should have sound knowledge and understanding on national SRHR and emergency response policies and strategies.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Networking and Coordination Skills
• Communication skills including strong verbal and written language skills in both English and Nepali
•  Good Interpersonal and facilitation skills.
• Good Inter-personal skills
•  Ability to work in multi-cultural team and with different stakeholders.
•  Willingness to travel to the field.
•  Training in managing SRHR programs in Emergencies preferred.
•  Knowledge of training tools and methods and proven experience delivering training on gender responsive/ transformative SRHR programming
•  Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in a multi-ethnic and multicultural environment.
• Ability to establish collaborative relationships with staff, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to travel to support project activities. Competencies:
• Analytical thinking – Able to analyze and draw conclusions on the budget and actual data of project.
• Planning and organizing – Able to define work goals and objectives; develop and execute work plans; and contribute to the achievement of work group objectives
• Teamwork and People Management – Able to work effectively with other people within a work group
•  Developing others – Able to foster the development of others by providing a supportive learning environment
• Communicating and sharing ideas and information – Able to present information and express opinions confidently to internal and external audiences
•  Writing – Able to communicate ideas and information in writing to ensure that information and messages are understood and have the desired impact
•  Initiative – Deals with situations and issues proactively and persistently
•  Embracing and Valuing Diversity – Able to contribute effectively to a culture that positively values the diversity of people, values, and ideas within CARE Nepal
• Influencing – Able to generate commitment and build consensus among others and gain their support • Innovation – Demonstrates openness to new ideas, seeks out newopportunities
•  Interpersonal sensitivity – Able to communicate with sensitivity and foster communication, actively listening to others

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