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Job Purpose

Reporting to life skill master trainer/curriculum developer the women support assistant will be responsible for the implementation of all planned activities regular travel to project sites to provide technical support, supervise, review and document progress, and challenges in the field.

The Women’s Support assistants will manage regular sessions in the safe spaces in the target locations within the targeted location in the provinces’ IMC Protection sites. The Women’s Support assistants will be a focal point of the program and will welcome women and girls to participate in a variety of psychosocial support activities. The Women’s Support assistant will also provide regular guidance and support to women’s activities.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• She will oversee WGSSs group awareness sessions and activities relating to WGSSs and awareness
• Organize and monitor daily activities at the WGSS
• Organize group psychosocial support activities
• Refer clients to PSS counsellors, as relevant
• Support and train outreach workers where relevant

• Maintain records on activities and produce reports

• Contribute to a positive IMC team environment
• Supervise the general WGSS activities implementation and ensure procurement of supplies is being done in a timely manner
• Facilitate educative empowerment sessions for women and girls

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps
• Conduct outreach sessions to encourage women to participate in safe space activities and survivors to come forward.

• Undertake any other responsibilities.

Organizational Responsibilities

Policy Adherence

• Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Compliance & Ethics:

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity

Safeguarding

• It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons. 

Skills Required

• Flexible and can work under pressure.
• computer skills
• Excellent Communication skills

Submission Guideline:

Dear Applicant,

International Medical Corps never asks job applicants for a fee, payment, or other monetary transaction. If you are asked for money in connection with this recruitment, please report to International Medical Corps at the website provided at the end of this document. 

Please note that:

• IMC commits to a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.
• IMC will conduct his recruitment on the base of need only.
• Only HR department will contact you during the recruitment process.
• IMC may keep data of your application for its pool of candidate and might propose you other position than the one you applied for based on your qualification.
• Only short-listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted & local applicants from the same province are encouraged to apply and will be given priority.

To apply for this vacancy, please use the following link:

Women Support Assistant (google.com) 

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Make sure that you have Entered All Education, Work Experiences Details Completely, Accurate & at the end of the application you press Submit.

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