NRC has a presence in Venezuela with a multisectoral approach in education, water, sanitation and hygiene, food security, protection against violence and information, guidance, legal assistance. In the state of Apure, NRC also establishes a multisectoral program, with a strong component of Protection against Violence. The program will initially focus on protection case management by providing quality services to people affected by displacement and people vulnerable to protection risks such as effect of violence. The Protection against Violence intervention also foresees its expansion to other actions such as community protection information, protection monitoring to document the advocacy strategy.
The objective of the post of Technical Assistant for Protection against Violence (PcV) is to contribute to the daily actions of implementation of the different competition projects Protection against Violence of the office/area according to the proposals, strategies, requirements and technical quality of NRC. In particular, the PcV Technical Assistant is responsible for the efficient and high-quality provision of participatory process protection and facilitation services in the areas of operations. This includes case management, psychosocial support, awareness raising, community capacity building, protection assessments, protection monitoring.
Duties and responsibilities
Generic responsibilities
one. Comply with NRC policies, standards, strategies, tools, manuals, and guidelines.
2. Comply with the strategy, tools, manuals, guidelines and rules of the basic competence of Protection against Violence.
3. Participate in the development of Protection against Violence projects in accordance with the action plan.
4. Be responsible for activities related to your technical area in projects.
5. Identify solutions to daily problems according to the agreed procedures, priorities and standards for the work area.
6. Prepare and prepare the situation reports that are required for decision-making by management.
7. Ensure that the registration and identification systems of project participants are appropriate for the protection of personal data; and based on an initial needs assessment.
8. Guarantee the correct physical and digital file of project documents.
9. Ensure that projects target the most vulnerable people, and explore and evaluate new and better ways to provide assistance.
10. Promote and share ideas for the technical improvement of the Protection against Violence competition.
Specific responsibilities
one. Support the development of capacities of NRC staff and partners to safely identify and refer protection cases within the framework of case management.
2. With the support of community focal points, identify and respond to emergencies, perform internal and external referrals, as necessary.
3. Support in the preparation of training materials, as necessary.
4. Carry out qualitative data collection, evaluations, interviews with key informants and focus groups to identify community needs and gaps in protection services.
5. Carry out regular field visits and organize information sessions on available services, as well as sensitize the target population to gaps in the provision of protection services.
6. Carry out protection and information gathering evaluations, community formation, support to communities to apply and reinforce self-protection strategies, data analysis, as requested by the direct manager.
7. Prepare periodic reports required by the PcV Officer.
8. Ensure the proper archiving of all paper data collection forms, as well as the maintenance of the protection case management database to support the PcV Officer.
9. Support the maintenance of the community incident database and protection case management, as necessary.
10. Assist in the identification of changes and / or new trends related to the protection environment in your area of intervention.
eleven. Participate in any other related activity in coordination with the Line Manager.
Qualifications
Generic professional skills:
• College graduate, preferably in sociology, international relations, psychology, anthropology, social work, law or similar / relevant
• Desirable verbal and written fluidity in the English language.
Context / Specific skills, knowledge and experience:
• Demonstrable experience of / in:
o Minimum 1 years in protection case management (preferably general protection, accepted from VBG or child protection)
o Work with a population with different types of vulnerability, victims of conflict, violence, among others.
o Case management with a differential approach sensitive to gender, childhood and ethnicity
o Community involvement and facilitation of participatory processes.
o Case management databases
o Writing of technical reports.
•Knowledge of data protection standards and physical file management.
• Understanding the protection risks faced by people affected by displacement, refugees, and other vulnerable people; The experience of working with ethnic communities will be valued.
• Solid understanding of the basic concepts of psychosocial counseling and support; prior training in these areas will be valued.
• Confidentiality, Respect and Empathy.
• Well-developed organizational skills
• Demonstrable communication, interpersonal and representation skills
• Mastery in the management of relevant office tools for the management of the Protection against Violence competition.
• Previous experience on issues related to Protection against Violence in agencies of the United Nations system, the Red Cross movement or other international or national humanitarian organizations is positively valued.
• Availability to travel to states where NRC has a presence and spend the night on the ground.
Personal qualities
• Management of unsafe environments.
• Planning and delivery of results.
• Work with people.
• Analysis.
• Communication with impact and respect.
• Address change.
We can offer
Fixed-time Labor Contract, salary according to the scale of NRC Venezuela.
