Vacancy Announcement for Various Positions

Vacancy Announcement

Location (Duty Station): Aawaaj Surkhet 

Expected joining date: April last week 2024

Employment type: Fixed term, Full time; 30 months contract

Contract End Date: October 2026 

Project Title:- Promotion of positive gender norms, prevention of gender-based violence and increasing access to services.

No. of Positions available: 5

Brief Introduction of Organization and Project

Aawaaj is a non-governmental and non-profit social organization established in 1999 by a group of professionals dedicated to protect and promote the rights of children and women and initiating integrated protection programs aimed at ending gender-based violence, trafficking, forced/early child marriage, harmful social norms, discrimination against children and women in Nepal. Aawaaj has  been working in partnership with UNICEF since 2020 including this project entitled" Promotion of positive gender norms, prevention of gender-based violence and increasing access to services under the “Empower Women and Prosperous Nepal (EWPN) The objective of this project  is to enable women and girls to fully realize their potential, free from violence, discrimination, and enjoy their human rights to the fullest" The UNICEF component of the project specifically addresses discriminatory social and gender norms perpetuating inequality.

Geographical Location: 4 districts of Karnali Province and 10 Rural Municipalities- Bhairabi, Dullu, Mahabu, Narayan, Thuli Bheri, Subha Kalika, Khandachakra, Sani Bheri, Birendranagar, Chaukune. The program intensively focuses in Narayan Municipality of Dailekh District, Shubhakalika of Kalikot, Birendranagar Municipality of Surkhet and Sanobheri of Rukum.

Start Date: April 2024

End date: October 2026.

We are seeking for qualified, capable and passionate candidates for the following position: 

1. Project Coordinator -1
2. Gender-based Violence (GBV) / Case Manager -1
3. Social Mobilizer -3

Vacancy -1: Project Coordinator - based in Surkhet with 50% mobility to project locations.

Key Responsibilities:

The Project Coordinator is responsible for following deliverables:

• Overall project execution, monitoring and supervising of field staffs.
• Prepare project implementation and monitoring plan.
• Provide technical support to ensure gender responsive policies and programs at province and Local Governments
• Promote positive gender norms, prevention of gender-based violence and increasing access to services through targeted project interventions.
• Encourage gender-equitable attitudes among women and girls, men and boys, families, and communities. 
• Support for positive social & gender norms and GBV Prevention in co-ordination with other service providers.
• Build capacities of the project team as well as beneficiaries of the programme areas
• Offer and link child sensitive GBV services to the most vulnerable and victims in need of protection services.
• Enhance leader skills of adolescent girls and boys at provincial and local level.
• Regular coordination with provincial and local governments including protection actors.
• Share project progress, findings, outcomes, achievements through periodic review meetings to the coordinating partner and donor agency as required.
• Regular reporting of project as per the donor requirement

Qualifications and Experience Requirements

• Minimum of Master’s Degree in social sciences with 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Prior experience in the field of child protection and promotion is preferred.
• Work experience in the field to reducing gender violence, forced/early child marriage, gender equality and social inclusion.
• Strong report writing skills and data/information collection and management.,.
• Fluently speaking and writing both English and Nepali
• Capacity policy advocacy on gender issues and resource mapping at the municipality and provincial level,
• Knowledge on government child protection policies and programs, budgets local level planning process. 
• Capacity to develop training manuals and the skills to facilitate training on gender issues.
• Strong coordination and collaboration skills with different stakeholders to increase access to justice. 
• Interpersonal communication skills
• Team sprit as well motivation skills
• Facilitation skills including through virtual platform.
• Competent on computer skills; specifically, Microsoft office, Canva, Virtual conferencing platforms and G Suite.

Vacancy: 2 GBV / Case Management Officer based in Surkhet with 50% field travel in project locations 

Key responsibilities:

The GBV / Case Management Officer is responsible for following deliverable:

• Support to facilitate trainings, workshop, meetings, and focus group discussion in the project locations.
• Provide technical support to ensure gender responsive policies and programs at province and Local Governments.
• Encourage gender-equitable attitudes among women and girls, men and boys, families, and communities. 
• Support for positive social & gender norms and GBV Prevention in co-ordination with other service providers.
• Offer and link child sensitive GBV services to the most vulnerable and victims in need of protection services.
• Enhance leader skills of adolescent girls and boys at provincial and local level.
• Regular coordination with provincial and local governments including protection actors.
• Prepare progress reports, case stories, human interest stories and best practices of the project.
• Influence Local and Provincial governments to allocate gender friendly policy, budget, and activities in support of children and women.
• Support project team members to enhance their knowledge on gender issues.
• Lead the case management process in the project locations.
• Regular support to social mobilizer to implement the community level interventions.

Requirements and working experience for application.

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences with 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Prior experience in managing child protection and GBV is preferred.
• Competent on computer skills; specifically, Microsoft office, Canva, Virtual conferencing platforms and G Suite.
• Data collection, case story writing, GESI data analysis and GBV situation analysis with logical relevant.
• Knowledge on government GBV policy, planning and budget preparation cycle.
• Capable of facilitating GBV training, training manual preparation
• Adequate facilitation and training skills Knowledge on case management and referral system and GESI tracking.
• Advocacy skills to influence GBV, child protection funds at the local level.

Vacancy 3: Social Mobilizer -3 (Three): one for Shubha Kalika Rural Municipality and one for Sani Bheri Rural Municipality (Filed based staffs)

Key responsibilities:

The Social Mobilizer is responsible for following deliverable:

• Support to implement the community level interventions.
• Coordination with local governments, community networks, child and adolescent groups, child protection committees, school management committees
• Information collection and reporting from the community level.
• Prepare progress reports inline with monthly action plan.
• Support to document the individual case management and reporting.
• Regular coordinate and support to conduct Local level meetings, trainings, workshops and other consultation meetings.
• Raise community level awareness on various concerns of child protection and GBV.
• Document case stories and best practices from the project locations

Qualifications and Experience Requirements

• Minimum +2 pass with 2 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience of working with children, adolescents, and women
• Basic knowledge of child right protection, protection from sexual exploitation and abuse including violence against women and children.
• Good knowledge of the local environment, culture,
• Knowledge and skills of social mobilization, facilitation and friendly with adolescent girls, boys, child club and other groups such as Mother's Group, Youth Group, Child Clubs in communities.
• Documentation and report preparation skills.
• Learning attitude and capacity to empower and encourage parents and women groups.
• Active listening skills
• To identify the need for psycho-social support of children, to do analysis of the vulnerability of children,
• Coordination with various agencies to recommend the people who are at risk of child rights violations/abuses.

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with a cover letter, 2 references, updated CV with pp sized photographs to the email address: skt@aawaaj.org.np,  sus.skt10@yahoo.com clearly mentioning the position being applied for in the subject line addressing to the Recruitment Committee of Aawaaj, Nepal within office hours  5 PM (Nepal) of 21st April 2024

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Telephone and Email enquiries will not be entertained. Aawaaj holds full right to accept or reject any application. Applying for the job does not guarantee selection. Aawaaj promotes equal opportunities. Women, Dalits, Minorities (ethnic, sexual & gender ) , Janjati and candidates from Karnali province are strongly encouraged to apply.