Description
The Protection Senior Manager (WPE) oversees the quality, performance, and timely delivery of the WPE programme across IRC and partner implementation.
Programme Quality Assessment and Improvement
- Lead regular programme quality reviews across direct and partner implementation, assessing service quality, accessibility, safety, relevance, and outcomes against agreed WPE standards and project commitments.
- Develop and maintain a programme quality review schedule with the WPE Coordinator, regional teams, and MEAL.
- Ensure implementation follows survivor-centred approaches, GBV guiding principles, safeguarding requirements, and applicable GBV Minimum Standards.
Programme Delivery and Target Achievement
- Coordinate delivery of approved WPE projects across locations and partners, ensuring that workplans, implementation schedules, and technical support priorities are aligned with grant commitments.
- Maintain a consolidated overview of progress against activity, output, and outcome targets.
Central Team Management and Technical Support
- Line-manage central WPE staff, establish clear objectives and workplans, allocate responsibilities, and monitor the timeliness and quality of their deliverables.
- Coordinate central team support on capacity strengthening, programme development, digital systems, technical tools.
Donor Reporting and Grant Compliance
- Coordinate preparation and consolidation of WPE donor reports and other grant deliverables, ensuring accurate results, clear analysis, consistent figures, and timely submission.
Budget Oversight and Spending Plans
- Prepare and regularly update WPE spending plans, expenditure forecasts, and budget inputs with regional teams, Finance, and Partnerships.
Partner Support and Performance Monitoring
- Coordinate WPE technical and programme management support to local partners with the Partnerships team and regional WPE colleagues.
Learning and Coordination
- Consolidate learning from quality reviews, assessments, programme results, and partner feedback and recommend improvements to the WPE Coordinator.
Job Requirements
- Master's degree in social work, psychology, law, human rights, gender studies, social sciences.
- Specialized training and certifications in Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Protection, Case Management, Psychosocial Support (PSS), and/or humanitarian programming are considered a strong asset.
- Minimum five years of relevant experience in GBV or WPE programming, including substantial responsibility for programme management and team supervision.