Summer Short Courses June 10 – July 5, 2012

The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) is offering the following four short courses during the month of June and July 2012:

1. International Refugee Law (June 10 – 14, 2012):

Course Description: The course will provide post-graduate students, international agency staff, NGO workers, lawyers and others working with refugees or interested in refugee issues with an introduction to the international legal framework which governs the protection of refugees. Through lectures, case studies and small group sessions, course participants will learn about the basic features of international refugee law including the components of the international refugee protection regime; the elements of the definition(s) of “refugee” contained in international instruments; the ethical and professional obligations of those representing refugees; the basic elements of the process by which refugee status is determined; and, the rights of refugees under international law. A background in law is useful but not required.

About the Instructor: Parastou Hassouri has previously taught international refugee law at the American University of Cairo and has extensive experience in the field of international refugee law and refugee and immigrant rights. She recently spent three months as a Consultant in the Resettlement Unit at the UNHCR office in Moscow. Her previous experience also includes research on the resettlement of Iraqi refugees out of the Middle East to third countries. She has worked as a Legal Advisor and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Focal Point at Africa and Middle East Refugee Assistance (AMERA) in Cairo. Her experience in the United States includes serving as an Attorney Advisor at the Immigration Courts of New York City and Los Angeles and working as an immigration attorney in private practice in New York City. In addition, she designed and directed the Immigrant Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, where she focused on responding to ethnic profiling and other forms of anti-immigrant backlash in the United States in the aftermath of the attacks of September 11.

2. Demographic Measures of Migration (June 17-21, 2012)

Course Description: This course aims at providing post-graduate students, international agency staff, NGO workers, government officials and others working in the field of migration data systems or interested in working in this field with an introduction to the demography of migration, including data sources, data collection, and analysis of international migration data. By the end of the course, and through presentations, case studies and real country data from developing and developed countries, participants will be able to identify migration data sources, read and understand the meanings of migration statistics, rates, and indicators, and be able to calculate main migration indicators. A very basic knowledge of mathematics, use of handheld calculators or Excel is required.

About the Instructor: Ayman Zohry (Ph.D. University of Sussex) is an Expert on Demography and Migration Studies based in Cairo, Egypt. He is the founding president and president of The Egyptian Society for Migration Studies (EGYMIG). Following his early interests in Arab and Egyptian demography (1987-1998), Dr. Zohry’s research interests have shifted increasingly to the study of migration. Dr. Zohry is the chair of the Scientific Panel on International Migration; the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). Dr. Zohry is an adjunct professor at the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS), the American University in Cairo, and a senior lecturer of demography at Cairo Demographic Center (CDC). His current research interests include migration and labor circulation, international migration, illegal/irregular migration, and migration policies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Europe.

3. Refugee and Migration Movements in the Middle East and North Africa: Before and After the Arab Spring (June 24 -28, 2012):

Course Description: For decades, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been plagued by a multitude of political and socio-economic challenges. Population displacement has featured prominently among these challenges, and is firmly embedded in the geo-political realities of inter-State conflict and internal civil strife, as well as predominantly undemocratic systems of governance, yet it does not feature as prominently as it should in the study of the region. MENA hosts the world’s largest and longest-standing refugee problem: that of Palestinian refugees, in addition to millions of displaced Iraqis, and thousands of other displaced groups. This course will analyze the trends, causes, and consequences of asylum and migration for individuals and societies in MENA before the Arab Spring, while highlighting the political and historic context, as well as analyzing the impact of the massive uprisings in the region on displacement movements and policies towards addressing them. How have refugees and migrants fared as a result of the Arab Spring? Will the human rights discourse which has pervaded the uprisings in MENA have a positive effect on advocacy for refugee and migrant rights? Or have the uprisings taken on a more nationalistic direction, that can potentially exclude refugees and migrants? What will the impact on the political changes be on policies towards displacement movements in the region? These are among the questions the course will set out to address.

About the Instructor: Shaden Khallaf is currently teaching at the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) and the Law Department of the American University in Cairo (AUC) after having worked at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for many years, where she most recently acted as policy officer and advisor on Middle Eastern humanitarian and political affairs. She has professional experience and academic background in international human rights law, globalization, democratization, and gender issues in the Middle East and North Africa. Shaden also has experience analyzing political transformations and their impact on population displacement and human rights, especially of Iraqi refugees. Throughout the Middle East and from UNHCR Headquarters, she has worked on refugee status determination, improving conditions of detention, addressing the particular needs of refugee women and children, finding durable solutions, mainstreaming refugee rights within broader human rights discourses, strengthening coordination between UN Agencies, promoting respect for international human rights standards, post-conflict reconstruction, strengthening institutional advocacy for and public awareness about UNHCR, and strategic policy planning. Shaden will be researching and assessing the impact of the Arab Spring on asylum, protection, and human rights in the MENA region in 2012.

4. From Borders to Boundaries: Migration in an Age of Globalization and Transnationalism (July 1- 5, 2012)

Course Description: Global trends in migration are changing our sense of loyalty, place, and identity. This interdisciplinary course will explore the frontiers of citizenship and minority rights, border controls and security, and communication and culture by examining the cross-border social formations and their erosion of nation-state hegemony. Models of multicultural citizenship will be discussed, introducing non-territorial alternatives to national belonging such as transnationalism and post-nationalism. The politics of identity, race, and “Other” will be presented through the lens of three different case studies: 1. Muslims in Europe, 2. Diaspora and labor migrants in Israel, and 3. Transborder migrants and the Arab Spring. Students will gain a theoretical background into the history of of nationalism (Gellner, A.D. Smith), the conflict between communitarianism and liberalism (Taylor, Rawls, Kymlicka, Parekh), and will engage in discussions and debates on the topics of race, ethnicity, patriotism, social inequality, and rights.

About the Instructor: Allana Haist (PhD, TU Chemnitz, Germany) is a social justice and diversity specialist whose research interests are in migration, integration and ethnic relations. Dr. Haist works part-time as a researcher for the Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement (AUC) and also as an editor for the Center for International Private Enterprise, Cairo. She will be teaching “Migrants and Refugees in International Migration” this Fall (2012) at the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies as well as “History of Political Theory” for the AUC’s Department of Political Science.

Eligibility for all courses:
The courses are offered for graduate level students, researchers and practitioners in the field of migration and refugees. The maximum number of participants in each course is between 25-30.
All courses are conducted in English and no translation facilities are provided. Participants should have a sufficient command of the English language.
Application procedure for all courses:

To apply for the courses, please fill out the application in the following link:http://www.aucegypt.edu/GAPP/cmrs/outreach/Documents/summer%202012%20application.doc and attach your most recent CV and send tocmrscourses@aucegypt.edu: Att. Ms. Naseem Hashim

and visit the CMRS Short Course web page for more information:http://www.aucegypt.edu/GAPP/cmrs/outreach/Pages/ShortCourses.aspx .

Applicants may apply and be accepted to more than one course. Please do not hesitate to contact cmrscourses@aucegypt.edu if you have any difficulty with the application process.

The deadline for submitting course applications is May 25, 2012.
Applicants accepted for the course will be notified by email maximum by June 1st.

Venue of the courses
The courses will take place on the Tahrir Campus in Downtown Cairo.

Course fees:
The tuition fee for each course is 500 USD.
Participants are expected to pay a 30% of the total fees ($150) as a deposit by June 3rd. Please note that the deposit is non-refundable.
More information on payment method will be provided to accepted participants

Tuition fees will cover course material and 2 coffee breaks per course day.
Accommodation and any other expenses are not included.

The distance learning module on Psychosocial Interventions with War-affected Populations will be starting on 27th August 2012 and will run for 6 weeks during which time students will be engaging actively with the teaching materials and with one another via the WebCT programme. There will be several compulsory and optional tutorials to complete during this time, as well as an assignment to be handed in in April. As this is a distance learning course, all interactions will be via the web and students need access to the internet during this time.

The module seeks to establish critical competences for the advocacy, conceptualisation, appraisal, planning, implementation and evaluation of psychosocial programmes for war-affected populations, displaced persons and refugees.

On successful completion of the module the student will be able to:

• Identify and conceptualise the nature of the threat to personal and social well-being posed by conflict and forced migration
• Analyse and conceptualize psychosocial needs – and interventions – with respect to relevant psychiatric, psychological, social and cultural frameworks and synthesize relevant insights
• Critique the roles of culture and identity in shaping the experience of conflict and forced migration
• Critically appraise a variety of examples of psychosocial intervention with war-affected and forced migrant populations
• Effectively and coherently plan a psychosocial intervention sensitive to local circumstances
• Demonstrate critical awareness of relevant criteria and strategies for the effective evaluation of psychosocial programmes

The content of the module will include:

- the impact of war and forced-migration;
- socio-political dimensions of conflict & the effects on psychosocial well-being;
- trauma discourse and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder;
- alternative approaches to the conceptualization of psychosocial needs;
- cultural dimensions of social suffering;
- psychosocial intervention with children & rights perspectives in work with children;
- gender and vulnerability;
- HIV/Aids & psychosocial well-being in situations of conflict;
- practice guidelines in psychosocial intervention;
- programme monitoring and evaluation.

In academic year 2012-2013, this course will start on 27th August 2012 and run interactively for 6 weeks until 5th October 2012. The assignment hand in date is 2nd November 2012 at 12.00 GMT.

Credit Rating: 15 SCOTCAT

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The Community Child Protection Exchange Forum

Below are the sessions that are being opened up to the world. Times vary by day. To convert the below times to your local time, please use this tool. The Monday and Wednesday sessions will be in English while the Tuesday session will be in French.

Monday, May 7, at 11:30am GMT (English-language)
Making the Case for National Child Protection Systems: examples from the field
Link to webinar: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2009114&password=M.B8D4EB92C2FEDE5D97C5EB617128D2

Presenters

Cornelius Williams, Regional Child Protection Advisor, UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office
Professor Jacqueline Oduol, Secretary, Children Affairs, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development, Government of Kenya

Description: Child protection system strengthening is a new approach and as such requires an effective advocacy strategy in order to achieve the required change. In building child protection systems, following the mapping of the system, countries are implementing a range of activities (ranging from policy change, lobbying, capacity building and communication) to influence decision makers at various levels. This session will focus on a detailed Kenya study but also include examples from other countries of evidence informed advocacy efforts on CP Systems Strengthening.

Le mardi 8 mai à 3:40pm GMT (en français)
Pratiques policières adaptées aux droits de l’enfant: le développement d’un consensus régional sur les compétences clés
(Child Friendly Policing: Developing regional consensus on core competencies)
Lien pour le webinaire: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2009114&password=M.70CA6E10073998FA2D729290CBB307

Présentateurs

Djanabou Mahonde, UNICEF Niger (modératrice)
Guillaume Landry, IBCR (Bureau international des droits des enfants)
Claude Gomis, Direction de l’Ecole de la Police et de la Formation Permanente

Description: Le renforcement des pratiques policières adaptées aux droits de l’enfant constitue une composante essentielle de tout système de protection de l’enfant. Afin d’appuyer les efforts nationaux entrepris dans ce domaine, le Bureau international des droits des enfants, en collaboration avec l’UNICEF, Save the Children Suède, Francopol et l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, travaille depuis plus de trois ans en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre avec les académies de police et les écoles de la gendarmerie pour rendre obligatoire une formation initiale, spécialisée et harmonisée sur les droits de l’enfant offerte par les écoles de façon continue, permanente et évaluée.

Wednesday, May 9, at 3:30pm GMT
Budgeting and Resourcing Child Protection Systems
Link to webinar: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2009114&password=M.D1719D2987F60C6650A0737EF67E98

Presenters

Michael Gibbons, Wellspring Advisors (moderator)
Dr. Albino Francisco, Coordinator, Mozambican Civil Society Forum of Children Rights (ROSC)
Mr. Stephen Wainaina, Economic Planning Secretary, Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, Government of Kenya
Nicole Behnam, PEPFAR/US government
Fassil Mariam, Oak Foundation

Description: A key component of systems strengthening is budgeting and identification of resource flows. This session shall expose participants to a range of resource mechanisms from private foundations, public finances from Governments to multilateral funding mechanisms. The session will also explore the emerging austerity in sub-Saharan Africa and potential strategies to influence increases in public finances for building child protection systems.

Summary of webinars

WHO: Everyone who is interested in the above topics is invited to participate.
WHAT: A sixty- to ninety-minute live online conference. Watch a live presentation, and also ask questions and provide comments in real time.
WHERE: In front of your computer, anywhere in the world. Click on the links above to participate to the event.

To participate you need:
- A computer with internet connection,
- Speakers or earphones (to be able to listen),
- A microphone (it is not obligatory, but necessary if you want to talk),
- Ensure that your firewall will not prevent you to open the link,
- JAVA (latest version). It is very likely that your computer already has it, but please try to log in at the above links to verify.

Please try to join the webinar about 10 minutes in advance to install the Elluminate software that we will be using to host the webinar. Please also note the following:

Blackboard/Elluminate will launch on your computer.
You will get a couple of pop-ups. Answer “YES” or “OK” to each one.
You will have a chance to enter your name – this is how you will appear in the chat window and participant list during the meeting. Please include your country and, if you are in a group, the number of people you are participating with.
You will be asked to choose your connection speed from a list of choices:
1) If you are connecting from outside the United States or Europe, please select ISDN.
2) If you are connecting from inside the US or Europe, please select CABLE/DSL

Contact information for comments, questions, concerns, or technical support: M.Canavera@savethechildren.org.uk

Mark Canavera
Coordinator, Community Child Protection Exchange Forum, www.ChildProtectionForum.org
Save the Children UN office, 5 Tudor City Place, New York, NY 10017 Direct line +1 212 370 2462, Cell +1 212 470 7915 Email M.Canavera@savethechildren.org.uk

Goal: To raise awareness among conference participants about the commonalities and differences in systems strengthening with a strong focus on synergies; and begin a dialogue among country delegations about national understandings of systems and what Sub-African specific systems strengthening efforts might look like.

Objectives:

1. To introduce the range of conceptual frameworks commonly being used by agencies, communities and countries in Africa – with a special focus on the commonalities across frameworks.
2. To begin a discussion among countries about some shared elements, components, and characteristics of child protection systems in Sub-Saharan Africa.
3. To provide an orientation for the conference on strengthening national child protection systems [for those attending the conference in Dakar; those not attending the conference are still welcome to participate in the first part of the webinar, which should last about an hour.]

This webinar will be presented three times – in English, Portuguese, and French – at the times listed below.

Summary

WHO: Everyone who is interested in this topic is invited to participate.
WHAT: A sixty-minute live online conference (longer for those participating in the conference). Watch a live presentation, and also ask questions and provide comments in real time.
WHERE: In front of your computer, anywhere in the world. Click on the links below to participate to the event.

To participate you need:

- A computer with internet connection,
- Speakers or earphones (to be able to listen),
- A microphone (it is not obligatory, but necessary if you want to talk),
- Ensure that your firewall will not prevent you to open the link,
- JAVA (latest version). It is very likely that your computer already has it, but please try to log in at the below links to verify.

English: Wednesday, May 2nd, at 11:30am GMT
Link: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2009114&password=M.0F96D02B87BBC7751A6CBAB4A3CA43

Portuguese: Wednesday, May 2nd, at 1:00pm GMT
Link: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2009114&password=M.CB82E429C0399CA867765BDB742FE8

French: Wednesday, May 2nd, at 2:30pm GMT
Link: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2009114&password=M.D64CD9C70CF7FD367291BBF7E38F6F
To convert from GMT to your own time zone, please use the following tool: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Here are the French and Portugese translations of this invitation. Please forward them to friends and colleagues of yours who may be interested!

Please try to join the webinar about 10 minutes in advance to install the Elluminate software that we will be using to host the webinar. Please also note the following:

Blackboard/Elluminate will launch on your computer.
You will get a couple of pop-ups. Answer “YES” or “OK” to each one.
- You will have a chance to enter your name – this is how you will appear in the chat window and participant list during the meeting. Please include your country and, if you are in a group, the number of people you are participating with.
- You will be asked to choose your connection speed from a list of choices:
1) If you are connecting from outside the United States or Europe, please select ISDN.
2) If you are connecting from inside the US or Europe, please select CABLE/DSL

Contact information for comments, questions, concerns, or technical support: M.Canavera@savethechildren.org.uk

Sector: Gender Based Violence
Location: South Sudan
Employee Type: Regular
Employee Category: Full Time

Description

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

South Sudan declared independence in July 2011 following decades of brutal civil war rooted in disputes over religion, ethnicity, resources, governance and self-determination. The security situation remains fragile and testing operational challenges abound. IRC-South Sudan operates a country office in Juba, and field offices in Lakes, Unity, Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Eastern Equatoria states.

SCOPE OF WORK:
The Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Coordinator is responsible for providing overall leadership, guidance, coordination and technical support to IRC’s WPE programs throughout South Sudan. The WPE Program Coordinator will contribute to external coordination efforts and initiatives to maintain IRC’s leadership on GBV programming in South Sudan. S/He will also collaborate with key staff in Health and Protection, and work with the Deputy Director for Programs, to achieve the managed growth of IRC’s WPE programming including in the development of strategies and proposals.
The position is based in Juba with regular travel throughout South Sudan to monitor program activities, mentor program staff and undertake assessments to expand WPE programming.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
The WPE Program Coordinator will provide regular technical support and field-based monitoring visits to WPE teams working in Lakes, Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Unity states to ensure that all interventions are technically sound, take into account international best practices, and are appropriately meeting the needs of survivors.

1. In collaboration with WPE program staff and the Deputy Director for Programs, oversee WPE programming in South Sudan through regular monitoring and evaluation.
2. Ensure that ethical and sound data collection and information management systems are in place with associated information sharing protocols for analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy.
3. Ensure regular communication with the HQ-based Women’s Protection and Empowerment Technical Advisor and integrate technical unit priorities, where possible, in program design.
4. Provide guidance and technical support to implementation teams through regular field visits.

MANAGEMENT:

1. Manage WPE Managers through regular feedback and annual performance reviews.
2. Recruit WPE management-level staff, in coordination with HR, the DDP, and the Technical Unit.
3. Ensure training and ongoing capacity building of staff on WPE-related and project management skills with a specific focus on building the management and technical capacity of Southern Sudanese staff.
4. Assist in developing and overseeing program budgets to ensure an appropriate and efficient use of resources, and that IRC WPE projects comply with internal and external requirements.
5. Oversee strategic projects (determined by the country program) to ensure proper implementation and outputs are met, according to donor needs.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

1. Develop and implement a country sector strategic plan for South Sudan, ensuring that program growth and start-up are in line with country strategic plans.
2. Actively contribute to the strategic planning processes in South Sudan, ensuring that WPE interventions and related advocacy are taken into account.
3. Participate in emergency response and emergency assessments, providing guidance and recommendations for new programs and initiatives that maximize safety for women and girls.
4. In coordination with the DDP, WPE Program staff, Grants Unit and Technial Unit guide WPE proposal development through planning and program design with relevant field-based staff.
5. Coordinate with other IRC staff members implementing protection, health, WASH and livelihood programs linked to GBV to provide relevant input and support as required.

REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY

1. In coordination with the DDP actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders in South Sudan including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors.
2. Develop strategic partnerships with local organizations, wherever possible.
3. Regularly attend GBV sub-cluster meetings and feed in IRC priorities at Juba-level meetings.
4. Upon request by the Senior Management Team, organize and facilitate field visits for stakeholders interested in IRC WPE programming in South Sudan.
5. Coordinate with the DDP to ensure field concerns and challenges are brought to relevant Juba stakeholders to push for standards and procedures that systematize how WPE is implemented and coordinated at the field level.

REQUIREMENTS

1. MA/S or equivalent in health (MPH), social science, humanities or other related degree.
2. At least five years of overseas experience, including substantial management experience in gender-based violence programming and at least 2 years experience in direct service provision for survivors of sexual violence and domestic violence.
3. Previous experience supervising and managing a multi-disciplinary team in a cross-cultural setting.
4. Demonstrated experience in capacity building and mentoring of national and international staff.
5. Knowledge, skills and experience in participatory methods, community development and partnership.
6. Demonstrated leadership, communication, and facilitation skills.
7. Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
8. Excellent coordination and networking skills.
9. Willingness to travel extensively throughout South Sudan
10. Excellent written and oral English skills
11. Experience in grant management and proposal writing
12. Excellent computer skills in programs such as: MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Security level yellow – standard precautions apply. Concerns include common criminality, presence of armed troops, tribal violence.

Housing Lodging in Juba is a private bedroom, with ensuite bathroom, in a shared IRC guest house. In field sites sleeping accommodations range from tent to tukul to permanent structures. Compounds have latrines and showers. All IRC sites have electricity, internet and cable TV at least several hours per day. Food is the individual’s responsibility.

To apply, click here

IRC leading the way from harm to home.

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.

About the Position:
Position Title: Senior Program Manager, Humanitarian Practice and Protection
Position Type: Full-time
Location: Washington, DC
Reporting to: Director for Protection

Purpose:
Efforts to enhance protection of vulnerable populations affected by armed conflict, other situations of unrest and instability, and natural disaster face significant policy and operational challenges. The role of the Senior Program Manager for Protection is to work closely with InterAction members to address these challenges and to provide leadership to strengthen practice in key areas, including through policy and standards development and active engagement with other actors and external fora.

Responsibilities:

1. Provide strategic leadership for and manage a new project to develop and promote results-based approaches to protection programming in close collaboration with the Protection Working Group and in consultation with other Working Groups and members. This will include facilitating an inter-agency collaborative process to collect and distil good practice, and the development and dissemination of appropriate analytical, program design, and monitoring and evaluation tools and guidance.

2. Support InterAction’s Protection and GBV Working Groups in the development and implementation of their workplans, in particular to pursue and strengthen context-specific policy and practice change, including through research and facilitation of information flow, jointly drafting materials and policy briefs. Take on additional responsibilities to facilitate Working Groups in conjunction with Protection team members, as needed.

3. Facilitate regular and strategic engagement by InterAction members with relevant U.S. government offices and officials and UN entities on thematic and context-specific protection objectives. Foster and maintain successful working partnerships, undertaking outreach to relevant external stakeholders within the US government, UN entities, subject matter experts, and others.

4. Initiate and facilitate efforts to help to ensure that protection considerations are included in relevant context-specific and other thematic policy development and advocacy activities.

5. Undertake field visits, including jointly with InterAction members, to assess humanitarian need and responses in contexts of concern, and develop and pursue recommendations to address protection concerns.

6. Represent InterAction in external fora and inter-agency coordination mechanisms, such as the IASC, the Global Protection Cluster and US government consultations, in close collaboration with InterAction members.

7. Identify critical gaps, barriers, and opportunities to advance humanitarian protection and work closely with HPP team members, Protection and context-specific Working Groups, and other members to address them.

8. Other activities as required by the Director of Protection.

Qualifications:
• Masters degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience;
• 5-7 years experience in programs related to humanitarian protection in contexts of armed conflict and/or natural disaster and with international humanitarian response more broadly;
• Experience in developing and managing multi-sectoral humanitarian programs using a results-based approach;
• Experience with humanitarian impact measurement a plus;
• Experience managing collaborative inter-agency program design and/or policy processes;
• Knowledge of the international humanitarian coordination architecture and the UN system;
• Knowledge of international humanitarian law, human rights law, and refugee law;
• Familiarity with current issues related to humanitarian protection and key policy and operational challenges to enhancing protection in practice;
• Strong research, writing, organizational and verbal communications skills, including presentation experience;
• Experience and skills in designing and organizing events, such as workshops and policy roundtables;
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience managing, facilitating and representing the interests of diverse constituencies;
• Availability for domestic and international travel.

Physical Requirements:
There are no extraordinary physical requirements for the performance of the essential functions of this position. InterAction will make reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Salary & Benefits
InterAction provides competitive salaries and excellent benefits.

To Apply:

• Email cover letter and resume to jobapplications@interaction.org .
• Put “Senior Program Manager – Protection” on the subject line.
• Position is open until filled but applications received prior to May 14 are preferred and applications will be reviewed as they are received.
• Due to the expected volume of interest, only candidates considered will be contacted.
• All applicants must be able to provide documentation that they are legally eligible to work in the United States (US citizenship or “Green Card”).
• No phone calls please.

Thank you for your interest

Deadline: Open until filled, with applications preferred by 05/14/2012.

About InterAction:
InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), with more than 190 members working in every developing country. Members are faith-based and secular, large and small, with a focus on the world’s most poor and vulnerable populations. The U.S. public, foundations and others support the efforts of our membership via funding totaling more than $13 billion a year, according to 2009 estimates. InterAction’s funds come from dues and generous grants from others, such as foundations.
Using its collective voice, InterAction seeks to shape important policy decisions on relief and long term development issues, including foreign assistance, the environment, women, health, education and agriculture. Members are at the forefront in responding to humanitarian crises and disasters worldwide and InterAction acts as a hub in these efforts.
Alliance members adhere to standards drawn up by InterAction, which aim to ensure accountability and transparency in financial management, fundraising, governance and program performance.

This will lay out a framework for thinking about approaches to working with communities on child protection. This learning event will feature: John Williamson, Senior Technical Advisor with the Displaced Children and Orphans Fund at USAID; Brenda Yamba, OVC and Community Based Care Specialist with the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief in Lesotho; and Zanele Sibanda, Director of Programs at the Firelight Foundation.

You can join the webinar by following this link: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2009114&password=M.803EA570596BBDE44A1A7BA7E20FB7

Please try to join the webinar about 10 minutes in advance to install the Elluminate software that will be used to host the webinar. Please also note the following:

- Blackboard/Elluminate will launch on your computer.
- You will get a couple of pop-ups. Answer “YES” or “OK” to each one.
- You will have a chance to enter your name – this is how you will appear in the chat window and participant list during the meeting. Please include your country and, if you are in a group, the number of people you are participating with.
- You will be asked to choose your connection speed from a list of choices.
1) If you are connecting from outside the United States or Europe, please select ISDN.
2) If you are connecting from inside the US or Europe, please select CABLE/DSL.

The resources section of the Exchange Forum has been updated to include links to the recordings of the three most recent webinars. You can watch recorded versions of these webinars by visiting the resource hub:

Learning event #2: the English language version of a webinar about community workers and the social services, featuring learning from CapacityPlus, IRC’s work in Haiti, and Save the Children’s work in Côte d’Ivoire
Session d’apprentissage #2 version française: le même webinar mais présenté en français
Learning event #3: a webinar featuring participants discussing the learning emanating from the Uganda conference, including a representative of the Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Affairs, a lecturer from Makerere University, and member of civil society focusing on justice for children

The Foundation is working closely with a local planning committee to ensure that the program’s topics, content, format and facilitation of the Forum addresses local and regional priorities in the Pacific.

The Forum program is arranged in three main streams, addressing country, workplace and community levels. Day 1 will raise awareness of the psychosocial impact and nature of crisis issues that affect the Pacific community through role plays and storytelling; Day 2 will explore principles, policies and practices for enabling resilience and strengthening crisis management practices within organisations and Day 3 will focus on connecting people so that community and psychosocial resources and networks can be maximised and mobilised in response to a crisis.

Program features include:

· Local, regional and international speakers

· Choice of program streams – country, organisation and community

· Local, regional and organisational networking opportunities

· Seminars, small workshops and case study discussion

Key topics to be covered in the Forum include:

· Psychosocial principles that support resilience and recovery from crises

-Organisational policies and practices that enable resilient responses to crises
-Strengths and gaps in community responses during crises
-Effective community responses to crises in the Pacific

The Forum is open to all persons with an interest in psychosocial support and/or managing humanitarian crises and is particularly relevant to local, expatriate and Headquarters-based staff and managers of NGOs operating in the Pacific region.

Date: Wednesday 23rd to Friday 25th May, 2012

Venue: Maranatha Hall, Honiara, Solomon Islands

Cost:

3 Days – Pacific National Rate: SBD $1000 OR International Rate: AUD $200

1 Day – Pacific National Rate: SBD $350 OR International Rate: AUD $80

Registration details:

Download registration form from: http://mandalafoundation.org.au/uploads/Pacific%20Psychosocial%20Forum%20Registration%20Form%202012.pdf

Register by: Friday 11th May, 2012

Email: pacific@mandalafoundation.org.au

Phone: (+61 3) 9005 0808

Fax: (+61 3) 9349 4477

Website: http://mandalafoundation.org.au/index.php?page=2012-pacific-psychosocial-forum-2012

Local Terms and Conditions, base salary GB£36,035

The Programme Coordinator for Child and Youth Rights promotes coherence between local, national and international work, linking local initiatives on the participation, voice and rights of children and youth to wider legal, policy or attitude changes to strengthen the rights of children and youth. The role supports quality programme design and coordinates multi-country projects to achieve change promise 6 in ActionAid’s global strategy. It will ensure that child rights and youth participation are mainstreamed into programming and advocacy on other change promises as well as develop resource materials and facilitate learning and sharing between programme staff and advocacy and campaigns work.

Application Procedures:

Further information on this position can be obtained from the role profile

Applications should be sent with your CV, motivation cover letter and two names of your nominated referees to: programmes.jhb@actionaid.org by no later than the 11th April 2012. Please clearly indicate which position you are applying for.

Although all applications are valued, only short listed candidates will be corresponded with.

Background
Since 2006, medica mondiale has been working in rural areas of Liberia to implement a comprehensive programme to tackle the consequences of sexualized and other forms of gender based violence against women and girls through a multi-sectoral, interdisciplinary approach, contributing to their protection and empowerment and reinforcing their access to justice and the health system.

One major programme is the Recovery and Empowerment Programme for survivors of sexualised violence Recovery and Empowerment Programme for survivors of sexualised violence Recovery and Empowerment Programme for survivors of sexualised violence Recovery and Empowerment Programme for survivors of sexualised violence that interlinks the following main areas of action: Reco Reco Reco Recovery very very very for survivors of violence through supportive psychosocial counselling; trauma sensitive reproductive health education; social and political empowerment; setting up community based protection networks protection networks protection networks protection networks through community mobilisation and the establishment of protection
focal points; promotion of structural changes at a political level through advocacy promotion of structural changes at a political level through advocacy promotion of structural changes at a political level through advocacy promotion of structural changes at a political level through advocacy towards equal rights, protection, and justice for women. This programme is part of the Reintegration and Recovery Programme (RPP), a development programme of the Republic of Liberia, co-financed by the Federal Republic of Germany through KfW Development Bank. Within the framework of RRP, medica mondiale works in partnership with Welthungerhilfe (infrastructure and agricultural programmes) and IBIS (education).

In addition, medica mondiale has set up a project focusing on Ivorian refugee women and girls project focusing on Ivorian refugee women and girls project focusing on Ivorian refugee women and girls project focusing on Ivorian refugee women and girls (Support to Ivorian Refugees and Host Communities, SIRHC) residing in host communities in Southeast Liberia, where
mobile teams are providing assistance to sgbv survivors and women at risk: They are offering psychosocial and Reproductive Health counselling for women and girls survivors of SGBV and or post conflict trauma, with special focus on sexualized war violence; are raising the awareness on SGBV in the communities and are training Focal points (Community Volunteers) for the reporting of SGBV cases as well as in basic supportive counselling skills and the referral pathway.

Project Setup
medica mondiale operates in three south-eastern counties of Liberia: Grand Gedeh, River Gee and Sinoe, with its main field office in Zwedru. The duty station of the Trainer will be in Zwedru Zwedru Zwedru Zwedru, however the position requires frequent travel to all field locations. medica mondiale has approximately 70 staff in Liberia (both technical and support). In addition, medica mondiale works with approximately 50 focal point women in communities (called community volunteers) and nine coordinating staff of the community volunteers, called district counsellors.

Position summary
The psychosocial advisor and trainer is responsible for increasing the capacity of medica mondiale’s technical staff as well as the community volunteers and district counsellors. A training manual has been developed and tested for this purpose which covers the topics self-awareness, gender and violence, basic helping skills, advanced helping skills, facilitating change in communities and ethical principles of professional helpers. A training program / calendar exists. Most staff has already received training but continuous refreshers are required. The psychosocial advisor will work closely with and mentor her national counterpart.

The psychosocial advisor will also respond to training requests from partners and other organizations and design trainings which fall within medica mondiale’s area of expertise. She will conduct Training of Trainers and document all trainings.

The psychosocial advisor will also provide coaching to psychosocial counsellors from both projects. She will monitor the peer support system amongst all staff that provide psychosocial services to survivors of violence and make sure that adequate self-care mechanisms are in place to increase the resilience of the staff.

The psychosocial advisor will oversee the quality of psychosocial services with medica mondiale’s quality management tools and assist staff in increasing their capacity to offer high quality services. She reports to the Head of Mission in Liberia and the Senior Program Manager in Cologne. She possesses strong leadership and interpersonal skills and a passion to build local capacities. She has an in-depth understanding of programmes focusing on sexual and gender based violence and awareness raising, is able to analyze contexts from a political and feminist perspective and has an empowering and inclusive approach.

Key responsibilities
 Provide regular trainings to medica mondiale’s staff, and beneficiaries in Grand Gedeh, River Gee, Sinoe, and Monrovia
 Upon request and in close coordination with Head of Mission, provide trainings, including ToTs, to other agencies and partners
 Ensure the high quality of medica mondiale’s services and reinforce a women-centred, feminist and empowering approach towards staff and beneficiaries
 Provide coaching to all staff offering psychosocial services to survivors of violence
 Fulfil reporting requirements on time and in high quality
 Identify areas for improvement and provide recommendations to the Head of Mission
 Coach and mentor the Liberian counterpart and build her capacities as a trainer
 Reinforce teambuilding processes and ownership
 Give strategic input on the further development of medica mondiale Liberia’s peace component and awareness raising programme
 Represent medica mondiale within Liberia and internationally, upon request

Experience/knowledge and skills
 Substantial relevant experience in designing, adapting and conducting trainings, with focus on sgbv, counselling survivors of violence, behaviour change, peacebuilding, non-violent communication, teambuilding and self-awareness
 Profound knowledge of the different forms and consequences of violence against women and sexualized war and post-war violence, of women’s rights and trauma-work
 Profound knowledge of counselling women survivors of violence
 Ideally a background as clinical or community psychologist
 Strong leadership skills; proven experience in supervising and coaching staff
 Didactic skills to develop local capacities, to motivate and to ensure participation and ownership
 Communication and negotiation skills
 Excellent command of the English language combined with strong writing skills
 Stress-resilient and able to work in remote areas with limited infrastructure
 Experienced working in conflict and post conflict areas
 Work experience in rural African settings; regional experience in Liberia or West Africa would be an asset

Personal Skills
 Feminist background and a clear commitment to work with a women centred and empowering approach
 High degree of cross-cultural competence; respect for different nationalities, ethnicities, and religions
 High level of accountability to survivors of SGBV, the Liberian team, the Head Office of medica mondiale, partners, donors, and identification with medica mondiale Liberia’s mission and vision
 Flexible, creative and innovative
 Analytical skills
 Approachable and communicative
 Self aware

We offer
 Integration into a highly motivated and committed team
 Unique field experience in South-East Liberia
 Contract from March or April 2012 to December 2012, extension possible
 Salary and benefits based on medica mondiale’s salary scale for international assignments
 Insurance, travel cost refund, etc.

Start: May/June 2012
Up to: End of 2012, with possibilities for extension

Closing date of this posting : 09.04.2012

Please email your application (CV, cover letter and references not exceeding 2MB) as well as your salary expectations to recruitment@medicamondiale.org
Further information on medica mondiale and our projects can be found on our website: www.medicamondiale.org