Protection, Gender & Inclusion Officer Tempo Inteiro

The Protection Gender and Inclusion (PGI) Officer will implement the PSEA and Child Protection strategy and the Community-based protection program on prevention of Early Marriages in the province of Maputo. The PGI Officer will provide operational technical guidance to Sectoral teams in the province to support solutions that ensure minimum standards to PGI are met and that all activities promote the dignity, access, participation, and safety of all girls, boys, women and men based on their different needs, capacities and vulnerabilities, and without discrimination based on age, gender, disability, religious, race, or legal status. In addition, the PGI Officer will support Mozambique Red Cross (CVM) at a provincial and distrital level to strengthen their capacity in enhancing the impact, reach and efficiency of operations through the integration of PGI activities and approaches. This includes PGI mainstreaming, programme design, training, and strengthening community relationships. The PGI Officer supports the PGI Delegate, the host national society and through the latter, the local and national mechanisms in Mozambique providing PGI related services. In collaboration with PSS, CEA, the PGI coordinator and CVM the officer will ensure there is operational capacity to identify and monitor protection risks including child protection and sexual and gender-based violence and take action to prevent, mitigate and respond to violence, exploitation and abuse, including appropriate reporting and referral mechanisms. The position will be based in Tete travelling to the districts in the province for trainings and supervision of the PGI projects