Reporting to the Deputy Director Programs (DDP) the VAW Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring quality design of programs and strategies, and the implementation of relevant projects and initiatives. These would include training, assessments, monitoring and evaluation and other activities aimed at building the capacity of service providers through out the country. The VAW Coordinator will be responsible to enhance the ability, knowledge and skills of service providers to respond to survivors of VAW and to those at risk of VAW as well as build their capacity to tackle the social and cultural norms that condone VAW. S/he will also support the government in putting structures and systems in place which are survivor friendly and to guide the government in establishing services to meet the needs of women and girls at immediate risk or who are survivors of VAW. The VAW Coordinator will guide the expansion of the program in the central region of Iraq. This position will be supported by and will work closely with the IRC VAW Technical Advisor based in Washington DC and overseeing IRC’s VAW programs in the Middle East Region.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Program Quality o Provide technical support to field sites to ensure that VAW programs are of a satisfactory quality and implemented in accordance with national and international standards;
  • Support the development of technical skills to respond to VAW in local government and NGO partners;
  • Guide development of long-term behavior change strategies for the prevention of VAW;
  • Take the lead in designing and conducting needs assessments and lead or assist in program evaluations as needed to assess, explore and analyze the vulnerability risks and obstacles to receiving services which women and girls face. The results of these regular assessments will inform the revision of current programs and development of new ones.
  • Ensure integration with relevant program sectors and ensure all program sectors know how to contribute to reducing the vulnerability of women and girls to VAW.
  • Ensure that appropriate program management is conducted including budgetary oversight and donor reporting.
• Program Development o Lead the implementation of the VAW sector strategy that articulates the vision for the sector in Iraq and lays out the ‘master’ program design (from which proposals are developed);
  • Ensure that new proposals promote continued high quality programming by responding to identified needs, taking account of recognized best practices and minimum standards and improving on lessons learned from earlier programs, both IRC Iraq’s and other’s.
  • Recruit or oversee the recruitment of all VAW staff and consultants
• Capacity Building o Oversee capacity building of all IRC Iraq, local partner staff and other stakeholders to prevent and respond effectively to VAW through ongoing informal mentoring and training, formal training sessions and evaluations. 
• Coordination and Representation
  • Ensure that IRC’s contribution to the VAW sector in Iraq is recognized and valued by all stakeholders through proactive participation in regular and ad hoc representation and coordination activities including co-leading the coordination group in KRG;
  • Maintain effective relationships with key programmatic counterparts, including donor representatives, sub cluster leads/members, and district officials.