Careers

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.


Background
When catastrophe hits, International Medical Corps is often one of the first humanitarian aid organizations on the scene—providing rapid and effective aid that saves lives, reduces suffering, and promotes self-reliance. 

International Medical Corps has established an International Emergency Roster to ensure that emergency positions are filled in a timely manner with professionally qualified, gender balanced, geographically diverse, linguistically able, and a highly motivated corps of professionals. The team includes coordinators, logisticians, doctors and water and sanitation experts. It also includes specialists who focus on protection, prevention of sexual violence and aid for rape survivors and mental health. 

Selected Emergency Response Team (ERT) members are always on standby to deploy to a crisis within 72 hours, whether they are launching into new areas or lending support to International Medical Corps teams already on the ground. International Medical Corps maintains a roster of volunteers, staff and available specialists who have been interviewed and have completed pre-deployment paperwork, orientation and training. The roster is updated on regular basis as new responders are identified and members update their areas of expertise and other relevant information. Through this expression of interest, applicants are encouraged to submit their profiles so that their information is readily available in the International Medical Corps applicant tracking system. 

Job Summary
Lead GBV assessment, coordination, recruit and train volunteers/ partners, organize and emergency program interventions, integrate protection concerns

Main Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation. The tasks listed are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive.

Assessment and Program Planning 

• Conduct GBV assessments as required, maximizing available sources of information and opportunities for coordination, and ensuring compliance with safety and ethical recommendations 
• Through assessment, identify protection concerns for women and girls, risks of GBV, points of service and support for survivors, and appropriate priorities and approaches for programming.  
• Plan for appropriate emergency interventions as well as opportunities for expanded programming, including identification of local partners, support structures to reinforce, and appropriate points of entry for GBV case management services 
• Prepare reports of assessment findings and recommendations 
• Contribute to concept notes/proposals/consolidated appeals as needed 

Program Implementation 

• Lead interventions to increase women and girls’ protection, as relevant. Interventions likely to include information dissemination, advocacy, trainings and coordination with other sectors and partners for GBV mainstreaming

• Lead the establishment and delivery of key services, as relevant. Services likely include psychosocial support for survivors of GBV, safe spaces, and support for medical response
• Ensure that all interventions comply with technical standards and safety and ethical guidelines
• Ensure appropriate community participation in the design and delivery of program activities
• Identify and build capacity of partners, staff, volunteers as relevant. Implementation is likely to involve significant training and coaching
• Conduct regular program monitoring and compile activity and donor reports as required

Coordination 

• Coordinate with all relevant actors and actively participate in protection/ GBV sub-cluster/working groups, coordinated assessments, mapping of services, information sharing, etc. 

• Coordinate with other GBV actors, including local organizations and security representatives 
• Identify and support local organizations committed to women’s rights and empowerment 
• Work with partners and community members to develop a referral mechanisms for available services 
• Coordinate with other sectors as possible to ensure integration of GBV concerns into various interventions, in line with the IASC GBV Guidelines 

Security and Conduct 

• Ensure compliance with policies and protocols 

• Consider security implications of all GBV interventions, in consultation with relevant partners 
• Create a safe and supportive working environment for all GBV staff and partners, including attention to team-building and self-care 
• Contribute to the positive image and overall credibility of the organization, notably through adherence to the Code of Conduct and Ethics 
   

Compliance & Ethics:  
Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. 

• Advanced degree in Social Work, Public Health, International Development or other relevant field of study preferred

Experience

• Experience managing GBV prevention and response programs. Prior emergency response experience strongly preferred.
• Experience conducting GBV assessments
• Experience facilitating GBV trainings
• Familiarity with standards and current guidance for GBV prevention, response, and coordination, including standards for protection from SEA.
• Familiarity with humanitarian architecture and the mandates of donors, UN agencies, and other NGOs.
• Profound cross-cultural awareness
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently, as well as to work well with a tea
• Extremely flexible, and the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written

Equal Opportunities
International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.