Program Officer
Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) is a national-level NGO working for women’s human rights and empowerment through the protection and promotion of human rights and social justice. WOREC focuses on campaigns against violence against women and advocates for women’s economic, social, and cultural rights nationwide. Our operational districts with offices include Morang, Sunsari, Udayapur, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Dang, Kailali, Rukum, Rupandehi, Kapilvastu, Kanchanpur, Jagarkot, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Kavrepalanchok, and Saptari. The Central Office is in Lalitpur.
Position: Program Officer
Duty Station: Central Office, Lalitpur, with frequent field visits
Job Summary:
The Program Officer (PO) will work closely with the Line Manager, Coordinators, and WOREC’s networks to achieve the program’s goals and objectives. The PO is responsible for ensuring quality interventions that uphold feminist values and managing the Right to Work and Mobility portfolio. The role includes guiding the Volunteer team, representing WOREC in networks and campaigns, and managing documentation and knowledge from a feminist perspective. The PO will liaise with stakeholders and advocate for women’s mobility rights.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Oversee the Human Rights and Social Justice Program, including issues related to refugees, migration, decent work, reintegration of returnee women migrant workers, and anti-trafficking programs.
- Support and supervise district program officers on safe migration and refugee rights.
- Prepare and report weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, and annual program implementation plans.
- Ensure effective implementation, documentation, and timely reporting of activities by Community Volunteers and counselors.
- Lead the field-based team, providing technical input on SGBV issues.
- Design and conduct staff capacity-building programs and provide technical support to community-based counseling centers.
- Organize training, advocacy campaigns, workshops, seminars, and interaction programs with national and international stakeholders.
- Maintain strong coordination with NGOs, government stakeholders, and networks on migration issues.
- Support the Kathmandu office team in establishing monitoring and evaluation systems.
- Document case management related to SGBV cases.
- Develop IEC materials, communication materials, and training content.
- Represent WOREC in forums on human rights, trafficking, women’s rights, and migrant workers’ rights.
- Produce and edit communication and advocacy materials.
- Coordinate with the central and district offices for information collection and program updates.
- Follow organizational policies, including Gender Equality, PSEAH, and Child Protection.
- Support all organizational programs as needed.
- Develop content for IEC materials, communication materials, and training and orientation materials with the support of program focal person. To ensure branding and visibility of the organization.
- Represent the organization in local, national and international forums to issues of Human rights, women Trafficking, Women Rights, migrant workers and their Rights.
- Produce, develop, and edit communication and advocacy materials, including press releases, newsletter, website content, social media content and human- interest stories, articles as per need.
- Coordinate with the database section of central office and district offices district coordinator for collect the information about program.
- Follow the organizational policies including Gender Equality, PSEAH, Child Protection and practices in order to ensure the assertive and safe working environment.
- Support to all programs of organization as per need.
Organizational Values
- Accountability: Our commitment to achieving our goals with purpose and focusing on results entails taking ownership of our actions and ensuring that we hold ourselves accountable. We also advocate for accountability among others for their actions.
- Intersectionality: We recognize that gender intersects with other aspects of identity such as race, class, sexuality, and ability, we emphasize on addressing multiple forms of discrimination and oppression.
- Empowerment: We facilitate empowerment of women, girls and marginalized community to have control over their own lives, choices, and bodies, free from societal constraints and expectations.
- Social Justice: We advocate for a more just and equitable society, challenging systems of power and privilege that perpetuate inequality.
- Inclusiveness: We value diversity and believe that every individual, irrespective of visible or invisible distinctions, has something valuable to contribute.
Applying Procedures: WOREC encourages women and candidates from Dalit/Janajati and sexual minority to apply.
Qualified candidates may send cover letter detailing their experience and motivation for the current position with an updated CV to vacancy@worecnepal.org by 30th May, 2024.
The application without cover letter and CV will not be considered for the position.
Only the shortlisted candidates will be called for written test and interview. No telephone calls will be entertained.
To apply for this job, please visit WOREC Career
