Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) opens a vacancy for the position of the Protection Gender and Inclusion Officer.
The Ukrainian Red Cross Society is the largest humanitarian organization in Ukraine, which is one of the first to respond to all emergencies in the country and provide assistance to those who need it most.
Do you feel like you can make the world a better place? Join the Ukrainian Red Cross Society:
- The opportunity to do good: Help those who need it and feel inspired by contributing to a better world.
- New knowledge and skills: Take interesting trainings, become a volunteer or employee, and gain valuable experience for your life.
- Friends and like-minded people: Join a team of caring people who are always ready to help.
- Pride in your actions: Join and feel proud to be a hero!

The Ukrainian Red Cross is thousands of people across Ukraine who make the world a better place every day.
Job purpose
The PGI Officer will support URCS operations teams to enhance the impact, reach and efficiency of emergency response operations through implementing PGI activities and approaches. This includes PGI mainstreaming, programme management, staff support and training, and strengthening community relationships. The PGI officer provides operational capacity to identify 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 URCS PGI Officer reports directly to Head of PGI Unit and engages and coordinates with all other units in the URCS. The PGI officer will strengthen the programmes, projects, disaster preparedness and response activities, migration response by building the understanding and technical capacity of URCS in their mission of avoiding doing harm, mainstreaming DAPS (dignity, access, participation, and safety) principles and Minimum Standards, as well establishing safeguarding procedures and mechanisms. Likewise, the PGI officer will contribute to create a safe and inclusive environment supporting the enhancement or establishment of multi-sectorial humanitarian responses that help addressing protection needs, mitigating and preventing risks, and recognizing capacities and agency of affected communities.
Job duties and responsibilities
- · Act as the focal point and resource person on protection, gender and inclusion
- · Provide technical advice on integrating PGI into programmes, projects and humanitarian responses
- · Enhance internal awareness and capacity of IFRC team in relation to protection, gender and inclusion matters
- · Contribute to the development and roll out of standard URCS training and other resources on protection, gender and inclusion
- · Design, implement and facilitate training/workshops for managers, staff and volunteers in URCS based on existing standard IFRC trainings on protection, gender and inclusion, and those which are being developed
- · Support providing humanitarian assistance in response to the EQ in Türkiye to promote the dignity, access, participation, and safety of all persons across their operations, based on their different needs, capacities, and vulnerabilities, and without discrimination
- · Strengthen URCS capacities and protective mechanisms on a long-term, leveraging their knowledge and competences in PGI as part of their development process
- · Support URCS to be active protection actors and coordination mechanisms
- · Lead Data Collection and Analysis Initiatives: Oversee the collection, analysis, and utilization of sex, age, and disability disaggregated data to inform protection, gender, and inclusion (PGI) activities across all programs.
- · Ensure PGI Integration in Needs Assessments and Program Implementation: Collaborate with sector leads to integrate PGI-related concerns into multi-sectoral needs assessments and ensure that all programs align with the Minimum Standards for Protection, Gender, and Inclusion in Emergencies.
- · Establish and Disseminate Protection Pathways and Ensure Access to Safe Spaces: Coordinate with other agencies to map and disseminate protection referral pathways, and ensure vulnerable groups have access to safe spaces, particularly in operations involving temporary settlements and evacuation centers.
- · Monitor and Report on Protection Risks and Adapt Strategies: Conduct regular monitoring of the operational context and emerging protection risks, providing timely reports to inform and adapt prevention, mitigation, and response strategies.

Position Requirements
- Education: A graduate university degree (Bachelor's degree) in Communication or Social/Behavioural Sciences (i.e. Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology or Health Education) or other relevant field such as Law, Child Protection, Gender or Women’s Studies or Social Work (preferred)
- Experience:
- 2−3 years of experience in a related role to any and preferably a few of the following areas of work (Protection-preventing and addressing various forms of sexual and gender-based violence including child protection, preventing sexual exploitation and abuse, Gender — promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, Inclusion — work with older people, disability rights, other forms of social inclusion).
- Three to five years of experience with community engagement approaches, promoting gender equity and equality, direct support to survivors of violence, exploitation or abuse, or addressing the specific needs of marginalized groups at community level.
- Demonstrated professional experience in an organization or governmental institution within the context of humanitarian or developmental support and coordination of PGI related services and assistance
- Demonstrated experience in applying humanitarian protection, gender, accessibility standards and guidelines and in setting up and managing accountability systems, participatory planning processes
- Experience of coaching, training and developing local staff and volunteers in order to build long-term capacity and create ownership
- —  Required possesses a broad understanding of national and regional humanitarian issues, and international humanitarian standards for Protection, Gender, and Inclusion.
- —  Demonstrates ability to represent and advocate for Protection, Gender equality and inclusion with diplomatic and contextual adaptation and appropriateness to sensitive issues including for language.

Knowledge & Skills
- —  Good coordination skills, with the capacity to build partnerships with internal and external organisations and bring people together to collaborate on PGI approaches and activities
- —  Excellent interpersonal, communication and networking skills, able to build relationships with people at all levels of the organisation and across multiple countries and cultures, both in person and remotely, to build commitment and support for PGI
- —  Advanced analytical skills, able to capture learning and use it to make improvements in programming and operations
- —  Highly motivated, self-starter able to take initiative and lead a team or process
- —  Good knowledge of protection, gender and inclusion issues in Ukraine and of institutions, legislative frameworks and procedures in this regard, including their associated gaps, strengths and implementation impacts
- —  Fluent spoken and written Ukrainian and good command of English (advantage), and Russian.

Competencies:
- Respect for diversity;
- Integrity and Accountability;
- Communication;
- Collaboration and Teamwork;
- Judgement and Decision Making;
- Creativity and Innovation.

The Ukrainian Red Cross Society offers:
- Interesting, diverse and multitasking work;
- Employment in accordance with the Labor Code;
- Timely payment of salary;
- A friendly and close-knit team of like-minded people;
- Participation in trainings and seminars in Ukraine and abroad.
- Unique experience in the largest public organization in Ukraine

We aim to create a safe and inclusive environment at URCS that will provide all employees and volunteers, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual orientation, equal access to opportunities, protection of their dignity, and equal rights.
We are an employer with equal opportunities for all employees, including people with disabilities.
We do not discriminate in our recruitment and employment practices based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, or age.
Sexual exploitation and abuse are prohibited in all forms. The organization implements a policy to prevent sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, and abuse, including in the workplace.
If you are interested in the vacancy, we are waiting for your applications
Location: Kyiv
If you are interested in this position,please send your CV and Cover letter to [см. контактную информацию ниже]
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