Contract

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Salary

The salary for this job should be between 146,462 USD and 188,832 USD.

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The Position:

Under the overall supervision of the UNFPA CO Representative and/or Head of Office, the incumbent facilitates and coordinates the rapid implementation of multi-sectoral, inter-agency GBV interventions of the humanitarian emergency in the Tigray region. Comprehensive GBV prevention and response programming in humanitarian emergencies requires skilled coordination of a range of organizations and actors from the displaced and host communities, NGOs, government partners, UN agencies, and other national and international organizations. The GBV AoR Tigray Coordinator’s duties include: building and sustaining partnerships, strategic planning, capacity development, advocacy, and information management.

The GBV AoR Tigray Coordinator will use the GBV Area of Responsibility’s Handbook for Coordinating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Emergencies (2019), the Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for Prevention and Response to GBV in Emergencies and the IASC’s Guidelines for Integrating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action: Reducing Risk, Promoting Resilience, and Aiding Recovery, to facilitate planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of inter-agency GBV initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

• Master’s Degree social work or other social sciences, public health, community health, international relations, international law, human rights or related field

Experience:

• At least 7 years of experience working on gender-based violence, of which 4 are at the international level, preferably in a humanitarian context. Experience leading inter-agency coordination mechanisms with a wide range of stakeholders. Demonstrable knowledge of the critical components to facilitate effective inter-agency coordination.
• Awareness and demonstrable knowledge of how GBV manifests in humanitarian settings and ability to describe context-specific prevention and response actions.
• Demonstrable knowledge of humanitarian emergency operations, including the Cluster System and HPC, and roles/responsibilities of key humanitarian actors.
• Experience designing and managing GBV programmes in an NGO (recommended).

Language:

• Fluency in English required.
• Working knowledge of other UN languages an asset.