GBV Humanitarian Project Assistant

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UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s global Strategic Plan focuses on achieving three core transformative results: ending preventable maternal deaths, ending the unmet need for family planning, and ending gender-based violence (GBV) and harmful practices. In Yemen, prolonged conflict, large-scale internal displacement, economic collapse, and severe breakdown of basic social services have created one of the world's most complex humanitarian emergencies. These cascading crises have disproportionately affected women and adolescent girls, exacerbating protection risks and escalating rates of gender-based violence. GBV Humanitarian Assistant will play a pivotal operational and technical support role based in Aden. The incumbent acts as a vital bridge between the UNFPA Aden Country Office, regional sub-offices (including Mukalla, Marib, Taizz, and Aden), and frontline national implementing partners. By tracking program deliverables, consolidating field data, monitoring specialized service delivery platforms and facilitating supply pipeline management.

Under the direct supervision of the GBV Specialist, the GBV Humanitarian Assistant will 1. Programme Support and Deliverables Tracking: Support day-to-day operational implementation of the GBV portfolio across hubs, tracking implementing partner deliverables, workplans, and activity milestones. 2. Monitoring and Data Compilation: Collect, verify, and consolidate monthly and quarterly programmatic reports and indicator data from hub focal points and local implementing partners. 3. Sub-Office Operational Bridge: Serve as a coordination link between the Aden Country Office and sub-offices (specifically Mukalla, Marib, Taizz, and Aden) to follow up on administrative, reporting, and implementation bottlenecks. 4. Donor and Technical Reporting: Assist in drafting donor progress reports, briefing notes, meeting minutes, and quarterly indicator summaries for the GBV team. 5. Logistics: Assist in monitoring supply pipelines (including Dignity Kits) across target locations.

• Accountability • Adaptability and flexibility • Creativity • Judgement and decision-making • Planning and organising • Professionalism • Self-management

• Experience in programme monitoring, tracking deliverables, and following up on workplans and activity milestones.
• Strong data management, tracking, and report-writing skills; proficient in English and Arabic; familiarity with UN/UNFPA emergency procedures is an asset
• Ability to collect, verify, consolidate, and analyse programme data and reports from field offices and implementing partners.
• Strong coordination and communication skills to liaise with sub-offices, implementing partners, and relevant stakeholders.
• Ability to draft donor progress reports, briefing notes, meeting minutes, and programme updates.
• Knowledge of supply pipeline monitoring, including the distribution of Dignity Kits, is an asset.

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. National UN Volunteers are part of the medical insurance plan.

National UN Specialist volunteers in Yemen are entitled to: - Monthly Living Allowance 1,385.92 $ - Non Pensionable Bonus 364.50 $ - Well - Being Differential 415.78 $ -Annal and learning leaves - free medical and life insurance - free access to different learning platforms

The complete UN Volunteer Conditions of Service is available at https://explore.unv.org/cos.”

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