GBV Interagency Coordinator and Program Specialist

Contract

This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

Description of task

Under the direct supervision of GBV Coordinator/ specialist (Kwilu-based) and in close

collaboration with other colleagues involved on GBV projects, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Programme Development and Implementation

● Conduct field assessments and/ or situational analyses to determine needs and gaps for GBV prevention and response. Where possible, ensure that GBV issues are integrated into others’ assessments, including inter-agency assessments. Assessments should consider the needs of women, girls, boys and men separately and should focus on identifying gaps and trends to improve programming.

● Develop with colleagues and implementing partners if appropriate GBV specific prevention and response interventions in line with UNFPA minimum Standards for prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies. In acute emergencies, these should particularly focus on service delivery and protection.

● Orient and if necessary conduct training for UNFPA staff, implementing partners, and national authorities in planning and implementing GBV programmes related to IDPs/returnees and host communities.

● Support capacity development of GBV implementing partners as well as other GBV actors facilitating their access to relevant training sessions and support or lead interorganizational capacity building activities on GBV, including on safe and ethical GBV information management, as well as verify that all UNFPA implementing partners undertake UNFPA GBViE online training

● Identify programme gaps in terms of prevention, mitigation and response to GBV .

● Regularly monitor and supervise, in person, quality of activities, developing as possible best practices and documentation.

● Identify capacity gaps of implementing partners and support their capacity building.

● Proactively engage with donors to raise additional programme funds in line with overarching vision and work plan.

● Develop fundraising proposals and concept notes in collaboration with the GBV team and other colleagues and under overall supervision of UNFPA GBV Programme Coordinator (Kinshasa-based),

● Ensure activities of UNFPA programme are widely communicated externally including towards sharing in relevant humanitarian mechanism, reports and social media

● Establish linkages between existing Gender, RH and HIV programmes to ensure synergies between programmes and maximize programme impact.

Interagency Coordination:

● Activate the GBV sub-cluster in Kwilu

Facilitate an inter-agency, multi-sectoral regional GBV sub-cluster and overseeing the response including development of key coordination tools such as referral pathways up to date and accessible, map current institutional response capacities, including facilitating mapping of GBV-specific 3/4/5Ws.

● Establish result-oriented, two-way communication channels with the central and sub-national GBV sub-clusters to ensure a standardized response to GBV.

● Work with partners to continually identify response gaps in line with proposed work plan (including geographic coverage and programmatic scope) and seek solutions to fill gaps. In collaboration with GBV Program Coordinator in Kinshasa, advocate with UNFPA as sub-cluster lead to address gaps not yet filled by partners.

● Promote/organize GBV campaigns to raise awareness on GBV (e.g. 16 days against GBV, day of the girl child).

● Support the establishment of the PSEA Network, the implementation of the global SOPs and that of community-based reporting

mechanism.

● Ensure all GBV sub-cluster partners and in particular UNFPA IPs are aware of national framework and protocols as well as relevant policy guidelines, technical standards, and other resource materials (go to www.gbvaor.net for the latest information), that have policies and procedures to address SEA, in line with international standards.

● Proactively engage with all relevant stakeholders to ensure coordination bodies reflect the range of actors addressing GBV, including across multiple sectors (health, psychosocial, legal, security, etc.) and categories of actors (UN, NGO, civil society, government, etc.). As feasible, engage MONUSCO sections active in addressing GBV (such as women protection or human rights), including but not limited to ensuring inter-agency inputs to the annual S-G’s report on conflict related sexual violence and bi-annual contribution to MARA

● Coordinate and collaborate with other actors in diverse areas such as Health, Child Protection, Shelter and NFI, Food Security, Logistics, Education to ensure integration of GBV- related action in their plans and to advocate for joint awareness-raising for non-GBV specialists.

● In consultation with non-governmental GBV actors and national civil society, identify appropriate mechanisms for working with and collaborating with provincial authorities on GBV issues

Monitoring and reporting

● Provide regular and comprehensive updates related to UNFPA’s progress to address GBV.

● Monitor GBV assistance provided by UNFPA through implementing partners to affected populations.

● Engage in monitoring and evaluation at UNFPA as well as inter-agency level, e.g providing analyses of available secondary data, participating in MIRA or other assessments and/or conduct GBV assessments and in support to align to standardized GBV incident report/intake form which is in line with the GBV Information Management System (GBVIMS).

● Monitor UNFPA’s GBV programme activities by keeping a close record of activities, such as capacity building, expenditures and agreements made with local partners

● Prepare regular progress reports and document lessons learned and challenges and share with the relevant UNFPA Regional Office, UNFPA Humanitarian and Fragile Contexts Branch, and other units as may be necessary.

● Contribute to drafting of reports and SitReps on UNFPA response as required as well as to GBV sub-cluster reports / fact-sheets, including for UNFPA SitRep and GBV SC SitRep for OCHA submission

Any Other Duties

● Perform any other duties as required by the DRC management, supervisor.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:

Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day).

Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country.

Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities.

Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.

Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers.

Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Educational additional comments

Type of Degree: University degree in Social Sciences, international relations, Gender and development, social work, public health, gender, law/human rights, and/or other related social science disciplines or any related technical and relevant area.

Experience remark

minimum 3 years progressive responsibility and experience in humanitarian/development situation at the national and international levels in programme management, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, report-writing, or related field.

Language skills

• French(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• English(Mandatory), Level - Working Knowledge

Area of expertise details

humanitarian/development situation at the national and international levels in programme management,

monitoring and evaluation,

reporting, report-writing, or related field.

Competencies values

Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment and Motivation, Communication, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Knowledge Sharing, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams

Application procedure

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