Gender and Protection Officer

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Assignment is non-family (Bukavu)

Under the supervision of the Senior Gender Adviser, Head of Gender Affairs, the Gender and Protection Officer will have the following responsibilities:

• Supports and guides the implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace, and Security. • Supports the implementation of DPO Policy on Gender Responsive Peacekeeping Operations 2018-2021 and the implementation of the Gender Action Plan and Strategy of the Mission to mainstream gender considerations into the work of each mission component to deliver on mission’s gender mandates
• Build and strengthen collaboration with other Mission components, divisions, and sections to mainstream gender into prevention and protection programs on sexual and gender-based violence and the provision of assistance to communities affected by conflicts • Act as focal point for GAS on SGBV and conflict-related sexual violence and represent the Gender Section in key meetings and working groups on protection, particularly MARA, CRSV, and GBV • Coordinates as needed, with other UN agencies, NGOs, CSOs and key national, provincial, and local stakeholders that have complementary mandates on gender and protection-related issues through participating in working-level mechanisms. • Contributes results-based inputs to all gender related reports and documentation as required.
• Supports the results-based budgeting (RBB) process and provides substantive inputs to results-based reporting and analysis.
• Performs other duties as required.

Professionalism, Integrity, Team work, respect for diversity and gender, communication and team work

Gender or Political sciences

The Democratic Republic of Congo is the second largest country in Africa, and as a result is quite diverse. Living conditions therefore vary between MONUSCO duty stations, with all usual amenities present in the capital Kinshasa, but only very basic conditions in remote duty stations in the provinces, where, for instance, there may be no guarantee of public power supply nor running water. The ability to live and work in difficult and harsh conditions of developing countries is essential. Accommodation is very expensive in both Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. Supermarkets exist in the large towns (e.g. Bukavu, Kisangani), but consumer items are generally very expensive (as everything is imported). For food, local markets offer a much cheaper alternative. All MONUSCO duty stations are considered non-family duty stations, except for Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Entebbe which are now considered family duty stations, and most are currently under UN Security Phase III (“relocation phase”: internationally-recruited staff are temporarily concentrated or relocated to specified sites/locations). In addition to insecurity related to the relatively volatile political situation as well as various conflict situations, certain places are subject to increasing street and residential crime, including in Kinshasa and Goma. Some degree of medical service is provided in all MONUSCO duty stations. Certain vaccinations are mandatory for MONUSCO personnel to enter the DRC, while others are compulsory for all other incoming persons. It is possible for incoming MONUSCO personnel, including UN Volunteers, to be asked to provide proof of some or all vaccinations, though this is unlikely. All UN Volunteers must ensure that they are up-to-date with all appropriate vaccinations, which should be clearly and properly endorsed in the International Certificate of Vaccination (“carte jaune”). Malaria is present virtually throughout the DRC, and it is therefore recommended to take prophylaxis. The unit of currency is the Congolese Franc. The US dollar is the other preferred currency. It may be impossible to exchange traveller’s checks away from the capital city. Credit cards are usually accepted in major hotels only in Kinshasa. In larger towns and cities (e.g. Kinshasa, Goma, Bukavu, Kisangani), UN Volunteers are recommended to open US Dollar bank accounts, while in other places, banks may be absent (including ATMs) and VLA payments will be processed in cash. UN Volunteers have the possibility to send part of their allowances to a bank account abroad. In addition to French, there are four major spoken languages in DRC, namely Lingala, Kikongo, Tshiluba and Swahili.

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