Gender-based Violence (GBV) Specialist - Buea

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Overview

Support and implement programs addressing Gender-based Violence in North West and South West regions.

You have:

• Minimum of 3 years of progressively relevant experience implementing the minimum humanitarian standards for Prevention and Response to Gender-based Violence.
• Strong English language skills and French are required. Pidgin will be an asset.
• Experience in developing and facilitating training workshops.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse data/statistics for humanitarian operations.
• Excellent computer skills: MS Word, Excel, Publisher, and database software, including in-depth knowledge of pivot table analysis.
• Familiarity with the geographical, social and cultural environment of the North West and South West of Cameroon.
• Demonstrated understanding of privacy, data security, and other ethical concerns related to the sharing of sensitive data among humanitarian agencies.
• Belief in and commitment to gender equality.
• Belief in and commitment to human rights.
• Demonstrated organizational skills: the ability to work independently and productively with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

Socio-political issues in and about the Anglophone region of Cameroon had been a matter of contention since independence in 1960 and 1961. Violence erupted in 2016 in the North-West (NW) and South-West (SW) regions, which forms the English-speaking regions, prompting security clampdowns. The crisis shifted into armed conflict with the proliferation of non-state armed groups (NSAG) and deployment of military forces to the regions. This situation has led to multiple civilian casualties and continues to have serious consequences on livelihoods and living conditions of the affected populations, in particular women and young girls. In late 2017, and in response to the violence and loss of life, humanitarian organizations were reporting that families were fleeing the two affected regions. Displacement was further compounded by limited access to education for children due to a ban and attacks on schools by the non-state armed groups. While many areas of the NW/SW are stabilizing, others remain affected by instability creating a complex context mixing development, stabilization and humanitarian needs. In such a situation, the population continues to bear the brunt of old and new violent incidents, as either targeted directly, either living with the trauma and the consequence of having been a target in the past; or even being affected by the consequences in their society, families and communities, today or in the recent past. In response to this complex situation, UNFPA has been working with government authorities, UN sister agencies and non-governmental organizations on the prevention and response to GBV as well as delivery of a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (GBV) services to the affected population. UNFPA is delivering a response package that includes assisted delivery, obstetric care, family planning, GBV coordination, clinical management of rape, psychosocial support (PSS), case management, establishment of safe spaces for women and girls, and GBV prevention. Since 2024, UNFPA in collaboration with GIZ and under the EU/BMZ funding, has started implementing women eh! Program aiming to reinforce local capacities in GBV prevention and response.

Under the overall guidance of the UNFPA Country Representative, the Deputy Rep-resentative and the direct supervision of the GBV Coordinator, the UN Volunteer Gender-based Violence (GBV) Specialist will work closely with the GBV team in the implementation of this program activities and liaise with the sexual reproductive health (SRH) and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) team on cross-cutting issues. The GBV specialist will contribute to the Country Programme as a whole, with a specific focus on humanitarian activities and more precisely on ECHO funded intervention; and to effectively demonstrate UNFPA’s role in humanitarian response. The National UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Ensure that the minimum standards for Prevention and Response to Gender-based Violence are implemented in our direct programs, with our implementing and operational partners • Provide guidance and support to implementing and operational partners on Hu-manitarian Guiding Principles, GBV Case Management, PSEA, Safe Referral and other key responses to GBV in the humanitarian setting • Participate and represent UNFPA in humanitarian GBV related meeting and li-aise with partner organizations as appropriate • Undertake analysis of trends, gaps and challenges in addressing major issues in GBV in emergency settings; provide regular feedback to the Humanitarian Team on changing humanitarian dynamics at the regional level • Monitor, evaluate and report overall achievements of technical indicators in the UNFPA GBV program, including data in both the development and humanitarian settings • Assist in advocacy by preparing relevant documentation, (i.e. project summaries, conference papers, donor profiles and participating in donor meetings and public information events) as assigned by the humanitarian coordinator • Report monthly on progress on all GBV programmes in the regions to the Hu-manitarian Coordinator, which include updates on the situation and emergency human security issues • Perform other relevant duties and assist with other GBV tasks as required from the country office, the regional office and other entities

. Results/Expected Output:

• Ensure quality and timely safe access to life-saving and integrated GBV ser-vices for GBV survivors in target crisis-affected areas of North West, South West and North West and South West Regions. • Strengthen capacity of service providers and communities for GBV/SRH pre-vention, risk mitigation, including Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) • Strengthen GBV coordination through information sharing, capacity build-ing, advocacy and synergy among the actors

Functional competencies: • Providing strategic focus on population and development as related to reproduction health, youth and gender • Engaging internal/ external partners and stakeholders • Leading, developing and empowering people/ creating a culture of performance • Making decisions and exercising judgment • Advocacy/ Advancing a policy-oriented agenda relevant to effective use of data for programming and decision making • Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners/ building strategic alliances and partnerships • Delivering results-based programme • Internal and external communication and advocacy for results mobilization Core Competencies: • Achieving results, • Being accountable, • Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen, • Thinking analytically and strategically, • Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships, • Communicating for impact

Values: • Exemplifying integrity, • Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system, • Embracing cultural diversity, • Embracing change

● Program, project planning and monitoring, Gender, Psychology, Social Work, Law, Public Health or Medical Sciences ● S/he will have a minimum of 3 years of progressively relevant experience implementing the minimum humanitarian standards for Prevention and Response to Gender-based Violence and liaising with counterparts in SRH, MHPSS and other cross-cutting sectors. ● The candidate will be experienced working with government institutions and donor organizations and be familiar with cross-cutting issues on populations, sexual reproductive health, and youth. Familiarity with UNFPA/UN country operations and procedures is an asset. ● Strong English language skills and French are required. Pidgin will be an asset. ● Being familiar with the geographical, social and cultural environment of the North West and South West of Cameroon ● Experience in developing and facilitating training workshops; ● At least 3 years of professional experience in program and project planning and monitoring; ● Experience in the development, use and management of databases; ● Demonstrated ability to analyse data/statistics for humanitarian operations ● Excellent computer skills: MS Word, Excel, Publisher and database software, including in-depth knowledge of pivot table analysis; ● Familiarity with the geographic, social and cultural environment of the North west region ● Belief in and commitment to gender equality. ● Belief in and commitment to human rights. ● Familiarity with administrative and financial procedures of humanitarian programs (UNFPA would be an asset); ● Demonstrated organizational skills: the ability to work independently and productively with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment; ● Demonstrated understanding of privacy, data security, and other ethical concerns related to the sharing of sensitive data among humanitarian agencies; and ● Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: the ability to successfully and effectively liaise with teams in a wide range of functions within a multicultural environment;

Buea is a university town with a pleasant climate, but it is located within the ac-tive Anglophone crisis zone. The security situation is volatile and requires a high degree of vigilance. UN Volunteers must adhere to strict security protocols. Movement is severely restrict-ed on mandated "ghost town" days (typically every Monday), which significantly impacts daily life and work.

Basic services such as electricity and water are unreliable, with frequent and prolonged outages. Candidates must be prepared for these infrastructure chal-lenges. Accommodation is available but requires a dedicated budget. Accessing quality healthcare necessitates using private clinics. This is a non-family duty station. The position requires a high level of resilience, adaptability, and the ability to work and live in a challenging and stressful envi-ronment.

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