Gender in Humanitarian Action Officer

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.

The objective of UN Women programs in the Northeast is to ensure protection for vulnerable women and girls as well as their equitable safe access to humanitarian and recovery assistance. The programs also promote women’s meaningful participation and leadership in humanitarian and recovery processes. In this regard, UN Women, with funding support from the Government of Japan, is implementing a project on Empowering Women and Girls for Enhanced Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response in Borno and Yobe States. The project is designed to contribute to reducing the spread of COVID-19 through support for women’s leadership and participation in preventing and responding to gender-based violence while expanding access to economic empowerment opportunities.

Under the direct supervision of Programme Manager, Gender in Humanitarian/Officer-in-Charge, the UN Volunteer will: Provide program and administrative support to Northeast programs for the implementation of UN Women Country Strategy and Annual Work Plan focusing on Women Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action.

1. Contribute technically to the development of programme strategies in the area of humanitarian action in Nigeria • Provide substantive inputs to the design and formulation of programme/project proposals and initiatives • Provide advice on contextualizing/ localizing programme documents, country strategies, and knowledge products • Identify areas for support and intervention related to the humanitarian programme

2. Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the humanitarian programme • Monitor progress of implementation of activities and finances using results-based management tools • Undertake field visits to monitor performance of commitments by implementing partners and ensure programme objectives are being met • Draft reports on monitoring missions, programme results, outputs and outcomes • Provide substantive inputs to the preparation of donor and UN Women reports relating to humanitarian action • Monitor budget implementation and make budget re-alignments/revisions, as necessary

3. Provide support to inter-agency coordination on humanitarian action to systematically integrate gender and social inclusion • Provide substantive technical support to the GiHA Programme Manager on inter-agency coordination related activities • Represent UN Women in inter-agency coordination related activities by attending meetings/events, participating in groups and committees, as needed • Advocate for the engagement and participation of local organizations and civil society networks in humanitarian coordination mechanisms

4. Provide inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts • Contribute to background documents, briefs and presentations related to gender in humanitarian action • Support to coordinate and organize advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products • Contribute to the development of knowledge management strategies, methodologies, and products on gender in humanitarian action • Support the development of advocacy strategies and oversee their implementation • Support UN Women’s participation in policy dialogues on issues related to humanitarian action as necessary • Identify best practices and lessons learned to guide programme improvement and strategy planning • Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:

• 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; • Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities.
• 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 online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever possible.

Results/expected outputs: • UN Women programmes in the Northeast implemented effectively. • Implementing partners satisfied with UN Women support • Good quality research and analytical documents that contribute to policy advocacy. • Good quality reports and briefs that contribute to knowledge sharing. • The development of capacity through coaching, mentoring and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-) governmental counterparts, including Implementing Partners (IPs) • Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment • A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed

Competencies and values:

Professionalism • Integrity • Teamwork and respect for diversity • Commitment to continuous learning • Planning and organizing • Communication • Flexibility • Genuine commitment

• Working with programs under gender, promoting women and girls empowerment in humanitarian • Working with the UN system is desirable • Understanding of gender issues as they link with humanitarian, peace, and development • Advocacy and Networking • Programme Administration

Living Conditions:

Maiduguri is the capital city of the Borno State in North-eastern Nigeria. The current security level is 5, which is only one step below the highest security level classification in the UN (the highest being 6). UN Staff movements are restricted and must comply with UN security measures. Living conditions are demanding and candidates should be prepared to consider this a hardship post. The local populations are mostly Muslim including Kanuri, Hausa, Shuwa, Bura, Marghi, and Fulani ethnic groups. There is also a considerable Christian population and people from other parts of the country such as the Igbo, Ijaw, and Yoruba. There is a large community of national and international personnel from the UN and from INGOs. Some basic facilities are available. The city has an international Airport which caters to international as well as domestic flights. There are regular direct flights from Maiduguri to Abuja (the capital city) and Lagos in the Southwestern part of the country. In addition, the UNHAS also operates regular flights from Maiduguri to the deep fields of the State to support operational activities of the humanitarian response. The climate is hot and semi-arid, especially in the dry season when it can go beyond 40°C. A detailed security briefing is provided to all new arrivals by the security staff on arrival in the State As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging her own housing and other living essentials.

Conditions of Service for national UN Volunteers

The contract lasts for the period indicated above with possibility of extensions subject to availability of funding, operational necessity and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectation of renewal of the assignment. Travel to duty station (if applicable) and a Settling-In-Grant will be provided in the event the duty station is not within commuting distance from the place of recruitment. The applicable Volunteer Living Allowance is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities and normal cost of living expenses. Life, health and permanent disability insurance are included (health insurance for up to 3 dependents), as well as final repatriation (if applicable) and resettlement allowance for satisfactory service. Furthermore, in non-family duty stations that belong to hardship categories D or E, as classified by the ICSC, a Well-Being Differential (WBD) will be provided monthly.