Specialist GBV Programme

Contract

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In its mandate of supporting the Congolese government, UNDP-DRC with its partners has designed a holistic program to fight against GBV. It covers 5 provinces of the DRC. On one hand, the program will enable to consolidate the results achieved by the precedent project, Tupinge Ubakaji, in North and South Kivu and Ituri. On the other hand, the program will develop and implement its strategy and activities in Kasaï Central and Kinshasa.

Therefore, the program encompasses two parallel implementation strategies: one of consolidation of Tupinge Ubakaji’s achievements and one of development in the two new provinces. The strategies have been developed following a series of consultations hold in December 2017 and January 2018 with a wide-range of actors aiming to identify the needs and accurate responses according to the specific context of each targeted province. The Joined program « Fight against GBV: Justice, Empowerment and Dignity of Women and Girls in DRC – known as JAD –, aims to significantly reduce Gender Based Violence (GBV) through adopting sociocultural norms promoting gender equality, empowering GBV survivors and strengthening their resilience by providing holistic care, and through reinforcing the provincial and national coordination in order to favor national ownership and sustainability.

The project has developed a holistic approach based on promoting and protecting girls and women rights and a strategy aiming at the institutionalization and sustainability of achievements and results. Indeed, thanks to its approach based on the “Communication for Behavior Changes”, the program wishes initiating key-transformations in social behaviors and sociocultural norms in the objective to significantly reduce GBV in DRC.

Through raising-awareness campaigns, proactive commitment of community leaders, women organizations and survivors as actors of transformation, communities will be called to adopt social behaviors which are respecting and promoting gender equality. In addition, the program also addresses the specific needs of GBV survivors through providing them with holistic care (medical, psychosocial, judicial and socioeconomic reintegration) in order to mitigate consequences of GBV. The One Stop Center (CISM in French) appears as the most efficient mechanism to address GBV survivors’ needs; community-based alert and protection networks are key elements located at the meeting point between GBV prevention and response to survivors’ needs. In a perspective of ensuring sustainability and national ownership, the program aims to institutionalize those CISM and to strengthen governmental capacities to efficiently coordinate the fight against GBV, regarding collecting and analyzing data which are necessary to design and adapt strategy of intervention. The programme has been extended for fifteen (15) months (until mid 2025) with additional funding will ensure the implementation of the JAD exit plan. More specifically, it will involve: • Leading the Advocacy for the Inclusion of CISM in the National Budget • Develop strategic alliances and influence interactions. • Develop Strategic Partnerships • Finalize the process of transferring competences to the national side. • Strengthening the Communication and Sustainability Strategy • Capitalize on lessons learned through the evaluation of the Program.

Ensuring strategic direction of objectives, results and financial resources management for joint programme focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Ensure the global program coordination, provide strategic guidance and oversee a coherent and effective implementation of the program through adopting an approach based on results, creativity and innovation and flexibility according to the needs of the program; • Oversee and coordinate the implementation of the work plan and the budget, the development of terms of reference for purchasing goods and services, of the purchase plan, and the daily monitoring of field-operations; • Assist to draft project proposals and to find additional financial resources to support the joined program; • Provide technical assistance in the design and implementation of a holistic and coordinated GBV prevention strategy and ensure that gender equality is taking into account in all parts of the program; • Ensure programmatic coherence and visibility of the joined program.

Effective coordination and Management of the joint programme Monitoring, evaluation and reporting focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Manage the Joint program through planning, guiding, monitoring and controlling of the resources in accordance with UNDP rules and regulations; • Support the design of accurate monitoring and communication tools: a communication strategy and plan, terms of reference for evaluations, reporting system; • Analyze reports on program achievements in terms of achieved results through using existing UNDP Monitoring and Evaluation tools and consolidate narrative and financial reports received from the other UN agencies according to the planed annual calendar of the program; • Oversee the preparation by the implementing partners of the trimestral and annual reports and other periodical working plan and evaluate achieved progresses according to the program monitoring plan, including contracts with partners; • Identify needs and priorities in the field and produce all necessary programmatic tools for program monitoring; • Ensure the development of the annual work plan, monitoring and evaluation plan; partners meetings schedule; • Develop a map of interventions from all program stakeholders; • Ensure the development of a purchasing plan in coordination with UNDP operation unit • Ensure program budget monitoring: expenses monitoring to ensure service delivery in line with the approved program budget as well as the strict and uniform enforcement of UNDP rules and procedures in all program activities under UNDP responsibility; • Undertake monitoring mission and regular meetings with all involved stakeholders, including program partner, and advice on the strategy of intervention; • Ensure that reports are high quality and been transmitted on time to the donor and other stakeholders of the program; • Ensure the preparation and the participation in the Project Board and/or in the Technical Committees; • Ensure effective Management of contractual joint programme partner budget, focusing on achievement of the following results; • Synthesis of joint program lessons learned and best practices; • Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.

Results/expected outputs:

• The Joint GBV programme is effectively managed through a solid strategic direction of objectives, results and financial resources management. • Effective coordination and Management of the joint programme Monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

Professionalism; Integrity, Teamwork and respect for diversity; Commitment to continuous learning; Planning and organizing; Communication; Flexibility; Genuine commitment towards the principles of voluntary engagement.

providing management advisory services and/or managing staff, managing project in post conflict context and establishing interrelationships among international organizations and national governments. • Experience in managing joint program which include several organization will be an asset. • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc). • Experience in international organization and familiarity with UNDP management system is highly desirable.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is the second largest country in Africa and as a result is quite diverse. Living conditions vary between 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. Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Goma, Bukavu, Kisangani), but consumer items are generally very expensive (as everything is important) For food, local markets offer a much cheaper alternative.

Kinshasa is classified as a family duty station. In addition to insecurity related to the relatively volatile social situation as well as various conflict situations, certain place are subject to increasing street and residential crime, including in Kinshasa and Goma.

All UN volunteers must ensure that they are up-to date with all appropriate vaccination, which should be clearly and properly endorsed in the international certificate of vaccination (carte jaune). Malaria is present virtually throughout DRC and it is therefore recommended to take prophylaxis.

The unit currency is the Congolese Franc. The US dollar is the other preferred currency.it may be impossible to exchange traveler’s checks away from the capital city. Credit cards are usually accepted in major hotels in Kinshasa. In larger towns and cities (e.g. Kinshasa, Goma, Bukavu, Kisangani, Lubumbashi), UN volunteers are recommended to open US dollar bank accounts, while in other places, bank may be absent 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.