Closing Date: 15 September 2018 (5 pm Dhaka Time)
Duration: 4 Months
Duty Statition: Cox’s Bazar Sub-Office
Stating Assignment: As soon as possible
ORGANIZATION SETTING
Since 25 August 2017, targeted violence against Rohingya communities in Rakhine State, Myanmar, has forced 919,000 people - mostly women and children - to flee their homes. This exodus has become one of the fastest growing refugee crises in the world. In support of these efforts, the humanitarian community has rapidly scaled up its operations as well. Movements within Cox’s Bazar remain fluid, with arrivals continuing daily in July 2018. Incidents of gender-based violence continue to be reported weekly. Many girls and women have been exposed to severe forms of sexual violence in Myanmar before and during flight.
There are significant safety and security concerns for women and girls in the camps from a number of challenges. Just moving in public to access water points, latrines, bathing areas, and safe spaces put them at risk. Women and girls lack adequate clothing and personal dignity items which increases risk. Increased overcrowding and limited privacy across all refugee sites elevate safety and security risks. Many Rohingya refugee family units are female-headed (up to one in five), leading to greater vulnerability. In addition, the burden of care women assume for children and others can make it difficult for them to take proper care of themselves, women often neglect their own needs as they care for their families and neighbors.
In response, UNFPA is supporting 19 Women Friendly Spaces (WFS) and 10 Women Led Community Centers (WLCC) in the Rohingya Refugee Camp and adjacent host community. UNFPA supports community outreach activities to mitigate risks and prevent GBV. At the WFS, caseworkers are trained to offer specialized case management services for survivors of GBV and deliver information and awareness raising sessions for women and girls at risk of gender-based violence. UNFPA is introducing caseworkers into the health facilities to ensure all women seeking SRH have access to GBV awareness and response. At the WLCC, GBV topics are integrated into the livelihoods curriculum. Community mobilizers and volunteers are working to provide comprehensive GBV prevention and risk mitigation interventions on the ground by engaging different community groups, including men and boys. Towards this effort, UNFPA is seeking to deploy a SURGE, GBV Social Mobilisation Specialist to support Cox’s Bazar GBV team to introduce a GBV prevention method in the Rohingya and host communities.
SCOPE OF WORK
Under the overall supervision of UNFPA Head of Sub-Office / GBV Program Specialist in Cox’s Bazar, in collaboration Gender Unit Chief in Dhaka, the GBV Social Mobilisation Specialist will closely work with the GBV team in Cox’s Bazar and Dhaka and liaise with relevant GBV and women’s empowerment actors and coordination groups to ensure that integrated and expanded activities addressing violence against women and girls are successfully implemented for GBV prevention and response.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Programme Management
- Complete a desk review of available GBV awareness raising material developed and used in the region and in other relevant emergencies.
- Conduct consultations with UNFPA partners, relevant GBV and women’s empowerment actors, and beneficiaries to identify priority content and methodology of GBV prevention and risk mitigation program.
- Provide technical support to GBV staff (UNFPA and partners) in community engagement and participatory approaches remembering ‘ do no harm’ principles
- Provide guidance on community testing and oversee testing in at least one location.
- Develop and/or adapt and rollout awareness raising material as a comprehensive package of tools to guide UNFPA partners on GBV social mobilisation including a ToT with a facilitators guide, key messages, and various GBV awareness-raising strategies for different community groups and audiences.
- Ensure that all programme activities create a neutral and supportive protection environment for women and girls
- Ensure that compliance to GBV guiding principles are maintained among all staff and volunteers to ensure that survivors have easy access to psychosocial support and case management services in an appropriate and timely manner.
- Assist community mobilizers to plan community education and awareness-raising activities on GBV or violence against women and girls.
- Provide inputs for SitReps and other communication products, as required.
- Support data management flow and reporting from partners on timely basis.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Resource Mobilization:
- Create and implement tools to measure change in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour.
- Support to prepare regular progress/after action reports and document lessons learned and challenges related to GBV prevention and risk mitigation and share with the relevant UNFPA Regional Office, UNFPA Humanitarian and Fragile Contexts Branch, and other units as may be necessary
- Proactively engage in the emergency fundraising initiatives as needed
Capacity Development:
- Capacity development of UNFPA and partners on GBV core concepts, risk mitigation, community mobilisation, and women’s empowerment in the context of GBV prevention and emergencies (in line with IASC guidelines).
- Provide coaching to the staff and consultants, where appropriate.
- Coach and build capacity of staff members and staff of implementing partners responding to emergency/humanitarian crisis, as needed.
Coordination:
- Support in strengthening GBV social mobilisation linkages between existing GBV, SRHR, adolescent girls and livelihood programming initiatives of UNFPA and other agencies.
- Represent UNFPA in sector/coordination meetings related to GBV prevention.
- Any other tasks that may be required to achieve the objective of this assignment.
KEY DELIVERABLES
Specific work plan, monthly reports on progress, mission reports to be submitted in electronic copy
Progress will be monitored on a monthly basis, sharing electronic updates against the terms of reference and deliverables as per approve paragraph.
All the reports and documents prepared during the assignment is the property of UNFPA Bangladesh. The reports/documents or any part cannot be sold, used and/or reproduced in any manner without prior written approval of UNFPA. During the consultancy, if additional time is required to complete the assignment beyond the time previously agreed, UNFPA’s written approval will be required.
The consultant will have access to all relevant available written/web based background information necessary for this assignment. The consultant will also have the possibility to organize regular meetings with the UNFPA project management and if necessary, with other relevant stakeholders.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Education
- Master degree with a specialization in areas such as social work, gender, law/human rights, international relations, and/or other related social science disciplines.
Professional Experience
- 5 to 7 years of relevant experience in GBV program development and management, preferably in an emergency context.
- Field experience in complex emergencies, including humanitarian emergency response, is desired.
- Demonstrated leadership and management experience within a multinational and multicultural environment.
- Ability to develop and coordinate GBV prevention programs that target refugees, IDPs/returnees, and their host communities.
- Proficiency in English
- Proven relevant experience in community activism and mobilisation.
- Excellent understanding of human rights-based, survivors-centered and participatory approach.
- Experience in capacity development/training.
- Experience in developing SOPs, guidelines, tools for social mobilisation in GBV prevention
- Proven communications and inter-personal skills, IT literacy, as well as organizational skills and time-management
- Good understanding of international GBV best practices and guidelines
- Experience of working at a global or regional level especially in the developing countries.
Language
- Fluency in oral and written English:
SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY UNFPA
The consultant will work at UNFPA Cox’s Bazar Sub-Office with Gender/GBV Team. S/he will be provided with working space in the Cox’s Bazar Sub-Office. The Consultant will bring/use her/his own laptop computer.
The consultant will be provided with office vehicle support whilst working on mission and travelling for official purposes in Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE
Monthly payment based on Work plan deliverables, DSA will be applicable while travel to district as per UN/UNFPA’s corporate policy
HOW TO APPLY:
Applicants with the required qualifications and experience should submit a copy of curriculum vitae (CV), completed UN P11 form (http://Bangladesh.unfpa.org/en/vacancies/un-p11-personal-history-form) relevant education certificates and the names and contact information of three references.
Send your application electronically to dedicated email inbox of unfpabangladesh@unfpa.org
For further details, please refer the attached detailed VAs and also at UNFPA website:
Note: Only those candidates in who meet all qualifications and experience will be contacted for further consideration. Kindly note that incomplete applications will be automatically disqualified.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE
Monthly payment based on Work plan deliverables, DSA will be applicable while travel to district as per UN/UNFPA’s corporate policy
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