Technical Specialist, Gender-Based Violence, Multiple locations (Sri Lanka, Indonesia), P-4

  • Level: P-4
  • Contract Type: Fixed Term Appointment
  • Closing date: 16 Mar 2022 05:00 PM (America/New_York)
  • Duty station: Multiple locations (Sri Lanka, Indonesia)

The Position:

The Gender Based Violence (GBV) Technical Specialist position is located in Asia and the Pacific Region. Under the overall direction and supervision of Regional GBV Advisor in UNFPA Asia and the Pacific Regional Office (APRO) and in close coordination with UNFPA Country Representatives, the GBV Technical Specialist will support UNFPA’s GBV programming in specific focus countries: Group A (Indonesia, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Philippines, Laos PDR, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam); Group B (India, Bhutan, Iran, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Maldives). 

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s new strategic plan (2022-2025), focuses on three transformative results: to reduce preventable maternal deaths; reduce unmet need for family planning; and reduce GBV and harmful practices. UNFPA recognizes that acceleration the reduction of GBV will not happen unless the world (a) strengthen policy, legal and accountability frameworks related to GBV, (b) tackles harmful or discriminatory gender and socio-cultural norms and stereotypes, (c) scales up access to high-quality and gender sensitive, survivor-centred essential services, (d) scales up humanitarian response and the provision of life-saving services, including mental health and psychosocial support services, (e ) improves the agency and decision-making capabilities of adolescents and youth, especially adolescent girls, and (f) increases the availability and use of data related to GBV. 

To bring about transformations change, UNFPA APRO will provide tailored support to country and sub-regional offices to (a) develop and strengthen implementation of integrated, context specific, evidence-informed innovative approaches to address underlying drivers and consequences of GBV, (b) strengthen provision of survivor-centred essential service, (c) generate region-specific evidence on effective strategies for transformation of harmful social norms and (d) enhance collaboration with feminist organization in support of women led movements. 

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results, who understand the GBV Guidelines principles and uphold survivor-centred approach in all aspects of advocacy, programming and implementation. 

Job Purpose:

The GBV Technical Specialist will support UNFPA Country Offices to develop strengthened capacities to formulate and implement multi-sectoral, rights-based policies and interventions that prevent and mitigate the impact of GBV across the humanitarian, peacebuilding and development nexus. 

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Qualifications and Experience
    
Education:  
 
Advanced University degree in Gender Studies, Social Work or other Social Sciences, Public/Community health or other related disciplines. 
 
Knowledge and Experience: 
 
• At least 7 years of increasingly responsible relevant professional experience, including experience on design, implementation, monitoring and management of GBV programmes, including in humanitarian settings. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of GBV Guiding Principles, survivor-centred approach, latest evidence, research, global guidelines and good practices on prevention and response to gender-based violence, across the humanitarian and development continuum. 
• Demonstrated experience in leading capacity building initiatives in GBV prevention and response and their application in humanitarian, conflict, recovery and development settings. 
• Experience in utilizing the following internationals tools: Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for GBV in Emergencies Programming; Essential Services Package for women and girls subject to violence; Inter-Agency GBV Case Management Guidelines; GBV Information Management System; IASC GBV Guidelines; GBV Coordination Handbook; RESPECT Framework for GBV prevention; WHO manual for Health Managers: Strengthening health systems to respond to women subjected to intimate partner violence or sexual violence ; WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Researching GBV in Emergencies; and the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support. 
• Experience in evidence informed policy advocacy for GBV prevention and response and development of national actions plans to address GBV. 
• Field experience in complex emergencies, including humanitarian emergency response is desirable. 
 
Languages: 

 
Excellent written and verbal skills in English are required.

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