UNFPA is hiring a Gender Based-Violence (GBV) Sub-Cluster Coordinator
Deadline : 22 Mar 2024 05:00 PM (America/New_York)
Duty Station : Kabul Afghanistan
Background About UNFPA
UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. UNFPA mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.
Brief Information, Context and Purpose of the Position
Under the overall guidance of the UNFPA CO Representative and the direct supervision of the Humanitarian Coordinator, the incumbent facilitates and coordinates the rapid implementation of multi-sectoral, interagency GBV interventions in a humanitarian emergency. Comprehensive GBV prevention and response programming in humanitarian emergencies requires skilled coordination of a range of organizations and actors from the displaced and host communities, NGOs, government partners, UN agencies, and other national and international organizations.
Afghanistan is affected by one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world, emanating from almost 40 years of protracted, armed conflict and frequent natural disasters. When the Taliban de facto administration (DFA) came to power in August 2021, development assistance halted abruptly, and Afghan foreign assets were frozen. Afghanistan consistently ranks globally within the top 10 countries facing the worst humanitarian disasters. It is the country with the highest level of risk in the Asia Pacific region, according to the Inform Risk Index for humanitarian disasters. These humanitarian challenges must be addressed through service adaptation as well as increased support and resources dedicated to humanitarian coordination of the response.
Since 2012, the GBV-SC in Afghanistan has played a critical role as part of the humanitarian response. It is a core component of the Protection Cluster, ensuring there is a multi-sector prevention and response to GBV, while providing technical support to other sectors and the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) for integrating GBV into all aspects of the humanitarian response in line with the HCT Protection Strategy.
Therefore, Afghanistan CO is seeking a dedicated full time GBV-SC Coordinator.
Duties and Responsbilities
The GBV Sub Cluster (GBV-SC) Coordinator’s duties include ensuring implementation of the cluster core coordination functions and key deliverables by the GBV-SC; building and sustaining partnerships, strategic planning, capacity development, advocacy, and ensuring there is safe and ethical information management.
The GBV-SC Coordinator will use the IASC’s Guidelines for Integrating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action: Reducing Risk, Promoting Resilience, and Aiding Recovery, the GBV Area of Responsibility’s Handbook for Coordination of GBV Interventions in Emergencies (2019),
UNFPA’s Managing GBV Programmes in Emergencies Guide and The Inter-agency Minimum Standards for GBV in Emergencies Programming (2019) to facilitate planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of inter-agency GBV initiatives.
The GBV-SC Coordinator will be expected to meet the GBV in Emergencies competencies outlined in the GBV AoR’s Core Competencies for GBV Program Managers and Coordinators in Humanitarian Settings (2014).
Required Qualifications , Skills and Experience:
Education:
Advanced university degree in social work or other social sciences, public health, community health, international relations, international law, gender studies, human rights or related field.
Knowledge and Experience:
● 7 years of experience working on gender-based violence, of which 5 are at the international level, preferably in a humanitarian context.
● Experience leading inter-agency coordination mechanisms with a wide range of stakeholders, preferably on prevention and response to GBV. Demonstrable knowledge of the critical components to facilitate effective inter-agency coordination.
● Awareness and demonstrable knowledge of how GBV manifests in humanitarian settings and ability to describe context-specific prevention and response actions.
● Demonstrable knowledge of humanitarian emergency operations, including the Cluster System and HPC, and roles/responsibilities of key humanitarian actors.
● Experience designing and managing GBV programmes (recommended).
Languages:
Fluency in English is required; Working knowledge of another official UN language is desirable.
Required Competencies:
Values:
- Exemplifying integrity,
- Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,
- Embracing cultural diversity,
- Embracing change
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
Functional Competencies:
• Strategically positioning UNFPA programmes
• Providing conceptual innovation to support programme effectiveness
• Generating, managing and promoting the use of knowledge and information
• Providing a technical support system
• Strengthening the programming capacity of Country Offices
• Facilitating quality programmatic results
• Internal and External communication and advocacy for results mobilization
Compensation and Benefits:
This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable.
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