UNHCR GBV Officer Jobs in South Sudan

UNHCR GBV Officer Jobs in South Sudan

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

The GBV Officer is a member of the Protection Team in a Regional Bureau or a Country Office and normally reports to the Senior GBV Officer or the Senior Community-Based Protection Officer or the Senior Protection Officer or the Head of Sub-Office or the Assistant Representative for protection. In smaller offices, the post may report directly to the Representative.

In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR¿s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties

Implementation of UNHCR¿s Global Policies and Standards

Support and facilitate the effective and timely development, implementation and monitoring of a clear and coherent multi-year and multi-sectoral GBV strategy as part of the operation¿s broader Protection and Solutions Strategy, coordinate timely reporting on progress including the documentation of promising practices.

Participate in the promotion of compliance with UNHCR¿s GBV policy, priorities and commitments (aligned with polices on age, gender, diversity (AGD) and accountability to affected populations (AAP), Child protection, gender equality, disability and youth empowerment.

For functions at regional level, support the harmonization of GBV strategies in the region and alignment with global policies and commitments, support exchange of expertise and practices in the region and provide a regional level analysis of trends as well as aggregated reporting on GBV.

Provide technical guidance on integration of the survivor-centred approach into PSEA complaints mechanisms and enhance access of SEA survivors to existing GBV services Planning / Programming

Participate in conducting, consolidating and reporting on GBV assessments including gender equality components at least once per year, linked to annual planning processes and participatory assessments and sharing strategic trends analyses.

Contribute to planning processes and advocate for adequate resource (re)allocation and mobilization.

Provide technical guidance and support field colleagues to operationalise and comply with UNHCR¿s corporate GBV policy, priorities and commitments (aligned with policies on AGD and AAP, Child protection, disability, youth empowerment and gender equality).

Support operational capacity development efforts and provide technical support on gender and GBV mainstreaming - Under the guidance of the Senior Protection Officer, support and facilitate the establishment of and ensure the functioning of GBV coordination mechanisms with all relevant stakeholders.

Facilitate and strengthen the development and implementation of GBV Standard Operating Procedures for all sites that enable all survivors to access, at a minimum, appropriate health, psychosocial, security and safety, and legal support.

Support and build capacity and systems for individual GBV case management for survivors and persons at-risk of GBV.

Ensure safe and ethical GBV data collection and reporting is functioning and regular reporting is done on GBV, including through PRIMES and protection monitoring processes. Promote the use of the GBV module of PRIMES or another GBV information management system that provides for safe and ethical data collection and analysis. Where applicable, support reporting under the Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Arrangements on conflict-related sexual violence (MARA). Partnerships

Strengthen UNHCR¿s collaboration with host governments to develop national services in order to expand safe access for Persons of concern to services that prevent, mitigate, and respond to GBV.

Support the capacity development of staff, partners and other stakeholders to address GBV and to promote gender equality and the empowerment of displaced women and girls.

Strengthen partnerships including with UN agencies, governments, civil society and with displaced and host communities, to prevent, mitigate, and respond to GBV, to promote gender equality and to ensure age and gender-informed protection and solution programs.

Support that community-based approaches are applied in GBV programming and communities considered as key stakeholders.

Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

For P3/NOC - 6 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 5 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 4 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education

Human rights, Social Anthropology,

Social work, Law, International Development, Social Sciences, or other relevant field.

Relevant Job Experience

Essential 6 years of previous work experience relevant to the function of GBV in an international context, of which two years in the field and having experience in the field of GBV prevention, mitigation and response, broader protection or social work involving empowerment of women and girls, gender, child protection, mental health, counselling and working with survivors, humanitarian and development issues.

Applied experience in survivor-centred approach, GBV guiding and Case management principles related to GBV programs.

Demonstrated knowledge in gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and apply, promote and integrate gender analysis into humanitarian programming.

Demonstrated knowledge of and implementation of multi-sectorial responses to GBV and support to other sectors to mainstream GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response.

Demonstrated knowledge and application of GBV prevention theory and appropriate GBV prevention and behaviour change strategies at different stages of the humanitarian response.

Knowledge and demonstrated use of GBV tools and Guidance.

Desirable Demonstrated understanding of critical issues around GBV data and knowledge of safe and ethical data collection and analysis, and conducting assessments.

Demonstrated knowledge of engagement with GBV Interagency humanitarian architecture.

Knowledge and experience of participatory approaches to engaging with and mobilizing communities Good understanding of displacement and protection issues including, child protection, education and the application of the Age, Gender and Diversity Policy.

Completion of UNHCR learning programmes or specific training relevant to functions of position such as: Protection Learning Programme, Operations Management Learning Programme, Middle Management Learning Programme, GBV and Gender Equality.

Experience in a humanitarian context.

Functional Skills

PR-Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD)

TR-Training - Virtual and face to face

PR-Gender Based Violence (GBV) Coordination

PR-Gender Based Violence (GBV) Capacity development and training

PR-Gender Based Violence (GBV) prevention programming

PR-Gender Based Violence (GBV) risk mitigation

PR-Gender Based Violence (GBV) response programming

Language Requirements

For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.

For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.

For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

Desired Candidate Profile

The incumbent is required to have:

Experience in developing GBV country wide strategies, SOPs, referral pathway and demonstrated skills in providing capacity building programs, provision of technical guidance training and mentoring staff in implementing standards and procedures

Experience of supporting UNHCR offices in developing and implementing internal and system wide policies, standard operating procedures , and commitments on GBV and SEA prevention, mitigation and response.

Direct experience in designing and implementing survivor-centered PSEA prevention, mitigation and response activities and knowledge of country-level coordination mechanisms on PSEA

Knowledge and skills in implementing case management system on GBV and Child Protection

Knowledge, skills and experiences in working in child protection

Educational background in human rights, international law and gender and development studies .

Knowledge and experience in working within the cluster system especially direct experience having worked in support of UNHCR’s involvement and participation in GBV sub-cluster

Experience and sills on the use of the GBV information management systems that provides for safe and ethical data collection and analysis.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; UNHCR GBV Officer Jobs in South Sudan


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