ABOUT THE COMPANY:

UNICEF was created with a distinct purpose in mind: to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path. We advocate for measures to give children the best start in life, because proper care at the youngest age forms the strongest foundation for a person’s future

JOB SUMMARY

The purpose of this position is to continue strengthening UNICEF’s work on prevention, response and mitigation to GBViE. The GBViE Specialist (P-4) will be responsible for providing high quality technical guidance on GBViE prevention, risk mitigation and response for the design, planning and expansion of programming across UNICEF programming in ESAR.

Under the supervision of the ESARO Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) Specialist, the incumbent will provide oversight for quality assurance and coherence with UNICEF’s global level GBViE Operational Guidance and Resource Pack, as well as other global standards and guidelines and the UNICEF Strategic Plan and Gender Action Plan.

S/he will ensure that the GBViE programming is aligned with the Core Commitments for Children.

The GBViE Specialist will work directly with UNICEF GBViE Specialists, officers and focal points in the Child Protection team at the country offices and will work collaboratively with UNICEF Child Protection Specialists at the regional office and headquarters (HQ) as well as with other key relevant sectors including but not limited to emergency, gender, nutrition, SRHR, education and disability.

S/he will coordinate closely with other UN agencies and non-governmental partners (NGO) that specialize in GBViE with a particular focus on women-led organisations.

Responsibilities

1. Provide strategic and technical support to UNICEF ESARO and COs to scale up efforts to address GBViE.
2. Work with the UNICEF sectors, clusters and inter-agency partners to ensure GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response is adequately integrated across sectors and actions to reduce risks of GBV.
3. Strengthen knowledge management and policy development on GBViE for ESARO and COs.
4. Improve coordination of UNICEF GBViE interventions internally and at the inter-agency level.

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Advanced (Master’s level) degree in psychology, social work, human rights and public health or other related degree, or equivalent programming experience.

• Work Experience: At least eight (8) years of relevant work experience in GBViE prevention and response in humanitarian settings (with UN agencies and/or NGOs).
• Strong understanding of GBV case management system, GBV programming approaches, practices and applications i.e.

on Adolescent Girl Programming, GBViE Minimum Standards, GBVIMS, IASC GBV guidelines.

• Demonstrated skills in planning and facilitating workshops and other capacity-building modalities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: the ability to liaise with people successfully and effectively in a wide range of functions in a multi-cultural environment.
• Experience of coordinating regional multi-year donor projects across countries.
• Strong planning, project management and budget skills required.
• Ability to work independently and productively, with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexible work attitude: the ability to work productively in a team environment and independently, and to handle requests or issues as they arise.
• Ability to collect, collate and analyse data in a scientific and effective manner and strong writing skills.
• Availability to travel frequently in the region.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.

Knowledge of a second UN and/or local working language of the duty station an asset.

REQUIRED EDUCATION: Advanced Degree

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: 96