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 strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

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.

Deputy Prime Minister of European and Euro Atlantic Integration Ms Olga Stefanishyna and her office is leading Ukraine’s Government response to the Sexual and Gender Based Violence, including conflict relate sexual violence in the context of Russian aggression. It includes strategic coordination within Government Ministries and institutions as well as with International Partners and Donors, including UN agencies.

According to MoU signed with the DPM Office UNFPA is committed to provide technical assistance to the office of DPM in strengthening its coordination role and in the view of newly emerged needs to enhance the system of response to sexual and gender based violence in the context of war and committed war crimes against people of Ukraine. In particular UNFPA and the DPM Office is working together to strengthen comprehensive assistance to survivors of sexual violence, according to their needs and in order to avoid re-traumatization of victims during their communication with law enforcement agencies. It is also important to develop a survivor friendly approach for investigation of war crimes related to sexual violence. There is also a joint priority to support for the development and strengthening of national policies and programs to prevent and respond to sexual violence.

This consultancy required to achieve the anticipated results of CO Humanitarian operations response plan funded by several Donors.

Scope of work:

(Description of services, activities, or outputs)

The Consultant is engaged by UNFPA at the request of the Office of Deputy Prime Minister of European and Euro Atlantic Integration (DPM Office) as an independent specialist to perform the tasks in accordance with these terms of reference and in line with the conditions stipulated in the respective Individual Consultant Contract with UNFPA.

Support DPM office in strengthening its coordination and leadership role in the area of response to SGBV to work with multiple sectors and stakeholders involved in the process of national SGBV response mechanisms, including response to conflict related sexual violence.

The fulfilment of the above assignment envisages the accomplishment of several specific tasks:

• Liaise with key ministries, Parliament and other counterparts to facilitate the overall coordination in gender equality and GBV;
• Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with donors, development partners, partner organizations, local NGOs, etc. on gender equality, women’s empowerment and GBV;
• Provide support to the DPM Office with developing and strengthening national system of services to gender based violence survivors as well as women and girls affected by the military invasion of Ukraine.
• Ensure gender equality mainstreaming into the coordination of the key strategic recovery strategies and plans, including Post-War Recovery and Development Plan for Ukraine, Lugano initiative and EU integration agenda;
• Draft executive summaries, oral and written interventions/ speeches on gender equality and GBV in English and Ukrainian languages for the DPM for the European and Euro-Atlantic Integration;
• Provide gender equality and GBV advice to the DPM for the European and Euro-Atlantic Integration;

Perform other duties and relevant assignments of technical and coordination support nature including communications and partner relations as requested by the Head of DPM office.

Duration and working schedule:

Starting date: September 1, 2024 (tentatively)
Duration: till July 31, 2025

Place where services are to be delivered:

Remote

• Monthly consultancy progress reports to be submitted before last day of each calendar month to the Head of DPM office who will certify it and notify UNFPA that report is accepted and monthly payment may be released.

Drafts of documents, papers developed as part of assignment to be attached to the Report

Required expertise:

• Master degree in public administration, law, social sciences, project/programme management, finance management or similar fields;
• Minimum 5 years of working experience in implementation of the social projects and stakeholders management.
• Previous experience of coordination and cooperation with governmental and non-governmental counterparts;
• Knowledge of DV / GBV regulations and social policy is an asset;
• Excellent analytical skills;
• Excellent writing and communication skills;
• MS Office;
• Fluency (oral and written) in English and Ukrainian.