The Position:
The Programme Specialist will provide technical, operational and coordination support to UNFPA’s programme implementation in Rakhine State. The incumbent will work in close collaboration with humanitarian and development agencies (UN, NGOs and INGOs), and civil society organizations to lead multi-sectoral programme response and coordination for prevention and response to GBV in Rakhine state. The Programme Specialist, GBV will report directly to the Gender Equality/GBV Programme Specialist based in Yangon.
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.
Job Purpose:
UNFPA expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy and productive lives. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV and AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. Advancing gender equality and promoting the empowerment of women is a key programme priority of UNFPA defined in UNFPA strategic plan (2022-2025).
UNFPA has launched the second phase of the “Women and Girls First” Programme (2019-2022), which is a large multi-year, multi-donor initiative, including EU, that provides knowledge and technical leadership in partnership with civil society organizations and a wide range of national stakeholders to advance: gender equality, improving sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services, responding to and preventing gender based violence (GBV) and integrating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS).
The Programme Specialist will oversee multi-sectoral GBV prevention, response and coordination efforts in Rakhine state. This will include the provision of high quality technical, advocacy and coordination support in order to ensure compliance with international standards across the areas of UNFPA mandated areas of work, in close coordination with UNFPA County Office team in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw. The Programme Specialist is directly responsible for the implementation and coordination of GBV programming with relevant stakeholders and representation of UNFPA in humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
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Qualifications and Experience
Education:
Advanced university degree in social work or other social sciences, public/community health, gender, legal advice as it relates to gender and GBV, and development or related field.
Knowledge and Experience:
• At least 5 years of increasingly responsible relevant professional experience, including experience in programme management, including large multi-sectoral projects, designing and appraising proposals and actively liaising with relevant and potential project partners
• Knowledge of gender issues, particularly GBV, including relevant international human rights standards
• Field experience in complex emergencies, including humanitarian emergency response, peace building and reconciliation
• Knowledge of reproductive health, HIV and protection issues in humanitarian and post-conflict recovery settings
• Prior training experience in gender and GBV issues, as well as their application in humanitarian, conflict, recovery and development settings
• Experience in utilizing the following internationals tools: GBV Standard Operating Procedures; GBV Information Management System; IASC Guidelines for Integrating GBV Interventions in Humanitarian Settings; IASC Gender in Humanitarian Action Handbook; GBV Coordination Handbook; and WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Researching Gender-based Violence in Emergencies
• Prior experience in case management and psychosocial support will be an asset
Languages:
Fluency in oral and written English is essential; working knowledge of other UN languages are in an asset.
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