The Position:

The Gender Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) Inter-Agency Specialist is located in the GBV (AoR) Coordination team in the Inter-Agency and External Coordination Unit (IECU), Humanitarian Office, Geneva. S/He reports directly to the Global Coordinator, GBV AoR. The incumbent advances the work of the GBV AoR towards improving the effectiveness and accountability of humanitarian response for the prevention of and response to all forms of gender-based violence.

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’s person potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s new strategic plan 2018-2021, focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal death; to end unmet need for family planning; end gender-based violence and harmful practices.

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 and exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

The overall purpose of the Humanitarian Office is to facilitate the delivery of the UNFPA mandate by supporting humanitarian preparedness, response, and recovery actions in increasingly complex humanitarian situations, within globally agreed frameworks (2030 Agenda, Call to Action, Grand Bargain Commitments, Oslo Conference Commitments, etc.). The Humanitarian Office leads in leveraging and increasing the effectiveness, efficiency and capacity of UNFPA staff and partners to scale up UNFPA’s role as a key global humanitarian actor. Through the Inter-Agency Standing Committee for Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (IASC) and other associated entities, the Humanitarian Office acts as a point of convergence on humanitarian activities, including policy, coordination, programming, advocacy, field capacity development, financing, innovation, partnerships, technical guidance and, crucially, thematic integration, ensuring complementarity between humanitarian and development action within the organization. The HO facilitates the development of UNFPA capacities to prepare and respond to emergencies and to ensure the fund is well equipped to carry out its mandate within the context of fragility and disaster risk reduction. Furthermore, HO advances UNFPA’s strategic global leadership for the Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility.

The GBV AoR Global Coordination Team is based in Geneva and is accountable to ensuring effective coordination of response through its 30 country level coordination groups or sub-clusters. The Global GBV AoR leads and coordinates the activities and initiatives of the inter-agency mechanism for ensuring life-saving, predictable, accountable and effective GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response in emergencies, both natural disaster and conflict-related humanitarian contexts. 

Under the oversight of the Global Coordinator, GBV AoR, Humanitarian Office, the incumbent provides analytical research and technical inputs in inter-agency partnerships (such as Call to Action to end GBV in Emergencies, Child and Adolescent Survivors Initiative, GBV and Protection Coordination Training). S/he advances guidance, coordinates and ensures coherence between the AoR’s technical and peer-support initiatives (Community of Practice, GBV AoR Helpdesk). S/he provides capacity building and remote country support, documenting promising practices and facilitating information exchange in the GBV AOR. 

Requirements:

Qualifications and Experience  
Education:

Advanced university degree in political science, international relations, humanitarian practice, social sciences or social work

Knowledge and Experience:

● 5 years of progressively responsible experience in Protection, GBV and inter-agency coordination in humanitarian and displacement settings; including at least two years working in inter-agency humanitarian or GBV coordination at global level;

● Experience in case management and coordination of response to child and adolescent survivors required;

● Knowledge and understanding of core cluster/sector coordination functions and deliverables;

● Strong expertise in capacity development, experience in providing training/workshops;

● Ability to express clearly and concisely ideas and concepts in written and oral forms;

● Excellent interpersonal skills, creativity, strong project management skills, a positive and outgoing personality, and ability to interact successfully with people of different backgrounds and cultures required;

Languages:

● Proficiency in English is required; 

● Knowledge of an additional UN language is an asset