Job Summary

The post of Gender Based Violence (GBV) Sub-Sector Coordinator is located in Khartoum, Sudan Country Office (CO) and reports to the Humanitarian Programme Coordinator.

Under the overall responsibility of the UNFPA Representative of the Sudan Country Office and under the direct supervision and direct day to day support of the UNFPA Humanitarian Programme Coordinator, the GBV sub-sector coordinator provides programmatic and technical support for national and state level GBV sub-sector coordination through the GBV sub-sector working group to ensure strong partnership and collaboration with the UN as well as with national/ international counterparts toward a comprehensive multi-sectoral GBV survivor-centred prevention and response. This response includes close cooperation with health, psycho-social, protection and legal sectors to ensure that survivors’ needs are met.

The GBV Coordinator coordinates closely with the UNFPA national GBV officers in Khartoum and in the UNFPA programme states (North, West and South, Darfur, White Nile), as well as with existing protection coordination structures in states, especially where there is currently no UNFPA office presence (Central and East Darfur, South Kordofan, Blue Nile). S/he coordinates closely with the RH humanitarian officer and the development programme officers (RH, gender and youth) to reinforce linkages between humanitarian and development interventions ensuring that GBV issues are well addressed in these interventions.

Education: 

• Advanced degree in social work or other social sciences, public health, community health, international relations, international law, human rights or related field

Knowledge and Experience:

• 7 years of experience in gender issues and their application in international humanitarian or development settings.
• Awareness and demonstrable knowledge of gender issues and their relevance in humanitarian emergency settings.
• Demonstrable knowledge of reproductive health issues and/or protection issues in humanitarian settings, and of humanitarian emergency operations and roles/responsibilities of humanitarian actors.
• Counselling skills and experience.
• Experience in program management