Closing date for this vacancy is extended to: 13 March 2020 (5 pm New York time)

TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT (FAST TRACK)

Duration: 364 days

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The Position:

Under the overall guidance of the Head of Sub-Office and direct supervision of the GBV Program Specialist in Cox’s Bazar,  the GBV Social Mobilization Specialist will work closely with the GBV team in Cox’s Bazar and liaise with relevant GBV and women’s empowerment actors and coordination groups to ensure that integrated and expanded activities addressing violence against women and girls are successfully implemented for GBV prevention and response.

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 new strategic plan (2018-2021), focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and 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, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in the provision of Humanitarian Response and Nexus Development programme results.

Job Purpose:

Since 25 August 2017, targeted violence against Rohingya communities in Rakhine State, Myanmar, has forced 919,000 people - mostly women and children - to flee their homes. This exodus has become one of the fastest growing refugee crises in the world. In support of these efforts, the humanitarian community has rapidly scaled up its operations as well. Movements within Cox’s Bazar remain fluid, with arrivals continuing daily in July 2018. Incidents of gender-based violence continue to be reported weekly. Many girls and women have been exposed to severe forms of sexual violence in Myanmar before and during flight. 

There are significant safety and security concerns for women and girls in the camps from several challenges. Just moving in public to access water points, latrines, bathing areas, and safe spaces put them at risk. Women and girls lack adequate clothing and personal dignity items which increases risk. Increased overcrowding and limited privacy across all refugee sites elevate safety and security risks. Many Rohingya refugee family units are female-

headed (up to one in five), leading to greater vulnerability. In addition, the burden of care women assume for children and others can make it difficult for them to take proper care of themselves, women often neglect their own needs as they care for their families and neighbors. 

In response, UNFPA is supporting 23 Women Friendly Spaces (WFS) and 10 Women Led Community Centers (WLCC) in the Rohingya Refugee Camp and adjacent host community.  UNFPA supports community outreach activities to mitigate risks and prevent GBV.  At the WFS, caseworkers are trained to offer specialized case management services for survivors of GBV and deliver information and awareness raising sessions for women and girls at risk of gender-based violence. UNFPA is introducing caseworkers into the health facilities to ensure all women seeking SRH have access to GBV awareness and response. At the WLCC, GBV topics will be integrated into the livelihood’s curriculum.  Community mobilizers and volunteers are working to provide comprehensive GBV prevention and risk mitigation interventions on the ground by engaging different community groups, including men and boys. Towards this effort, UNFPA is seeking support with GBV expertise to guide the Cox’s Bazar GBV team with a participatory GBV core concepts training package that can be used in UNFPA’s GBV prevention and response program in the Rohingya and host communities.

Requirements:

Qualifications and Experience

Education:  

Advanced degree with a specialization in areas such as social work, gender, law/human rights, international relations, and/or other related social science disciplines.

Knowledge and Experience: 

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in GBV program development and management, preferably in an emergency context.

• Field experience in complex emergencies, including humanitarian emergency response, is desired.

• Demonstrated leadership and management experience within a multinational and multicultural environment.

• Ability to develop and coordinate GBV prevention programs that target refugees, IDPs/returnees, and their host communities. 

• Proficiency in English

• Proven relevant experience in community activism and mobilization

• Previous experience and/or training on use of SASA! Methodology

• Excellent understanding of human rights-based, survivors-centered and participatory approach. 

• Experience in capacity development/training of staff members and community groups.

• Experience in developing SOPs, training module, guidelines, tools for social mobilisation in GBV prevention 

• Experience in working with men and boys in GBV prevention 

• Proven communications and inter-personal skills, IT literacy, as well as organizational skills and time-management

• Good understanding of international GBV best practices and guidelines 

• Experience of working at a global or regional level especially in the developing countries.

Languages: 

Fluency in English; knowledge of other official UN languages is desirable.