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Assistant GBV Officer
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
- Experience level: 0-5 years
- Organisation type: Inter-governmental
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
- Remuneration: $46,413 USD-$64,332 USD / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 28/05/2024
- Location: South Africa
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The Assistant GBV Officer supports the operations' efforts to fulfil UNHCR's mandate and associated obligations on GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response based on policy and guidance.
Duties
- Function as the GBV focal point for the area of responsibility and coordinate implementation of GBV programmes for the operation.
- Liaise with relevant local authorities and other UN agencies to shape and enhance the related working groups as well as technical meetings.
- Provide technical support and guidance to operational and implementing partners to ensure good quality implementation of projects in line with the operations GBV Strategy and global GBV minimum standards.
- Ensure monthly reporting, including GBVIMS and proGres v4 statistics with trends which informs policy, projects development.
- Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
- Promote mainstreaming of Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) across all sectors and activities such as health, safety and security, psychosocial and legal shelter, WASH, and Energy and coordinate with Programme and Protection sections to ensure that GBV risk mitigation is incorporated in activities of partners in all sectors.
- Provide technical guidance on integration of the survivor-centred approach into PSEA complaints mechanisms and enhance access of SEA survivors to existing GBV services.
- Support the integration of GBV risk mitigation into the role of UNHCR staff across all sectors
- Support the initial needs/gaps and capacity assessments on GBV in close coordination with any on-going joint/common assessments being conducted in the early stages of an emergency response while ensuring compliance with ethical standards for data collection related to GBV.
- Provide support to include GBV prevention and response programming in humanitarian action plans while providing guidance to other sectors for the inclusion of GBV risk mitigation into their plans.
- Contribute to the planning and monitoring for multi-sectoral GBV programming using the Results Framework and Focus in close collaboration with Programme and different sectors.
- Contribute to strengthening of GBV coordination mechanisms throughout the operation.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Field(s) of Education
The Assistant GBV Officer supports the operations' efforts to fulfil UNHCR's mandate and associated obligations on GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response based on policy and guidance.
Duties
- Function as the GBV focal point for the area of responsibility and coordinate implementation of GBV programmes for the operation.
- Liaise with relevant local authorities and other UN agencies to shape and enhance the related working groups as well as technical meetings.
- Provide technical support and guidance to operational and implementing partners to ensure good quality implementation of projects in line with the operations GBV Strategy and global GBV minimum standards.
- Ensure monthly reporting, including GBVIMS and proGres v4 statistics with trends which informs policy, projects development.
- Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
- Promote mainstreaming of Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) across all sectors and activities such as health, safety and security, psychosocial and legal shelter, WASH, and Energy and coordinate with Programme and Protection sections to ensure that GBV risk mitigation is incorporated in activities of partners in all sectors.
- Provide technical guidance on integration of the survivor-centred approach into PSEA complaints mechanisms and enhance access of SEA survivors to existing GBV services.
- Support the integration of GBV risk mitigation into the role of UNHCR staff across all sectors
- Support the initial needs/gaps and capacity assessments on GBV in close coordination with any on-going joint/common assessments being conducted in the early stages of an emergency response while ensuring compliance with ethical standards for data collection related to GBV.
- Provide support to include GBV prevention and response programming in humanitarian action plans while providing guidance to other sectors for the inclusion of GBV risk mitigation into their plans.
- Contribute to the planning and monitoring for multi-sectoral GBV programming using the Results Framework and Focus in close collaboration with Programme and different sectors.
- Contribute to strengthening of GBV coordination mechanisms throughout the operation.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Field(s) of Education
- International Development, Cultural Studies, Human Rights,
- International Social Work, Social Science, Political Science,
- Anthropology, Law, or other relevant field.
- Minimum 1 year of previous work experience relevant to the function of GBV in an international context, preferably in the field and having experience in the field of GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response, broader protection or social work involving empowerment of women and girls, gender, child protection, mental health, counselling and working with survivors, humanitarian and development issues.
- Applied experience in survivor-centred approach, GBV guiding and case management principles related to GBV programs.
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