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The Subregional Office for Eastern Africa is a subsidiary of FAO's Regional Office for Africa (RAF). It supports subregional policy dialogue on food security, agriculture, and rural development issues, facilitates the emergence of subregional partnerships and supports capacity development and resource mobilization for food security, agriculture and rural development in the subregion.
The Technical Officer (Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse [PSEA]) is based in the FAO Representation in Nairobi, Kenya within the Resilience Team for Eastern Africa.

Specific Functions
The Technical Officer (PSEA) will conduct the following functions in close collaboration and consultation with other relevant stakeholders, in particular the global FAO PSEA Team, national and regional PSEA Focal Points, FAO Representatives and other stakeholders across the Organization:
•    Provide technical guidance and support to national PSEA Specialists in priority, emergency operations, and Country Office, and Regional/Subregional Office PSEA Focal in the implementing the updated PSEA Policy, and associated tools, guidance and resources.
•    Review existing country/regional tools and products and conduct needs assessments and gap analyses to identify areas for improvement in PSEA practices within the countries, region/subregion.
•    Review and provide technical support on strengthening of Country Office PSEA documentation and materials (Action Plans, awareness materials, training resources, etc.).
•    Support Country Office PSEA Focal Points in developing/improving country-level community reporting mechanisms.
•    Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practice exchange among Country Offices in the region/subregion.
•    In close coordination with the PSEA HQ Team, develop training materials and deliver training and awareness sessions on PSEA to FAO country offices in the region.
•    Conduct training workshops and mentoring sessions for Regional/sub-Regional and Country PSEA Focal Points, and national PSEA Specialists, and support capacity development for PSEA Focal Points to enhance capacity to deliver PSEA trainings for FAO and partners.
•    In coordination with headquarters, support the country offices in the application of the UN Implementing Partner capacity assessment and associated capacity strengthening measures, in line with the UN IP Protocol.  
•    Work with Regional PSEA Focal Points and FAORs to ensure that each country office has assigned a Lead and Alternate PSEA Focal Point at all times and that these Focal Points understand and are supported in their roles and responsibilities.
•    Perform other duties as required.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements
•    Advanced university degree in law, international development, gender (including gender-based violence), sociology, public health, public administration, political science, human resources, social sciences or other related field. 
•    Seven years of relevant professional experience, especially in the areas of safeguarding, sexual exploitation and abuse, child protection, sexual harassment, gender-based violence, staff misconduct and discipline, gender mainstreaming and/or humanitarian affair.
•    Working knowledge (proficient - level C) of English and limited knowledge (intermediate - level B) of another official FAO language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).