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GBV/ Sexual Exploitation & Abuse/ Sexual Harassment Consultant
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Urgent Action Fund Africa (UAF)
Remote (local)- Location: Central Africa, East Africa, , Southern Africa
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Consultancy
- Humanitarian or Development: Development
- Experience level: 10+ years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (local)
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Renumeration: Not Disclosed
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 10/09/2024
- Location: Central Africa, East Africa, , Southern Africa
Who we are
Urgent Action Fund (UAF-Africa) is a feminist, Pan-African, rapid response fund committed to transforming power relations through resourcing African feminists and womn’s human rights defenders and their formations as an act of solidarity. We are a part of the ecosystem of feminist and womn’s movements in Africa and globally. In character, we are bold, courageous, proactive, responsive, creative, rigorous, curious, alert, agile, imaginative, grounded, consistent, and reliable.
The Consultant will:
1. Work closely with UAF-Africa (particularly the Healing Farm's staff and implementing partners) to strengthen its capacity to implement GBV/SEA/SH safeguarding policies and guidelines.
2. Review UAF-Africa's capacity to prevent and respond to GBV.
I. Review current GBV /SEA/SH interventions and implementation arrangements, existing policies including the safeguarding policy, and provide appropriate support for any further scope.
II. Review the current Healing Farm Environment and Social Management Plan to determine the extent to which GBV /SEA/SH guidelines and procedures, and code of conduct should be incorporated, make recommendations, and support further development as appropriate.
III. Review the historical context of GBV in the community and the viability of the current interventions to address the root causes.
IV. Develop a Healing Farm Environment and Social Management System that includes various components covered by the project
V. Conduct GBV/SEA/SH training for the UAF-Africa and Healing Farm staff and its implementing partners including the current contractors.
3. Provide technical guidance/capacity building to the Healing Farm staff on the importance of addressing GBV/SEA/SH on the project, and the mechanisms that need to be implemented. This may include training on accountability and response framework, responsibilities and reporting confidentiality, and whistle-blower protection clauses.
4. Support the development and integration of GBV/SEA /SH risk assessment in the Healing Farm's social assessments using GBV risk assessment tools.
5. Support in the development and /or refinement of appropriate GBV/SEA/ SH sensitive channels for reporting within existing Grievance Reporting Mechanisms with specific GBV/SEA/SH procedures.
6. Support the Healing Farm in defining, refining, and reinforcing GBV/SEA/SH requirements in procurement processes and contracts. This will include proposing and incorporating GBV requirements and expectations in contractor contracts and allocating funds for GBV-related costs in procurement documents.
Qualification and Experience
Advanced degree in Anthropology, Sociology, Gender, Reproductive Health, Public Health or any other relevant Social Science/ Public Health.
At least Ten (10) years’ experience in working on GBV/SEA /SH safeguards for donor-funded infrastructure development or population in crisis projects with demonstrated understanding of Kenya’s legal, policy and institutional framework for GBV, Child protection and related issues is a requirement.
Demonstrable capacity in designing and implementing institutional capacity-building training and systems focused on prevention and response of GBV/SEA and Child protection.
Demonstrable experience of working through collaboration, networking and partnerships with government institutions, donor and CSOs at national level.
Proficiency in English language is a must.
Urgent Action Fund (UAF-Africa) is a feminist, Pan-African, rapid response fund committed to transforming power relations through resourcing African feminists and womn’s human rights defenders and their formations as an act of solidarity. We are a part of the ecosystem of feminist and womn’s movements in Africa and globally. In character, we are bold, courageous, proactive, responsive, creative, rigorous, curious, alert, agile, imaginative, grounded, consistent, and reliable.
The Consultant will:
1. Work closely with UAF-Africa (particularly the Healing Farm's staff and implementing partners) to strengthen its capacity to implement GBV/SEA/SH safeguarding policies and guidelines.
2. Review UAF-Africa's capacity to prevent and respond to GBV.
I. Review current GBV /SEA/SH interventions and implementation arrangements, existing policies including the safeguarding policy, and provide appropriate support for any further scope.
II. Review the current Healing Farm Environment and Social Management Plan to determine the extent to which GBV /SEA/SH guidelines and procedures, and code of conduct should be incorporated, make recommendations, and support further development as appropriate.
III. Review the historical context of GBV in the community and the viability of the current interventions to address the root causes.
IV. Develop a Healing Farm Environment and Social Management System that includes various components covered by the project
V. Conduct GBV/SEA/SH training for the UAF-Africa and Healing Farm staff and its implementing partners including the current contractors.
3. Provide technical guidance/capacity building to the Healing Farm staff on the importance of addressing GBV/SEA/SH on the project, and the mechanisms that need to be implemented. This may include training on accountability and response framework, responsibilities and reporting confidentiality, and whistle-blower protection clauses.
4. Support the development and integration of GBV/SEA /SH risk assessment in the Healing Farm's social assessments using GBV risk assessment tools.
5. Support in the development and /or refinement of appropriate GBV/SEA/ SH sensitive channels for reporting within existing Grievance Reporting Mechanisms with specific GBV/SEA/SH procedures.
6. Support the Healing Farm in defining, refining, and reinforcing GBV/SEA/SH requirements in procurement processes and contracts. This will include proposing and incorporating GBV requirements and expectations in contractor contracts and allocating funds for GBV-related costs in procurement documents.
Qualification and Experience
Advanced degree in Anthropology, Sociology, Gender, Reproductive Health, Public Health or any other relevant Social Science/ Public Health.
At least Ten (10) years’ experience in working on GBV/SEA /SH safeguards for donor-funded infrastructure development or population in crisis projects with demonstrated understanding of Kenya’s legal, policy and institutional framework for GBV, Child protection and related issues is a requirement.
Demonstrable capacity in designing and implementing institutional capacity-building training and systems focused on prevention and response of GBV/SEA and Child protection.
Demonstrable experience of working through collaboration, networking and partnerships with government institutions, donor and CSOs at national level.
Proficiency in English language is a must.
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