GBV Working Group Coordinator

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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian & Development Nexus
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: International contract
  • Renumeration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 28/10/2024
  • Location: Lebanon 
Gender-based violence (GBV)
The Position:
The GBV working Group Coordinator should be based in Beirut, Lebanon. Under the overall supervision of the international program coordinator, and working closely with the UNFPA GBV programme specialist,  the incumbent facilitates and coordinates the planning, programming and implementation of multi-sectoral, inter-agency GBV interventions in the context of Lebanon’s humanitarian needs. 
 
Job Purpose:
You would be responsible for:
1.Building and Sustaining Partnerships 
  • Strengthen and facilitate inter-agency, multi-sectoral GBV Working Group (“sub-sector”) at national level; and attend and support sub-national GBV coordination groups. Promote, respect and ensure that the Principles of Partnership are reflected in the day-to-day work of the GBV sub-sector.
  • Strengthen result-oriented, two-way communication channels between national and sub-national GBV coordination groups to ensure a standardised response to GBV.

2.Strategic Planning
  • Facilitate implementation of Standard Operating Procedures. Regularly review and revisit SOPs at strategic points throughout the crisis response, bringing in the REGA where needed. 
  • In collaboration with national and international GBV actors, map current institutional response capacities, including facilitating mapping of GBV-specific 3/4/5Ws.

3.Capacity Development
  • Coach GBV coordinators at the sub national level, utilising available support from the REGA.
  • Work with partners to strengthen and deliver on the inter-agency GBV capacity development strategy that meets the needs and priorities of key national and local stakeholders to facilitate implementation of agreed work plans.

4.Advocacy
  • Provide technical support to the development of relevant advocacy and policy documents to address GBV in the context of broader gender inequality issues.
  • Promote awareness of national laws and policies that inform action to address GBV.

5.Information Management
In line with WHO’s Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Researching, Documenting and Monitoring Sexual Violence in Emergencies:
  • Engage in robust analysis of available secondary data to ensure readily-available information on known trends and patterns on GBV for inclusion at relevant points along the Humanitarian Programme Cycle, including the MIRA.
  • Consolidate existing assessments on the GBV situation and/or work with relevant agencies, the displaced and host populations to conduct relevant participatory analyses of GBV. 

6.Administrative and Miscellaneous Duties
  • Write monthly reports documenting progress against work plan outputs.
  • Other duties as required.
 
Qualifications and Experience:
  • Advanced Master degree in social work or other social sciences, public health, community health, international relations, international law, human rights or related field. 
  • 7  years of experience working on gender-based violence, of which 4 are at the international level, preferably in a humanitarian context.
  • Experience leading inter-agency coordination mechanisms with a wide range of stakeholders. Demonstrable knowledge of the critical components to facilitate effective inter-agency coordination.
  • Awareness and demonstrable knowledge of how GBV manifests in humanitarian settings and ability to describe context-specific prevention and response actions.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of humanitarian emergency operations, including the UNHCR Working Group / OCHA Cluster System and HPC, and roles/responsibilities of key humanitarian actors.
  • Proficiency in English language is required.

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