GBV Specialist

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Save the Children

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: International contract
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 04/02/2025
  • Location: Palestine
Child protection/ Children’s rights Gender-based violence (GBV)

ROLE PURPOSE: 

The Gender-based Violence (GBV) specialist will work closely with the CO gender equality technical advisor to provide technical and operational support to ensure the Gaza office identifies and addresses gender inequality and GBV across their programs. They will contribute to the systematic integration of GBV   into strategic, technical and operational processes to meet Save the Children’s quality standard for our humanitarian programming to be gender-sensitive at a minimum and transformative where feasible. The post holder will work with all sectors and parts of the organisation to mainstream gender and mitigate S/GBV across the programme cycle. In addition, they will regularly consult women, girls, men and boys to identify targeted GBV interventions and support existing sectors to protect and empower girls. They will work directly with implementing teams and partners to ensure that S/GBV risk mitigation is embedded in all program activity implementation. The position holder will be line managed by the Technical Lead and will receive a clear dotted technical support and guidance from the CO Gender Equality TA.


 

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Capacity Building and Training
  • Support CO Gender Equality TA in contextualizing relevant training materials
  • Build capacity of project and partner staff in gender equality and SGBV prevention and response across project activities, with a specific focus on child protection.
  • Facilitate an office-wide training on gender equality and SRR (including on the Humanitarian Gender and GBV Minimum Actions and the GBV pocket guide).
  • Conduct short training sessions for each sector on the IASC GBV Guidelines (which support SGBV prevention and mitigation) including all frontline staff – who come into contact with survivors - on safe recognition and ethical referrals.
  • Ensure gender and SGBV are integrated into the results-based management frameworks, strengthening and supporting gender equality strategies, and facilitating gender equality and SGBV capacity strengthening for community engagement workers, SC staff, and partner staff.
  • Adapt safety audit and assessment tool and train staff and partners on its use to systematically collect data on risks and mitigation measures.
  • Support improving access to, and trust in, reporting mechanisms for sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse in collaboration with the Safeguarding Coordinator and Advisor.

Essential
  • Minimum of 4 years’ experience of addressing gender inequality including through women’s and girls’ empowerment.
  • Minimum of 4 years’ experience of working on SGBV programing in humanitarian settings.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of multi-sectorial response to SGBV.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of current SGBV prevention strategies and identifies and applies appropriate.
  • Experience in SGBV prevention and behavior change strategies at different stages of the humanitarian response.
  • Proven record of enabling/facilitating change through influencing, inspiring and mobilizing others
  • Experience conducting assessments - including gender analysis and GBV
  • Effective communication skills (Arabic and English), written and verbal, and the ability to present arguments clearly and effectively to a wide range of internal and external audiences.
  • Significant experience in gender equality training, capacity building, and mentoring
  •  Fluent written and spoken English and Arabic.

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