GBV Cross-Sector Service Provision and Protection Specialist

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International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 01/12/2025
  • Location: Nigeria
Gender-based violence (GBV)
Context

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization with 35 member states hailing from different continents around the world. International IDEA aims to support sustainable democracy worldwide, doing so, inter alia, by working with both new and long-established democracies to strengthen the institutions and culture of democracy and enhance the rule of law.


Duties and Responsibilities

1. Contributes to the development of EU Support to ending SGBV in Nigeria programme strategies, workplans, monitoring and evaluation framework; Contributes to enhancing knowledge and performance of the programme;

2. Leads, manages and provides strategic direction to Outcome 2 of the programme;

3. Manages and directs the team to deliver efficiently, within agreed timeframes and budget, and in accordance with approved procedures and processes;

4. Establishes and nurtures a working environment that is conducive to delivering results, fostering a spirit of collaboration, strong work ethic and project team cohesion;

5. Oversees the Outcome 2 planning and implementation; Closely monitors outcome performance and prepares and provides periodic project reviews in a timely and effective manner;

6. Ensures the delivery of agreed outputs and outcomes are in cooperation and coordination with other areas of work within the programme, other International IDEA Projects (including RoLAC II) and external partners;

7. Develops and manages relationships with stakeholders relevant to the project;



Safeguarding

Shares responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom they work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children;

 Has a shared duty to safeguard from the following conduct by staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children, or adults at risk; and any form of trafficking of persons.


Education and Experience

  • Post-graduate degree in law, human rights, international development, gender/women’s studies, public health, social work or other related field;
  • A minimum of eight to ten (8-10) of professional experience strengthening the operational effectiveness of GBV emergency rescue and response delivered by government agencies (particularly, Police, state ministries of justice and the judiciary); as well as GBV case management across justice, health and social welfare institutions;
  • Experience improving investigative, prosecutorial and judicial processes with evidence that these improvements have resulted in positive outcomes for GBV survivors;
  • A minimum of five (5) years’ management experience, including senior level positions, with direct supervision over complex substantive teams; Experience with motivating and leading teams and solving issues;
  • Excellent understanding of project management, monitoring and evaluation approaches and procedures is essential;
  • Experience in planning, developing and managing EU funded programmes, as well as familiarity with EU processes and systems considered an advantage;
  • Relevant experience from an international and/or regional organization in the work of democracy assistance would be considered an asset;
  • Excellent knowledge in written and oral English is required; Any other widely spoken language in an International IDEA priority region (Arabic, French, Spanish) and/or official EU language would be an asset.

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