National Consultant for Gender Based Violence (GBV), (Extension)

Technical Support and Capacity Building

• Analyze and interpret the political, social and economic environment relevant to population and development, sexual and reproductive health and gender, and identify opportunities for UNFPA assistance and intervention.
• Contribute in the development/strengthening of GBV humanitarian/recovery coordination mechanisms in place at state level.
• Use and systematically apply standard guidelines and protocols such as IASC Guidelines for Integrating GBV Interventions in Humanitarian Settings, RH/GBV in humanitarian settings, and related instruments during assessment, planning and implementation of GBV programming.
• Disseminate and orient UNFPA and implementing partners to use, adapt and apply standard guidelines and protocols in their respective programming.
• Consolidate existing assessments on the GBV situation in that setting and/or engage the displaced, returnee and host populations in conducting relevant participatory analyses, rapid needs assessments, etc. of GBV.
• Use this information to develop/update GBV action plans and help to bring innovations to programming in collaboration with various sectors/clusters and the network of partners within the Women and Girls First initiative.
• Support developing proposals and engage in resource mobilization efforts to support joint programming and strengthen coherence in programme delivery.
• Coordinate and facilitate relevant training sessions for intra-sectoral and multi-sectoral prevention and response actors for a stronger integrated rights-based approach.
• Provide technical support to the development of relevant advocacy and policy documents to address GBV and broader gender issues at the district level.
• Provide technical support as needed to implementing partners to undertake case management, referral, and psychosocial interventions for GBV survivors and contribute to strengthening local capacity to strengthen national mechanisms for human rights violations as these relate to women and girls and gender based violence.
• Support health partners to integrate GBV and MHPSS issues into their service delivery.

• In coordination with Programme Specialist (GBV), support inter-agency GBV working groups (coordination groups) at state and lower levels.
• Liaise with GBV staff and gender advisers in other agencies and organizations (national and international NGOs and women’s groups) for coherent GBV programme intervention.
• Implement agreed-upon GBV standard operating procedures, related policies and practices.
• Coordinate with GBV and protection actors to conduct emergency assessments, analyze results, and plan emergency response.
• Provide GBV and gender expertise to multi-sectoral assessments to ensure safe and ethical data collection, sharing, and risk reduction.
• Arrange for comprehensive and progressive gender-awareness training workshops with all staff of this organization.
• Build and maintain strong networks and buy-in for accelerated GBV response from non-government development and humanitarian actors.

• Monitor implementation of Implementing Partners’ work plans, identify opportunities to strengthen programme interventions, analyze factors affecting the achievement of results, recommend corrective actions and follows up on recommendations. Provide regular feedback to the GE/GBV Specialist, Humanitarian Response Specialist and Women and Girls First Programme Specialist.
• In collaboration with the GBV working groups, review GBV Incident forms and other relevant forms as needed for the setting.
• Train partner organizations and other sectors in following GBV guiding principles, referral pathways, psychosocial interventions, as well as sector-specific tools for GBV assessment, reporting, case management, and monitoring.
• Collect, compile, and analyze GBVIMS data to identify trends, patterns, and service gaps and prepare reports as specified under Information Sharing Protocols.
• Develop monthly reports that capture relevant information and that support the analysis and evaluation of program progress and outcomes.
• Collect and compile programme activity information, evaluating progress toward achievement of programme outcomes.
• Regularly and closely follow up with partners in the field and liaise with their Yangon counterparts in all aspects of planning, programming, implementation and review.
• Perform other duties as assigned by UNFPA.

• For those with advanced university degree, minimum two years of increasingly responsible relevant professional experience is required
• For those with Bachelor’s degree, minimum four years of increasingly responsible relevant professional experience is required

• Strong commitment to the mandate of the UN and UNFPA in Myanmar
• Field experience addressing/integrating gender, and/or reproductive health issues in emergency and post conflict contexts
• Knowledge of gender issues in development, particularly GBV, including relevant international human rights standards; and operational and advocacy experience implementing UNSC resolutions on Women Peace and Security (1325, 1820, 1888, 1889 and 1960)
• Knowledge of reproductive health, HIV and protection issues in humanitarian and post-conflict recovery settings
• Experience in utilizing the following internationals tools: GBV Standard Operating Procedures; GBV Information Management System; IASC Guidelines for Integrating GBV Interventions in Humanitarian Settings; IASC Gender in Humanitarian Action Handbook; GBV Coordination Handbook; and WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Researching Gender-based Violence in Emergencies
• Excellent computer literacy (windows environment, MS office applications including Word, Excel and Power-point and Internet skills)
• Experience and capacity in development and delivery of GBV training components to NGO and community level participants

• Fluency in oral and written English and Myanmar is essential with ability to write clearly and concisely and to compose correspondence and documents in both languages.