GBV Working Group Coordinator United Nations Population Fund Experience: 3 to 5 Years Beirut, Lebanon Apply By: 02-11-2024

The GBV Coordinator’s duties include:  building and sustaining partnerships, strategic planning, capacity development, advocacy, and information management. The GBV Coordinator will use the GBV Area of Responsibility’s Handbook for Coordinating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Emergencies (2019), Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for Prevention and Response to GBV in Emergencies  and IASC’s Guidelines for Integrating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action: Reducing Risk, Promoting Resilience, and Aiding Recovery, to facilitate planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of inter-agency GBV initiatives. As of now it is not foreseen to activate any of the clusters under the IASC coordination structure, hence, also no activation of the GBV AOR. Should there be any change of the current coordination structure toward activation under the IASC cluster system, then the GBV AOR coordination will be the prime responsibility of the incumbent. Currently, in Lebanon, UNFPA has the responsibility for co-leading the GBV coordination body (called “GBV working group”) along with UNHCR and the Ministry of Social Affairs responding to the complex setting including refugees, IDPs, migrant and host communities.   The incumbent will represent UNFPA in an inter-agency capacity to ensure a robust and well-functioning coordination body that promotes the highest standards of GBV prevention, mitigation and response, in line with global guidance. 

You would be responsible for:

• 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.
• Proactively engage with all relevant stakeholders to ensure coordination bodies reflect the range of actors addressing GBV, including across multiple sectors (health, psychosocial, legal, security, etc.) and categories of actors (UN, NGO, civil society, government, etc.).
• Regularly represent the GBV Working Group in Protection Cluster meetings, OCHA/UNHCR-led meetings (e.g. around development of the Strategic Response Plan or for Inter-Sector Coordination), ICCG / ISWG and other relevant meetings, including those called by the Humanitarian Coordinator.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other sectors/working groups such as the Health Sector, Child Protection sector / working group, Shelter sector, Food Security sector, Education sector, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Working Group, etc. to ensure integration of GBV-related action in their sector plans and to advocate for joint awareness-raising for non-GBV specialists.
• Advocate with donors and mobilise resources for inter-agency GBV prevention, risk mitigation  and response in line with GBV working group GBV WG) work plan and SRP. As necessary, leverage UNFPA resources to support inter-agency GBV activities under the WG.
• In consultation with non-governmental GBV actors and national civil society, identify appropriate mechanisms for working with and collaborating with national authorities on GBV issues.

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.
• With UNHCR co-chair, lead a process to develop a realistic, evidence-based multi-sectoral and inter-agency prevention and response plans. Promote engagement of a range of sectors and ensure realistic benchmarks and timelines for achieving set objectives. Regularly monitor progress against plan during coordination meetings. Allow space for new actors, especially women led organisations to engage with plans over the course of the crisis response.
• Work with partners to continually identify response gaps in line with proposed work plan (including geographic coverage and programmatic scope) and seek solutions to fill gaps. Advocate with UNFPA as sub-sector lead to address gaps not yet filled by partners.

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.
• Support efforts to strengthen the capacity of sub-sector  members on planning and responding to GBV in emergencies including preparedness and on safe and ethical GBV information management.
• Revise existing training materials according to local context and ensure partners’ access to relevant training sessions.
• Support efforts to strengthen the capacity of GBV coordination group members on planning and responding to GBV in emergencies and on safe and ethical GBV information management.
• Ensure all GBV coordination group partners and others are aware of relevant policy guidelines, technical standards, and other resource materials (go to www.gbvaor.net for the latest information).

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.
• Present at HCT, ISWG and other relevant forums

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.
• Undertake new assessment missions as necessary/appropriate to determine the magnitude and scope of GBV and identify strategic inter-sectoral approaches for addressing it.
• Work with the GBV Sub-National coordination groups to strengthen the standardized GBV incident report/intake form and other relevant forms as necessary. Train partner organization’s and other sectors in the use of this form with particular emphasis to the Guiding Principles for Working with GBV Survivors and in line with the GBV Information Management System (GBVIMS).
• Support the work of the GBV IMS coordinator and actively support and participate in the GBV IMS
• If necessary, develop monthly report formats that capture relevant information and that support the analysis and evaluation of program progress and outcomes.
• Document best practices and approaches for responding to issues of GBV in order to deepen the knowledge base among relevant partners.
• Prepare regular analytical reports on emerging issues.

Administrative and Miscellaneous Duties:

• Write monthly reports documenting progress against work plan outputs.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:

• Advanced Master degree in social work or other social sciences, public health, community health, international relations, international law, human rights or related field.

 Experience:

• 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.
• Experience designing and managing GBV programmes.

Languages:

• Proficiency in English language is required. Other UN languages, French and Arabic are an asset.

Source: https://www.unfpa.org/jobs/gbv-working-group-coordinator-ta-p4beirut-lebanon