Current Opportunities at United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

• The GBV Analyst is responsible for providing technical assistance and strategic support for quality GBV interventions as outlined in the UNFPA GBV Operational Plan, Flourish. The position will directly support the implementation of the Making All Spaces Safe global programme on technology-facilitated GBV (TF GBV). It will also be responsible for strengthening the linkages between GBV and SRH, including a focus on programming to end reproductive violence and its intersection with technology.
• The position will require a high level of coordination with UNFPA’s Gender, Rights and Inclusion Branch, Regional and Country offices. It will also require coordination across UN agencies, donors and member States.
• The GBV Analyst will report directly to the Programme Adviser, Gender Based Violence, within the Gender, Rights and Inclusion Branch, Programme Division, a new structure that will become effective 1 August 2024.

Job Purpose:

• The GBV Analyst will support the Gender, Rights and Inclusion Branch, Programme Division in strengthening global UNFPA capacity to respond and prevent all forms of GBV, with a focus on technology-facilitated gender-based violence. The position will support coordination and implementation of global components of the Making All Spaces Safe, a global UNFPA programme to address technology-facilitated GBV globally and in two countries. The GBV Analyst will work directly with country and regional offices to develop, implement and monitor activities and interventions under the global programme and will offer technical assistance to country offices as required. The GBV Analyst will also support development and implementation of the global components of the project.
• The GBV Analyst will be responsible for the development of technical products and capacity strengthening activities on TF GBV, as well as oversee advocacy efforts, and support the development, and evaluation of GBV policies and programming, knowledge management and resource mobilization.
• The GBV Analyst will also be the focal point for GBV/SRH integration, including reproductive violence.

The GBV Analyst will be responsible for:

Strategic Results Support

• Provide technical support to expand UNFPA’s leadership in quality GBV interventions, in particular in measuring, identifying, responding and preventing TF GBV and reproductive violence;
• Support the coordination and implementation of the Making All Spaces Safe global programme to address TF GBV. This includes providing direct technical support to country offices, and support for global activities, in particular those related to global and national response mechanisms to TF GBV and TF GBV community prevention.
• Support coordination and convening role of UNFPA across GBV fora, both internal and external, with a focus on convening actors in the TF GBV and digital rights space;
• Support the dissemination, implementation and monitoring of the UNFPA GBV Operational Plan, Flourish;
• Support global advocacy, strategic positioning and visibility around key areas of work, in particular TF GBV and reproductive violence;
• Engage in resource mobilization initiatives, proposals, communication and reports to donors to support UNFPA’s GBV programming.

Capacity Development

• Support strengthening UNFPA capacity to understand, prevent and address all forms of GBV, with a focus on TF GBV.
• Engage with country teams and relevant country, regional and global stakeholders in strengthening the coordination and quality of implementation of GBV interventions, including on TF GBV;
• Support programme staff and strengthen their capacity to adopt and use results-based management, planning and reporting techniques and tools.
• Facilitate adaptation of TF GBV measures, prevention and response programmes for regions and countries.
• Monitor and support the management of the implementation of Making All Spaces Safe, including monitoring risks and progress, and provide support to country teams in achieving and documenting results.
• Evidence, Knowledge Development & Dissemination
• Manage communication activities related to GBV and TF GBV interventions, including updating and informing staff at HQ, regional and country levels on knowledge products and newly created tools and resources
• Coordinate the documentation and sharing of technical resources and promising practices through establishment of knowledge management platforms and communities of practice
• Review TF GBV interventions from regional and country offices, synthesize evidence, and curate materials for shared learning platforms;
• Undertake the organization of technical workshops, webinars, inter-agency meetings, panel discussions, roundtables, working groups and other events
• Provide technical review and quality assurance for training curricula, tools, and products developed relating to multisectoral TF GBV response
• Contribute to the research, development, and presentation of analytical reports, research papers, briefing notes, background papers, summaries, correspondence on issues related to TF GBV and the intersection of GBV and SRHR
• Provide technical support at country, regional and global level for the development and improvement of TF GBV interventions and interventions that integrate GBV and SRHR.
• Participate in inter-agency fora and inter-agency capacity-building activities on GBV, including intersectional issues, as needed
• Carry out any other duties as may be required by the branch leadership.

Qualifications and Experience:
Education:

• Advanced university degree (Masters degree or higher) in social work, gender, public health, international development, or other related discipline.

Knowledge and Experience:

• 2 years of increasingly responsible professional work experience in supporting GBV and/or SRHR technical strategy, research or programming;
• Experience in developing technical papers, guidelines, training materials, assessments, and tools for GBV interventions
• Experience and knowledge of TF GBV programmes and interventions
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of international GBV guidelines and resources
• Proven communications and interpersonal skills, IT literacy, and organizational skills
• Strong track record of technical leadership, and proven ability to produce demonstrable results
• Familiarity with UN systems and procedures, management and monitoring tools is desirable

Languages:

• Fluency in English; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French and/or Spanish, is desirable.

Required Competencies:
Values:

• Exemplifying integrity,
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,
• Embracing cultural diversity,
• Embracing change

Core Competencies:

• Achieving results,
• Being accountable,
• Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
• Thinking analytically and strategically,
• Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,
• Communicating for impact
• Commitment to UNFPA's values and guiding principles
• Developing People, Fostering Innovation and Empowerment, Performance Management
• Knowledge Sharing, Continuous Learning

Functional Competencies:

• Conceptual innovation in the provision of technical expertise
• Job Knowledge, Technical Expertise
• Managing data, information and reports
• Managing financial processes

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• The TF GBV Specialist is responsible for providing technical assistance and strategic support for quality interventions and coordination related to technology facilitated gender-based violence (TF GBV) delivered in support of implementation of the UNFPA GBV Operational Plan, Flourish. This will include support for the UNFPA leadership in delivering against programmes and partnerships across regions and countries to increase our capacity to respond and prevent TF GBV. This role will also support increased coordination across CSOs, academia, Government, digital rights and feminist movements, technologists and business and tech to ensure a strong foundation movement for ending TF GBV. Given the role of UNFPA for the Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse (Global Partnership), this position will support technical and convening support to bring together countries, international organizations, civil society, and the private sector to better prioritize, understand, prevent, and address the growing scourge of technology-facilitated gender-based violence.
• The position will also require a high level of coordination across UNFPA and more particularly the Gender, Rights and Inclusion Branch, Humanitarian Division and Regional and Country offices. It will also require coordination across UN agencies, donors and member States.
• The TF GBV Specialist will report directly to the Programme Adviser, Gender Based Violence, within the Gender, Rights and Inclusion Branch, Programme Division, a new structure that will become effective 1 August 2024.

Job Purpose:

• The TF GBV Specialist will support the Gender, Rights and Inclusion Branch, Programme Division in strengthening global TF GBV response and prevention capacity as well as using technology in GBV responses. It will require support for global and regional strategies including intensive technical support to UNFPA country offices and multisectoral partners. The position will also ensure quality execution of UNFPA’s role in support of the Global Advisory Group to the Steering Committee Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse as well as ongoing coordination and convening across CSO, women’s and digital rights movements, regional bodies, business and tech and technologists.
• Learning and technical products developed will provide a basis for preparation of a global model for future scale up including development of regional and global strategies in driving forward the global movement for ethical technology.
• The TF GBV Specialist’s role will include support for advocacy, development, and evaluation of TF GBV policies and programming as well as knowledge management and resource mobilization.

You would be responsible for:

Strategic Results Support

• Provide technical guidance to expand UNFPA’s leadership in supporting quality TF GBV interventions including data and measurement, law and policy, response and prevention.
• Strengthen the integration of TF GBV into existing GBV interventions at the country, regional and global level;
• Maintain and build UNFPA’s global leadership in progressing response and support for survivors of TF GBV, including ensuring that all technology and digital spaces are created using safe and ethical guidance.
• Roll out the Guidance on the Safe and Ethical Use of Technology in GBV Interventions across UNFPA, academia, women’s and digital rights movements, Government and CSOs to support broad acceptance and use of the guidance as well as support advocacy with business and tech for Safety by Design.
• Facilitate partnerships across UNFPA to support supplementary programming including safe and effective roll out and management of the GBVIMS+ and Primero.
• Support the dissemination, implementation and monitoring of the forthcoming UNFPA GBV Operational Plan, Flourish.
• Engage in resource mobilization initiatives, proposals, communication and reports to donors to support UNFPA’s TF GBV programming.

Capacity Development

• Develop UNFPA global capacity to understand and address TF GBV and use technology safely and ethically;
• Maintain and facilitate partnerships globally as well as regionally and in countries to maintain quality use of technology to address GBV as well as prevent TF GBV;
• Support collaboration to enable UNFPA partnerships to continue to maintain and progress Safety by Design and efforts to effectively respond and prevent TF GBVl
• Engage with country teams and relevant country, regional and global stakeholders in expanding the coordination and quality of implementation of TF GBV programming, including coordination, data collection, research, response and prevention.
• Ensure close collaboration across the work in supporting increased UNFPA capacity to support design and implementation of safe case management programmes;
• Facilitate increased use of appropriate technologies for GBV interventions, data collection, and monitoring
• Support the development of Technology Facilitated GBV as an area for UNFPA knowledge generation and programming
• Monitor and manage project implementation risks and progress, and provide support to country teams in achieving and documenting results
• Evidence, Knowledge Development & Dissemination
• Manage communication activities related to TF GBV programming, including updating and informing staff at HQ, regional and country levels on knowledge products and newly created tools and resources
• Coordinate the documentation and sharing of technical resources and promising practices through establishment of knowledge management platforms and communities of practice
• Review GBV programming experiences from regional and country offices, synthesize evidence, and curate materials for shared learning platforms ;
• Undertake the organization of technical workshops, inter-agency meetings, panel discussions, roundtables, working groups and other events
• Provide technical review and quality assurance for training curricula, tools, and products developed relating to multisectoral GBV response
• Contribute to the research, development, and presentation of analytical reports, research papers, briefing notes, background papers, summaries, correspondence on issues related to GBV
• Provide technical support at country, regional and global level for the development and improvement of GBV monitoring and evaluation practices
• Participate in inter-agency fora and inter-agency capacity-building activities on GBV, including intersectional issues, as needed
• Carry out any other duties as may be required by the branch leadership.

Qualifications and Experience:
Education:

• Advanced university degree (Masters degree or higher) in social work, gender, public health, international development, or other related discipline.

Knowledge and Experience:

• 7 years of increasingly responsible professional work experience in developing, implementing, managing and evaluating GBV interventions;
• Experience in developing SOPs, guidelines, training materials, assessments, and tools for GBV services, with a particular focus on TF GBV
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of international GBV guidelines and resources relating to TF GBV and Safety by Design
• Proven communications and interpersonal skills, IT literacy, and organizational skills
• Strong track record of technical leadership, and proven ability to produce demonstrable results
• Familiarity with UN systems and procedures, management and monitoring tools is desirable

Languages:

• Fluency in English; knowledge of other official UN languages, preferably French and/or Spanish, is desirable.

Required Competencies:
Values:

• Exemplifying integrity,
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,
• Embracing cultural diversity,
• Embracing change

Core Competencies:

• Achieving results,
• Being accountable,
• Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
• Thinking analytically and strategically,
• Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,
• Communicating for impact
• Commitment to UNFPA's values and guiding principles
• Developing People, Fostering Innovation and Empowerment, Performance Management
• Knowledge Sharing, Continuous Learning

Functional Competencies:

• Conceptual innovation in the provision of technical expertise
• Job Knowledge, Technical Expertise
• Managing data, information and reports
• Managing financial processes