Senior SGBV and Gender Advisor, Humanitarian Programme

1. JOB PURPOSE

To contribute in upholding Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) of all the people, particularly the affected people in humanitarian setting under the umbrella of the IPPF’s humanitarian programme. To be the technical lead and provide technical assistance to the Humanitarian Programme and IPPF Member Associations (MAs) on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), gender and inclusion programming in humanitarian contexts and represent the federation in regional and global fora.

2. KEY TASKS

· Provide technical assistance to Member Associations (MAs) in implementing activities to reduce and mitigate consequences of SGBV during emergencies

· Provide support to MAs to build their capacity on prevention of and response to SGBV

· Build partnerships where appropriate with specialist organisations to progress SGBV and Gender programming

· Represent IPPF effectively in relevant global technical and advocacy groups in the humanitarian sector, e.g. GBV Call to Action, GBV AoR, Protection Cluster, GiHA working group

· Provide technical and practical advice and support on gender and inclusion issues informed by gender analysis

· Contribute to the implementation of IPPF’s gender equality policy and collaborate with the IPPF Central Office and Regional Office focal points on SGBV and Gender.

· Develop/Update guidance documents on how to integrate SGBV, gender and inclusion considerations into emergency planning and response operations

· Ensure that IPPF’s humanitarian programming maximises opportunities to reach women, youth, people with disabilities, people who are of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity and to engage them to advocate for their rights

· Support program design and proposal development for organisational capacity building on SGBV and Gender in the humanitarian field

· Participate in IPPF internal groups such as the Advocacy Advisory Group and Gender Taskforce and feed into briefs, reports, and messaging relating to SGBV

· Build and maintain positive working relationships with all members of staff and contacts both within and outside the Federation

· Adhere to IPPF’s safeguarding and safety – security policies and guidelines

· Undertake such other reasonable duties as may be requested from time to time.

3. RESPONSIBILITIES

Describe: a) staff responsibilities carried out by the job holder.

· As assigned for supervision (staff and consultants).

b) financial responsibilities carried out by the job holder.

· Contribute to annual budget preparation; monitoring of actual expenditure against budget in your area of responsibility

c) advisory responsibilities carried out by the job holder.

· Support Humanitarian Team and MA staff and volunteers on effective SGBV implementation of Humanitarian programme

PERSON SPECIFICATION

4. EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

· Graduate qualifications in a relevant field required – international development, public health, social sciences or equivalent with a specialisation in gender and sexual and gender based violence.

5. PROVEN ABILITY

· Significant experience in SGBV, gender and inclusion programme design, implementation and capacity building in international humanitarian setting, preferably including in conflict and protracted crises

· Advanced understanding of gender transformative programming and inclusion on how humanitarian crises affect different segments of a population, including women and men in their diversity, youth, people with disabilities, including those of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity etc.

· Significant experience of developing organisational guidance and promoting reflective learning on technical issues

· Significant experience of training and mentoring staff on SGBV, Gender, Inclusion and SGBV programming

· Experience working remotely providing technical support and capacity building to multiple stakeholders across various time zones.

6. SKILLS

· Excellent analytical skills

· A proven ability to build consensus

· Effective facilitation skills

· Sound judgement, particularly in constrained and pressured situations and environments

· Demonstrated ability to think and operate strategically and transform strategies into results.

· Strong verbal and written communication skills- fluency in English. Other languages French/Spanish/Arabic are highly desirable

· Exceptional interpersonal skills with ability to work with people from different technical backgrounds, and virtually.

· Significant cultural awareness, with the ability to work well and produce results across transnational environments with people from diverse backgrounds

· Capacity and willingness to collaborate and be flexible in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.

· Strong organizational and time management skills required to multi-task and meet tight deadlines.

· Strong computing skills in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

· Able to work independently and be self-motivated in defining goals and objectives, while also working collaboratively in a team across disciplines, geographical locations and cultures.

7. PERSONAL COMPETENCE

In addition to the above, the candidate should have the following personal characteristics

· Integrity

· International profile, with established connections to relevant SRH/humanitarian and SGBV stakeholders

· Willingness to travel extensively and at short notice – up to 50% of total work time- and at short notice for field deployments making up to 20% of work time

· Cultural sensitivity

· Supportive of a woman’s right to choose and to have access to safe abortion services.