Consultant – GBV Risk Mitigation Capacity Building Req.#567283

• Country: USA
• Organization: UNICEF 
• Deadline: 2023-11-11
• No of Vacancies: N/A

Scope of Work:

Under the supervision of the GBViE Specialist, the consultant will be responsible for the following deliverables:

1. Assess the UNICEF’s existing capacity building materials on GBV risk mitigation.
2. Integrate results of the assessment into the draft GBV RM capacity building strategy.
3. Prepare and conduct trainings on GBV risk mitigation for priority cohorts of UNICEF colleagues, based on the assessment results and updated capacity building strategy.
4. Integrate GBV risk mitigation capacity building content and supporting resources into other UNICEF capacity building initiatives currently under development.
5. Identify key entry points to strengthen GBV risk mitigation capacity within EMOPS, in collaboration with the GBViE ERT.

The consultancy will be home-based with travels to emergency-affected contexts relevant to the above tasks, as feasible.

Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:

• Written summary of assessment findings

By 31 January 2024

• At least 10 key informant interviews and one survey completed

By 31 January 2024

• GBV RM capacity building strategy finalized and approved

By 31 March 2024

• One (in-person) training carried out

By 28 February 2024

• 10 trainings (remote webinars and/or in-person as relevant) carried out

By 31 August 2024

• GiE materials include GBV content cleared by the GBViE team

By 31 August 2024

• PHE materials include GBV content cleared by the GBViE team

By 31 August 2024

• One joint mission carried out

By 31 August 2024

• Recommendations shared and approved

By 30 June 2024

Qualifications

Education:

• Master’s degree Public health, social work, political science, human rights and international law or other related degree, or equivalent programming experience

Work experience:

• Minimum of 7 years of humanitarian or related work experience in GBV programming in natural disasters and conflict-affected countries.

Competencies/Knowledge:

• Knowledge and experience working on GBV risk mitigation with other humanitarian sectors/clusters.
• Experience with humanitarian coordination structures (at global and/or field level) preferred.
• Solid understanding of GBV guiding principles and the survivor-centred approach.
• Demonstrated ability developing and delivering GBViE trainings and developing related capacity building materials.
• Flexible work attitude: ability to work productively in a team environment and independently, and to handle requests or issues as they arise.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: the ability to successfully and effectively liaise with people in a wide range of functions in a multi-cultural environment.

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