Sexual Violence Advisor

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PACT

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Not specified
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 08/08/2023
  • Location: Democratic Republic of Congo 
Gender-based violence (GBV)
Key Responsibilities
The Sexual Violence Advisor must have expert knowledge in ways to work with sexual violence survivors. She will develop and coordinate skills training to strengthen therapeutic support, such as rotating savings structures, toolkits, and other ways of encouraging survivors to work together on their path to recovery. She will work directly with components to integrate gender considerations into the planning and review of the mechanism. The ideal candidate must possess a diversity of experience in the reduction of, risk mitigation and response to gender-based violence in the development field. Candidate must be well-versed in integrating sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) and applying do-no-harm principles across development sectors and throughout the program cycle. She will provide technical assistance to strengthen the conceptualization and implementation of all elements of the USAID/DRC Jeunesse Etoile Activity.  
 
The specific duties to be carried out by the successful candidate are listed below: 
  • Implement Jeunesse Etoile’s SGBV interventions, including working with civil society organizations (CSOs), women's groups, and other stakeholders to develop processes and advocate for gender-based violence (GBV) services and implementation of relevant SGBV and trauma healing laws and policies. 
  • Provide trauma healing services to survivors of sexual violence, women exiting armed groups, and indigenous peoples in a conflict-sensitive manner that builds social cohesion in line with best practices and appropriate laws and regulations. 
  • Coordinate with Jeunesse Etoile’s project staff and other relevant stakeholders to bolster trauma healing and SGBV interventions with a holistic package of complementary interventions that meets the identified needs of survivors. This may include legal support, support for grievance redress mechanisms, counseling, representation, livelihoods interventions, other health services, etc.
Basic Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in social science, public health, medical studies, rural and community development, or other similar disciplines and 8+ years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience, including 4 years of management experience. 
  • At least four years of progressive experience in trauma management and/or SGBV with international NGOs or other relevant organizations. Experience working directly with communities on trauma healing and SGBV.  
  • Results and impact focused 

Preferred Qualifications
  • Skills in developing and facilitating training on fundamental concepts of gender and sexual violence.  
  • Demonstrated ability to plan and organize work to achieve results  
  • Experience in developing advocacy strategies, tools, training, and interventions.  
  • Work experience with USAID funded projects is an asset.  
  • Congolese nationals are strongly encouraged to apply. 

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