Technical Officer (Gender-Based Violence)

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World Health Organization (WHO)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: $37,537 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 18/07/2023
  • Location: Ukraine
Gender-based violence (GBV)
Summary of Assigned Duties 

1: Coordination and Partnership for GBV Activities:  
  • Actively participate in and contribute to interagency health cluster coordination meetings; and other cluster meetings as relevant to the work. Support the WHO Country Office team to ensure regular incorporation of GBV into all health assessments, planning, reporting, and provision of services.
  • Work closely with GBV, protection, CVA, MHPSS, and PSEA coordination groups to support incorporation of GBV is incorporated into cross-sector discussions and strategic planning; avail GBV information and training modules to be used in intersectoral training, following the lead of the respective section leads.
  • Maintain/establish positive working relationships with GBV colleagues from other UN, INGO, and NGO agencies working in the Ukraine for the seamless implementation of joint projects, networking, information and resource sharing, and collaboration / strategy and addressing issues. 
  • Liaise for technical support with WHO regional GBV Specialist to ensure seamless interagency cooperation and quality technical presence.
2: Enhance the capacity of national and local health authorities and health partners to respond to GBV 
  • Support training for national and local health authorities and health partners on clinical care and first line support for GBV survivors customized to meet operational needs where necessary. 
  • Support coordination with national and local health authorities to identify needs and gaps in capacity building in the existing national capacity building programme for GBV. 
  • Support assessing need for capacity development of  partners. 
  • Support WHO’s work on the dissemination of WHO guidelines on the health response to GBV survivors into the Ukrainian system.
3: Monitoring & Project Management:
  • Provide timely and quality reporting at all levels of the project cycle, including identifying bottlenecks and challenges that may lead to deviation from the anticipated project results. 
  • Provide inputs to the GBV activity planning for the WHO Country Office, and other such reports, donor packages, briefings, and sitreps related to GBV.
  • Ensure proper visibility of WHO in all GBV-related communications
4: Any other duties as requested. 

Required Qualifications
Competencies
Producing results
  • Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
  • Teamwork
  • Communication

Functional Knowledge and Skills
  • Proven knowledge of violence against women/gender-based violence response and prevention.
  • Knowledge of programming and coordination of the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for SRH and MHPSS in emergencies in crises in humanitarian and post-conflict recovery settings. 
  • Commitment to implementing the goal of gender equality by ensuring the equal participation and full involvement of women and men in all aspects of work.

Education Qualifications
Essential: Bachelor degree in medicine, public health or social science.
Desirable: Training in health, GBV, Gender, epidemiology or social sciences, and Sexual Reproductive Health.

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