GBV Specialist

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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: International contract
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 24/02/2026
  • Location: Sudan
GBV / VAWG
How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization’s response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. 

Job Purpose:

Women and girls in Sudan continue to bear the greatest burden of Sudan’s escalating humanitarian crisis, facing extreme risks to their lives, protection, safety, health, basic human rights and dignity. In 2025, the HNRP identified GBV as a life-threatening concern resulting from conflict-related sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual exploitation and abuse, and an estimated 12.1 million people were at risk of GBV. In 2026, the risk has only increased, now reaching 12.4 million people, with women and girls comprising the majority.  The compounding effects of violence, hostilities, and influx of returnees into areas with decimated social and health services create a volatile protection landscape with heightened risks of GBV, including sexual violence.

The GBV Specialist - Team Lead ensures timely effective and efficient implementation of GBV  programming, manages the GBV Programme Unit, and actively participates and ensures UNFPA  representation in sector working groups. He/She will develop strong, collaborative relationships  across the organization to ensure an integrated response, internally and with external partners. The Gender/GBV Specialist will ensure the application of effective programme planning, monitoring and evaluation  principles; identify bottlenecks in gender, lead GBV prevention and response, support programing on harmful practices such and FGM/C and early marriage in the country; devise strategies to address them and ensure application of a resilience approach in the humanitarian response while addressing the humanitarian-development nexus programmatic implementation; provide leadership to ensure that  technical knowledge is updated and disseminated for effective implementation.

Qualifications and Experience: 
  • Advanced degree (master's or equivilent) with specialization in areas such as social work, public health, gender, law/human  rights, international relations, and/or other related social science disciplines.  
  • A minimum of seven (7) years of proven specialized experience in GBV prevention and response, and experience in this  field at international level in humanitarian and nexus settings.  
  • Demonstrated leadership and management experience within a multinational and multicultural environment. 
  • Technical knowledge of current developments on GBV related morbidity and mortality reduction. 
  • Ability to develop and coordinate GBV programs that target refugees, IDPs/returnees and their  host communities.  
  • Strong expertise in capacity development 
  • Knowledge and understanding of the GBV in low resource settings, particularly in the areas of  GBV. 
  • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS word, Excel, etc),  experience with web based management systems. 
  • Fluency in English. 

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