Specialists Gender-Based Violence and/ or Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment

Dieses Stelleninserat von Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten EDA wurde von unserem Impact-Team für dich kuratiert.

Warum ist das ein Futurejob? Du entwickelst Schutzstandards und sichere Meldewege gegen geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt sowie sexuelle Ausbeutung in humanitären Einsätzen weiter. Indem du Partnerorganisationen berätst und Teams schulst, stärkst du den Schutz von Menschen in Krisensituationen.

Company presentation

The SDC’s Humanitarian Aid is an expression of Switzerland’s solidarity with people in need. It focuses on emergency relief, reconstruction and rehabilitation of affected areas, and disaster risk reduction. In a spirit of neutrality, independence and impartiality, it places the victims at the centre of its efforts.

The Humanitarian Aid prioritises the protection of people affected by crises, violence, armed conflicts and disasters, with a focus on safeguarding their safety, dignity and rights. Respect for international humanitarian law is therefore inseparable from humanitarian aid.

The SDC’s Humanitarian Aid engages in priority on the following four areas: 1) protection of the most vulnerable people, including those affected by gender-based violence, and education in emergency situations; 2) access to water, sanitation and hygiene; 3) improving food security and meeting basic needs (cash-based approach); 4) reducing risks associated with natural disasters and ensuring resilient reconstruction

The Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA) is the operational arm of the SDC’s Humanitarian Aid. Its specialists are deployed to implement projects of the SDC or its United Nations (UN) partners before, during and after natural disasters, crises and conflicts.

Job description

The GBV/PSEAH Specialist ensures that gender-based violence is prevented, mitigated and responded to, and that people affected by crisis are protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment by those meant to assist them. Depending on the assignment, she/he works in a Swiss Cooperation Office/Humanitarian Office or within a UN agency (e.g. UNHCR, UNICEF, UNFPA, UN Women, WFP, IOM, OCHA).

Depending on the assignment, she/he advises the Head of Cooperation / Head of the Humanitarian Office and programme teams on survivor-centred, gender-transformative approaches, and supports partners in strengthening their safeguarding and accountability systems. In assignments within a UN agency, she/he reinforces the agency’s country or regional office, supports the implementation of the organisation’s protection, GBV and PSEAH commitments, and contributes to coordination within the country team.

Tasks

Deployed within a Swiss Cooperation Office/Humanitarian Office or a UN agency, your main responsibilities may consist in:

• (Advisory and Strategy) Advising management and programme staff (of the Swiss office or the host UN agency) on GBV risk mitigation and protection mainstreaming across the portfolio. Contributing to context, gender and protection analyses, and ensuring GBV and PSEAH considerations inform country strategies, programme design and policy dialogue.
• (GBV Prevention and Response) Supporting survivor-centered, quality GBV programming, including access to multisectoral services (health, psychosocial, legal, safety). Promoting integration of the IASC GBV Guidelines into sectoral programmes (e.g. food security, WASH, shelter, health, education) and supporting the prevention of GBV through gender-transformative approaches.
• (Project Cycle Management) Reviewing proposals, budgets and reports from a GBV/PSEAH perspective, ensuring that adequate resources and risk mitigation measures are included. Supporting monitoring, institutional assessments, and the use of gender- and age-sensitive data. In assignments within UN agencies: applying the organisation’s programme cycle tools.
• (PSEAH Policy and Compliance) Acting as PSEAH focal point for the office, or supporting the PSEAH focal points of the host organisation. Ensuring that Swiss standards or the host organisation’s standards, as well as the IASC Core Principles, are known and applied, that risk assessments are conducted, and that safe, accessible and confidential reporting channels exist for staff, partners and communities. Supporting appropriate, survivor-centred handling of allegations in line with applicable procedures (SDC or host organisation).
• (Support to Partners) Assessing and strengthening partners‘ GBV, PSEAH and safeguarding systems, including policies, codes of conduct, recruitment and vetting, complaint mechanisms and investigation capacity. In assignments within UN agencies: supporting the organisation’s implementing partners, including through application of the UN protocol on allegations of SEA involving implementing partners and the related capacity assessments. Providing training and technical guidance, and monitoring the implementation of agreed measures.
• (Coordination and Representation) Representing the Swiss office or the host organisation in relevant coordination structures (e.g. GBV sub-cluster/Area of Responsibility, PSEA network, protection cluster, country team, donor groups). Maintaining productive relations with authorities, UN agencies, NGOs, and women’s rights and local organisations.
• (Learning and Capacity Building) Training staff, including local staff, on GBV, PSEAH and protection mainstreaming. Documenting lessons learned and contributing to knowledge management within SDC, the host organisation and the SHA expert group. In secondments: promoting the exchange of technical expertise and practical experience between the host organisation and Switzerland.

Skills required

Skills and requirements

• At least 5 years of professional experience, at least two of which must have ideally been abroad in the humanitarian context.
• Proven expertise in GBV in emergencies and/or PSEAH, including knowledge of relevant standards (IASC GBV Guidelines, IASC Core Principles on SEA, Minimum Standards for GBV in Emergencies, Do No Harm).
• Ideally, experience in coordinating with GBV/PSEA coordination mechanisms and in working with multilateral organisations, civil society and authorities.
• Ideally, knowledge of SDC operational instruments, in particular PCM and partner assessment tools.
• Strong grasp of survivor-centred, rights-based and gender-transformative approaches.
• Proven ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team in complex and dynamic environments, with political and diplomatic flair.
• Ability to advise and train at different levels, from senior management to local partners.
• Very good command of two national languages and English; further languages are an asset.
• fulfill all the basic criteria for an inclusion into the SHA pool

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent professional training in social sciences, law, international relations, gender studies, public health, or a related field.
• Specialised training in GBV and/or PSEAH/safeguarding (e.g. GBViE certification, PSEA training) is an asset.

Application

If you wish to undertake assignments abroad for the SHA, please, as a first step, submit your application with a completed SHA CV, a personal CV (optional), and a motivation letter indicating which skills you can contribute to which SHA specialist group via the Federal Jobs Portal. Please upload all documents in a single file through the generic «Expert for the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit» position.

Themen: Frauenrechte, Geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt, Gewaltprävention, Humanitäre Hilfe, Humanitärer Schutz, Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Opferschutz, Rechenschaftspflicht, Schutz vor sexueller Ausbeutung, Schutzkonzepte