EVAW Policy Expert National Consultant at UN Women

• Reporting to the Deputy Country Representative, the Ending VAWG Policy Expert will directly support the implementation of the LEAP project and provide advice on strengthening the meaningful engagement of traditional and faith leaders as well as other critical stakeholders on ending VAWG through advocacy, policy, and social norms change. Additionally, the Expert will contribute to achieving the overall outcome of the EVAW thematic area of UN Women Country Office (CO).
• Furthermore, the EVAW Policy Expert will provide technical support to the CO, relevant government agencies, and UN Women implementing partners in programming for women’s empowerment, promotion of women’s rights and prevention of violence against women and girls.

Duties And Responsibilities
Scope of work

• Facilitate safe space dialogues between women-led CSOs, feminist organizations and traditional and faith leaders to develop joint advocacy activities on the implementation of relevant laws and policies relating to VAWG in Nigeria and West Africa
• Support high-level advocacy convening with influential women's networks including the Nigeria Governors' Spouses Forum (NGSF) and Africa Women Leaders' Network (AWLN) to strengthen partnerships between governments, civil society organizations, international agencies, and other stakeholders working on GBV, leading to more coordinated and effective responses.
• Provide training and capacity-building programmes for traditional and religious leaders on EVAWG, SRHR, HP, and SGBV - human rights principles, recognizing signs of abuse, and learning how to provide support and referrals.
• Develop and, or strengthen service packages including referral pathways in constituencies and among communities overseen by traditional and religious leaders to guide response and prevention of violence in collaboration with GBV actors including security sector actors, community surveillance teams, medical personnel, etc
• Strengthen operational capacities of existing groups of traditional and religious leaders including COTLA in Nigeria and select countries in West Africa
• Contribute to the development of sustainability strategies/packages which may also lead to resource mobilization in the EVAW thematic area for the Country Office

Deliverables

• Organise and participate in 5 safe space dialogues. A report of the event showing the role as well as the recommendation will serve as evidence
• Organize 3 high-level convenings of AWLN, NGSF, and other groups. Meeting notes and next steps to be shared
• Follow up on next steps for high-level convening and ensuring that at least 50% is met.
• Presentation at 8 events on EVAWG, SRHR, HP, and SGBV with a report demonstrating evidence that learning has taken place
• Referral pathway developed in at least 3 communities
• COTLA membership increased by 30% with at least 50% of all members demonstrating knowledge of EVAWG, SRHR, HP, and SGBV
• Capacities of at least 2 traditional and religious groups built.
• Monitoring and evaluation framework and sustainability strategies/packages

Competencies
Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example
  
   

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Functional Competencies
 

• Good programme formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation skills
• Good budget and finance skills
• Good knowledge of Results Based Management
• Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions, and present findings and recommendations
• Good analytical skills
• Knowledge of UN programme management systems

Required Skills and Experience

Education and certification:

• A Master’s degree or equivalent in public administration, law, human rights, gender equality, management, social sciences or other related areas is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with five additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience at the national or international level in managing complex and multi-component programme interventions with national partners, preferably related to EVAW/GBV thematic area is required.
• Experience in working with traditional and religious leaders in Africa
• Candidates must demonstrate facilitation and report writing skills
• Experience in coordinating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating development programmes and projects is desirable.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.
• Experience in the use of a modern web-based ERP System, preferably Oracle Cloud, is desirable.