Duty location: Field Based
Report to: Program Manager
Duration: 12 Months with Possibility of extension
Overview
A Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Officer in a humanitarian context is a protection professional responsible for leading, coordinating, implementing, and monitoring programs aimed at the prevention of, risk mitigation for, and response to GBV in crisis-affected areas.
Key Responsibilities
- Case Management & Response: Providing or supervising individual, confidential, and survivor-centered case management services for GBV survivors, including psychosocial support (PSS), counseling, and safe referrals to health, legal, and safety services.
- Program Planning & Implementation: Developing, implementing, and monitoring multi-sectoral GBV strategies and programming based on needs and risk assessments.
- Coordination & Partnerships: Facilitating and strengthening GBV coordination mechanisms with all relevant stakeholders (UN agencies, NGOs, community leaders, and authorities) to ensure a coherent, effective, and non-duplicative response.
- Risk Mitigation & Mainstreaming: Working with other humanitarian sectors (like WASH, shelter, and health) to integrate GBV risk mitigation measures into their general programming.
- Capacity Building & Training: Developing and delivering training, technical guidance, and capacity-building support to staff, partners, and community members on GBV core concepts, guiding principles, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Data Management & Reporting: Ensuring safe, ethical, and confidential collection, analysis, and reporting of GBV data, often using inter-agency systems like GBVIMS (Gender-Based Violence Information Management System).
- Advocacy & Resource Mobilization: Advocating for the prioritization of GBV prevention and response as a life-saving intervention and contributing to fundraising and proposal writing efforts.
Essential Qualifications and Skills
- Education: A university degree in a relevant field such as Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, Human Rights, International Development, or Social Sciences.
- Experience: Relevant professional work experience (typically 2-6 years depending on the role level) in GBV prevention and response, with specific experience in humanitarian contexts.
- Core Principles: Deep knowledge and application of the four GBV guiding principles: safety, confidentiality, non-discrimination, and respect.
- Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with international standards and guidelines such as the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) GBV Guidelines, the GBV Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Action, and the survivor-centered approach.
- Soft Skills: Strong communication, interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to work under pressure in challenging and often high-risk environments.
YIPDI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. YIPDI considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- YIPDI is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction based on age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, or physical ability.
- We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.
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