Programme Analyst - Knowledge Management and Communications, Humanitarian Response Division, Geneva, Switzerland, P-2

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Job Description

The Position:

The post sits in the GBV AoR Coordination team in the Inter-Agency Coordination Unit (IACU), in the UNFPA Humanitarian Response Division in Geneva.

Under the direct oversight of the Global Coordinator, this position supports global, regional and in-country inter-agency GBV coordination and stakeholders, ensuring proactive and fluid communication flows, via different channels and platforms, knowledge management, mapping of stakeholders and reporting.

In addition to leading the knowledge management and communications portfolio, including website management, the incumbent provides analysis and documentation support, ensuring ownership, accountability and standard practices with regard to the monitoring of the workplan of the global GBV AoR members and documenting standard procedures.

He/she engages in inter-agency fora and discussions, promoting leadership and meaningful inclusion of local actors in coordination structures, rights-based approaches, protection, human rights and human trafficking, as well as gender equality.

How You Can Make a Difference

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose

The Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) is the global-level forum for coordination and collaboration on GBV prevention and response and advancing risk mitigation in humanitarian settings under the Cluster System. The GBV AoR constitutes a focus area within the Global Protection Cluster (GPC). The GBV AoR works to strengthen system-wide preparedness and technical capacity to respond to humanitarian crises, bringing together non-governmental organizations, United Nations agencies, academics and others under the shared objective of ensuring lifesaving, predictable, accountable and effective action on GBV.

The GBV AoR Strategy (2021–2025) highlights areas such as communications, knowledge management, in addition to thematic areas such as gender equality and localization, that require strengthening. The need for systematic knowledge management was also raised in the recent REGA and GBV AoR reviews. The Analyst will contribute to improving GBV AoR engagement in these areas.

This position supports the effective management of all GBV AoR work streams, and facilitates effective communication between the country, regional and global teams, between sectors, among membership organizations, relevant partners and stakeholders, to foster a strategic and inclusive governance model, enabling the GBV AoR to address emerging issues as per its new Strategy.

The Analyst supports the implementation of the GBV AoR Strategy and related work plan, engagement with members, Task Teams and Reference Groups, and ensures systems are in place to report and monitor progress, including on Call-to-Action commitments.

The Analyst will manage the communications portfolio and provide operational support to the Regional Emergency GBV Advisory (REGA) teams that operate across five regions, including monitoring of results and donor reporting.

Encouraging a culture of knowledge-sharing and collaborative work flow among internal and external stakeholders, the incumbent will establish, maintain and keep knowledge management systems up-to-date.

You Would Be Responsible For

• Programme Management, Documentation and Reporting
• Support program management, monitoring and reporting of GBV AoR Strategy and work plan implementation, helping to put reporting systems in place and ensuring communication of results, that GBV programs deliverables are accurate and are well documented through the different phases of the program and dates are met.
• Support the Deputy Coordinator in coordination and communication with REGAs. Aligned with the REGA Manager, contribute to program management, reporting and knowledge management, including support to establishing management systems, tracking and following up on REGA activities and preparing the reports to be shared with relevant stakeholders and donors.
• Assist and participate in development and drafting concept notes, proposals and talking points for the relevant projects and events.
  

B. Knowledge Management

• Establish and maintain a knowledge management system to track country support documentation, tools and templates developed and contextualized by the different regional support teams and make them available across field support teams.
• Facilitate information flow and knowledge dissemination across different levels of coordination, collating and disseminating internal (the Monthly Roundup) and external updates (the Monthly GBV AoR Bulletin).
• Optimize the classification, publication, archiving and dissemination of GBV in emergencies resources and tools on the GBV AoR website, establishing and maintaining processes to keep the website up-to-date.
• Keep the mapping of GBV coordinators up-to-date, disseminate to relevant Core Members and partners and make available on the website.
• Streamlining collaboration with GBV AoR members, ensuring representation, complementarity and harmonization.
• Assist the Global Coordinator in representing GBV AoR in the Gender Reference Group (GRG), setting up consultations with field partners, GBV coordinators and members, and regional teams, documenting the results and inputs, communication of results, drafting of advocacy products and key messages, to support collaboration with Gender Equality actors.
• Representation of the GBV AoR in Global Protection Cluster fora and working groups, including on Human Rights and Human Trafficking related discussions.
  

D. GBV AoR Governance Support

• Assist in setting up and maintaining the governance structure per the new SoPs, including organizing meetings, documenting action points and results, follow up on members’ commitments and activities, which enables the participation of local actors in decision making and leadership.
• Assist the team in organizing the annual meeting with strategic members to review the work plan and plan for next year.
• Assist the team in organizing the annual donors meeting.
• Localization
• Support in engagements of GBV AoR in the localization related activities of GPC and other global fora, including promotion of the inclusion of local actors in global advocacy initiatives and platforms.
• Assisting capacity strengthening initiatives targeting local actors co-coordinating field GBV coordination groups.
• Support the local organizations members of the GBV AoR in participating in the discussion as part of the GBV AoR governance structure
• Communication
• Strengthen channels of communication and visibility of the GBV AoR, including traditional media outlets and social media engagement, and managing the GBV AoR website as a strategic hub for GBV AoR activity and communication.
• Create awareness of GBV AoR learning resources via effective communication to a large audience, and using multiple channels.
• Facilitate effective communication with GBV Coordinators through online platforms, ensuring access to new coordinators; conduct an annual cleaning of data reflecting staff turnover.
• Act as the main focal point for development, review, and distribution of communication materials.
• Support the organization of GBV AoR involvement in relevant global events for advocacy purposes, including but not limited to Global Protection Cluster, International Conference on Population and Development, Sexual Violence and Research Initiative, Humanitarian Network and Partnership Week, the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative etc.(on a case to case basis).
• Keep the mapping of GBV coordinators up-to-date, disseminate to relevant Core Members and partners and make available on the website.
  

Perform other tasks as assigned by the GBV AoR Global Coordinator or her designate.

Education

Qualifications and Experience:

Advanced university degree in social sciences, gender studies, humanitarian practice, international development, public health or related field.

Knowledge And Experience

• 2 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in humanitarian coordination including experience in GBV in emergencies.
• Familiarity with IASC and other humanitarian coordination mechanisms, guiding principles and standards. Including global GBV and gender inter-agency fora and frameworks, and related policy debates within an evolving humanitarian architecture.
• Documented knowledge of gender equality approaches and theory; experience working on human rights issues and human trafficking from a gender perspective is a plus.
• Documented skills and experience managing communications, including monthly bulletins, website management, inter-agency events, participatory training/meeting methodologies.
• Experience in knowledge management.
• Excellent command of English and working knowledge of French is an asset
• Excellent interpersonal skills, creativity, strong project management skills, a positive and outgoing personality, and ability to interact successfully with people of different backgrounds and cultures.
  

Languages

Fluency in English is required; knowledge of another official UN language is an asset (French and/or Arabic in particular)

Values

Required Competencies:

• Exemplifying integrity,
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,
• Embracing cultural diversity,
• Embracing change
  

Core Competencies

• Achieving results,
• Being accountable,
• Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
• Thinking analytically and strategically,
• Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,
• Communicating for impact
  

Functional Competencies

• Advocacy/advancing a policy-oriented agenda;
• Providing technical/programmatic support; humanitarian response, resilience and recovery;
• Delivering results based programme;
• Communicating Information and Ideas;
• Strengthening capacity of the country offices.
  

Compensation And Benefits

This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable.

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