-     Represent the PSEA Network at the HCT, UNCT and ICCG and ensure close cooperation with the
Community Engagement and Accountability Working Group, Clusters and thematic working groups;
-     Organize   and   deliver,   in   coordination   with  agency-based   expertise,   PSEA  trainings   and sensitizations for humanitarian  and development personnel, partners,  and community-based committees.


6.   Expected outcome of the deployment (detail in bullet point form the anticipated achievements and added value expected from the deployment):
        The annual inter-agency PSEA work plan is developed, financed, implemented, and monitored.
    An updated and comprehensive risk and capacity analysis is available to inform PSEA programming at country level.
        The annual inter-agency PSEA training plan for personnel and partners is updated and implemented.
    The PSEA Network and associated inter-agency coordination mechanisms and common services are fully functional, at national and sub-national levels.
        Compliance with mandatory UN and IASC monitoring and reporting frameworks on PSEA is ensured.
    Safe, accessible, age- and gender-sensitive reporting channels are available, and their use widely promoted.
        SEA victims receive appropriate and timely protection and assistance.
    Enhanced accountability mechanisms, including for investigations and protection and assistance to victims, are in place.
        Community awareness and information sharing channels are strengthened.

7.   Specific required skills (languages, experience, ability to work remotely/as a singleton, soft skills, etc.):
        Experience
-     An advanced university degree and minimum of seven (7) years relevant work experience is required.
-     Field experience in humanitarian and/or development settings is required.
-     Technical expertise and experience on PSEA is required; technical expertise in other, related areas such as AAP, Protection, Child Protection, Gender Based Violence, is desirable.
-     Experience in an inter-agency coordination role is desirable.
-     Experience working in the region is desirable.

        Competencies and Skills:
-     Coordination (experience in an inter-agency coordination role is an advantage)
-     Professionalism (proven integrity, objectivity, and professional competence)
-     Communication, facilitation, and inter-personal skills
-     Ability to work with different stakeholders and build consensus
-     Advocacy across a wide variety of actors
-     Leadership (ability to lead a technical network)
-     Leveraging (ability to engage at senior leadership level and secure buy-in)
-     Problem-solving (ability to know what needs to be done and identify the resources to do it)

        Languages:
-     Fluency in French is required, and fluency in English is desirable.
 

9.   Brief surge need justification (including why the post is urgent and why current/other OCHA capacity cannot cope/does not apply):
Due to the change in context since 2015 and access difficulties, current protection and specifically  SEA risks in Burkina Faso are high, and the outcomes expected for this function (see above point 6) are urgent. In the first quarter of 2022, the RCO received a PSEA Coordinator, deployed by NORCAP, but the staff was evacuated at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic without having the opportunity to deliver on the mandate. OCHA has a relatively small office and no staff dedicated to protection coordination. UNHCR had provided some temporary and part-time support to this inter-agency effort, but their ability to continue this support was limited.


10. OCHA’s role and key challenges:

The Country Office in Burkina Faso supports the implementation of priority activities across the five core areas of OCHA’s work. OCHA role in the country includes:
•           Strengthen humanitarian coordination at strategic and operational levels and provide leadership in specialized areas of humanitarian coordination, including humanitarian civil-military coordination; access
monitoring and advocacy; and community engagement and accountability to affected people;
•           Strengthen humanitarian advocacy, particularly for people displaced by conflict and insecurity and the host communities in which they find refuge;
•           Support practical application of humanitarian policy and good practice, including fostering appropriate collaboration among humanitarian, development and peacebuilding actors while respecting the distinction and
integrity of humanitarian action;
•           Facilitate coherent and coordinated mobilization of humanitarian financing; and
•           Provide high-quality information management and analysis to support humanitarian leadership and decision-making.
The main challenge for OCHA is to provide sustained core coordination, support to humanitarian leadership in
the Country and information management support while also expanding the specialized capacity it can offer in essential areas to support humanitarian operations.

OCHA’s existing staff in-country have quickly engaged partners to address the most urgent priorities, including on strengthening humanitarian coordination at strategic and operational levels, humanitarian planning and financing, and humanitarian access monitoring and advocacy, as well as humanitarian civil-military coordination.


11. Main partners and stakeholders in the field:
•           There are more than 70 partners involved in implementation of the Humanitarian Response Plan 2021 from the UN and INGO community, and a growing number of national NGOs and partners as well, particularly at the sub-national level.
•           Humanitarian coordination hubs, and OCHA presence in each of them, have been established in Centre
Nord, Sahel, Nord and East regions in order to support more efficient and quality response to increasing humanitarian needs.
•           National and local authorities, including the Ministry for Women, National Solidarity, the Family and Humanitarian Action and the National Council for Emergency Response and Rehabilitation (CONASUR) and its counterparts at regional, provincial and lower levels.
•           Beyond these institutional partners, the Humanitarian Coordination mechanisms and structures are key players: these are, not limited to:  UNCT, HCT, ICCG, etc.


12. What is the staffing plan to continue the work (if applicable) of the deployee, after the surge support period? The current application aims at providing the humanitarian and development community in Burkina Faso with an experienced international PSEA Coordinator who will be charged to deliver a series of priority results, including the recruitment and on-the-job training of a strong national PSEA coordinator, to be financed by the UNCT via the common services budget from 2022 onwards.


13. Will other surge resources be requested? If so, through which mechanism? (SBPP, internal surge, ASP, ProCap/GenCap, or other)
Since 2021, OCHA has hosted an inter-agency GenCap on behalf of the Humanitarian Coordinator and Humanitarian Country Team, with a newly appointed GenCap that will arrive in country on 10 February 2024, for an initial period of deployment of 6 months.


14. What is the approximate percentage of time spent on duty travel and to which locations? (if duty travel within the country/region is expected, all associated costs are to be covered by the requesting OCHA office):
Approximately 40% of time expected to be spent in providing support directly to decentralized teams, including in seven regional hubs (Kaya, Centre Nord; Dori, Sahel; Fada N’Gourma, Est; Ouahigouya, Nord; Dédougou, Boucle de Mouhoun; Tenkodogo, Centre Est; and Bobo Dioulasso, Hauts-Bassins/Cascades/Sud Ouest) as well as other locations in these regions where humanitarian and development teams have presence and/or programmes.