Position Title: GBV Sub-Sector Coordinator
Receiving Agency: UNFPA
P Level: P3
Location: Port au Prince (80%), Artibonite (20%), Haiti
Duration: 3 months
Language: French and English required

  The Republic of Haiti's population in 2022 is 11.8 million, with 57 percent living in urban areas. Young people under 25 account for 51.4 percent of the population in 2022. Over the last two decades, population growth has slowed down, due to declining fertility rates (from 4.8 in 1994 to 3 in 2017) and increased out-migration flows.
 
Since February 29, the situation in Haiti is deteriorating. There is an increase and intensification of violence associated with armed gangs. An estimated more than 700,000 people in Haiti have been forcibly displaced due to violence and have limited access to food, water, protection services and health including medicine. 37% of internal displaced across the country are located in the Metropolitan Area of Port-au-Prince (MAPAP). 54% are women and girls.

Despite a slight decrease in the number of IDPs in MAPAP, the situation for displaced women and girls remains dire. Only 15 out of 85 IDP sites offer protection services, and access to basic needs like shelter, food, water, and sanitation is limited. Women and girls are at increased risk of gender-based violence (GBV), with 94% of them at risk and sexual violence comprising 72% of GBV incidents. The scarcity of resources is exacerbating these vulnerabilities, forcing many to rely on harmful coping strategies.

In Haiti a GBV sub-cluster has been active which is working under the Protection cluster which has three sub-structures: the GBV sub-cluster, the Child Protection sub-cluster and the Migration sub-cluster.

The GBV Sub-cluster is co-chaired by the UNFPA and the Ministry of Women’s Rights (MCFDF). The UNFPA plays a technical role and supports the ministry and GBV members with adequate capacities as needed. Indeed, the goal of the GBV Sub- is to develop effective and inclusive mechanisms that promote a coherent, comprehensive, and coordinated approach to GBV including prevention, care, support to GBV survivors with multi-sectoral services, data collection for advocacy, and services coordination.

As it continues to scale up its support within the Haiti humanitarian response and address immediate needs for the emergency due to the political, security and economic crisis impacting all populations in the country, UNFPA in Haiti is sustaining its operation to cater for the needs of the affected population including Haitian displaced and refugees’ people, vulnerable Haitian as well as returned migrants’ groups.

The ongoing humanitarian crisis and response urgently requires UNFPA to take the lead on coordinating the GBV response and to ensure GBV prevention is mainstreamed in the humanitarian response. Therefore, the Country Office requires additional support to coordinate the humanitarian response in GBV and to mainstream GBV in all the sector at national and departmental level in the affected areas such as Artibonite.
  Role Description:

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Based in Port au Prince, under the direct supervision of the international humanitarian coordinator and overall guidance of the Deputy Representative., the expert will facilitate and coordinate the rapid implementation of multisectoral, inter-agency GBV interventions in a humanitarian emergency. Comprehensive GBV prevention and response programming in humanitarian emergencies requires skilled coordination of a range of organizations and actors from the displaced and host communities, NGOs, government partners, UN agencies, and other national and international organizations.

The GBV Coordinator’s duties include: building and sustaining partnerships, strategic planning, capacity development, advocacy, and information management.

The GBV Coordinator will use the IASC’s Guidelines for Integrating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action: Reducing Risk, Promoting Resilience, and Aiding Recovery, the GBV Area of Responsibility’s GBV Coordination Handbook, UNFPA’s Managing GBV Programmes in Emergencies Guide and Minimum Standards for Addressing GBV in Emergencies to facilitate planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of inter-agency GBV initiatives.
 
She/He will ensure that the coordination mechanism between sectors is well established. In the affected areas by gang’s violence in Artibonite and the West departments, the incumbent will represent UNFPA in an inter-agency capacity to ensure a robust and well-functioning coordination body that promotes the highest standards of GBV prevention and response, in line with global guidance

• Facilitate inter-agency, multi-sectoral GBV coordination group (“sub-sector”) at national and sub-national levels. Promote, respect, and ensure that the Principles of Partnership are reflected in the day-to-day work of the GBV sub-sector.
• Establish result-oriented, two-way communication channels between national and sub-national GBV coordination groups to ensure a standardized response to GBV.
• Proactively engage with all relevant stakeholders to ensure coordination bodies reflect the range of actors addressing GBV, including across multiple sectors (health, psychosocial, legal, security, etc.) and categories of actors (UN, NGO, civil society, government, etc.). As feasible, engage UN missions who may be active in addressing GBV, including but not limited to ensuring inter-agency inputs to the annual S-G’s report on conflict-related sexual violence.
• Regularly represent the GBV sub-sector in Protection sector meetings, OCHA-led meetings (e.g. around the development of the Strategic Response Plan or for Inter-sector Coordination), and other relevant meetings, including those called by the Humanitarian Coordinator.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other sectors/working groups such as the Health sector, Child Protection Sub-sector, Shelter/NFI sector, Food Security sector, Education sector, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Working Group, etc. to ensure integration of GBV-related action in their sector plans and to advocate for joint awareness-raising for non-GBV specialists.
• Advocate with donors and mobilize resources for inter-agency GBV prevention and response in line with GBV sub-sector work plan and SRP. As necessary, leverage resources within UNFPA to support inter-agency GBV activities under the Sub-sector.
• In consultation with non-governmental GBV actors and national civil society, identify appropriate mechanisms for working with and collaborating with national authorities on GBV issues.
• Support the rollout of the GBV case management capacity-building initiative

• Facilitate implementation of Standard Operating Procedures. Regularly review and revisit SOPs at strategic points throughout the crisis response.
• In collaboration with national and international GBV actors, map current institutional response capacities, including facilitating the mapping of GBV-specific 5Ws, GBV services mapping, and referral pathway,
• Lead a process to develop a realistic, evidence-based multi-sectoral and inter-agency prevention and response plan. Promote engagement of a range of sectors and ensure realistic benchmarks and timelines for achieving set objectives. Regularly monitor progress against plans during coordination meetings. Allow space for new actors to engage with a plan over the course of the crisis response.
• Work with partners to continually identify response gaps in line with proposed work plans (including geographic coverage and programmatic scope) and seek solutions to fill gaps. Advocates with UNFPA as sub-cluster lead to address gaps not yet filled by partners.

• Work with partners to develop an inter-agency GBV capacity development strategy that meets the needs and priorities of key national and local stakeholders to facilitate implementation of agreed work plan.
• Provide technical support to the GBV coordination in Artibonite
• Revise existing training materials according to local context and ensure partners’ access to relevant training sessions.
• Support efforts to strengthen the capacity of sub-cluster members on planning and responding to GBV in emergencies and on safe and ethical GBV information management.
• Ensure all GBV sub-sector partners and others are aware of relevant policy guidelines, technical standards, and other resource materials (go to www.gbvaor.net for the latest information).

• Provide technical support to the development of relevant advocacy and policy documents to address GBV in the context of broader gender inequality issues.
• Assist the GBV coordination in preparing relevant advocacy materials and updates for relevant stakeholders and partners including donors.
• Promote awareness of national laws and policies that inform action to address GBV.

• In line with WHO’s Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Researching, Documenting and Monitoring Sexual Violence in Emergencies:
  • Engage in robust analyses of available secondary data to ensure readily-available information on known trends and patterns on GBV for inclusion at relevant points along the Humanitarian Programme Cycle, including the MIRA.
  • Consolidate existing assessments on the GBV situation and/or work with relevant agencies, the displaced and host populations to conduct relevant participatory analyses of GBV. 
  • Undertake new assessment missions as necessary/appropriate to determine the magnitude and scope of GBV and identify strategic inter-sectoral approaches for addressing it.
  • Work with the GBV coordination to adopt a standardized GBV data collection and analysis including incident report/intake form and other relevant forms as necessary.
  • If necessary, develop monthly report formats that capture relevant information and that support the analysis and evaluation of program progress and outcomes.
  • Assist in providing regular updates to OCHA and/or Cluster leads on GBV sub-cluster activities to be included in situation reports (i.e. OCHA SitReps and 3W/5Ws);
  • Assist in tracking and regularly update supported humanitarian interventions (i.e. status of funding proposals, distribution of supplies, training);
  • Assist in preparing of proposals for resources mobilization (CHF, flash appeal, CERF etc.).
  • Assist the sub-sector in HRP/HNO process
  • Document best practices and approaches for responding to issues of GBV in order to deepen the knowledge base among relevant partners.
  • Prepare regular analytical reports on emerging issues.

• Write monthly reports documenting progress against work plan outputs.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications and Skills Required

• Advanced degree in social work or other social sciences, public health, community health, international relations, international law, human rights or related field. 
• 7-10 years of experience working on gender-based violence, of which 4 are at the international level, preferably in a humanitarian context.
• Experience leading inter-agency coordination mechanisms with a wide range of stakeholders. Demonstrable knowledge of the critical components to facilitate effective inter-agency coordination.
• Awareness and demonstrable knowledge of how GBV manifests in humanitarian settings and ability to describe context-specific prevention and response actions.
• Demonstrable knowledge of humanitarian emergency operations, including the Cluster System and HPC, and roles/responsibilities of key humanitarian actors.
• Experience designing and managing GBV programmes in an NGO (recommended).
• Proficiency in French and English required. Other UN languages an asset.

CANADEM and its partners have a no-tolerance policy for inaction to prevent, respond to and follow up on alleged cases of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (SEAH). For this reason, we adhere to all policies, procedures and training of the United Nations on The Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (PSEAH). CANADEM mandates all deployees successfully complete the PSEA online course. This e-learning course is composed of a set of lessons designed to raise awareness about SEAH, become familiar with a range of measures to combat SEAH, understand the impact on victims and the consequences for UN Personnel who commit Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment.