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exploitation and abuse (SEA) in the public sphere, while long periods trapped within homes, due to fighting, increase incidents of intimate partner and domestic violence. Multiple women and girls are experiencing secondary displacement and the psychological impact of living in high risk, conflict-affected locations. Older women, adolescent girls, and women and girls living with disabilities face additional concerns and challenges in this unstable environment. Vulnerable men and boys are also exposed to the risks of GBV.
UNFPA Sudan supports GBV interventions at two levels. It coordinates multi-sectoral and comprehensive partner interventions through the GBV coordination under the overall Protection Cluster. UNFPA also implements specific prevention and response activities. Specifically, this includes coordination of comprehensive GBV-related prevention and response activities among different actors through chairing GBV coordination under the protection sector to ensure sharing of information, identification of response gaps, and supports the revision and operationalization of the National Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
In the Darfur states (West, North, Central, South and East), the access to and information for GBV services is lagging the furthest behind in comparison to the rest of the country. At the same time, the risk for GBV and conflict-related sexual violence is the highest. Long and arduous distances to existing service delivery points, lack of basic needs that necessitate movement to distant water and food collection points, and deepening poverty place women and girls at higher risk of violence and exploitation. An immediate need for strong GBV subnational coordination is essential across the Darfur states to respond to GBV and mitigate any further protection risks.
Security Situation Summary in country and main threats:
The Darfur region has transitioned from a contested battleground to an area of consolidated, albeit volatile, control by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) following the collapse of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) last major stronghold in El Fasher in October 2024. While the RSF now maintains administrative and military dominance over the five Darfur states, the security environment remains extremely unstable. The SAF has pivoted to a strategy of persistent aerial bombardment and drone strikes targeting RSF logistics hubs, fuel depots, and urban centers—particularly in Nyala and El Fasher—creating a high risk of "collateral" damage to remaining civilian infrastructure. Furthermore, the presence of non-aligned armed movements in the Jebel Marra under the control of Sudan Liberation Army - Abdulwahid Alnour (SLA-AW) continues to create friction points, as these groups defend autonomous pockets against RSF expansion. However, it's worth noting that the acceptance of the UN and the INGO communities in the SLA-AW controlled areas is high and the UN enjoys some leniency when it comes to performing their duties in Nertiti, Golo, Rokero, and Tawila localities.
The security dynamics are severely exacerbated by the total collapse of the region’s social and economic fabric. The fall of El Fasher triggered a massive secondary displacement of nearly 500,000 people toward the Jebel Marra mountains and North Darfur, especially to Tawila displacement camp overwhelming the host communities. Public infrastructure, including water systems and the few functional hospitals have been decimated by direct
shelling or supply shortages. Localized lawlessness—including kidnapping for ransom, systematic looting of agricultural harvests, and ethnically motivated violence—remains a pervasive threat, as formal governance has been replaced by a fragmented system of militia-led control.
For UN and international humanitarian personnel, the operational risks are categorized as high. Principal threats include direct targeting by armed elements, restricted movement, armed robberies affecting humanitarian aid workers, and the persistent danger of SAF airstrikes on urban areas. Logistical constraints as the "Western Corridor" for aid delivery from Chad is frequently blocked or subjected to heavy "taxation" by local commanders, and telecommunications blackouts are frequent.
Role Description: MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The GBV Coordinator will be supervising the GBV sub-national coordinator and programme analyst and will be supported in his/her functions by the GBV sub-national coordinator and programme analyst.
GBV Coordination:
Building and Sustaining Partnerships
● Facilitate inter-agency, multi-sectoral GBV coordination group (“sub-sector”) across the five Darfur states: North Darfur, South Darfur, West Darfur, Central Darfur and East Darfur. Promote, respect and ensure that the Principles of Partnership are reflected in the day-to-day work of the GBV sub-sector across the five Darfur states.
● Coordinate with the existing ABC (Area-based Coordination structures) system in Darfur, ensuring that the Darfur-level sectoral coordination structure is harmonized with the ABC and creates a virtuous system that responds to the needs on the ground and raises these needs to be attention - and action - of the sector-leads and UN Lead agencies.
● Establish result-oriented, two-way communication channels between the GBV coordination mechanisms in the five Darfur states and the national GBV coordination mechanism to ensure a standardized response to GBV and effective linkages between subnational and national coordination.
● Proactively engage with all relevant stakeholders operating across the five Darfur states 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.), and other non-sectoral coordination structures such as the ABC in Darfur. Provide relevant Darfur-level inputs to the national GBV AoR as required.
● Regularly represent the GBV sub-sector for the five Darfur states in Protection sector meetings, OCHA-led meetings (e.g. around inter-sector coordination and response planning), and other relevant meetings, including those called by the Humanitarian Coordinator, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator or relevant subnational humanitarian leadership.
● Coordinate and collaborate with other sectors/working groups across the five Darfur states, 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.
● Ensure seamless coordination with Child Protection.
● Support national-level advocacy and resource mobilization by providing evidence, response gaps, priorities and funding needs from the five Darfur states.
● In consultation with non-governmental GBV actors and national civil society working across the five Darfur states, identify appropriate mechanisms for working with and collaborating with national authorities and relevant local authorities on GBV issues.
● Support the establishment and strengthening of sustainable GBV coordination structures across the five Darfur states, including identifying and mentoring potential NGO co-coordinators and supporting clear roles, responsibilities and handover arrangements to ensure continuity of coordination.
● Support the roll out of the GBV case management capacity building initiative across the five Darfur states.
● Develop the GBV referral pathways at areas (e.g. Tawila) and State level.
● Lead, in a coordinated manner with GBV protection actors, safety audits as needed.
Strategic Planning
● Facilitate the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures across the five Darfur states. Regularly review and revisit SOPs at strategic points throughout the crisis response and provide feedback to the national GBV AoR on required contextual adaptations or gaps.
● In collaboration with GBV actors operating across the five Darfur states, map current institutional response capacities, including facilitating mapping of GBV-specific 3Ws and maintaining up-to-date GBV service mapping across the five states.
● Based on the inputs provided and the priorities on the ground in Darfur, in an approach that values the knowledge and competencies at field level, support implementation of the GBV AoR’s agreed response priorities and work plan for the five Darfur states, ensuring alignment with national GBV AoR priorities and relevant Protection Cluster plans. Promote engagement of a range of sectors and ensure realistic benchmarks and timelines for achieving set objectives. Regularly monitor progress against the Darfur work plan during coordination meetings and through agreed action-tracking mechanisms.
● Work with partners to continually identify response gaps across the five Darfur states (including geographic coverage and programmatic scope) and seek solutions to fill gaps. Escalate priority gaps to UNFPA/the national GBV AoR and relevant coordination structures to support advocacy and resource mobilization.
● Support coordinated GBV risk mitigation and mainstreaming initiatives with the Protection Cluster and other sectors across the five Darfur states, particularly in locations where GBV actors are present but broader protection coordination mechanisms are limited or not yet established.
Capacity Development
● Work with GBV partners across the five Darfur states to identify capacity gaps and priorities and contribute to the implementation of the national inter-agency GBV capacity development strategy in Darfur.
● Revise existing training materials according to the Darfur operational context, in line with nationally agreed materials and standards, and ensure partners across the five states have access to relevant training sessions.
● Support efforts to strengthen the capacity of sub-sector members, as well as of Women-Led Organizations, across the five Darfur states on planning and responding to GBV in emergencies and on safe and ethical GBV information management.
● Facilitate and support capacity-building initiatives for GBV and non-GBV actors, as well as of Women-Led Organizations, across the five Darfur states on GBV risk mitigation, GBV mainstreaming, referral pathways and survivor-centred approaches, as appropriate.
● Ensure all GBV sub-sector partners and relevant protection and humanitarian actors, as well as of Women-Led Organizations, across the five Darfur states are aware of relevant policy guidelines, technical standards, and other resource materials (go to www.gbvaor.net for the latest information).
Advocacy
● Provide Darfur-specific technical inputs and evidence from the five Darfur states to support the development of national-level advocacy and policy documents to address GBV in the context of broader gender inequality issues.
● Promote awareness of national laws and policies that inform action to address GBV
and support their application across the five Darfur states.
● Ensure that GBV risks, trends, response gaps and priority needs identified across the five Darfur states are systematically communicated to the national GBV AoR, Protection Cluster and relevant humanitarian leadership to inform advocacy, policy dialogue and resource mobilization.
● Advocate within Darfur coordination mechanisms for the prioritization of GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response in humanitarian planning and programming across the five states.
Information Management
● 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 across the five Darfur states for inclusion at relevant points along the Humanitarian Programme Cycle, including the MIRA.
○ Consolidate existing assessments on the GBV situation across the five Darfur states and/or work with relevant agencies, the displaced and host populations to conduct relevant participatory analyses of GBV. Ensure that relevant findings are shared with the national GBV AoR to inform national-level analysis and planning.
○ Undertake new assessment missions across the five Darfur states as necessary/appropriate to determine the magnitude and scope of GBV and identify strategic inter-sectoral approaches for addressing it, in coordination with relevant assessment and IM structures and avoiding duplication.
○ Work with the GBV coordination groups across the five Darfur states to adopt and implement standardized GBV incident report/intake forms and other relevant forms as necessary. Train partner organizations and other sectors across the five states in the use of these forms with particular emphasis to the Guiding Principles for Working with GBV Survivors and in line with the PRIMERO/GBVIMS+ and nationally agreed information management standards.
○ If necessary, support the use of monthly report formats that capture relevant information and that support the analysis and evaluation of program progress and outcomes across the five Darfur states.
○ Document best practices and approaches for responding to issues of GBV across the five Darfur states in order to deepen the knowledge base among relevant partners and inform the national GBV AoR.
○ Prepare regular analytical reports and updates on emerging GBV issues, trends, response gaps and operational challenges across the five Darfur states, and share key findings with the national GBV AoR, Protection Cluster and relevant humanitarian coordination structures.
GBV Programme
Building and Sustaining Partnerships :
o In collaboration with UNFPA management and humanitarian partners, strengthen operational partnerships with government institutions, NGOs, women-led organizations, community-based organizations, and other humanitarian actors to support effective implementation of GBV prevention and response programmes.
o Maintain regular engagement with implementing partners to monitor programme progress, identify operational challenges, and facilitate timely technical support.
o Establish and strengthen linkages between GBV, Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), HIV, Child Protection and other humanitarian programmes to promote integrated service delivery.
Strategic Planning
o Support the development and implementation of UNFPA GBV programme strategies, annual work plans, project proposals, and budgets aligned with humanitarian priorities and with the priority needs as expressed by the affected women and girls, taking into consideration donor requirements.
o Conduct field assessments, rapid needs assessments, safety audits, and situational analyses to identify GBV risks, service gaps, and priority
interventions, ensuring GBV considerations are integrated into inter-sectoral assessments.
o Support emergency preparedness and contingency planning, including partner preparedness and pre-positioning of GBV supplies.
Capacity Development
o Provide ongoing coaching and technical mentoring to implementing partners and UNFPA programme staff to strengthen the quality of GBV prevention and response programming.
o Coordinate and facilitate technical trainings for frontline service providers on GBV in emergencies, survivor-centred approaches, referral pathways, case management, GBV risk mitigation, and clinical management of rape, as appropriate, including Women-Led Organizations.
Management and Technical Support
o Lead the implementation and technical oversight of UNFPA-supported GBV prevention and response programmes in accordance with UNFPA Minimum Standards for Addressing GBV in Emergencies and Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for GBV in Emergencies.
o Having identified the actual priority needs as expressed by the affected women and girls, support in the establishment of innovative programmes that respond to their needs in a cost-effective manner and ensure accountability to the affected population.
o Provide technical guidance and quality assurance to implementing partners to ensure timely, effective, and survivor-centred programme implementation.
o Develop and monitor detailed implementation plans, partner work plans, and budgets, ensuring activities are delivered on schedule and within available resources.
o Conduct regular field monitoring visits to assess programme quality, identify implementation bottlenecks, and support adaptive programme management.
o Coordinate procurement, distribution, monitoring, and accountability of GBV-related supplies, including dignity kits, post-rape treatment kits, and other essential commodities.
o Support resource mobilization through development of concept notes, proposals, and donor engagement in collaboration with the Country Office.
o Ensure programme interventions integrate protection mainstreaming, Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), gender equality, disability inclusion, and age-sensitive approaches.
o Document lessons learned, good practices, and innovations to strengthen programme quality and contribute to organizational learning.
Any other duties
● Prepare and contribute to timely programme updates, progress and donor reports, situation reports (SitReps), briefing notes, and other required documentation
● 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.
● Minimum 7 years of experience working on gender-based violence, of which 4 are at the international level, in a complex humanitarian context.
● Experience leading GBV 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.
● Proficiency in English required; Arabic 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.
UNFPA-GBV Protection Coordinator-P4-Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan
Position Title: GBV Protection Coordinator
Receiving Agency: UNFPA
P Level: P4
Location: Tawila, North Darfur (65%), with travel to other areas of Darfur, particularly Golo and Genina
Duration: 6 months
Language: Fluency in English required
Background Description of Emergency / Justification for Request
Sudan is currently facing the world’s largest internal displacement crisis, with around 8.6 million people displaced within the country, and 4.6 million returnees. Additionally, approximately 3 million people have sought refuge in neighboring countries such as the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda.
Women and girls continue to live at extremely high risk of all forms of gender-based violence (GBV). The presence of armed actors, resource shortages - including water, food, and fuel - and even the humanitarian response itself continue to exacerbate the risk of GBV and sexual
Receiving Agency: UNFPA
P Level: P4
Location: Tawila, North Darfur (65%), with travel to other areas of Darfur, particularly Golo and Genina
Duration: 6 months
Language: Fluency in English required
Background Description of Emergency / Justification for Request
Sudan is currently facing the world’s largest internal displacement crisis, with around 8.6 million people displaced within the country, and 4.6 million returnees. Additionally, approximately 3 million people have sought refuge in neighboring countries such as the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda.
Women and girls continue to live at extremely high risk of all forms of gender-based violence (GBV). The presence of armed actors, resource shortages - including water, food, and fuel - and even the humanitarian response itself continue to exacerbate the risk of GBV and sexual
exploitation and abuse (SEA) in the public sphere, while long periods trapped within homes, due to fighting, increase incidents of intimate partner and domestic violence. Multiple women and girls are experiencing secondary displacement and the psychological impact of living in high risk, conflict-affected locations. Older women, adolescent girls, and women and girls living with disabilities face additional concerns and challenges in this unstable environment. Vulnerable men and boys are also exposed to the risks of GBV.
UNFPA Sudan supports GBV interventions at two levels. It coordinates multi-sectoral and comprehensive partner interventions through the GBV coordination under the overall Protection Cluster. UNFPA also implements specific prevention and response activities. Specifically, this includes coordination of comprehensive GBV-related prevention and response activities among different actors through chairing GBV coordination under the protection sector to ensure sharing of information, identification of response gaps, and supports the revision and operationalization of the National Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
In the Darfur states (West, North, Central, South and East), the access to and information for GBV services is lagging the furthest behind in comparison to the rest of the country. At the same time, the risk for GBV and conflict-related sexual violence is the highest. Long and arduous distances to existing service delivery points, lack of basic needs that necessitate movement to distant water and food collection points, and deepening poverty place women and girls at higher risk of violence and exploitation. An immediate need for strong GBV subnational coordination is essential across the Darfur states to respond to GBV and mitigate any further protection risks.
Security Situation Summary in country and main threats:
The Darfur region has transitioned from a contested battleground to an area of consolidated, albeit volatile, control by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) following the collapse of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) last major stronghold in El Fasher in October 2024. While the RSF now maintains administrative and military dominance over the five Darfur states, the security environment remains extremely unstable. The SAF has pivoted to a strategy of persistent aerial bombardment and drone strikes targeting RSF logistics hubs, fuel depots, and urban centers—particularly in Nyala and El Fasher—creating a high risk of "collateral" damage to remaining civilian infrastructure. Furthermore, the presence of non-aligned armed movements in the Jebel Marra under the control of Sudan Liberation Army - Abdulwahid Alnour (SLA-AW) continues to create friction points, as these groups defend autonomous pockets against RSF expansion. However, it's worth noting that the acceptance of the UN and the INGO communities in the SLA-AW controlled areas is high and the UN enjoys some leniency when it comes to performing their duties in Nertiti, Golo, Rokero, and Tawila localities.
The security dynamics are severely exacerbated by the total collapse of the region’s social and economic fabric. The fall of El Fasher triggered a massive secondary displacement of nearly 500,000 people toward the Jebel Marra mountains and North Darfur, especially to Tawila displacement camp overwhelming the host communities. Public infrastructure, including water systems and the few functional hospitals have been decimated by direct
shelling or supply shortages. Localized lawlessness—including kidnapping for ransom, systematic looting of agricultural harvests, and ethnically motivated violence—remains a pervasive threat, as formal governance has been replaced by a fragmented system of militia-led control.
For UN and international humanitarian personnel, the operational risks are categorized as high. Principal threats include direct targeting by armed elements, restricted movement, armed robberies affecting humanitarian aid workers, and the persistent danger of SAF airstrikes on urban areas. Logistical constraints as the "Western Corridor" for aid delivery from Chad is frequently blocked or subjected to heavy "taxation" by local commanders, and telecommunications blackouts are frequent.
Role Description: MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The GBV Coordinator will be supervising the GBV sub-national coordinator and programme analyst and will be supported in his/her functions by the GBV sub-national coordinator and programme analyst.
GBV Coordination:
Building and Sustaining Partnerships
● Facilitate inter-agency, multi-sectoral GBV coordination group (“sub-sector”) across the five Darfur states: North Darfur, South Darfur, West Darfur, Central Darfur and East Darfur. Promote, respect and ensure that the Principles of Partnership are reflected in the day-to-day work of the GBV sub-sector across the five Darfur states.
● Coordinate with the existing ABC (Area-based Coordination structures) system in Darfur, ensuring that the Darfur-level sectoral coordination structure is harmonized with the ABC and creates a virtuous system that responds to the needs on the ground and raises these needs to be attention - and action - of the sector-leads and UN Lead agencies.
● Establish result-oriented, two-way communication channels between the GBV coordination mechanisms in the five Darfur states and the national GBV coordination mechanism to ensure a standardized response to GBV and effective linkages between subnational and national coordination.
● Proactively engage with all relevant stakeholders operating across the five Darfur states 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.), and other non-sectoral coordination structures such as the ABC in Darfur. Provide relevant Darfur-level inputs to the national GBV AoR as required.
● Regularly represent the GBV sub-sector for the five Darfur states in Protection sector meetings, OCHA-led meetings (e.g. around inter-sector coordination and response planning), and other relevant meetings, including those called by the Humanitarian Coordinator, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator or relevant subnational humanitarian leadership.
● Coordinate and collaborate with other sectors/working groups across the five Darfur states, 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.
● Ensure seamless coordination with Child Protection.
● Support national-level advocacy and resource mobilization by providing evidence, response gaps, priorities and funding needs from the five Darfur states.
● In consultation with non-governmental GBV actors and national civil society working across the five Darfur states, identify appropriate mechanisms for working with and collaborating with national authorities and relevant local authorities on GBV issues.
● Support the establishment and strengthening of sustainable GBV coordination structures across the five Darfur states, including identifying and mentoring potential NGO co-coordinators and supporting clear roles, responsibilities and handover arrangements to ensure continuity of coordination.
● Support the roll out of the GBV case management capacity building initiative across the five Darfur states.
● Develop the GBV referral pathways at areas (e.g. Tawila) and State level.
● Lead, in a coordinated manner with GBV protection actors, safety audits as needed.
Strategic Planning
● Facilitate the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures across the five Darfur states. Regularly review and revisit SOPs at strategic points throughout the crisis response and provide feedback to the national GBV AoR on required contextual adaptations or gaps.
● In collaboration with GBV actors operating across the five Darfur states, map current institutional response capacities, including facilitating mapping of GBV-specific 3Ws and maintaining up-to-date GBV service mapping across the five states.
● Based on the inputs provided and the priorities on the ground in Darfur, in an approach that values the knowledge and competencies at field level, support implementation of the GBV AoR’s agreed response priorities and work plan for the five Darfur states, ensuring alignment with national GBV AoR priorities and relevant Protection Cluster plans. Promote engagement of a range of sectors and ensure realistic benchmarks and timelines for achieving set objectives. Regularly monitor progress against the Darfur work plan during coordination meetings and through agreed action-tracking mechanisms.
● Work with partners to continually identify response gaps across the five Darfur states (including geographic coverage and programmatic scope) and seek solutions to fill gaps. Escalate priority gaps to UNFPA/the national GBV AoR and relevant coordination structures to support advocacy and resource mobilization.
● Support coordinated GBV risk mitigation and mainstreaming initiatives with the Protection Cluster and other sectors across the five Darfur states, particularly in locations where GBV actors are present but broader protection coordination mechanisms are limited or not yet established.
Capacity Development
● Work with GBV partners across the five Darfur states to identify capacity gaps and priorities and contribute to the implementation of the national inter-agency GBV capacity development strategy in Darfur.
● Revise existing training materials according to the Darfur operational context, in line with nationally agreed materials and standards, and ensure partners across the five states have access to relevant training sessions.
● Support efforts to strengthen the capacity of sub-sector members, as well as of Women-Led Organizations, across the five Darfur states on planning and responding to GBV in emergencies and on safe and ethical GBV information management.
● Facilitate and support capacity-building initiatives for GBV and non-GBV actors, as well as of Women-Led Organizations, across the five Darfur states on GBV risk mitigation, GBV mainstreaming, referral pathways and survivor-centred approaches, as appropriate.
● Ensure all GBV sub-sector partners and relevant protection and humanitarian actors, as well as of Women-Led Organizations, across the five Darfur states are aware of relevant policy guidelines, technical standards, and other resource materials (go to www.gbvaor.net for the latest information).
Advocacy
● Provide Darfur-specific technical inputs and evidence from the five Darfur states to support the development of national-level advocacy and policy documents to address GBV in the context of broader gender inequality issues.
● Promote awareness of national laws and policies that inform action to address GBV
and support their application across the five Darfur states.
● Ensure that GBV risks, trends, response gaps and priority needs identified across the five Darfur states are systematically communicated to the national GBV AoR, Protection Cluster and relevant humanitarian leadership to inform advocacy, policy dialogue and resource mobilization.
● Advocate within Darfur coordination mechanisms for the prioritization of GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response in humanitarian planning and programming across the five states.
Information Management
● 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 across the five Darfur states for inclusion at relevant points along the Humanitarian Programme Cycle, including the MIRA.
○ Consolidate existing assessments on the GBV situation across the five Darfur states and/or work with relevant agencies, the displaced and host populations to conduct relevant participatory analyses of GBV. Ensure that relevant findings are shared with the national GBV AoR to inform national-level analysis and planning.
○ Undertake new assessment missions across the five Darfur states as necessary/appropriate to determine the magnitude and scope of GBV and identify strategic inter-sectoral approaches for addressing it, in coordination with relevant assessment and IM structures and avoiding duplication.
○ Work with the GBV coordination groups across the five Darfur states to adopt and implement standardized GBV incident report/intake forms and other relevant forms as necessary. Train partner organizations and other sectors across the five states in the use of these forms with particular emphasis to the Guiding Principles for Working with GBV Survivors and in line with the PRIMERO/GBVIMS+ and nationally agreed information management standards.
○ If necessary, support the use of monthly report formats that capture relevant information and that support the analysis and evaluation of program progress and outcomes across the five Darfur states.
○ Document best practices and approaches for responding to issues of GBV across the five Darfur states in order to deepen the knowledge base among relevant partners and inform the national GBV AoR.
○ Prepare regular analytical reports and updates on emerging GBV issues, trends, response gaps and operational challenges across the five Darfur states, and share key findings with the national GBV AoR, Protection Cluster and relevant humanitarian coordination structures.
GBV Programme
Building and Sustaining Partnerships :
o In collaboration with UNFPA management and humanitarian partners, strengthen operational partnerships with government institutions, NGOs, women-led organizations, community-based organizations, and other humanitarian actors to support effective implementation of GBV prevention and response programmes.
o Maintain regular engagement with implementing partners to monitor programme progress, identify operational challenges, and facilitate timely technical support.
o Establish and strengthen linkages between GBV, Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), HIV, Child Protection and other humanitarian programmes to promote integrated service delivery.
Strategic Planning
o Support the development and implementation of UNFPA GBV programme strategies, annual work plans, project proposals, and budgets aligned with humanitarian priorities and with the priority needs as expressed by the affected women and girls, taking into consideration donor requirements.
o Conduct field assessments, rapid needs assessments, safety audits, and situational analyses to identify GBV risks, service gaps, and priority
interventions, ensuring GBV considerations are integrated into inter-sectoral assessments.
o Support emergency preparedness and contingency planning, including partner preparedness and pre-positioning of GBV supplies.
Capacity Development
o Provide ongoing coaching and technical mentoring to implementing partners and UNFPA programme staff to strengthen the quality of GBV prevention and response programming.
o Coordinate and facilitate technical trainings for frontline service providers on GBV in emergencies, survivor-centred approaches, referral pathways, case management, GBV risk mitigation, and clinical management of rape, as appropriate, including Women-Led Organizations.
Management and Technical Support
o Lead the implementation and technical oversight of UNFPA-supported GBV prevention and response programmes in accordance with UNFPA Minimum Standards for Addressing GBV in Emergencies and Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for GBV in Emergencies.
o Having identified the actual priority needs as expressed by the affected women and girls, support in the establishment of innovative programmes that respond to their needs in a cost-effective manner and ensure accountability to the affected population.
o Provide technical guidance and quality assurance to implementing partners to ensure timely, effective, and survivor-centred programme implementation.
o Develop and monitor detailed implementation plans, partner work plans, and budgets, ensuring activities are delivered on schedule and within available resources.
o Conduct regular field monitoring visits to assess programme quality, identify implementation bottlenecks, and support adaptive programme management.
o Coordinate procurement, distribution, monitoring, and accountability of GBV-related supplies, including dignity kits, post-rape treatment kits, and other essential commodities.
o Support resource mobilization through development of concept notes, proposals, and donor engagement in collaboration with the Country Office.
o Ensure programme interventions integrate protection mainstreaming, Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), gender equality, disability inclusion, and age-sensitive approaches.
o Document lessons learned, good practices, and innovations to strengthen programme quality and contribute to organizational learning.
Any other duties
● Prepare and contribute to timely programme updates, progress and donor reports, situation reports (SitReps), briefing notes, and other required documentation
● 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.
● Minimum 7 years of experience working on gender-based violence, of which 4 are at the international level, in a complex humanitarian context.
● Experience leading GBV 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.
● Proficiency in English required; Arabic 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.