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Posting Title: Inter-Agency PSEA Coordinator

Department/Office: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Duty Station: BANGKOK

Posting Period: 06 January 2021 - 30 January 2021

Job Opening Number: 20-Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs-147363-Consultant

United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity

Result of Service

This role will provide leadership and technical support to inter-agency coordination and collaboration on PSEA at the regional level (in liaison with Regional PSEA Task Team) and country level UNCTs, HCTs and PSEA networks/working groups.

Following an increased technical support request by countries across the region in 2020, the consultant will ensure the provision of timely and quality support to countries in relation to both humanitarian and development programming in establishing and/or advancing the PSEA policies, action plans and relevant initiatives.

The consultant will conduct technical webinars, trainings and clinics to inter-agency PSEA networks at the country level on specific topics as per expressed needs. Potential topics include: community-based complaint mechanisms/ SEA reporting channels, implementing partner assessments, victim/survivor assistance, engagement with national authorities, etc.

The consultant will ensure the harmonization of approaches with Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), Gender Theme Group, Gender Based Violence (GBV) Services, Protection Group at the regional and country level.

Work Location

Remote

Expected duration

6 months (January to June 2021), with the possibility of extension - depending on funding availability.

Duties and

Responsibilities

Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is critical for the UN and its partners in all contexts in which we work - both development and emergency contexts. Effective prevention and response requires not only action by individual agencies, but also a coordinated and collaborative approach.

Further, the COVID-19 pandemic has seen a rapid scale-up of support to reach beneficiaries directly and indirectly impacted by its spread, the measures to contain it and the ensuing socio-economic impact. As seen in previous emergencies, when the humanitarian response scales up, the risk of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) increases. Women and children in particular face heightened protection risks. The surge in new responders (including non-traditional humanitarian responders) combined with high demand and an unequal supply of food and health supplies increases risks. These heightened risks are compounded by containment measures which have limited people's access to information on PSEA, reporting channels, child protection and GBV services, and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services.

The spread of COVID-19 to countries not traditionally impacted by humanitarian emergencies has also highlighted the need to accelerate strengthening and roll out of PSEA mechanisms to traditional development contexts, as well as humanitarian contexts in the Asia-Pacific Region.

In order to promote inter-agency coordination and collaboration on PSEA and to provide technical support and capacity building to country level UNCTs, HCTs and PSEA networks/working groups during the COVID-19 response, an Inter-Agency Regional PSEA Task Team was formed in April 2020. The Task Team is jointly led by UNFPA, IOM and UNICEF Regional Offices with secretariat support from OCHA and is comprised of the agency PSEA focal points. The Regional PSEA Task Team has recently been integrated in the IASC Regional Network of Asia Pacific (Dec 2020), under the Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) Working Group to ensure system-wide accountability in both humanitarian and development contexts.

In order to scale up and continue provision of timely and quality support to Country PSEA networks, UNCTs and HCTs in a sustainable manner, OCHA and UNDCO wish to recruit a consultant to act as an inter-agency PSEA Coordinator to be based in Bangkok, Thailand.

Qualifications/special skills

Academic Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Law, International Relations, Development Studies, Social Work or a related field from an accredited academic institution with eight years of relevant professional experience; or
• University degree in the above fields with ten years of relevant professional experience;
• Experience of working in both humanitarian/emergency settings and development settings;

Skills

• Relevant professional experience in the field of sexual exploitation and abuse, child protection, gender-based violence, and/or gender mainstreaming;
• Experience working on PSEA in both humanitarian and development contexts;
• Experience working on response to reports of sexual exploitation and abuse is desirable;
• Experience of community based complaint mechanisms/ SEA reporting channels, implementing partner assessments, victim/survivor assistance, and/or engagement with national authorities on PSEA is an asset;
• Experience working in the IASC or in other inter-agency bodies or processes is desirable;
• Experience of leading coordination mechanisms is required;
• Experience in developing and facilitating training and capacity building activities;
• Experience working in the Asia-Pacific region is an advantage. Knowledge of one or more languages spoken in Asia-Pacific is an asset.

In addition to the above experience, the incumbent will have excellent knowledge of PSEA policies and procedures, preferably from a UN perspective.

Language: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.

For the post advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage. Knowledge of one or more languages spoken in Asia-pacific is an asset.

Additional Information

• Tailored support to inter-agency PSEA networks at country level on development of PSEA action plans (UNCT, HCT, other inter-agency coordination mechanisms) and their monitoring frameworks is provided on a regular basis. These also include advising on establishing appropriate PSEA systems/networks in countries where such systems do not exist.
• A review of PSEA reporting mechanisms/structures at the country level, and suggest improvement where needed.
• Global PSEA training modules are adapted/contextualized for Asia Pacific for the following key target population: UN, NGOs (national and international), implementing partners, CBOs and, as appropriate, community members.
• Regular meetings of the Inter-Agency Regional PSEA Task Team are conducted and followed up with action points on a regular basis.
• A series of technical webinars, trainings and clinics to inter-agency PSEA networks at country level on specific topics as per expressed needs are delivered (potential topics include: community based complaint mechanisms/ SEA reporting channels, implementing partner assessments, victim/survivor assistance, engagement with national authorities, etc.)
• Good practices and lessons learned on inter-agency collaboration on PSEA as well as prevention, risk mitigation and response mechanisms are developed and shared with partners.
• Update GBV referral pathways from each of the Country PSEA networks to ensure support to victim/survivor assistance and liaise with the Victim Rights Advocate.
• Mapping of PSEA coordinators in the region is maintained and updated.
• A roster of PSEA experts is developed in collaboration with global IASC PSEA Field Support Task Team and the office of the UN Special Coordinator on Improving the UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (if time permits - if not, at least some initial work/concept developed).
• Liaise with Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), Gender Theme Group, Gender Based Violence Services, Protection Cluster at the regional and country level.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS' BANK ACCOUNTS.

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