SURGE CAPACITY ROSTER – GBVIMS SPECIALIST
About UNFPA
UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.
We promote gender equality and empower women, girls, and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. We work with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services. Our goal is ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death, and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage and female genital mutilation by 2030.
UNFPA Surge Roster
Surge is the rapid scale up of humanitarian professionals and resources in emergency settings. Due to growing humanitarian needs, over the last few years, UNFPAhas increasingly deployed highly experienced humanitarian response personnel to support Country Offices and their emergency responses during the onset or sudden escalation of crises. These needs are met by using UNFPA’s Surge Response Roster, a staffing modality that provides technical experts to surge.
UNFPA has added a new role for this roster specifically assisting with the rollouts of the Gender Based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS/GBVIMS+). In this surge capacity, GBVIMS experts will be deployed to countries to provide coordination and technical support to new and existing GBVIMS rollouts.
We look at the whole picture, considering your technical and soft skills, adaptability, commitment to UNFPA’s mission, and potential to successfully contribute in crisis settings.
Selected candidates will be added to UNFPA’s Surge Response Roster and contacted for any opportunities that meet their profile.
Roles and responsibilities
Technical Support & Capacity Building
- Provide technical guidance on the implementation and use of the Gender-Based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS) Legacy and GBVIMS+.
- Conduct GBVIMS and GBVIMS+ assessments for new data gathering organizations and prepare implementation plan
- Train and build the capacity of GBV service providers on safe and ethical data collection, storage, analysis, and reporting.
- Support field teams, government counterparts, and GBV coordination groups in understanding and utilizing GBVIMS data for programmatic decision-making and advocacy.
- Provide ongoing technical support and coaching
Data Management & Analysis
- Oversee the collection, management, and analysis of GBV data to ensure accurate, secure, and ethical data handling.
- Generate reports and key analysis to inform programming, advocacy, and response.
- Regularly conduct joint data analysis sessions with GBVIMS Task force members
- Ensure data protection protocols and confidentiality principles are adhered to.
Coordination & Collaboration
- Facilitate the in-country GBVIMS taskforce meetings, ensuring consistent and timely information sharing
- Work closely with GBV Sub-Clusters, humanitarian GBV actors, government partners, and relevant UN agencies to strengthen GBVIMS implementation and interoperability.
- Support inter-agency collaboration, ensuring alignment with broader GBV coordination efforts and humanitarian response.
- Represent the organization in technical working groups, task forces, and coordination meetings.
System Administration, Maintenance & Troubleshooting
- Support the setup, rollout, system administration/maintenance and troubleshooting of GBVIMS and GBVIMS+ in humanitarian settings.
- Provide technical assistance on software and data management issues.
- Collaborate with ICT and software development teams to improve system functionality and user experience.
Advocacy & Knowledge Management
- Utilize GBVIMS data to advocate for survivor-centered GBV prevention and response programs.
- Develop briefing notes, reports, and presentations to share key findings with relevant stakeholders.
- Contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives, including documentation of best practices and lessons learned.
Compliance & Ethical Standards
- Ensure compliance with GBVIMS data sharing protocols and survivor-centered principles.
- Promote ethical and safe data collection, emphasizing informed consent and confidentiality.
- Support partners in establishing data-sharing agreements that protect the safety and dignity of survivors.
Qualifications and Experience
- Advanced university degree in public health, social work, demography, social science, international development and/or related field.
- At least 5 years of programme management and coordination experience, with at least 2 years of implementing a GBV program in a humanitarian context; gender, public health or other related areas, prior experience in region an asset.
- Demonstrated capacity to analyze data/statistics for humanitarian response.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of the GBVIMS and GBVIMS+ system, tools and procedures.
- Demonstrated understanding of issues related to confidentiality, data safety and other ethical concerns related to the sharing of sensitive data between humanitarian agencies.
- Analytical and strategic thinking, results oriented, commitment to excellence and able to work efficiently under high pressure.
- Track record of building strategic alliances and partnerships, strong communication and networking skills; strong organizational skills.
- Good level of emotional intelligence, empathy and conflict management as well as negotiating skills.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Prior surge deployments undertaken, is an asset.
- Experience in the UN system is an asset.
How You’ll Be Assessed?
- Resume & Application Review: Our vetting committee will examine your resume, application, and supporting paragraph to determine if your experience and skills align with UNFPA’s surge needs.
- Technical & Soft Skills Assessment: You may be asked to complete a technical assessment tailored to GBVIMS area of expertise to evaluate your knowledge and problem-solving abilities. You may also have to answer questions relating to soft skills.
- Video Interview: Candidate may be invited to a recorded video interview where you’ll answer questions covering both technical and behavioral aspects relevant to humanitarian work.
- Reference Checks: As a final step, we may request your professional references to gain further insights into your work ethic, performance under pressure, and suitability for surge deployments.