Contract Type: International Individual Consultancy Contract
Location: Gaziantep, Türkiye
Posting Start Date: 25 August 2023
Posting End Date: 1 September 2023
PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICANTS APPLYING FOR THIS TEMPORARY POSITION MUST HAVE A VALID RESIDENCE PERMIT OR TURKISH PERMANENT RESIDENCY.
Job Summary:
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide programmatic and technical support to UNFPA cross-border operation and to Syrian partners to ensure proper and adequate integration of SRH and GBV services.
Within the scope of this assignment, the consultant will support the expansion of the GBV-SRH Integration Initiative in NWS. Specifically, he/she will contribute to the evaluation of the level of integration of gender based violence (GBV) and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services while enhancing the skills of medical and non-medical staff to respond to the specific needs of GBV survivors. The consultant will develop and/or contextualize and roll out capacity building initiatives for the staff of the reproductive health facilities (CEmONC and BEmONC) in the NWS, while ensuring ongoing monitoring and reporting on the findings emerged from the Initiative.
How You Can Make a Difference:
UNFPA, Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency of the United Nations, is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Qualifications and Experience:
Education and Experience:
- Medicine degree.
- 5 years of relevant international experience in the field of RH and GBV including SRH and GBV integration.
- Microsoft Office, Windows-based applications, integrated web-based management systems, spreadsheets and databases.
Skills and Competencies:
- Reproductive health in emergency context is an asset.
- Development or revision of training tools is an asset.
- Training preparation and delivery is an asset.
Languages:
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic
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UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy worklife balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity.
