THE POSITION:

The Programme Coordinator will be based in Bahir Dar, Amhara Ethiopia, with frequent travels to project sites in Tigray, Oromia, Afar, and Benasgangul-Gumuz. The incumbent reports to the Humanitarian Coordinator in Addis Ababa with close liaison with other GBV and SRH Specialists based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

HOW THE PROGRAMME COORDINATOR CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE:

UNFPA 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.

EDUCATION:

• Master’s degree in health, population, demography and/or other related social science discipline.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

• At least 7 years specialized experience in GBV Programming; minimum 4 of which in the humanitarian context at an international level
• Experience in coordination and liaison with government counterparts and other stakeholders, including NGOs and communities
• Proven relevant experience in working as a GBV Prevention and Response Program manager
• Proven track record in budget management
• Demonstrated strong leadership and management experience within a multinational and multicultural environment.
• Excellent understanding of human rights-based and participatory approach.
• Proved experience in survivors-centered approach
• Experience in capacity development/training.
• Practical experience in GBV case management and referral
• Experience in developing SOPs, guidelines, tools for GBViE response and prevention interventions.
• Direct experience providing support to GBV survivors an asset.
• Proven communications and inter-personal skills, IT literacy, as well as organizational skills and time-management
• Good understanding of international GBV best practices and guidelines
• Experience of working at a global or regional level especially in the developing countries.
• Experience providing direct services to GBV survivors

JOB PURPOSE:

The conflict in Northern Ethiopia broke out on 4 November 2020. It led to major movements of populations, and internal displacement of millions, some of whom are still living in camps, and among host communities in urban locations. As a result of the conflict, 5.2 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, 2.1 million of whom were identified as internally displaced persons in Tigray region, alone. Furthermore, spillover of the conflict into neighboring Amhara and Afar regions, in July 2021, displaced further, 1.2 million in Amhara, and 700,000 individuals in Afar Regions respectively. 52 percent of whom are women and girls.
Additionally, Northern Ethiopia suffers from the impact of frequent and extreme weather events (droughts and floods), affecting people’s access to food, crops, pasture, livestock production, and market functionality. Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced each year due to floods, and on average approximately 3 million vulnerable people in Ethiopia experienced crisis level of food insecurity due to poor rains and drought conditions in the last few years. The trend of displacement has increased over the last five years from the 3.2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) recorded in 2018 to 5.2 million at the end of 2021 (according to DTM data of November 2021). Driven by conflict, population displacement, restricted movement/access, and economic collapse, 4 million people in Tigray, 1 million in Amhara, and 450,000 in Afar have fallen into Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) phase 3+ (Worse). Further IPC1 analysis for May and June 2021, concludes that 350,000 people are in IPC phase 5 (catastrophe) in the conflict regions of Tigray, Amhara and Afar.
The northern crisis is thus the result of conflict, population displacements movement restrictions, limited humanitarian access, climate change, loss of harvest and livelihood assets, and dysfunctional or nonexistent markets.
The Programme Coordinator (PC) provides overall leadership and management of the project team. The PC builds strategic and operational relationships with key decision makers among funding and national implementing stakeholders, and across UNFPA, essential to sustaining effective project development, implementation and delivery. S/He is visible, available and accountable to UNFPA CO management and all project partners.
The PC provides support to the local governments in the five regions (Amhara, Oromia, Benishangul Gumuz, Tigray and Afar) and other partners in the planning and implementation process to ensure that the “Improving access to GBV response Services” are implemented considering the evolution of the context. She/he is instrumental in facilitating project implementation using and developing appropriate mechanism and systems and ensuring compliance with established procedures.