Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

Men, boys, women, and girls are differently affected by crises and have different needs, vulnerabilities, capacities and coping mechanisms. Women and girls, however, are disproportionately affected by crises due to compounded factors including the breakdown of key services which are critical to their health, protection, and recovery; weakened formal and informal protection mechanisms; disrupted livelihoods and limited access to resources; increased displacement; and power imbalances; while pre-existing inequalities, discrimination, and risks are by far exacerbated. With this background, UN Women seeks to strengthen the capacities of national and regional clusters, NGOs and CSOs on Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) and protection from Sexual exploitation and Abuse (PSEA). In line with the localization agenda and UN Women’s mandate, the interventions will also include local women-led and Women right organizations (WLOs/WROs), gender and PSEA focal points, working in humanitarian action. To strengthen capacities, UN Women will hire a national consultant to deliver capacity building training for humanitarian responders. The trainings will primarily target responders who already have experience and serving GiHA and PSEA focal points who will be cascading the training to their respective clusters.

Objectives:

By conducting GiHA and PSEA training, UN Women will ensure that there is a reserve of skilled humanitarians with the skills and capacity to provide GiHA and PSEA trainings to focal points, clusters, cluster representatives and other actors working in complex and ever-changing humanitarian contexts in the country, and this training session will contribute to strengthening the GiHA Working group and PSEA Network at all levels and clusters in Ethiopia.

Duties and Responsibilities

Deliverables:

Under the direct supervision of the Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action Programme Specialist at UN Women ECO, the Consultant will be responsible for delivering the below:

• Deliver 5-days of in-person GiHA and PSEA trainings in English and Amharic where applicable, using modern and engaging learning techniques.
• Provide a session brief/facilitator note in English for use by any new trainer that provides a detailed explanation of the methodology for each of the GiHA and PSEA training modules.
• Develop a pre-and post-training survey to measure increase in participants’ knowledge and capacities on GiHA and PSEA.
• Submit a training report, including key pre- and post-training survey results, to the UN Women ECO for the training organized and an overall one-page summary of the trainings including demographics of trained humanitarians.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration

Required Skills and Experience

Education

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Gender, Humanitarian, general protection, child protection, safeguarding, PSEA, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or another relevant field.

Experience

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Humanitarian Action or gender equality.
• Experience in gender and protection mainstreaming, PSEA, with a proven understanding of rights-based approach to work on gender and protection.
• Experience of interactive / innovative training approaches engaging humanitarian workers.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering training on Gender in Humanitarian Action and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA).
• Experience in delivering trainings on GiHA and PSEA in Ethiopia is an asset.

Language:
Fluency in oral and written English is required.

Application:

• All applications must include (as an attachment) a completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment.

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided?on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need. If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application. UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)