Requisition Number | 14-0022 |
Post Date | 4/22/2014 |
Title | Gender Based Violence Advisor |
City | Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania |
Position Type | Proposal (Contingent Upon Award) |
Description | For over 30 years, in more than 100 countries, IntraHealth International has empowered health workers to better serve communities in need. IntraHealth fosters local solutions to health care challenges by improving health worker performance, strengthening health systems, harnessing technology, and leveraging partnerships. In collaboration with governments, nongovernmental organizations, and private-sector organizations around the world, IntraHealth champions the needs and contributions of health workers—from doctors and nurses to community health workers to health facility managers—and works to ensure they have the tools, supplies, information, training, and support they need to provide communities they serve with the best possible opportunity for health and well-being. IntraHealth International is seeking a Gender Based Violence (GBV) Advisor to be based in Dar Es Salaam. This position is contingent upon available funding. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES The GBV Advisor will provide technical leadership and assistance in the planning, organizing, implementing, and monitoring and evaluating of all gender integration activities for an upcoming project. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS • Provide the most up-to-date technical programmatic support in GBV strategies and integration into Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services, while ensuring compliance with the government, donor and project requirements and standards. • In collaboration with regional and district teams, oversee, supervise and manage performance of all sites implementing GBV and other gender integration activities Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) in supported districts. • Support all project GBV training activities including trainings on GBV clinical management and referral to health care workers in supported facilities and orientation training to support personnel and responsible police units. • Oversee the development of district directories of GBV resources in order to clarify the supportive referral points that are available to GBV survivors. • Develop annual GBV work plan and budget in consultation with other program team members, finance and M&E team, and monitor the implementation of GBV strategies and work plans. • Identify and monitor GBV-related project indicators. • Conduct/support institutional GBV audits and service-level GBV sensitivity assessments and use data to promote GBV integration and improved service quality. • Coordinate program work with other donors and implementing partners, e.g., United States Government President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) GBV Initiative partners. • Maintain up-to-date statistics and GBV program data in collaboration with the M&E department for the project’s performance reporting. • Assist in gender assessment for the project and design of gender strategy • Document best practices and lessons learned in implementing GBV integration activities in the project. Write reports, success stories, technical briefs and abstracts for presentations. |
Requirements | Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or Master’s degree in gender, health and development, or public health and 6 or more years work experience, at least 3 of which should be in GBV and SRH. Experience as a trainer with a strong track record of implementing training strategies and programs. Experience working with a range of local government officials and government health facilities and with international donor-funded programs is desirable. Conversant with national GBV health sector response policies and guidelines, human rights, ethics, and forensics. Additional requirements include: • Ability to function in a leadership capacity, independently and in team settings; • Conceptual thinker with excellent organizational skills, time management skills and attention to detail; • Strong oral and written English and Kiswahili communication skills and fluency in both languages; • Computer literacy with standard business software (including Word, Excel and Power Point); • Must be capable of working independently to implement the duties described above; and • Willingness to travel within the country 40% of his/her work time. |
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