Gender-based Violence Specialist

The Protection/GBV Specialist provides technical supervision and quality assurance to DRC’s GBV programmes in Cox’s Bazar, supporting local partners and capacity building for staff and communities. The role includes developing intervention materials, trainings, proposals, and ensuring high-quality programme delivery in line with international standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and guidance to protection teams on GBV including development of tools, capacity building plans, trainings and coaching.
• Ensure adherence to GBV best-practices and professional standards.
• Provide technical oversight of programme activities including spot checks.
• Support protection mainstreaming to other programme sectors.
• Support start-up of new protection programmes.
• Ensure strong information management and use of databases for reporting.
• Support accountability to affected populations and roll out of accountability improvement plan.
• Support recruitment of protection staff as required.
• Support capacity assessments and technical capacity building of protection staff from partners.
• Work closely with M&E teams to develop and implement ethical and safe monitoring and evaluation tools.
• Assist field-based Protection Managers in donor compliance and timely grant spending.
• Provide technical inputs into proposals and lead proposal development if requested.
• Provide technical inputs and quality assurance of project reports.
• Represent DRC in protection working groups and other fora.
• Strengthen liaison with key stakeholders in the protection sector.
• Work closely with other DRC sectors to ensure protection mainstreaming.
• Provide briefings for donors and stakeholders.
• Support identification and development of strategic partnerships on GBV.
• Ensure confidentiality and data sharing protocols are adhered to within the GBV team.
• Comply with global and location-specific safety rules and report safety incidents.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in the protection sector.
• Experience with NGOs, UN and working with displaced communities such as refugees and/or IDPs is highly advantageous.
• Thorough understanding of best practices and strategies in Protection and GBV response (case management, psychosocial support, etc.) and prevention and risk reduction.
• Experience in capacity building of local partners and providing direct technical support to local organizations.
• Thorough understanding of GBVIMS, ActivityInfo, and protection information management in general.
• Strong experience in project development and proposal writing.
• Experience in working in legal assistance programs advantageous.
• Willingness to travel regularly as needed.
• Tertiary qualifications in Law, Human Rights, Social Work, Psychology or related discipline.
• Advanced degree such as Masters or a combination of disciplines, is advantageous.
• Fluent in English and Bengali in writing and speaking.
• Knowledge of Rohingya or Rakhine languages is an added value.

Skills

• Protection Sector Experience
• GBV Response
• Case Management
• Psychosocial Support
• GBV Prevention
• Risk Reduction
• Capacity Building
• Technical Support
• Protection Information Systems
• GBVIMS
• ActivityInfo
• Project Development
• Proposal Writing
• Legal Assistance
• Training Development
• Program Quality Assessment
• Community Engagement
• Technical Supervision

Languages

English, Bengali, Rohingya, Rakhine