Consultant Regional Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (PSEAH) - Europe and Central Asia (C)

The Consultant Regional PSEAH Officer will provide strategic advice, technical guidance, and capacity building to IOM offices in Europe and Central Asia on prevention and response to sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment. The role involves coordination with regional and country offices, inter-agency representation, and promotion of best practices in PSEAH.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and recommendations to the Regional Director, Deputy Regional Directors and Chiefs of Mission on strategic engagement, policy and programmatic decisions on PSEAH.
• Provide SEAH case management technical guidance, support and oversight to IOM PSEAH Officers and Focal Points within country offices on victim assistance and ensuring a victim/survivor-centred approach.
• Maintain timely information-sharing and case coordination between country offices, the PSEAH Unit and other relevant HQ units on individual case supervision and victim assistance.
• Ensure that IOM country offices in the region have mechanisms to facilitate access to assistance for SEA survivors.
• Build capacity of IOM PSEAH Officers and Focal Points within the region to respond to SEAH disclosures and ensure access to assistance.
• Support and advise IOM Country Offices to undertake risk assessments to identify SEA gaps and mitigate risks.
• Provide technical guidance and support on integration of PSEAH within project proposals, budgets and reports.
• Promote application and sharing of best practices on SEAH prevention, risk mitigation, and response and document lessons learned.
• Represent IOM within inter-agency PSEA fora and participate in seminars, meetings and events advocating for IOM’s PSEAH initiatives.
• Undertake duty travel as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Gender, Development Studies and Planning, International Relations, Psychology, Social Sciences, Law, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with five years of relevant professional experience; or University degree in the above fields with seven years of relevant professional experience.
• Professional experience in the fields of sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, protection, child protection, gender-based violence, accountability to affected populations (AAP), gender mainstreaming and/or humanitarian affairs.
• Experience in management of sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, child protection or gender-based violence cases.
• Demonstrated coordination experience within the UN system and amongst interagency partners, including governments, NGOs, and communities.
• Experience in developing and facilitating PSEAH trainings, in particular capacity-building, and communication materials to promote behavior change.
• Experience undertaking PSEAH risk assessments, in coordination with relevant offices, communities, partners, and UN and other key stakeholders.
• Experience in proposal development and the creation of standard operating procedures and tools.
• Experience in mainstreaming PSEAH, gender-based violence, child protection, protection, gender, or accountability to affected populations.
• Demonstrated ability to work across a wide variety of sectors/teams on cross-cutting themes.
• Good written and oral communication skills, effective in representation and liaison with external partners.
• Ability to organize work, work independently and prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks, maintain attention to detail, and coordinate with a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to work with affected individuals with empathy, sensitivity and a victim-centred approach.
• Knowledge and understanding of IOM’s institutional approach on PSEAH and Ethics and related strategies, policies, rules and regulations.
• Ability to work with and maintain strict confidentiality, when necessary.
• Fluency in English (oral and written) is required.
• Working knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) is an advantage.

Skills

• Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
• Sexual Harassment Case Management
• Child Protection
• Gender-Based Violence Awareness
• Accountability to Affected Populations
• Gender Mainstreaming
• Humanitarian Affairs
• PSEAH Training Development
• Capacity Building
• PSEAH Risk Assessment
• Proposal Development
• Standard Operating Procedures Implementation
• Inter-agency Coordination
• Stakeholder Liaison
• Victim-Centred Approach
• Confidentiality Management
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Empathy and Sensitivity
• IOM PSEAH Policies

Languages

English