SGBV Senior Advisor (Humanitarian & Development Global) At International Planned Parenthood Federation

1.JOB PURPOSE

To develop and coordinate the Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) programming and advocacy portfolio, providing guidance and a framework for interventions at Member Association level and represent the federation in regional and global fora. The portfolio will include providing close technical support to MAs within the South – South East Asia region under the SPRINT project, as well as humanitarian and development SGBV activities under core and restricted funds.

2.JOB CONTEXT

SGBV is a human rights violation associated with death, injury, and a broad range of negative sexual and physical health issues and socioeconomic impacts. The root causes of SGBV are abuse of power, gender inequalities, discrimination, and harmful societal norms. During emergencies such as conflicts, natural disasters, or infectious disease outbreaks such as Covid-19, the risk to survivors’ sexual and reproductive health caused by violence, exploitation, and abuse is heightened, particularly for women and girls but also marginalized and excluded groups such as people with disabilities and those of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC).

SGBV is an essential component of IPPF Integrated Package (IPES) and the Humanitarian Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for SRH in Crisis provided by Member Associations (MAs) as part of their services, adapting approaches to be context-specific for stable and fragile settings.

This role will provide technical assistance to the Humanitarian and Development Programs and IPPF MAs on SGBV and its intersections with SRH and represent the Federation in regional and global fora.

This is an exciting job that will be at the heart of transforming how we deliver SGBV services, better leveraging its role in wider norm change seeking to be braver according to how much each context can stretch and developing solid implementation principles and safe monitoring systems

3.KEY TASKS

Advise the humanitarian technical lead to ensure that the SGBV portfolio is integrated with IPPF’s broader SRHR mandate.

Provide evidence-based technical support to Regional Offices and MAs to build their capacity on prevention of and response to SGBV within SRH programs, including activities to reduce and mitigate the health consequences of SGBV, maximizing opportunities to reach women, youth, people with disabilities, people who are of diverse SOGIESC to engage them to advocate for their rights and better respond to the needs of survivors.

Contribute to delivering the ambitious outcomes of IPPF’s new Strategic Framework (Locally Owned: Globally Connected: A Movement for Change) and oversee SGBV technical assistance in humanitarian and development programs.

Develop and coordinate planning and implementing specific SGBV interventions as an essential component of IPPF integrated package of essential services (IPES) and MISP, ensuring collaboration across the Secretariat and MAs to maximize program delivery and impact.

Collaborate closely with technical colleagues across the Secretariat to inform SGBV strategic, programmatic and technical direction and support development and rollout of technical guidance, tools and other products. This may involve participation in technical workstreams, action teams or taskforces on specific thematic areas and technical priorities.

Provide SGBV technical assistance in the development of proposals, program design, work plans, implementation, reporting and M&E and compliance with the requirements and regulations of respective funding streams.

Support the preparation of reporting documents for each of the different humanitarian projects/programs, taking as input the reports of the Humanitarian Team and the MAs.

Accompany field visits when required and in the logic of technical monitoring of processes and qualification of the teams in the development of their projects and/or programs.

Work in coordination with the Senior Sexual and Reproductive Health Technical Advisors, the Senior M&E Humanitarian Advisor, Program managers, Architects of Cooperation and RO humanitarian advisors to ensure project progress.

Work closely with the Communications Team to elaborate technical documents and/or materials for the development of tools, key information to make IPPF’s SGBV programing visible (e.g. life stories, case studies, videos IEC materials, posters, leaflets, etc).

Work closely with the Gender and Inclusion Team to ensure all SGBV programs address gendered and intersectional nuances to reach the most affected.

Work in coordination with the Performance, Learning and Impact Team to leverage IPPF’s expertise and learning for the benefit of IPPF Members Associations and the wider SRHR community.

Build partnerships where appropriate with specialist external partners to progress and strengthen SGBV services in SRH programs and represent IPPF effectively in relevant global technical and advocacy groups in the development and humanitarian sectors.

Contribute to the implementation of IPPF’s gender equality policy, working in close collaboration with the Global Lead, Gender & Inclusion and the gender steering group.

Advance the SGBV discussion within the federation under the leadership of AWRO ( as global lead for SGBV), including the development of an SGBV Theory of Change.

Contribute be spoke technical support to restricted projects that include SGBV, including IPPF’s flagship humanitarian SPRINT program:

• Supporting MAs in South and South-East Asia to strengthen their SGBV work as part of the implementation of their annual workplans.
• Providing support to MAs and Humanitarian team colleagues to provide technical advice, offer training and coaching, and provide evidence sources relating to SGBV.

4.PERSON SPECIFICATION

For this technical advisor role, IPPF seeks a professional in social, human and/or clinical sciences with significant experience in gender, SGBV, protection in humanitarian settings. The successful candidate will have:

Skills/Expertise

• Significant experience in comprehensive SGBV, program design, implementation, capacity building and advocacy in development and humanitarian settings.
• Significant experience developing organizational guidance and promoting reflective learning on technical issues, relating to SGBV.
• Advanced understanding of gender transformative programming and inclusion, and on how humanitarian crises affect different segments of a population, including women and men in their diversity, youth, people with disabilities, including those of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity etc.
• Significant experience of training and mentoring teams on SGBV programming with the ability to bring diverse actors together across cultures and geographies to create an aligned and powerful force for change.
• Strong track record of technical leadership, and proven ability to produce demonstrable results
• Experience of working in diverse cultural contexts
• Experience working in comprehensive SGBV programs in Health Sector settings, including prevention and response; reproductive coercion, intimate partner violence, sexual violence and female genital mutilation
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills to internal and external audiences.
• Sound judgement, particularly in constrained and pressured situations and environments.
• Fluent in English, other IPPF languages desirable.