• Job Identification: 28494
• Posting Date: 08/14/2025, 11:08 AM
• Apply Before: 08/27/2025, 04:08 AM
• Job Schedule: Full time
• Locations : Aden, Yemen
• Grade: P4
• Vacancy Type: Individual Consultancy
• Rotational/Non:  RotationalRotational
• Contract Duration: 3 months
• Education & Work Experience: Master's Degree - 5 year(s) experience
• Required Languages: Arabic- English
• Desired Languages: English
• Vacancy Timeline: 2 Weeks
• Job Network: 1

Job Description

The Position:

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a critical protection concern in Yemen, driven by nine years of conflict and compounded by overlapping emergencies such as violent conflict, economic collapse, climate induced disasters, and disrupted public services. Women and girls are disproportionately affected, comprising 80% of the 4.8 million displaced individuals, with approximately a quarter of displaced households headed by women. According to the 2025 Humanitarian Response Plan, 6.2 million people in Yemen need GBV-related protection and services. The GBV AoR aims to reach 900,000 individuals at risk of GBV through specialized interventions. This includes 742,701 internally displaced persons (IDPs), 88% of whom are women and girls, as well as other vulnerable groups such as individuals with disabilities, the Muhamasheen community, female-headed households, and child survivors of GBV. The GBV AoR is led by UNFPA and Co led by Yemen Women Union at the national level. At the sub-national level, there are 5 hubs (Aden, Sanaa, Saada, IBB and Hodieda) and two sub-hubs (Marib and Mikalla), each with a hub level coordinator. Each hub level GBV AoR has approximately 20 members. The consultant will work closely with GBV AOR coordinator in Aden , expected travel to Lahj, Abyan, Marib and governorates.

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

GBV Safety Audits is a tool to assess GBV risks as well as to identify actions to reduce and mitigate risks and improve the response to survivors of GBV. The GBV Safety Audit provides support to identify those needs in order to obtain greater insights and understand the safety and security risks that groups disproportionately affected by the emergencies without seeking evidence or proof of the occurrence of GBV incidents as it is acknowledged that no incident data to assume GBV is happening in a humanitarian context .Yemen GBV /Women Protection AOR plans to conduct the GBV Safety Audit exercise in various locations in the South area (Aden, Mukalla, Mairb , . The GBV Safety Audit will engage international/local organizations and communities in the exercise aiming at mainstreaming GBV risk reduction and response across sectors. The expertise and contextual knowledge of the GBV Women Protection AOR, and in particular of women-led organizations, is pivotal for the contextualization of the safety audit. Data will be analyzed to present concrete recommendations on GBV risk mitigation relevant to relevant stakeholders. Objectives: The objective of Safety Audit is to collect information that will allow the assessment of risks related to GBV affecting women and girls in South of Yemen . Different locations of South of Yemen will be included in the GBV Safety Audit, in consultation with the GBV Women Protection AOR members, to allow for area-based and contextualized response recommendations and GBV risk reduction guidance for each coordination sector (i.e Health, WASH, CP, etc)

You would be responsible for:

Methodology and Tools: Data collection: The Safety Audit promotes a participatory approach, using a set of tools to facilitate the collection of qualitative data to inform risk mitigation measures. The Safety Audit in Yemen will use Assessment Toolkit developed by IRC including following tools:

 Safety audit: The safety audit team composed of GBV- women protection AOR coordination team in the South and members and, where possible, community members conduct an observatory walk through an area to identify the factors that make people, or a particular group feel safe/unsafe and difficult to access essential services. The safety audit team will identify GBV risk factors while observing the space, the structures, the provision of services, the information available as well as other elements which can contribute to the safety or unsafety of groups. The team can also take photos of the area to reinforce findings. 

Focus Group Discussion (FGD): Focus group discussions are structured conversations with a group of eight to ten girls/women. The FGD tool provides guidance on conducting and facilitating the discussions and the list of questions, including targeted questions. Individual GBV disclosures or information on specific GBV incidents should not be discussed during the Safety Audits.

 Individual interview: Individual Interviews are conducted with persons with a key role in GBV risk reduction and response for girls/women. Key informants may include GBV service providers, community leaders, community volunteers, government entities, security and police forces, etc. The questions are qualitative and seek to discuss risk, referral plan and procedures for survivors who may report their cases, and response needs. Data related to specific incidents should never be requested.

Data Collection Plan Locations will be finalized in consultation with GBV Women Protection AOR members. However, some proposed locations (safe spaces and shelters) where GBV service providers are stationed and easy access can be facilitated. A detailed plan will be developed in addition to the ToR with the dates, participants, and required support from the GBV women Protection AOR members to organize activities especially Focus Group Discussion and Individual Interview in each location. Data collected during the GBV Safety Audit exercise will be validated with the GBV Women Protection AOR members in a separate session. The results and analysis of the GBV Safety Audit will be shared including main findings with trend per location/age/gender/theme, methodology, and GBV risk reduction and response recommendations per sector/type of actor. The GBV Safety Audit will be coordinated through the GBV Women Protection AOR in collaboration with other clusters including the Protection cluster, CP AoR, and the PSEA network where possible. Coordination will also be ensured with local women’s organizations, community-based organizations, and other civil society organizations will also be engaged as necessary.

UNFPA, as a lead of the GBV Sub-cluster, will coordinate the Safety Audit including the data collection, analysis, and logistics including: 

• Facilitate data collection, identifying participants and organizing with the stakeholders the site visits for the safety walks including logistics. 
• Develop/update Data Collection Plan for the implementation of the Safety Audit in coordination with the GBV AOR coordination team
•  Organize a validation workshop with the GBV /Women Protection AOR members. 
• Produce the Safety Audit report with practical recommendation and coordinate its review by the GBV AOR members, focal points from other sectors, and regional technical support teams where possible.

Monitoring and progress control, including reporting requirements, periodicity format and deadline:

Based on the information collected, the consultant(s) should submit a draft and a final report synthesizing the analysis findings, and recommendations. The report should respond in detail to the key focus areas described above. It should include a set of specific and actionable recommendations formulated for the programme, and identify the necessary actions required to be undertaken, who should undertake those and possible timelines. 

The consultant should submit the following Deliverables:

•  Work plan including locations and methodology, timeframe and tools 
• Inception Report with work plan and tools 
• Draft Safety Audit Report with preliminary findings 
• Final Report including.

Supervisory arrangements: The consultant will report directly the National GBV - Women Protection coordinator Amira Mohana mohana@unfpa.org

Education, Qualifications and Experience: 

1. Advanced university degree in, gender, women rights, international studies, development or related fields. 

2. Minimum of 5 years working experience in conducting research, reports, facilitation of workshops and other relevant services in the field of GBV or gender.

 Knowledge and Experience: 

1. Understand the Yemen context as well as social norms and gender issues in Yemen 

2. Excellent planning and organizational skills 

3. Excellent ability to meet deadlines 
 
Languages: 

Ability to work in Arabic and English

Required Competencies: 

Values:

• Exemplifying integrity, 
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system, 
• Embracing cultural diversity, 
• Embracing change

Core Competencies: 

• Achieving results,
• Being accountable,
• Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
• Thinking analytically and strategically,
• Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships, 

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements. 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts. 

Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.