Humanitarian Officer (A&Y)

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Mission and objectives

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency with a mission to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. UNFPA calls for realization of reproductive rights for all and supports access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services, including voluntary family planning, maternal health care and comprehensive sexuality education.

Context

On 25 August 2017, coordinated attacks by insurgents on multiple police posts and an army base in Rakhine State, Myanmar, sparked retaliations, and violence towards the minority Rohingya population. This has resulted in a significant influx of Rohingya refugees into the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh, which borders Myanmar. According to the Inter Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) in Cox’s Bazar, since August 2017, more than 720,000 new-arrivals have entered Bangladesh, resulting in the “fastest growing humanitarian crisis in the world”. This massive influx has exacerbated an already protracted refugee crisis situation that continued from the 1970s, which makes the current situation unique and extremely complex. Even prior to August 2017, close to 300,000 Rohingya refugees had already been residing in Bangladesh, including 80- 90,000 who had fled violence in Rakhine in October 2016. For close to a decade now, UNFPA Bangladesh has supported vital health and protection services for registered refugees in camp settlements, and in the last 2 years, UNFPA has strengthened its service provision support to refugees within and outside the camps. UNFPA is spearheading lifesaving efforts to respond to the acute health and protection needs of women and girls amid this crisis, as well as planning interventions for the protracted situation ahead. UNFPA is one of the original five UN agencies authorized by the Government to work in Cox’s Bazar to support refugees. UNFPA is working to ensure access to life-saving commodities, emergency cash assistance, dignity kits, To address the protection needs of women and girls, UNFPA has distributed dignity kits and provided access to life-saving health and psychosocial support services for GBV survivors. The Women Friendly Spaces (WFS) provide case management and psychosocial support activities and offer women and girls a space in which to access services, relax and participate in arts and crafts activities.

Task description

Under the day-to-day supervision of the Programme Officer (A&Y) and direct programmatic and technical supervision of the Programme Specialist/Unit Chief A&Y, this position is responsible for providing programme management and technical support to the UNFPA Adolescent and Youth (A&Y) programme in Cox’s Bazaar. The incumbent will be responsible for supporting UNFPA partners on A&Y programming, coordinating the efforts of different partners, executing the monitoring and evaluation required for the A&Y programme, including providing information for donor reporting and other products that engage in evidence-based, critical analysis of UNFPA’s A&Y programming in Cox’s Bazaar. The Humanitarian Officer A&Y is expected to collaborate closely with SRHR, GBViE, Humanitarian Coordination, & M&E Teams in delivering UNFPA’s response in Cox’s Bazar. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Programme Management: • Contribute substantively to the development of projects for Rohingya and host community adolescents and youth living in Cox’s Bazar, in line with UNFPA policies and procedures and budgetary regulations. • Ensure the timely development of results-based work plans (WPs) and all other related annual and quarterly documents relevant to the A&Y humanitarian projects, consistent with UNFPA’s overall response in Cox’s Bazar. • Liaise with Implementing Partners (IPs), including with all project personnel, other government counterparts, relevant clusters and UN agencies to identify implementation/management bottlenecks and coordinate the actions to overcome them. • Support the implementation of project/programme activities under direct UNFPA execution (DEX), such as coordination of research/studies, facilitation of consultants’ work and field vis-its. Capacity Development: • Identify capacity development needs in relation to Gender, Adolescent and Youth issues, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR), Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) and Life Skills Education amongst Implementing Partners. • Plan/conduct appropriate trainings for relevant staff of IPs and ensure IP staff knowledge and skills levels are of a high standard to implement projects which fall under the A&Y umbrella. • Contribute to the development of training modules and SBCC materials for adolescents in the Rohingya refugee and host communities, if appropriate, and support the IP to implement/de-liver these. • Ensure overall quality project implementation by contributing significantly to design, management, and supervision of effective trainings, orientation sessions and other capacity building programmes for different categories of stakeholders. Monitoring and Evaluation: • Closely monitor project implementation to identify best practices as well as constraints, share them with the relevant UNFPA programme teams and implementing agencies, and in case of constraints, recommend solutions to overcome them. • Undertake regular field visits to monitor the quality and timely implementation of project activities and provide support to IPs in the delivery of interventions to adolescent girls and boys as well as youth. • In collaboration with the M&E Unit, collect and analyse data/information from the projects and draft relevant quarterly/annual reports and donor reports. Communication, Knowledge Management and Partnerships: • Ensure knowledge management by documenting good practices, challenges and responses and sharing these with all relevant programmes of the UNFPA Sub-Office and the A&Y unit in the Country Office. • Support the Programme Officer (A&Y) and Programme Specialist/Unit Chief (A&Y), in drafting periodic documentation and dissemination of project processes, lessons learnt and best practices internally and externally as required. • Assist in future advocacy and resource mobilization efforts of the Country Office by preparing relevant documentation, i.e. project summaries, concept notes, speeches, donor profiles, and participating in donor meetings and public information events. Other Corporate Tasks: • Collaborate with all relevant programmes of the UNFPA Sub-Office to ensure teamwork and promote programmatic convergence. • Support, organize and participate in missions from the UNFPA Country Office, donors, government officials, and media to highlight A&Y issues in Cox’s Bazar. • Any other relevant activities/responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor, Representative and/or Deputy Representative. Results/Expected Outputs • Effective implementation of all A&Y programme interventions in Cox’s Bazar • Completed work plans, monthly reports on progress, mission reports • Donor reports, concept notes, communication products