Gender Based Violence Officer

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World Health Organization (WHO)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 0-2 years, 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: ILS 247,628 ILS / yearly
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 08/06/2026
  • Location: Palestine
GBV / VAWG
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
The mission of WHO's Health Emergencies Programme (The Programme) is to help countries, and to coordinator international action, to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies.
 
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
  • Provide timely and sustainable technical support on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) to the WHO concerned team and Health Cluster in Gaza office as needed.
  • Support capacity building activities for health sector partners and service providers on the health response to GBV.
  • Conduct monitoring visits and assessment to verify and document up take of trainings from participants.
  • Conduct visits to targeted health facilities to identify need and gaps to respond to GBV and propose action to address it, in line with WHO tools.
  • Support health cluster planning processes, to make sure GBV activities are appropriately reflected in the Health Cluster plans.
  • Support linkages and coordination between the health cluster (including SRH and MHSPSS working groups as relevant), the GBV sub-working group, and CMR task force.
  • Support to the adaptation of training materials and guidance on GBV in Gaza office.
  • Produce quarterly reports on activities, and submit to MHPSS/ GBV oPt focal point.
 
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education
  • Essential: A first level university degree in a social science or women and gender studies, human rights, or health related field such as public health or closely related field
  • Desirable: Advanced university degree (Master's level or above) in gender issues / gender-based violence, women studies.

  • Experience
  • Essential: At least one year of professional experience working in Gender-Based violence.
  • Desirable: Prior humanitarian working experience at field level, with WHO, other UN agency, health cluster partners, recognized humanitarian organizations or with an international non governmental organization.
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Skills
Excellent organizational and analytical skills with the ability to coordinate activities and multitask.
Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to negotiate with and convince officials with tact and diplomacy.

WHO Competencies
  • Teamwork
  • Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
  • Communication
  • Moving forward in a changing environment
  • Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond

Use of Language Skills
Essential: 
  • Expert knowledge of English.
  • Expert knowledge of Arabic.
Desirable:
  • Working knowledge of another UN official language.

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