Job title:                                                           National Consultant – GBV  

Level:                                                                Consultancy equivalent to gross of staff position level NOD

Location:                                                          Port Moresby

Closing date:                                               15 June 2023

Duration:                                                          June/July – November 2023

Background:

Papua New Guinea is a country with a high total fertility rate and a resultant growing working-age population. About 60 percent of the PNG population is below 25 years old. It has a high maternal mortality ratio of 171 per 100,000 live births, among the highest in the world. It has a low contraceptive prevalence rate of 24.1 percent, a high unmet need for family planning at 30 percent, low coverage of skilled birth attendance, and a high HIV epidemic prevalence at 0.8 percent.

PNG has one of the highest rates of gender-based violence in the world. About 63.9 percent of women in PNG have experienced physical, sexual, or emotional violence by their spouse (PNG Demographic and Health Survey 2016). About 57 percent of these women were injured due to spousal violence. COVID-19 is making a bad situation worse. Increasing community tensions due to COVID-19-related mistrust and fear have also been highlighted as possible risk factors for elevated rates of sorcery-related violence.

One of the three transformative results of UNFPA is to end gender-based violence and all forms of harmful practices. In this connection, UNFPA is one of the four UN agencies working together in the Joint Programme on Gender-Based Violence Initiative under the European Union Spotlight funding. More specifically, UNFPA is the convenor of Pillar, 5, GBV Data.

One of the challenges in GBV prevention in PNG is the lack of a national and centralized administrative database on GBV in the country. This database is important to establish at the national and sub-national levels as this will inform policy, planning, programming, and budgeting to help accelerate efforts to end GBV in the country. This need was specifically highlighted by the Special Parliamentary Committee on Gender-based Violence, as relayed to the Department of Community Development and Religion (DfCDR).

To support the DfCDR, UNFPA will hire a National Consultant who will be supported by a data specialist who will do a mapping of what GBV incidence data administrative systems are available at the national and sub-national levels and provide recommendations on how these systems could interface, including the use of data sharing protocols. This will be supported by the EU Spotlight funding.

The other challenge in GBV prevention in PNG is that the facility-based referral pathway standard operating procedures and health-based case management protocol have not been fully institutionalized in hospitals in PNG for the Family Support Centers and case referrals in FSCs need to be well-coordinated.

Hence, in addition to supporting important work to inform the setting up of a National GBV Data Incidence, the National Consultant will work on the institutionalization of the facility-based referral pathway SOPs and health-based GBV case management protocol in hospitals for Family Support Centers (FSCs) and coordination of case referrals from FSCs in one province for each of the four regions of PNG under EU Spotlight Funding.

Scope of work

For the national GBV incidence data system, with the overall guidance of the Country Representative and Deputy Representative the National GBV Consultant with the assistance of the data specialist will:

• Prepare the inception report, drafts, and final version of the report;
• Undertake a comprehensive mapping of national and sub-national GBV administrative data in the country. This includes collection, analytics, and dissemination of GBV data.
• Hold a consultative workshop with key stakeholders, including Government and Civil Society Organizations, including the academe, faith-based organizations, people with disability, and young people to present the findings and key recommendations – the latter in the form of an options paper with a proposed budget.
• Draft presentation and action points/minutes of the meeting and prepare and finalize the draft report (outcome) of the consultation.
• For the institutionalization of facility-based referral pathway SOPs and health-based GBV case management protocol in hospitals for FSC and coordination of case referrals from FSC, documents will need to be developed and rolled out in Spotlight priority provinces in close coordination with NDOH and DfCDR.

Qualifications and Experience

Qualification

• Master in Public Health or Medical degree;
• Training in adolescent and reproductive health in the last five years is desirable;
• Must be able to remain focused under pressure, with a commitment to working hard and long hours; and
• Must be meticulous - have a keen eye for details, looking for excellence/perfection in all technical matters

Professional experience

• At least five years of solid and recent experience in preparing a country adolescent health analysis;
• At least five years of work experience in coordination with government entities and civil society organizations, the conduct of workshops/consultations,

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,
  • Communicating for impact

Languages:

• Fluency in oral and written English is required.

Submission of applications:

Interested applicants should submit their applications of interest to:

The UNFPA Representative, UNFPA, Level 14, Kina Haus, Douglas Street, PO Box 1041, Port Moresby via email: png-recruitment@unfpa.org no later than 15 June 2023.

This should include:

Letter of Interest, CV, and UN Personal History Form (P11)