Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Coordinator

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.  Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

As of May 2019, the Interagency Task Force for the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA Task Force), working under the guidance of the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), is fully functional with UNHCR and IRC as Co-Chairs. The Terms of Reference and work plan for the Task Force were endorsed by the Humanitarian Country Team in June and August 2019, respectively.

Under the direct supervision of the WFP Deputy Representative (Programme and Operations), and with technical support and guidance provided by the Task Force, the PSEA Coordinator is responsible for overseeing and supporting the implementation of PSEA Task Force work plan across Afghanistan. The PSEA Coordinator will be contracted by WFP, and an interagency panel involving WFP, UNHCR and IRC will be formed to carry out the recruitment process for the position.

Working closely with the PSEA Task Force, chaired by UNHCR and IRC, the PSEA Coordinator will undertake the following responsibilities:

Support the implementation of PSEA Task Force work plan
• Support the PSEA Task Force in implementing the work plan and strategy countrywide;
• Support the PSEA Task Force to further build on and update the SEA risk assessment conducted by the members of the Task Force, to inform senior leadership on strategic decision‐making;
• Support senior leadership and the HCT to develop an engagement strategy with the host government, including identified entry points in relevant ministries and stakeholders to enhance outreach and more comprehensively address the risk of SEA in the humanitarian response;
• Take the lead in organizing and delivering training on the PSEA work plan and building national PSEA capacity across Afghanistan, including through a Training of Trainers modality;
• Ensure the PSEA work plan is updated as necessary to reflect changes in the operational context.

Coordinate the PSEA Network across Afghanistan
• Organize the meetings of PSEA Task Force and support its operation in coordination with the Task Force co-chairs (UNHCR and IRC) to achieve the fulfillment of its responsibilities under the Terms of Reference and work plan;
• Represent the PSEA Task Force in other relevant coordination bodies and leadership forums in Kabul and other locations across the country;
• Work closely with regional bodies, particularly the Operational Coordination Teams (OCTs) established at the sub-national level, to ensure PSEA is a central component of humanitarian coordination countrywide.

Strengthen PSEA within WFP
• Considering that the position is funded directly by WFP, function as the primary or alternate relevant in-country PSEA Focal Point for WFP (approximately 33% of total staff time);
• Be a member of the WFP PSEA Advisory Group, collaborating with WFP's Ethics Office as WFP's Corporate Focal Point for PSEA;
• Support WFP’s PSEA efforts regionally in collaboration with WFP's relevant Regional Bureau and WFP's Ethics Office;
• Develop and support implementation of a PSEA Action Plan for the Country Office.

Strengthen PSEA within partner organizations

The presence of the PSEA Coordinator does not lessen the responsibility of individual organizations to develop and/or strengthen their own SEA prevention and response programs across Afghanistan. The PSEA Coordinator supports organizations to follow good practices in PSEA implementation toward collective achievements, while final responsibility for institutional and collective PSEA lies in Heads of Organizations and the HC respectively. The PSEA Coordinator will support PSEA Network members and other relevant entities operating across Afghanistan to strengthen their internal PSEA programs, where requested, including to:
• Establish a Code of Conduct and Whistleblowing Policy that clearly prohibits SEA, obliges reporting of such acts, enforces these clauses when breached, provides meaningful protection to whistleblowers and encourages safe reporting;
• Implement SEA prevention, risk mitigation, and response measures during planning, policy and project development, and programming in each department and in each technical sector;
• Train staff across Afghanistan on PSEA and the Code of Conduct, including appropriate conduct for aid workers and how to submit and receive complaints under internal and inter‐agency reporting systems, both directly and through a Training of Trainers modality;
• Ensure that internal HR practices are in place in human resources departments that guard against hiring persons who have a (pending) allegation of misconduct against them, and include PSEA content in staff induction, contracts and subcontracting, and job evaluation criteria;
• Insert and enforce PSEA clauses in partnership contracts that clarify reporting and investigation responsibilities;
• Establish and/or strengthen internal investigation protocols, including clear case handling responsibilities in‐country, capacitated investigations staff, and ability to enact disciplinary measures where SEA is substantiated; where the Task Force members have a dedicated investigation body in Headquarters, strengthen referrals to the dedicated investigation unit;
• Establish and/or strengthen safe SEA‐specific procedures for internal complaints and feedback mechanisms (CFMs) and referrals to survivor assistance, informed by good practice and community consultations.

Community engagement
• As part of broader community engagement activities, support the PSEA Task Force to gather information on community perspectives on the behavior of aid workers, and their preferences in dispute resolution, discussing sexual matters, and receiving and sharing sensitive information to inform outreach and other activities;
• Support the PSEA Task Force to develop a collective communication strategy to raise awareness on key PSEA messages, including the rights of affected populations, the fact that assistance and services are never conditioned on sexual favors, and how to submit sensitive complaints;
• Ensure that the implementation of the PSEA Task Force work plan is informed by community participation, contextually and culturally appropriate, and based on the community’s needs;
• Engage closely with the Awaaz Interagency Call Centre to ensure dissemination of PSEA information and facilitate reporting of incidents involving SEA;
• Ensure community engagement is linked to relevant government-led initiatives, such as the Citizen’s Charter National Priority Program and the Community Development Councils.

Coordination with Clusters, GBV and Child Protection Sub-Clusters, Government and other actors
• Engage and coordinate closely with all clusters, sub-clusters and governmental entities in Afghanistan to ensure:
o PSEA mainstreaming during planning, policy development and programming;
o Harmonized approach to prevention activities and support of survivors, and that PSEA Task Force activities take a survivor‐centered approach supporting the rights of survivors;
• Represent the PSEA Task Force and provide updates on relevant PSEA activities to clusters, sub-clusters and other existing forums, including the OCTs at the sub-national level;
• Report back to the PSEA Task Force about developments within the clusters, sub-clusters and other exiting forums that may impact the implementation of the PSEA work plan;
• Take part in all Inter-Cluster Coordination Team (ICCT) meetings to ensure PSEA issues are fully represented in discussions;
• Attend HCT meetings quarterly or as agreed to report on progress on PSEA activities in line with the PSEA work plan;
• On a regular basis (as established by the HCT), present on progress toward meeting the objectives of the PSEA Task Force work plan to the HCT, the United Nations Country Team (UNCT), and the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief and Development (ACBAR), the coordinating body for NGOs involved in the humanitarian response.

Establish/strengthen an Interagency Community-Based Complaints Mechanism (CBCM)
• Support the working group assigned to develop interagency community-based complaints SOPs
• Support the PSEA Task Force to develop enhanced referral SOPs for the Awaaz Interagency Call Centre;
• Assist PSEA Task Force members to consult and engage with all relevant stakeholders during the design of the CBCM to ensure support, high‐level commitment, sustainability, and community trust and ownership in the CBCM;
• Ensure the interagency CBCM is aligned with and complementary to the internal complaints and reporting mechanisms implemented by PSEA Task Force members.

Strengthen assistance referral pathways
• Mobilize the PSEA Task Force to assist in a countrywide mapping exercise of available services and gaps in healthcare and legal, psychosocial, and material support in Kabul and at the field level;
• Ensure that the developed SOPs incorporate assistance referral pathways to provide immediate aid for complainants and survivors
• Work with individual agencies and clusters to strengthen area-based assistance referral pathways and identify gaps in service delivery, and raise awareness on the availability of services;
• Assist the Task Force members to train service providers on PSEA‐specific components in service delivery.

Professional experience
• Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, Social Policy, or other field relevant to international development assistance;
• At least three years of direct PSEA-relevant work experience in international context plus at least 5 years of work experience in policy development, research, multi-stakeholder partnerships and coordination;
• Country-level experience in programme management, including experience in working in emergency and fragile contexts;
• Field experience in humanitarian or development settings;
• Understanding of international development and humanitarian architecture;
• Familiarity with the UN system and global coordination structures (e.g., IASC);
• Proven ability to implement an action plan;
• Experience in developing and facilitating training and capacity‐building activities;
• Familiarity with data protection and confidentiality measures.

Technical expertise in at least one of the following areas:
• Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA)
• Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP)
• Protection
• Human rights
• Child protection
• Gender‐based violence and survivor assistance
• Staff misconduct and discipline
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)

Skills
• Coordination (experience in an inter‐agency coordination role);
• Professionalism (proven integrity, objectivity, and professional competence);
• Communication, facilitation, and inter‐personal skills;
• Ability to work with different stakeholders and build consensus;
• Advocacy across a wide variety of actors;
• Leadership (ability to lead a technical network);
• Leveraging (ability to engage at senior leadership level and secure buy‐in);
• Problem‐solving (ability to know what needs to be done and identify the resources to do it).

Languages
• English proficiency required;
• Knowledge of Dari and/or Pashto a strong advantage.

Behavioral requirements
• Sensitivity to cultural diversity, discrimination, and gender issues;
• Ability to interact in a sensitive manner with survivors;
• Ability to work in a stressful environment;
• Ability to delegate.

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
•  Be a force for positive change: Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios)

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
•  Focus on getting results: Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
•  Be Decisive: Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning
•  Build strong external partnerships: Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships 
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.

Duty Station: Kabul, Afghanistan

Duration: 11 months, with possibility of extension for an additional 11 months, based on performance assessment.

Deadline for application: 28 November 2019

Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.