Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment (PSEAH) – Category A Consultancy

The protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), including the prevention of and response to SEA, continues to gain momentum not only within the United Nations (UN) and Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) common systems but also amongst governments, institutional partners, media and the general public. 
Over the past decade, IOM has increasingly been seen as a strong player supporting the prevention and response to SEA and Sexual Harassment within the UN, IASC, and amongst the humanitarian community. While significant progress has been made to prevent and respond to SEA within the Organization such as through the development of innovative PSEA trainings, the development of a misconduct platform to report SEA, and extensive interagency collaboration on PSEA, more needs to be done within country and at the programmatic level and the PSEA Consultant will support these efforts.

Under the direct guidance and supervision of the IOM PSEAH Coordinator, the consultant will be responsible for support interagency PSEA efforts and PSEAH mainstreaming within the IOM in Mozambique.

Act as co-chair of the Interagency PSEA Network at Cabo Delgado Level:

1. Convene and manage network meetings and events.
2. Lead on the implementation of specific activities in the interagency PSEA Action Plan.
3. Support the interagency PSEA Coordinator in overseeing the implementation of the Action Plan with partners of the Networks.
4. Act as a secretariat for the Inter-Agency PSEA Network.
5. Carry out capacity building activities for the members of the PSEA network and provide technical guidance on PSEA.
6. On behalf of the PSEA network, collaborate with other coordination structures at Cabo Delgado level, including Protection Cluster, GBV AoR, CP AoR, AAP/CE WG as well as the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group, in order to facilitate PSEA mainstreaming.
7. Liaise and coordinate with the interagency PSEA Coordinator and other PSEA network co-chairs to ensure effective functioning of the PSEA network at sub-national level.

Contribute to PSEAH mainstreaming in IOM Mission:

1. Contribute to the inclusion of PSEAH within IOM Country Office Strategy, programming, risk mitigation and management, planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation. 
2. Support in drafting technical documents, guidance, tools, training materials on PSEAH;
3. Support in building the PSEAH capacity of IOM staff, related personnel, implementing partners, service providers, government officials and other humanitarian actions.
4. Support in conducting SEA risk assessments, identifying and implementing SEA risk mitigation measures across sectors and programs.
5. Support in incorporating PSEAH across units, departments and programs through the TRANSFORM tool;
6. Contribute to developing projects proposals do address PSEAH needs and gaps;
7. Participate in relevant meeting on behalf of IOM – PSEAH unit;
8. Travel as needed to support PSEAH mainstreaming and monitoring in programs;
9. Perform any other duties as may be assigned. 
10. Provide expert advice to Program Managers and Project Officers on PSEAH integration and SEA risk mitigation measures;

Education, Experience and/or skills required

• Master’s degree in law, International Relations, Psychology, Social Sciences, Development Studies and Planning or a related field from an accredited academic institution with two years of relevant professional experience; or,
• University degree in the above fields with four years of relevant professional experience.
• Professional experience in the fields of sexual exploitation and abuse, protection, child protection, gender-based violence, accountability to affected populations (AAP), gender mainstreaming and/or humanitarian affairs.
• Strong coordination experience within the UN system and amongst interagency partners, including governments, NGOs, and communities. 
• Experience in developing and facilitating PSEA trainings, in particular capacity-building, and communication materials to promote behavior change. 
• Experience undertaking PSEA risk assessments, in coordination with communities, partners, and UN and other key stakeholders. 
• Demonstrated ability to work across a wide variety of sectors/teams on cross-cutting themes. 
• Good written and oral communication skills, effective in representation and liaison with external partners; 
• Experience in policy and proposal development and the creation of standard operating procedures and tools; and,
• Ability to organize work, work independently and prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks, maintain attention to detail, and coordination with a variety of stakeholders.
• Knowledge and understanding of IOM’s institutional approach on PSEA and related strategies, policies, rules and regulations
• Knowledge of the UN system and architecture.
• In depth knowledge of mainstreaming best practices and partnership models to ensure coordination of the same across a diversified range of actors.
• Ability to work with and maintain strict confidentiality, when necessary.
• Excellent English and Portuguese knowledge (both oral and written)

Travel required

• Undertake duty travel as required
• The consultant is expected to travel frequently top remote areas in Northern Mozambique