French speaking Gender and Protection Officer to Haiti – Haiti

The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) recruits committed and skilled experts for our humanitarian, resilience and peace support operations worldwide on a daily basis. MSB has a long-standing and well-established experience of supporting partners in the UN and the EU in their response to crisis, conflicts or other disasters.

MSB is currently looking to recruit a French speaking Gender Advisor for deployment with WFP to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The duration of the mission is 12 months. The expected start of the deployment is early January 2024.

Haiti is currently facing an acute humanitarian crisis resulting from a series of shocks since 2017. Non-state armed groups have reached unprecedented levels of violence and subject those around them to kidnapping, sexual and gender-based violence and other forms of predation.

The expected impact of the mission is to strenghten the capacity of WFP Haiti country office to identify key gender and protection issues that are relevant for the programmes and to enable employees to understand them and respond to them with adecuate approaches and action. It is expected that the mission will enable anchoring the CSP into transformative approaches, concretely contributing to gender equality and women’s empowerment not only in programs, but in all aspects of WFP operations and processes. It will trigger gender equality mindshift and knowledge acquisition within WFP workforce and partners.

This will be achieved through following key deliverables:
• Design and carryout gender and protection analyses to inform the new interventions and ensure they respond to specific needs and interest;
• Carry out gender and protection capacity strengthening initiatives for WFP personnel and partners;
• Position WFP in gender and protection interagency spaces;
• Review the CFM structure and processes and reports and assess if there is any adjustment to be made.

Experience

• Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience in the areas of gender and/or protection.
• Experience designing and carrying out gender and protection analyses in complex humanitarian settings.
• Experience in assessing capacity development needs and developing learning initiatives, including blended online-in-person training, on gender and/or protection.
• Experience in establishing or assessing community feedback mechanisms will be an asset.
• Previous experience working in an international organization and/or UN organization/WFP is considered an asset.

Education

Master’s degree in Gender Studies, International Development, Social Work, Social Sciences or related fields and/or First University Degree with additional 8 years of related work experience and/or training/courses

Languages

Fluency in English and French is essential, both spoken and written

Other requirements

We are looking for persons with a strong commitment towards humanitarian relief and disaster operations. It is of utmost priority that you understand, respect and act in the spirit of the mandate and core values of the MSB.

You must undergo a pre-employment medical examination, with verified results, by a licensed Physician before being contracted by MSB.

You must inform your regular employer of your potential assignment with the MSB.

MSB operations are based on the needs of populations affected by crisis, and the principle of human equality. Through my behaviour and work as MSB field staff, I actively strive to prevent discrimination and harassment based on sex, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, political opinion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.