Country: Somalia
Closing date: 02 Jan 2018
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Summary of key accountabilities:
Prevention
Support PSEA mainstreaming during planning, policy development and programming, through participation in the Inter-Cluster-Coordination Group (ICCG).
Establish inter-agency community-based complaint mechanisms (CBCM) in operations sites, soliciting participation from a broad range of humanitarian assistance agencies, including NGOs, and developing common protocols for complaint handling and referring SEA allegations for follow up and investigation, working with beneficiaries to ensure relevance to the local community (especially setting up entry points).
Work closely with the Protection Cluster (i.e. GBV sub-cluster and Child Protection sub-cluster) and implementing partners to ensure coordinated referral mechanisms for victim services and implementation of United Nations strategy on victim assistance.
Co-ordinate with the Gender Focal Point Network and other gender groups as appropriate to ensure synergy, collaboration and complementary efforts.
Develop and facilitate PSEA training modules for humanitarian staff, including UN, NGOs (national and international), International Organizations (IOs), implementing partners, CBOs and, as appropriate, community members on appropriate conduct for aid workers, international standards on PSEA, roles and responsibilities, and how to submit and receive complaints.
Support and maintain the nomination of PSEA focal points from humanitarian assistance agencies and implementing partners by organizing monthly meetings, acting as Secretariat to the PSEA network, enhancing communication and information sharing among FPs in the network and with existing coordination and complaint/feedback mechanisms.
Ensure that the identities of PSEA focal points and their contact details are disseminated to the humanitarian community, key stakeholders in their areas of operations, and to beneficiaries/affected populations.
Advocate for the incorporation of PSEA responsibilities into focal points TORs and performance evaluations as an incentive for them to adequately perform their roles.
Ensure implementing partners Code of Conduct clearly prohibits SEA and obligates them to report such acts. Where SEA is not in partners Codes of Conduct, s/he should advocate with humanitarian assistance agencies to include PSEA clauses in their partnership agreements, and enforce these clauses when breached.
Provide awareness-raising sessions and training on PSEA for the humanitarian community including staff of humanitarian agencies and its implementing partners, victim assistance providers and relevant Cluster leads, on a regular basis.
Make appropriate recommendations to the RC/HC and the Inter-Cluster-Coordination Group (ICCG) on enhancing SEA prevention strategies, including collecting and analysing actual/potential vulnerability risk factors for SEA and elaborating measures to address them.
Ensure that procedures to guard against hiring persons who have a record of SEA offences are put in place and applied in the area of operations.
Work with human resources personnel of all agencies/organizations to include PSEA content in staff inductions, contracts, and sub-contracting and advocate for enforcement of PSEA contract clauses.
Response systems
Ensure the development and use of interagency procedures for PSEA cooperation and reporting SEA incidents, and promote understanding among humanitarian agency andimplementing partner/contractor staff of their internal PSEA policies and reporting procedures.
Following the Best Practice Guide on inter-agency PSEA CBCMs, support humanitarian agencies and implementing partners/contractors in setting up systems for receiving, handling, and referring SEA allegations committed by humanitarian staff, implementing partners, and personnel of other entities (such as sub-contractors), including when the institutional affiliation of the alleged perpetrator(s) is unknown or uncertain. A complaint mechanism should ideally be established to receive complaints against staff from all organizations and be able to process complaints on a wide variety of issues, rather than only SEA, so as to promote use and avoid stigmatization.
Take appropriate measures to ensure safety and confidentiality of complaints/allegations received by the designated Focal Points and through other entry points.
Where required, support implementing partners to ensure SEA investigation procedures and capacity are in place.
Train focal points on their roles and responsibilities. In particular ensuring that once a complaint is received:
Ensure that all materials pertaining to complaints are handled strictly in line with the SOPs. Refer complaints/allegations to the entity within an Organization tasked with investigating staff misconduct for immediate action.
Immediately refer complainants, or survivors if different from the complainant, to the victim/survivor assistance mechanism established by SOPs on prevention and response to SGBV and in close cooperation with the GBV Sub-Cluster, in order to access appropriate services i.e. medical, psychosocial, legal and material support. If a victim assistance mechanism is not yet in place, the Focal Points should seek to facilitate access to such support outside the area of operation.
Engagement with and support of affected populations
Lead development of a creative communication strategy together with IPs to facilitate awareness-raising in communities on their rights, the fact that humanitarian assistance is never conditioned on sexual favours, and how to submit complaints.
Carry out community consultations to identify culturally and contextually appropriate entry points for submitting complaints, including SEA allegations.
Incorporate community feedback into programme adjustment to ensure that the mechanism remains appropriate to community needs.
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