National Consultant - Cox, Alicante provincia, España - UNFPA

Descripción

The Position:


National Consultant:
Conducting an external service audit for GBV service facilities across Rohingya refugee camps/ host community sites.

Hiring Office:
UNFPA Cox's Bazar Office, Bangladesh.


Purpose of consultancy:

Since the influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox's Bazar in 2017, the situation of gender-based violence (GBV) has remained a significant concern, with women and girls disproportionately affected by various forms of abuse within the refugee camps and in host communities.

The cramped living conditions and economic stress within the Rohingya refugee camps contribute to heightened tensions and increased risks for domestic violence.

Women and girls are at continued risk of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse within their own households, with limited recourse to support services.

Under the leadership of UNFPA led GBV Sub-Sector, in 2024, a total of 57 GBV actors are providing a range of essential services to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV).

These services encompass comprehensive case management and referral services through different service facilities as well as service modalities, including:

safe spaces and shelters, healthcare/medical treatment and psychosocial support, legal assistance, community awareness & education, capacity building initiatives for humanitarian workers, GBV prevention activities, and GBV risk mitigation activities with community people and relevant stakeholders.

Through these comprehensive interventions, efforts are made to address the immediate needs of survivors, promote their recovery and empowerment, and contribute to the prevention of further violence within the Rohingya refugee community.

The purpose of the consultancy is to

• Conduct comprehensive assessment of the quality and standards of Gender-Based Violence Sub-Sector (GBVSS) members' service facilities across 33 camps and 11 host community sites. This audit will focus on ensuring that GBVSS member facilities incorporate the 4 activities outlined in the 2024 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for GBVSS, thereby assessing their quality, standards, effectiveness, efficiency, and inclusivity in delivering services to crisisaffected populations.
• Establish systematic service quality assessment across a sampling of GBV service providers in the Rohingya response, in order to establish evidenceinformed recommendations, promote transparency and adherence to established standards, fostering a culture of accountability to survivors and the affected populations within service delivery systems.
• Generate a systematic analysis of gaps and recommendations (regarding service quality and standards) for the GBVSS members to improve the GBV services in Cox's Bazar as a Sub-Sector.
• Inform policy decisions and strategies at local, national, and international levels and to develop evidencebased interventions and allocate resources effectively to address the complex challenges of genderbased violence.

Scope of work:

Under the overall guidance of the Head of the UNFPA Sub-Office in Cox's Bazar, and the direct supervision of GBVSS Coordinator, the national consultant will lead the service audit in the camps/ host communities.

Specifically, and in consultation with GBVSS partners and its targeted beneficiaries and along with relevant stakeholders as necessary, the consultant will undertake the following tasks and fulfil the following purposes:

• The consultant will review 2020 service assessment methodology, Inter-agency Minimum Standards for GBViE Programming and Essential Service Package (ESP) for Women and Girls Subject to Violence together with GBVSS Cox's Bazar's 2023 service audit findings (dashboard).
• Consultant will turn the GBVSS Cox's Bazar's 2023 service audit findings into a brief background report with key infographics and narrative for the key findings, to serve as a baseline for the 2024 service audit.
• The consultant will work to map out the diverse types of GBVrelated service facilities that exist across GBV actors (e.g. Women and Girls Safe Spaces, Multi-Purpose Women Centers, Women Friendly Spaces, Community Centers, Women Led Community Centers, Men and Boys Engagement Centers, Integrated Services like Nutrition Centre and Health facilities integrated with GBV Services) and design a plan to formalise the standardisation of service provision offered at each different space. This plan should involve instituting minimum standards and defined best practices across all GBV actors, as per facilities.
• Consultant will create a service audit plan for 2024 service audit (including methodology, sampling, list of service audit thematic categories and questions, field implementation logistics) based on a review of existing documents, practices, and consult with GBVSS coordinator, field coordinators and IMO (Information Management Officer) to acquire verification of field relevancy.
• Consultant will conduct the service assessment using the agreed methodolog