Gender Based Violence Advisor at Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI)

Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency.

PUI has been operating in Nigeria since 2016, initially establishing its presence in Borno State with a field office in Maiduguri. Over the years, PUI has expanded its humanitarian response to deep-field locations, including Monguno and Pulka, and more recently to Katsina State in Northwest Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Gender Based Violence Advisor

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Full-time

General Objectives

• Under the direct and technical supervision of the Protection Coordinator, the GBV Advisor will primarily focus on capacity-building initiatives, defining the strategy and framework for GBV response and developing tools and resources for an effective GBV prevention and response implementation.
• Ensuring that quality standards are met and providing guidance and training to PUI and implementing partners’ staff in the different locations of interventions in the Northeast and Northwest Nigeria.

Responsibilities and Tasks
Capacity building:

• Conduct comprehensive capacity needs assessments for existing staff members of PUI and partners to evaluate their knowledge and skills regarding GBV-related topics.
• Ensure PUI & implementing partner staff’s capacity building, including preparing training packages, facilitating sessions and animating the pool of internal facilitators, in coordination with the Protection Coordinator and other technical leads on specific GBV issues to develop good practices and acquire skills and knowledge.
• Contribute to the identification of training needs of staff (i.e. Health and Nutrition staff, protection staff, other staff, volunteers, etc.) and raise them to their Line Managers.
• Develop content and tools for capacity building sessions (i.e. training plan, training description, training agenda, pre & post-tests, activities, attendance sheets, training evaluation, etc.) on GBV-related topics, in coordination with PUI teams (protection and health notably).
• Evaluate the impact of the training and adapt the material to improve knowledge retention among participants.

GBV Program Implementation:

• Develop and implement country-level GBV Strategy in coordination with the Protection Coordinator, as part of the protection strategy.
• Participate in the development of proposals, budgets and concept notes in coordination with the Protection Coordinator.
• Lead the identification of protection and GBV risks in PUI programming (using PUI standards risk analysis tools and other relevant tools) and on the design of appropriate mitigation measures to ensure safety, confidentiality and respect of the survivor-centered approach.
• Contribute to the development of concept notes and new proposals, including the preparation of narratives and budgets.
• Ensure timely and quality preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual progress and donor reports for the GBV sub-sector.
• Ensure GBV is mainstreamed in all the sectors and GBV cases are safely referred to and holistically responded to.
• Design Key messages for Awareness on GBV based on issues identified in the community, and ensure teams are sensitized on it and able to deliver these messages in the community effectively.
• Support collation of data into the GBVIMS monthly and submit it to the Protection Coordinator for verification.
• Ensure the maintenance of transparent and accountable records of beneficiaries issued with Individual Protection Assistance.

Supervision and Staff Management:

• In coordination with the Protection Coordinator, organise ad hoc protection meetings with protection staff to share challenges and priorities and develop action plans to address them
• Ensure GBV principles and guidelines are known and strictly followed by all GBV staff and ensure GBV activities are always implemented in accordance with international GBV minimum standards.
• Under the supervision of the Protection Coordinator, undertake regular field monitoring visits and provide support tools to monitor the quality of programme implementation

Networking and Partnerships:

• Maintain collaborative relations with relevant clusters and related working groups at the national and/or field level
• Attend cluster meetings and other coordination meetings regularly and ensure that the work of PUI is shared with other humanitarian actors
• In coordination with the Protection Coordinator, ensure that the main protection concerns are brought to relevant stakeholders to advocate for respect of human rights and minimum protection standards.
• Network with GBV Specialists of other missions to share best practices and resources
• Monitor and analyse main GBV concerns and trends, and advocate to relevant stakeholders to mitigate risks.

External Representation and Sectoral Coordination:

• In coordination with the Protection Coordinator, ensure representation of PUI to the national authorities, key humanitarian and development actors (INGOs / LNGOs/ CSOs) and donors involved in the Protection sector and ensure that good relationships are maintained with each of them in line with PUI's principles.
• Actively participate in coordination meetings (cluster or others) and technical working groups in the Protection sector at the national level and/or, if relevant, with the CTP WG.
• Ensure and coordinate with the Protection teams, the sectoral representation of PUI for the Protection sector, to relevant partners and different local authorities.
• In the event of a donor visit, play an active role in preparing and managing the visit.
• Participates in PUI coordination meetings and is an active member.
• Support the compilation of GBV sub-sector reporting -5Ws, GBVIMS and other related reporting as required by the sub-sector.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess relevant qualifications in a related field with experience.

Application Closing Date
31st July, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online