NATIONAL POSTS: Area Gender Based Violence/PSEAH Analyst, Herat / Jalalabad / Kandahar, NO-B (3 posts)

Organizational Context

UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency focused on delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. This role sits within the Afghanistan Country Office, reporting to the Area Coordinator. The position supports the planning, implementation, monitoring, and coordination of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment (PSEAH) interventions in the duty station and surrounding areas.

Job Purpose

The Area GBV/PSEAH Analyst provides essential technical and programmatic support for the effective implementation and monitoring of GBV prevention and response interventions, as well as PSEAH systems within the Herat area. The role is crucial for ensuring quality assurance in programming, facilitating field coordination, and overseeing partners. It guarantees compliance with UNFPA standards and promotes the integration of GBV risk mitigation and response, alongside PSEAH, across all relevant sectoral programming. This position directly contributes to strengthening inter-agency coordination and reinforcing accountability to affected populations.

Responsibilities

The Area GBV/PSEAH Analyst is responsible for coordinating the day-to-day implementation of UNFPA-supported GBV activities in the Herat Area, ensuring alignment with work plans and country office priorities, and serving as the primary field-level focal point for GBV programming. The role involves conducting regular field monitoring visits and providing technical support to implementing partners to ensure quality, survivor-centered services, while identifying and addressing implementation bottlenecks. Additionally, the analyst supports the implementation of the Country Office PSEAH action plan, assists in SEA risk assessments, monitors partner compliance with safeguarding standards, and supports awareness-raising on reporting mechanisms. The position requires representation of UNFPA in sub-national coordination forums, participation in inter-agency PSEA mechanisms, and support for the dissemination and operationalization of PSEA standards and referral pathways. Contributions to service mapping, referral pathway updates, field-level response coordination, programme monitoring, data tracking, and periodic reporting to the Country Office are also key duties.

Work Experience

A minimum of two years of professional experience in GBV programming, protection, gender, or humanitarian response is required. Experience with PSEAH/safeguarding systems, risk mitigation, and partner compliance is highly desirable, as is experience working with NGOs and community-based organizations in fragile or humanitarian settings. Knowledge of inter-agency GBV guidelines, protection principles, and humanitarian coordination mechanisms is also desirable.

Skills

Core competencies include integrity, commitment to UNFPA and the UN system, cultural diversity, embracing change, achieving results, accountability, professional expertise, analytical and strategic thinking, teamwork, and effective communication. Functional skills involve advocacy, building strategic alliances and partnerships, delivering results-based programmes, and internal/external communication for resource mobilization.

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