NORCAP builds partnerships with international organisations and national actors to protect lives, rights and livelihoods. We have more than 30 years’ experience delivering stand-by and crises response to the UN and other partners. We are increasingly developing new projects with partners to improve how the aid system delivers. We have reaffirmed our commitment to protecting people in crisis and conflict by making this part of our Strategic Objectives 2022-2025. One of the ways we will do this is by enabling stronger leadership on gender equality, protection, and gender-based violence. This strategic objective is relevant in the Asia and Asia Pacific region, considered the most disaster-prone region in the world.  

To meet these challenges, we are therefore in search of a Regional Emergency Gender Based Violence (REGA) Team Lead. The successful candidate will function as the lead of a team including a regional GBV Coordinator and a regional Information Management Officer. S/he will be hosted by UNFPA Asia Pacific Regional Office (APRO) and engage in interagency regional capacity building activities, provide technical support to country GBV coordination mechanisms, and contribute to global level processes linked to the GBV AoR.  At the national level, REGAs work with GBV coordinators will be in support of national preparedness capacity wherever this is feasible and appropriate. Moreover, the REGA ensures that GBV coordination at country level can deliver on all core cluster functions in line with cluster accountabilities.  In addition, the REGA will provide remote and in-country support to GBV sub-clusters, and cluster-like GBV working groups.  

As a representative of the global AoR in the region, the REGA focuses on GBV prevention and response in humanitarian action. In the Asia region, this work will be carried out in collaboration with the Emergency Response Program and OCHA, for prioritisation and ensuring inter-agency focus. The REGA will also develop the capacity of local actors to strengthen GBV prevention and response. The REGA will deploy up to 50% to country offices (COs) within the region including other official travel. On the occasion that a REGA will deploy to a system-wide scale up in emergency, the length of deployment will be a maximum of six weeks, and the GBV AoR will do its best to complement with other rapid response capacity.