Program Support Associate- Gender​/GBV; LSC-, Gaza

• Program Support Associate
  - Gender/GBV (LSC-6), Gaza

Staff grade/level

LSC-6

Contract type

Local Service Contract

Duty station

Gaza

01 November 2026 16:59(America/)

The country office is seeking to recruit a Program Support Associate Gender/GBV to support program development, implementation and monitoring and evaluation in Gaza. The Program Support Associate Gender/GBV will also provide key support to UNFPA’S cash and voucher assistance interventions in Gaza, ensuring that partners implement according to agreed guidelines and procedures.

UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for  articulates the organization’s response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff who embody these international norms and standards and will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact sustained results, ensuring effective external relations, communications, partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.

• Assist in the development and implementation of GBV programs in Gaza, ensuring alignment with UNFPA’s strategic priorities and national policies.
• Support AWP preparations and amendments, quarterly reporting by reviewing efface forms and IP progress reports.
• Provide technical assistance to implementing partners supporting CVA interventions, ensuring proper selection of beneficiary mechanisms, including outreach and referral of cases that meet the pre-set criteria, verification, and approved criteria prioritising women- and girl-headed households and households with elevated protection risks.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen the use of CVA as a protection-supportive modality, especially for women, girls, female-headed households, and households with persons with disabilities.
• Support distribution planning and post distribution monitoring of protection related kits ensuring that partners follow the agreed guidelines during distributions.
• Support the rollout of CVA in SRHR programs, ensuring that UNFPA IP adhere to existing guidelines and SOPs.

• Assist in the development of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for GBV program.
• Participate in field visits to monitor program activities and gather feedback from beneficiaries.
• Collect and analyse data on program performance and outcomes and prepare regular reports for the MEAL officer.
• Contribute to the documentation of best practices, lessons learned, and success stories.
• Specifically monitor the implementation of CVA activities ensuring that partners are implementing based on agreed SOP.
• Support with organizing IP quarterly review meetings and follow up…