Operations (EORE QA/QC) Associate

Overview of position - Our client is an operational arm of the UN & it supports the achievement of the SDG's by successfully implementing its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian & development projects around the world. - Their mission is to help people build better lives & countries achieve peace & sustainable development. - We are proud of our people. Our client family brings together approximately 160 nationalities, represented by over 5,000 our client personnel as well as some 7,800 personnel recruited on behalf of their partners. Spread across 80 countries, their workforce is rich in diversity and culture, with inclusion at its core. - For over 20 years, our client PSC has provided portfolio & project management services in the area of mine action & explosive hazards, that are reinforced by comprehensive management & oversight controls. - Under this umbrella, the cluster is responsible for the implementation of projects that, through the engagement of inputs such as personnel, third parties, assets & other resources, deliver activities that produce substantive mine action outputs. - Project management is conducted in line with our client PMM, which incorporates best practices in the field, as well with a view to quality & cross cutting initiatives such as workforce & talent management, knowledge & information management, health, safety, social & environmental management; gender parity & mainstreaming & diversity & inclusion. This comprehensive delivery platform is implemented in accordance with partner requirements & in line with our client rules & regulations through the leadership of the Cluster Director, who has the overall authority & accountability for the performance of PSC on behalf of its clients. - Our client is the coordinator for mine action within the UN system, located within the OROLSI at the DPO. It chairs the IACG - MA & is the lead of the GPC for MA AoR. Mine action comprises five areas of work: clearance, risk education, VA, advocacy & stockpile destruction. The UN applies mine action expertise to an increasingly wide range of explosive hazards, from unexploded missiles, artillery shells, rockets, grenades & mortars, to unsafe & unsecured weapons & ammunition, IED's & cluster bombs. Our client leads, coordinates & carries out efforts to mitigate these threats when mandated by the UNSC or when requested by the Secretary General or an affected country, often in response to a humanitarian emergency. - Our client plans, manages & oversees all humanitarian mine action activities in northeast Nigeria. It provides technical support to all partners & ensures the proper integration of mine action into wider humanitarian assistance & developmental programs. At the request of the UNCT, a technical scoping mission was conducted by our client in April 2017. Following this, our client was asked to provide humanitarian mine action assistance in the northeast of the country. As a result, our client deployed a small team in 2018 to provide technical assistance, including coordination, planning, technical advice & support to the HCT, the humanitarian community, affected populations & national authorities. Role objectives The Operations (EORE QA/QC) Associate will work under the overall supervision of the Operations Officer.The duties and responsibilities are as follows: - Participate and support in monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance of risk education activities and victim assistance activities conducted by implementing partners, including frequent field visits to targeted areas. Quality assurance shall include verification of compliance with applicable gender equality and social inclusion requirements and with the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (PSEAH) obligations set out in the partner agreement. Quality Assurance shall also consider whether community feedback and reporting mechanisms are accessible to women, girls, persons with disabilities and people facing relevant literacy or language barriers. - Document identified GESI, accessibility and PSEAH compliance gaps and refer material or recurring issues to the supervisor for follow-up through the applicable partner or contract-management arrangements. - Assist in planning and design of explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) and victim assistance (VA) activities. Activity design shall take account of differentiated risks, information needs and access barriers, including those associated with gender, age and disability, and shall provide appropriate adaptations for groups identified through the relevant context and needs analysis. - Assist in liaising with concerned partners and authorities (including military and security officials) for humanitarian mine action coordination and monitoring. - Support in conducting needs assessments at the local level, including support in planning and conducting interviews with relevant informants. Informant selection shall reflect the diversity of the affected population, including women and persons with disabilities and other groups facing barriers to participation. Where children are consulted, interviews and other engagement shall comply with applicable child safeguarding, consent/assent and confidentiality requirements. Interview arrangements shall be adapted where gender, age, disability, language or other contextual factors could otherwise constrain participation. - Participate in the organization and provision of training on EORE, VA and Non-Technical Survey (NTS) for national authorities, teachers, community volunteers, humanitarian workers, and representatives of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). Training records shall record participant data disaggregated by sex and age and, where appropriately and voluntarily collected, by disability. - Assist in the accreditation of trained actors and organisations. - Participate in the mapping of existing EORE capacity, activities, and materials, identifying gaps and opportunities for review by supervisor - Assist