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CORE COMPETENCIES FOR GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE PROGRAM
MANAGERS & COORDINATORS IN HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS
Direct Link to Full 40-Page 2014 Document:
http://gbvaor.net/?get=005885|2015/04/Core-Competencies.pdf
This document is a set of core
competencies (skills, knowledge, and abilities) necessary for effective
Gender-Based Violence prevention and response programming and for inter-agency
GBV coordination in humanitarian contexts. This list was developed to spark a
conversation in the GBV Area of Responsibility AoR about adopting a competency
based approach including how agencies recruit staff, manage employee
performance, build capacity and guide professional development of their staff
that work specifically in GBV in humanitarian emergencies. It can help the GBV
AoR to build capacity of GBV program managers and coordinators by developing
competencies and learning opportunities linked to the competencies for
individuals, organizations, sectors and countries which should lead to
sustained and self-generating performance improvement.
In the GBV Area of
Responsibility Capacity Building Strategy, it is recommended to develop this
list of competencies further into a competency framework for program managers
and coordinators that can guide humanitarian agencies that are engaged in
programming around GBV in Emergencies to recruit, support learning and
development and improve performance management to create effective GBV program
managers and inter-agency GBV coordinators2. A framework for GBV program management and
coordination competency development would serve as overall guidance for designing
and implementing a competency development programme. The framework would guide
the development of a GBV specialist from recruitment through instruction
(defining basic knowledge) along to the application of skills that would define
‘excellence’. It could also contain an evaluation mechanism that looks at
direct reaction to and impact of learning events, impact on job performance and
overall GBV program and cluster performance and provide insight in investment
in training to support the capacity of the GBV in humanitarian emergencies
sector.
The interagency nature of these competencies and their common application can also enable the development and coordination of sector-wide capacity building efforts in collaboration with efforts to develop standard competencies for Humanitarian/Resident Coordinators, Protection Cluster members, Child Protection Working Group members and other professional humanitarian aid workers.
