Gender Based Violence Officer

Vacancy Announcement

Young people share a restless determination to address the problems that affect them the most.  That’s where we come in.

At Restless Development, we’re proud to be the banner carrier for youth-led development, demonstrating from the grassroots to the global policy levels that young people can and must play a lead role in development.  As a result, Restless Development is repeatedly cited as a model of best practice in youth-led development by the World Bank, the UK Department for International Development (DFID), UNICEF, UNAIDS and others.

In Nepal, Restless Development has been working in the youth and adolescents development sector More than 25 years. It is the recipient of several international and national awards. It works in formal partnership with Ministry of Youth and Sports. 

Restless Development Nepal has signed strategic partnership with UNICEF education to implement Zero Tolerance -GBV free  in Schools in Nepal. The overall goal of programme is “to ensure that targeted schools are safe spaces free of all forms of gender based violence, where girls and boys are able to equitably learn and become empowered to protect themselves and counter harmful social norms and practices”. The program will leverage the ongoing work by establishing or strengthening connections between education and child protection actors to ensure that schools are free from gender-based violence in all its forms. 

Restless Development seeks to recruit a dynamic, inspired and innovative Nepali to fill following role. Position and responsibilities as below. 

1.Gender Based Violence Officer – 1 Position (for Hetauda) The GBV Officer will support to implement  GBV programme, local advocacy,  training delivery for partners and stakeholders, field monitoring, reporting, supporting to link community to school in coordination with partners organizations and local communities. Document the changes in coordination with district staff and partners.  

Interested candidates can download detail job description and application form (Restless Development only accepts the application through its standard application form. No CV will be accepted) from; http://restlessdevelopment.org/work-with-us. Please send your application by 26 October 2016 to recruitmentnepal@restlessdevelopment.org.  

Restless Development is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified females, young people, and members from marginalized groups are encouraged to apply. Only short listed candidates will be notified for further process.