UNDP Jobs - 34591- UN Women Gender and Peace Programme Officer (Open

UN Women Gender and Peace Programme Officer (Open to Nationals of Zimbabwe only)

Location :

Harare, ZIMBABWE

Type of Contract :

Service Contract

Starting Date :

01-Feb-2013

Application Deadline :

04-Jan-13 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

SB-4

Duration of Initial Contract :

6 months with possible extension

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

Before and since its independence and especially since the late 1990’s, Zimbabwe has faced a series of challenges, among them: political instability, polarization of society along political lines, high incidence of violence, rapid increases in poverty, weak public service delivery and declines in the productive sectors. Currently the political and economic situation in the country has relatively stabilised and significant advances have been made to promote women’s rights and gender equality.

In 2011 UN Women undertook a number of initiatives to identify strategy entry points for its peace and security program interventions. The outcomes from these different activities as well as additional consultations with key partners from government, UN agencies and civil society organizations have informed a fully funded and comprehensive gender, peace and security programme and contributed to the identification of key priorities and strategic entry points. UN Women has developed global, regional as well as national expertise around the issues on women, peace and security including national action planning processes, participatory research, security sector transformation and mediation. The outlined outcomes and outputs in the three identified priority areas for this project:

Women’s participation at all levels of peace and security policy making
Strengthening capacities of security sector actors to respond to gender insecurities
Supporting mechanisms for peace building at the community level

The programme will be carried out through the various implementation modalities available to UN Women, in partnership with government, civil society organizations and UN entities. As UN Women is part of the UN Country Team its work contributes to the current Zimbabwe UN Development Assistance Framework (ZUNDAF) jointly developed with the Government of Zimbabwe as well as other collaboration mechanisms on the ground.

In this regards, UN Women is hiring a programme officer to support all programme activities including research and capacity building activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

Preparing the needed documentation to facilitate the implementation process;
Support civil organizations to conduct trainings and awareness raising efforts targeting judiciary, police, traditional chiefs and men and youth associations/clubs on women’s rights
Assist to review existing curricula and capacity building initiatives as well as formulate recommendations for and with different security sector institutions
Assist in the review, analysis and collection of data relevant to gender, peace and security issues;
Assist in the preparation and follow-up of events, workshops and meetings;
Support the production of advocacy and awareness raising materials and the distribution of information;
Assist in relevant correspondence with key partners and networks;
Operations support to the Gender and Peace Programme;
Administrative Support to the Gender and Peace Programme.

Competencies

Core Values and Guiding Principles

Integrity:

Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

Cultural Sensitivity/Valuing diversity:

Demonstrating an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff.
Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Core Competencies

Ethics and Values:

Promoting Ethics and Integrity / Creating Organizational Precedents

Organizational Awareness:

Building support and political acumen

Developing and Empowering People / Coaching and Mentoring:

Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation

Working in Teams:

Building and promoting effective teams

Communicating Information and Ideas:

Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication

Self-management and Emotional intelligence:

Creating an emotionally intelligent organization

Conflict Management / Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements:

Leveraging conflict in the interests of the organization & setting standards

Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning:

Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

Fair and transparent decision-making; calculated risk-taking

Functional Competencies:

Ability to conduct data collection and research using different methodologies,
Writing skills that include an attention to detail as well as a grasp of conceptual frameworks,
Ability to write, edit and present information in clear and presentable formats, using appropriate IT functionality;
Ability to work excellently in teams and in a multicultural environment;
Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment with a large volume of work;
Ability to perform a broad range of administrative activities aimed at effective and efficient functioning of the Programme;
Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion;
Strong computer skills, including word processing, presentation packages (Power Point), Internet, and email,
Strong skills in the application of communication technologies.

Required Skills and Experience

Education

Advanced university degree in development related disciplines, international relations, human rights, peace building, development studies or other social science fields.

Work Experience

2 years of relevant working experience, preferably working on gender and security issues in the non-profit sector;
Work experience on gender and security issues in Zimbabwe in particular and the Southern Africa region in general
Demonstrable experience in qualitative and quantitative research on gender and security issues;
Demonstrable experience in gender mainstreaming initiatives, gender analysis and gender related awareness raising;
Experience in preparing events, workshops and meetings;
Previous work experience in international organizations such as the United Nations will be an asset;
Ability to multi-task and adapt to changing demands.
Required experience working with ICTs.

Languages

Fluency in English and at least one local language (Shona, Ndebele or others) is required
Familiarity of an additional local languages is an asset.