UN WOMEN Jobs - 48199- Consultant - Gender and Mediation

Consultant - Gender and Mediation

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

02-Sep-2014

Application Deadline :

29-Jul-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

6 months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

6 months

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

UN WOMEN, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

The Policy Division develops and implements the UN WOMEN programme of work on analysis, research and knowledge management that provides the evidence base for the advice and guidance UN WOMEN provides to the intergovernmental processes, the UN system, and to UN WOMEN staff working at country and regional level on issues of gender equality and women’s empowerment. It identifies emerging issues and trends, and develops and proposes new strategies for achieving the agreed goals through innovative approaches and lessons learned about what works in practice. It also designs and oversees the training and capacity development programs of UN WOMEN, working closely with the UN Women training facility in Santo Domingo.

The Policy Division staff is organized in Thematic sections, bringing together technical experts who: undertake issues-based research; analyze data on country, regional and global trends; build a knowledge-base on policy commitments and their implementation; propose evidence-based options for global policy, norms and standards and for UN WOMEN global programme strategies; and contribute substantive inputs to policy advocacy and technical cooperation programmes.

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant will be responsible for donor reporting, supporting resource mobilization, supporting trainings on conflict prevention, resolution and mediation, supporting country level technical support on mediation for ongoing programming in 5 countries.

Work with five regional or country offices engaged in mediation processes during this period to provide technical support and capacity to programming on peace talks, conflict resolution, strategic entry points for inclusivity and building capacity of women’s organizations for engagement in formal peace talks.
Develop specific and relevant analytical briefs of developments in international conflict prevention, resolution and mediation, including in the workings of major relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental institutions and in the politics of particular conflict-affected situations in support of country and regional offices engaged in gender responsive peace processes;
Support follow up actions from June global meeting on current peace processes and inclusivity;
Lead technically the commissioning and management of reports related to inclusive peacemaking for the Global Study on 1325 (2000);
Develop briefing packages on the policy rationale for various aspects of efforts to promote women’s engagement in conflict prevention, peacebuilding, conflict resolution;
Support development of messaging and talking points on gender and mediation as needed

Competencies

Core Values/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.

Working in Teams and Furthering Interagency Collaboration and Partnerships:

Building and promoting effective teams and partnerships.

Communicating Information and Ideas:

Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication.

Self-management and Emotional intelligence:

Creating an emotionally intelligent organization.

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.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master degree (or equivalent) in development or peace and security- related disciplines, gender issues, economics, political science, international relations, public policy, law or other social science fields.

Experience:

A minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in development, government, diplomacy, law, policy analysis, sociological/gender equality or related areas, and in managerial leadership;
Familiarity with UN and regional intergovernmental processes, with a focus on gender equality and women’s empowerment and knowledge of UN system gender architecture and strategic stakeholders/partners in the mediation field is required;
Experience living or on extended missions in conflict-affected environments is desirable;
Experience in mediation, negotiation of peace or other types of agreements including constitutions is highly desirable;
Proven record of writing and/or publishing on policy and programmatic aspects of women peace and security issues including conducting and directing research, data collection and publication;
Proven ability to organize and manage knowledge development processes and tools.

Language:

Written and oral proficiency in English is required;
Proficiency in one other UN language is desired.