UN WOMEN Jobs - 50113- UN Women: Humanitarian Gender Adviser

UN Women: Humanitarian Gender Adviser

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Jerusalem, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

Type of Contract :

TA International

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

07-Oct-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

P-5

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

364 days

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.

UN Women and OCHA recently entered into a partnership to join efforts in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in humanitarian action. Crises have profound and differential impacts on women and men and in particular a disproportionately high impact on women and girls. The OCHA gender policy instruction, the OCHA 2014-17 strategic framework and the UN Women 2014-17 strategic plan commit to promoting gender equality; specifically to strengthen the participation of women and men of all ages in the whole humanitarian cycle and to enhance the protection of especially women and girls from sexual and gender based violence in all phases of humanitarian action; grounded in informed gender analysis. Palestine has been chosen as a pilot country for the new partnership between UN Women and OCHA, building on a significant history of joint work between these two agencies on engendering humanitarian response to emergencies in Gaza. The two organizations will work with the Humanitarian Country Teams to institutionalize Gender and Women’s Empowerment framework for humanitarian action, including through providing dedicated capacities and skills on gender in humanitarian action.

In this context and in line with UN Women Strategic Note and Annual Work Plan for Palestine 2014-2016 (under Impact Area 4 on women’s leadership in peace, security and humanitarian response) the Humanitarian Gender Advisor will be posted within OCHA in Jerusalem to work, under the overall guidance of the Humanitarian Coordinator and direct supervision of the UN Women Representative, working closely with OCHA staff and the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) to support the 2014-2015 Strategic Response Plan.

Duties and Responsibilities

Summary of key functions:

Supporting and strengthening gender mainstreaming in the HPC and accountability to gender equality in humanitarian response (Humanitarian Needs Overview, Strategic Response Plan, Cluster strategies, projects, etc.);
Integrating gender issues in HCT efforts on information management and needs assessment;
Integrating gender issues in emergency response and disaster preparedness;
Supporting strengthened advocacy and communication on gender needs and priorities for humanitarian response.

Gender Mainstreaming and Accountability:

Substantively supporting OCHA on key coordination mechanisms and procedures to ensure that gender is integrated into the work of the clusters and the HCT as a whole;
Facilitating and supporting the integration of gender perspectives in the overall strategic planning, design, programming and gaps of various sectors/clusters, primarily the 2015 Humanitarian Programming Cycle (HPC), as well as other appeal processes and documents that may arise during the course of the assignment;
Providing technical advice on strengthening gender mainstreaming in cluster work, as needed;
Ensuring gender mainstreaming and reviewing humanitarian projects to provide feedback/comments to project designers, Gender Focal Points, Head of Field Offices and Focal Points at Headquarters on accurate Gender Marker coding;
Providing training and technical support to cluster actors to review and advise cluster vetting teams on how to accurately apply the Gender Marker coding;
Actively participating in, and feeding into the coordination of inter-agency, inter-cluster gender networks at the national and regional levels, as necessary;
Working with gender advisers and gender focal points in other agencies and organizations (including governments, INGOs, local NGOs, community and women’s groups), as well as other key actors;
Building strategic alliances with other key actors internally and externally to advocate for gender sensitive programming;
Providing (and/or facilitating) training/orientation sessions to increase inter-agency capacities and understanding on gender aspects of the response across and promoting the use of the IASC Guidelines in all sectors/clusters;
Strengthening response to GBV in humanitarian response, in collaboration with the GBV Sub-Group and the UN Inter-Agency Gender Task Force;
Providing (and/or facilitating) training/orientation sessions to increase the awareness and engagement of women’s civil society organizations in the HCT and cluster system.

Information Management and Needs Assessment:

Providing substantive support to humanitarian actors on inclusion of gender dimensions in data collection and consolidated and rapid needs assessments;
analyzing sex- and age-disaggregated data (quantitative, qualitative and anecdotal), for future better-informed decision-making, coordinated planning and programming of emergency response.

Emergency Response and Disaster Preparedness:

Integrating gender into rapid needs assessments managed by clusters and/or as an inter-cluster exercise;
Supporting OCHA in the management and coordination of emergency response from a gender perspective;
Ensuring that gender is addressed in Emergency Response Funds (ERF)-funded humanitarian projects.

Knowledge Management and Advocacy:

Participating in meetings of the HCT and HCT Advocacy Working Group (AWG) in order to introduce gender perspectives into their work;
Facilitating the dissemination of relevant information and data on the gendered impact of humanitarian crises and humanitarian response;
Providing technical support to and identify opportunities for the development of relevant advocacy and communication/information materials to address gender (in)equality issues, including support to HC/RC advocacy efforts;
Collecting and promoting good practices and lessons learned, contributing to a collection of replicable good practices for gender equality programming.

Impact of Results:

The key expected result is that gender analysis and response will be embedded within humanitarian coordination mechanisms.

Competencies

Core values / Guiding principles:

Integrity:

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

Professionalism:

Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.

Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:

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

Core Competencies:

Ethics and Values:

Demonstrate and promote ethics and integrity by creating organizational precedents.

Organizational Awareness:

Build support for the organization and ensure political acumen.

Development and Innovation:

Support staff competence development, and contribute to an environment of creativity and innovation.

Work in teams:

Build and promote effective teams. Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Communication and Information Sharing:

Create and promote an environment for open and effective communication.

Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:

Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others.

Conflict Management:

Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.

Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:

Share knowledge across the organization and build a culture of knowledge sharing and learning.

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

Ensure fair and transparent decision making processes and manage risk.

Functional Competencies:

Substantive experience and record of accomplishment in the area of gender equality and women's empowerment issues;
Proven ability to advocate and provide policy advice on humanitarian related issues;
Ability to lead strategic planning, programme development and implementation, results-based management and reporting;
Ability to develop and maintain strong partnerships and mobilize resources;
Knowledge of methodologies and best practices for promoting gender equality, equity and women empowerment in general and in the Arab States region in particular;
Experience with implementing gender mainstreaming agendas across a variety of sectors, including experience gender mainstreaming in governmental bodies;
Experience working with and building capacity of national women’s machineries or similar institutions;
Experience working with the UN in transition contexts;
Experience working with women’s movements, NGOs and civil society networks, and familiarity with women's rights organizations and networks in the region and globally;
High degree of sensitivity and demonstrated ability to achieve results in operationally complex environments.

Managerial Competencies:

Ability to plan work assignments, establish priorities and to meet strict assignment deadlines;
Ability to build strong relationships with colleagues and to focus on impact and results;
Demonstrated aptitude to build effective partnerships with a diverse group of stakeholders;
Compelling communication (verbal and written) skills, including ability to prepare reports, formulate and defend sound recommendations and articulate options concisely conveying maximum necessary information;
Negotiating skills and ability to work at all levels with others to reach mutually benefiting and lasting understandings;
Excellent interpersonal skills; capacity to recognize and respond appropriately to the ideas, interests and concerns of others.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a social sciences, economics, gender issues, or other development-related fields.

Experience:

A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in development/ humanitarian assistance, focusing on gender programming, part of which has been in the field with experience on gender equality and women’s rights with an international organizations;
Strong familiarity with UN inter-agency cooperation would be an asset;
Strong familiarity with OCHA and humanitarian coordination mechanisms would be an asset;
Experience working in a conflict/post-conflict setting is an asset.
Knowledge of and experience in the Arab States Region, country experience is desirable;
Good knowledge of UN Women and the UN system.

Languages:

Fluency in English is required;
Working knowledge of Arabic is an asset.

Application:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment;
Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.