Background

Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women will work 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.

In collaboration with relevant UN Women sections at Headquarters and in the field, the Training Centre develops and implements training for gender equality within UN Women’s strategy for government and civil society partners, the UN system, and UN Women staff. It develops training programmes in gender equality and empowerment of women, in close partnership with ICT ILO and other UN training institutions, making maximum use of on-line training techniques.

The Training Specialist post is based at UN Women Training Centre in Santo Domingo. The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the Training Programme Coordinator and Training/Capacity Development Specialist. The Training Specialist post is envisaged to provide critical support (on a temporary basis, not to exceed 2 years) towards the further development and operation of the Training Centre to meet the growing demands for training for gender equality worldwide.

Duties and Responsibilities

Summary of key functions:

  • Develop courses in accordance with the Training Centre’s methodology for course design;
  • Apply new technologies in developing online programmes, courses, materials in collaboration with other UN Women colleagues.

Develop training courses and tools in accordance with the Training Centre’s methodology for course design and in line with the priority areas resulting from the survey:

  • Map existing available courses, tools and training needs on selected topics analyzing existing trends, gaps and challenges in training for gender equality in the specific topic area and identifying suitable methodologies for training with different audiences;
  • Prepare concept notes and project profiles for training courses and tools to be developed in accordance with the Training Centre’s annual work plan;
  • Supervise the development of courses following the Training Centre methodologies and approach;
  • Organize peer review processes for training courses and materials;
  • Supervise the editing, translation and packaging of developed course content as needed;
  • Implement pedagogical principles and best practices into developing, implementing and evaluating training programmes;
  • Organize pilot testing for each course developed;
  • Implement training for gender equality courses using different delivery modes;
  • Monitor delivery of work against plans and report on progress;
  • Participate in the preparation of annual work plans for training/capacity building.

Apply new technologies to the development of online courses and materials in collaboration with UN Women IT personnel and webmasters:

  • Lead application of new technologies to the development of online courses and training materials; including application of new technologies to the development of online courses and materials in collaboration with UN Women staff and webmasters;
  • Keep abreast of available technology, and apply it appropriately in the work of the Centre;
  • Keep  abreast of new developments, approaches and best practices on gender training;
  • Keep abreast of new online tools, surveys and other tools;
  • Contribute to knowledge networks and communities of practice;
  • Support the implementation of online learning activities such as preparing online discussions and coordinating and hosting webinars;
  • Creating and uploading new learning and institutional content to the eLearning platform/virtual campus, including courses modules, materials, etc.

Impact of Results:

The efficient and prompt delivery of services will contribute to positioning the Training Centre as the leader on Training for Gender Equality among the UN training institutions.

Competencies

Core values and Guiding principles:

Integrity:

  • Demonstrate the values of United Nations and UN Women, act without consideration of personal gain, resist undue political pressure in decision-making, no abuse of power or authority, stand by decisions in the organization’s interest, and take action in cases of unprofessional or unethical behavior.

Professionalism:

  • Show pride in work and achievements, demonstrate professional competence and mastery of subject matter, conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments and achieving results, motivated by professional rather than personal concerns, show persistence when faced with challenges, and remain calm in stressful situations.

Respect for Diversity:

  • Work effectively with people from all backgrounds, treat all people with dignity and respect, treat men and women equally, show respect for and understand diverse opinions by examining own biases and behaviors to avoid stereotypical responses, and do not discriminate against any individual or group.

Core Competencies:

Ethics and Values:

  • Demonstrating / Safeguarding Ethics and Integrity.

Organizational Awareness:

  • Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment;

Developing and Empowering People/Coaching and Mentoring:

  • Self-development, initiative-taking.

Working in Teams:

  • Acting as a team player and facilitating team work.

Communicating Information and Ideas:

  • Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively.

Self-management and Emotional intelligence:

  • Creating synergies through self-control.

Conflict Management / Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements:

  • Managing conflict.

Knowledge Sharing/Continuous Learning:

  • Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of other.

Appropriate and Transparent Decision-Making:

  •  Informed and transparent decision making.

Functional Competencies:

Commitment to Continuous Learning:

  • Promote a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example. Identify client’s needs and match them to appropriate solutions ensuring the inclusion of new and emerging issues/approaches.

Client Orientation:

  • Monitor ongoing developments inside and outside the client’s environment to keep them informed and anticipate problems
  • Meet timeline for delivery of products or services to clients.

Technological Awareness:

  • Keep abreast of available technology, and apply it appropriately in the work of the Centre;
  • Experience in working in a multicultural and web-based environment.
  • Fluency in office software, email, web-based applications and databases
  • Excellent working knowledge of Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat.

Planning and Organizing

  • Ability to plan own work and manage conflicting priorities;
  • Ability to develop clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies;
  • Identifies priority activities and assignments and adjusts priorities as required.

Ability to organize, facilitate and participate in workshops:

  • Outstanding networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills;
  • Capacity to work with diverse partners including governments, donors and civil society;
  • Interest and commitment to the empowerment of women particularly through gender training and capacity development;
  • Ample knowledge of gender issues;
  • In-depth substantive knowledge of gender training approaches is required.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

  • Master's degree or equivalent in Education, Gender, Social Sciences, International Development, Communications or other related fields.

Experience:

  • A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in the fields of pedagogy, training/capacity development related to Gender and/or Development, Education, or other related areas;
  • Relevant experience in the management of e-Learning materials and courses, management of e-Learning and knowledge platforms, and developing or assisting in the delivery of on-line distance learning courses;
  • Experience at the international level is highly desirable.

Languages:

  • Fluency in written and spoken English is required;
  • Knowledge of additional official UN language 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.
  • Previous applicants need not reapply as their previous submissions will be considered.

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.