UN WOMEN Jobs - 103871- Gender Justice Specialist

Gender Justice Specialist - Only for South Sudanese Nationals

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Juba, SOUTH SUDAN

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

15-Jan-2022

Application Deadline :

09-Jan-22 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

1 year

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

The Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) signed on 12th September 2018 mandates the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU) to initiate and oversee a Permanent Constitution-making Process that will be based on but not limited to the following objectives: gender equity, affirmative action, review of all national legislation in accordance with R-ARCSS provisions; and achievement of the 35% quota for women’s participation in all organs and levels of Government.

In recognition of the critical role of women in peace and constitution building processes, the R-ARCSS, under Art. 6.6 and Art.6.14 require the inclusion of women in consultations on the reconstitution of the National Constitutional Review Commission and in the Constitution review process. Indeed, women’s participation in both peace processes and constitution-making is key to ensuring that women’s interests and concerns are substantively addressed. Moreover, the constitutional process represents an opportunity to empower women to claim their political, social, economic, and cultural rights and if it is inclusive, it will lead to sustainable peace.

The Government of South Sudan has also created a legal and policy environment that is conducive to promoting the rights of women and girls. South Sudan is a party to various international human rights instruments such as: the UN Charter on Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the International Covenant to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (not ratified yet), the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, and the CEDAW. However, South Sudan has not taken any action with regards to ratifying the Optional Protocol (OP) - CEDAW, which has led to the general lack of awareness of its contents, and its utilization as an enforcement mechanism by civil society. The CRC forms part of the domestic law but does not prevail over ordinary legislation.

Duties and Responsibilities

As part of UN Women’s effort to support women in the South Sudan peace process to prepare them for valuable contributions to the constitution-making process, UN Women is seeking a Gender Justice expert to support UN Women’s engagement with women in the constitution-making process and undertake legal analysis from a gender perspective. Under the overall guidance of the Country Representative, and direct supervision of the Deputy Country Representative, the Gender Justice Specialist will handle the following tasks:

Spearhead UN Women’s engagement in the Permanent constitution-making process and legal reforms:

Develop UN Women’s strategy for supporting South Sudanese women in the Permanent constitution-making Process;
Host consultation workshops with women leaders including civil society, parliament, academia, and political parties on key aspects of engagement with the constitution-making process;
Host sensitization workshops for women leaders on the constitution-making process;
Support women leaders in the development of a South Sudanese women’s charter for engagement with the Permanent constitution-making process.

Undertake legal analysis:

Undertake a comprehensive gender analysis of the laws of South Sudan from the viewpoints of international and regional human rights instruments and other standards relevant to the protection of the right of women and girls.

Provide Programme development advisory services related to women, peace, and security agenda (WPS):

Identify strategic programme opportunities and provide timely advice to UN Women senior management on the programmatic area of women, peace, and security;
Provide policy advice and substantive inputs to the design, formulation and finalization of the WPS country programme/ project proposals and initiatives related to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (WPS in cooperation and coordination with Deputy Representative and other programme staff develop project proposals, briefs, policy dialogue and other documents related to WPS);
Organize periodic consultations with key stakeholders, women leaders, human rights defenders and UN partners to gather inputs on programme design, as necessary.

Provide support to the technical implementation of the WPS programme; provide technical advice; ensure synergies with other teams:

Develop an annual work plan and budget for WPS programme outcomes and support their implementation in line with Results-Based Management Tools. Ensure WPS baseline data, clear indicators and targets are provided;
Review the submission of implementing partners’ mandatory reports as required;
Provide guidance to staff and partners on Results-Based Management tools and performance indicators;
Review South Sudan commitments on Women Peace and Security and recommend inclusive sustainable approaches.

Contribute to inter-agency coordination:

Provide technical support on inter-agency coordination related activities by attending meetings, events, and participating in groups and committees on the Permanent constitution-making process as needed;
Coordinate with other UN agencies, government departments, donors and NGOs to ensure the interventions on the constitution-making process are gender-sensitive, harmonized and aligned with other in-country efforts;
Prepare inputs on documents on inter-agency coordination on the Permanent constitution-making process;
Write analytical and regular progress reports on UN Women’s engagement on the process.

Build partnerships and support in developing resource mobilization strategies:

Develop and implement partnerships and resource mobilization strategies;
Spearhead UN Women’s input and contribution to the joint proposal on Constitution Making support;
Analyze and research information on donors, prepare substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for cost-sharing;
Determine programmatic areas of cooperation, based on strategic goals of UN Women, country needs and donors’ priorities and develop the relevant partnerships as it relates to the Permanent constitution-making process;
Perform other duties as may be assigned.

Competencies

Technical Competencies:

Experience in issues related to gender justice and equality, legal reforms and ending violence against women.

Functional Competencies

Ability to pragmatically apply in-depth knowledge and experience of issues and practices in the fields of judiciary systems; legal reform; gender equality, including ending violence against women in South Sudan;
Strong skills and experience in presenting evidence and ideas for policy and programme;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
Strong communications skills (written and oral).

Core Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN Women;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree in law, social sciences, human rights, gender/women’s studies, international development, or related field is required. A PhD will be an added value.

Skills and Experience required:

At least 10 years of progressively responsible work experience in mainstreaming gender in national processes, particularly constitution-making processes and proven experience on the legal landscape of South Sudan from a gender perspective and ability to undertake a gender analysis of national legislation and policy documents;
Proven knowledge of international practices, legislations, and policies; and instruments, including violence against women; and/or the protection of human rights;
Experience in managing and facilitating high-level dialogues, round table discussions, consultations, with stakeholders at both grassroots and national levels;
Experience of working with CSOs initiatives and government;
Proven experience to collect, analyze and interpret complex qualitative and quantitative data;
Previous professional experience with development agencies and the United Nations would be considered an asset and knowledge of women, peace, and security;
Experience in supporting different women’s groups in constitutional processes and Peace Agreements particularly in post-conflict African countries is an asset;
Excellent command of English is required, and additionally, good command of Arabic is an added advantage.

Application Process:

The application must include:

Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment. Personal History Form P11 that can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment

Please note, the system will only allow one attachment, and, hence please combine the multiple files while uploading the attachment.

Qualified women candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

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.