UN WOMEN Jobs - 61814- UN Women: Global Youth Engagement Lead

UN Women: Global Youth Engagement Lead - HeForShe Campaign

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type of Contract :

TA International

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

01-Dec-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

P-3

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

11 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.

About the HeForShe Campaign

HeForShe is a solidarity movement for gender equality developed by UN Women to engage men and boys as advocates and agents of change for the achievement of gender equality and women’s rights. The campaign’s premise is that gender inequality is not only a women’s issue but a human rights issue, the resolution of which will benefit both women and men- socially, politically and economically. Over the next 12 months till September 2016, the HeForShe solidarity movements intends to mobilize one billion men and boys, bringing together one half of humanity in support of the other half of humanity for the benefit of all.

UN Women seeks a talented, highly motivated and flexible individual to lead the development of a Global Youth Strategy and University championship Program in support of the HeForShe campaign as it seeks to engage young men and youth in support of gender equality. Reporting to the Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnerships and Outreach, the Global Youth Engagement Lead is tasked with strengthening youth mobilization across US campuses and globally.

Our ideal candidate understands how more effective project and traffic management will help us deliver more impactful, creative, stronger external relationships, and better service to internal audiences, which will advance our mission. We are seeking someone who is organized to work effectively, relishes the opportunity to work with colleagues from around the world, and has excellent interpersonal skills. The candidate should thrive in a fast-paced environment, work well in team settings and have strong prioritization skills.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Global Youth Engagement Lead, will take the lead in designing, developing and implementing an innovative HeForShe youth strategy and University championship programme to enhance the participation of young men and girls in support of gender equality.

She/he will:

Develop a comprehensive global youth strategy that put young people at the heart of ending the persisting inequalities faced by women and girls globally;
Develop an engagement strategy and playbook for the HeForShe University Championship programme;
Maintain expert, up-to-date strategic knowledge of issues and movements in the youth activism ‘landscape’, share information for purposes of planning and direction-setting for HeForShe as well as for specific country campaigns;
Build links and form effective relationships with key allies in youth movements around the world to ensure that HeForShe’s work learns from and reflects the energy/dynamism of these movements and to encourage take up of our country campaigns by these movements;
Ensure there is regular and up-to-date information on HeForShe and youth engagement priorities, outputs, achievements and challenges to campaign’s internal and external stakeholders and leadership using all available channels;
Develop training, communication and advocacy materials for HeForShe university champions;
Contribute to campaign unit’s fundraising tasks, as and when required, including writing proposals and concept notes and preparing budgets for proposals;
Instigate work to fundraise for youth engagement and HeForShe, in collaboration with UN Women’s Resource Mobolization Unit;
Perform other tasks as necessary.

Impact of Results

The effective support provided to the Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women in regards to the 2016 youth engagement initiatives for the HeForShe Campaign. The post impacts the HeForShe campaign results that in turn directly impact on the credibility and image of UN Women.

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:

Strategic vision and strong analytical capabilities;
Sound political judgment and highly developed inter-personal skills;
Good knowledge of the UN system;
Experience in areas related to gender issues;
Strong interpersonal communication skills, with demonstrable experience of working with people from different organisations, functions, countries and cultures to deliver objectives and projects;
Strong communication skills, especially in facilitation, and proven ability to translate complicated ideas into clear messages. The ability to sell ideas, influence and persuade at all levels and across cultures;
Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, set priorities, and work independently;
Strong problem solving skills and analytical capabilities.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s Degree in communications, media studies, journalism or related field.

Experience:

At least 5 years demonstrated experience in advocacy and campaign outreach: demonstrable, proven results of short and long term impact of campaigns;
Substantial experience of working with youth in a community or student organising, community development or service delivery context;
Substantial experience of working in coalitions, and skills in alliance building and network-formation.

Languages:

Fluency in oral and demonstrated superior writing skills in English is required;
Proficiency in another UN working language is desirable.

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.

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. Please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document.