UN WOMEN Jobs - 76477- UN Women: Statistics, Monitoring and Reporting Spe

UN Women: Statistics, Monitoring and Reporting Specialist

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type of Contract :

TA International

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

17-Jan-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

P-3

Duration of Initial Contract :

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.

UN Women's Peace and Security Section is responsible for providing technical support to UN Women Country Offices in a number of areas, including: conflict prevention and peace building, justice sector and security reform, promoting women's political participation and mainstreaming gender issues into governance reforms. It has global components but is grounded in country-level activities. The Section supports UN Women to fulfill its coordination mandate in the area of peace and security and UN system efforts to promote improved monitoring and reporting on the implementation of global commitments on women and peace and security, including as set out in Beijing Platform for Action and in Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013), 2122 (2013) and 2242 (2015) and relevant Statements by the President of the Security Council.

Under the supervision of the Policy Specialist on reporting and coordination, the Statistics, Monitoring and Reporting Specialist will provide surge technical support and assist in coordination efforts to develop, collect data on and report on the set of indicators for tracking implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) for the 2018 Secretary-General’s report on Women, Peace and Security, support the implementation of and reporting against both internal and external strategic results frameworks such as UN Women’s Strategic Plan and UN system-wide strategic results frameworks on women, peace and security. The Specialist will also build stronger synergies with other efforts to develop gender statistics, including those linked to the monitoring of 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide coordination, technical and methodological development support on tracking progress and results on implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent commitments on women, peace and security

Coordinate efforts to continue to take forward work on the set of 1325 indicators taking into account new developments in gender statistics, as well as work related to data collection against UN system-wide monitoring and accountability frameworks on Women Peace and Security (WPS);
Provide targeted technical support and guidance to entities reporting data in preparation for the 2018 Secretary-General’s report on women, peace and security;
Develop technical studies aimed at developing women, peace and security statistics and establishing stronger linkages with related data development, collection and analytical initiatives, including those linked to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
Establish partnerships and collaboration with relevant experts and institutions and developing terms of reference for consultants in collaboration with UN entities.

Provide technical guidance and develop knowledge products:

Develop technical notes for the implementation of the set of indicators and templates and guidelines for reporting by UN entities and Member States in close coordination with all relevant stakeholders;
Manage inter-agency development of knowledge and outreach products on the set of indicators and data, and on resource tracking methods on women and peace;
Provide technical inputs to thematic internal methodological notes and guidance on data collection and reporting against internal planning and monitoring frameworks such as the UN Women’s Strategic Plan;
Develop other tools and guidance as needed.

Contribute to knowledge management, communication and outreach initiatives on fwomen, peace and security data:

Strengthen the system for data collection and reporting on the indicators in collaboration with UN entities, including through developing a data base or other platform for data management;
Ensure relevancy, quality and appropriateness of content and presentation of data, and contribute to communicate analysis of data through data visualization for inclusion in infographics etc.;
Manage efforts to improve data quality, including designing, developing and modifying measurement and monitoring tools and establishing review systems, as appropriate;
Provide technical inputs to the annual report of the Secretary-General on women, peace and security and other reports managed by the Section as required;
Provide technical support to other colleagues in the Peace and Security section of UN Women and UN Women’s other data and statistics work, where appropriate, and undertake any other related tasks as needed and requested by the Section Chief.

Key Performance Indicators:

Timely coordination and technical support on the set of 1325 indicators;
Timely and quality data inputs to the annual report of the Secretary-General on women, peace and security;
Timely and quality technical guidance and support on other statistics, monitoring and reporting requirements, as needed;
Effective reporting systems and up to date database for women, peace and security data in place.

Competencies

Core Values:

Respect for Diversity;
Integrity;
Professionalism.

Core Competencies:

Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
Accountability;
Creative Problem Solving;
Effective Communication;
Inclusive Collaboration;
Stakeholder Engagement;
Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf.

Functional Competencies:

Strong research skills;
Very strong analytical skills;
Creativity in performing quantitative and qualitative analysis in areas where such quantitative data is limited and scarce;
Familiarity with the internet and the use of web based information systems;
Very good understanding of gender equality and women’s empowerment and its policy implications;
Outstanding writing skills;
Strong computer skills, knowledge of computer office tools (word, database, spreadsheets, web content production, filing).

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master`s degree (or equivalent) in statistics, economics, demography, conflict and peace studies, international development, gender studies or any related discipline.

Experience:

A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience, with a demonstrable ability to conduct high quality statistical research and contribute to methodological development is required;
Experience in gathering and presenting data and statistics;
Experience in providing technical support and developing monitoring and accountability tools, guidance, manuals and/or handbooks is preferred;
Experience working with international data, including, experience with statistical analysis software and content analysis software is desired. Mastery of excel is a strong asset;
Experience in knowledge management and in engaging in policy advocacy and development is desired;
Familiarity with the UN system, experience in inter-agency coordination and previous experience working on gender equality issues is preferred;
Experience working in a conflict/post-conflict setting is an asset.

Languages:

Fluency in English is required
Knowledge of the other UN official working 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.

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.