Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women 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. Placing women's rights at the center of all its efforts, the UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations (UN) 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.

The scope of work of the Governance and Security Adviser in the UN Women Regional Center for Asia and the Pacific requires experience and in-depth understanding of gender equality, women’s political participation, democratization and peace and security issues, to translate UN Women's strategic plans in the area of Governance/Political Participation and Peace and Security into effective programmes and results. It also requires developing mutually reinforcing partnerships with relevant Government counterparts, UN organizations, and CSOs.

Under the supervision of the Regional Director, and in consultation and ongoing dialogue with relevant Divisions and Sections in UN Women HQ and Country Representatives in the Region, the Adviser is responsible for the following key functions:

• Provide policy recommendations, strategic advice and proposed courses of action to the Regional Director and Country Representatives;
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of regional developments in political participation, governance and peace and security and events and integrate information and analysis in support of policy development, analysis, outreach and advocacy;
• Prepare analytical reports, briefing notes, background papers, summaries, talking points and others as required by senior management;
• Establish and maintain close working contacts with key national, regional and local stakeholders from Government, Civil Society, Regional Organizations and other relevant international actors to build up and strengthen strategic alliances and partnerships on women, peace and security issues and initiatives;
• Represent UN Women at inter-governmental and regional meetings on political participation, governance and peace and security issues in the region, as requested by the Regional Director;
• Work closely with colleagues of UN Women's Peace and Security and Leadership and Governance Sections and the Policy Division to identify promising practices, technical expertise, and strategic opportunities for addressing women’s empowerment and gender issues in the area of peace and security;
• Engage in regional post-2015 discussions dealing with governance, conflict and personal security.

Establish and strengthen strategic partnerships with key stakeholders, regional and international actors and development partners:

• Support the building of strategic alliances and partnerships to develop regional strategies and initiatives on the area of governance, women, peace and security;
• Maintain close liaison with relevant donors and other actors supporting efforts on governance/political participation and women, peace and security in the region;
• Support the country offices in mobilizing resources for the implementation of governance/political participation and women, peace and security initiatives in the region;
• Collaborate with UN Entities at the regional level, and support country offices, on accelerating the implementation of the SG’s Action Plan on Women’s Participation in Peace building;
• Liaise with relevant regional organizations engaged in peace and security issues, such as peacekeeping institutions, regional networks and academic institutions;
• Support the building of strategic alliances and partnerships for women political participation related strategies and initiatives;
• Maintain close contact with relevant staff in UN Women HQ.

Knowledge Management and Reporting:

• Manage the process of compiling reports and lessons learned on Women’s political participation and contribute to UN Women's knowledge management efforts;
• Collect information at the regional level to input to the annual SG report on Women and Peace and Security (usually due by May of each year), as well as other relevant thematic SG reports such as Peace building;
• Provide strategic information to input into briefings by UN Women’s Executive Direction to the Security Council, as requested;
• Provide inputs regarding the implementation of the SG’s Action Plan on Women’s Participation in Peace building.
• In close consultation with Country Offices manage the process of compiling reports and lessons learned on women, peace and security issues in the region and contribute to UN Women's knowledge management efforts;
• Facilitate cross-regional exchange of best practices and lessons learned with Regional Peace and Security advisers and Policy Division Peace and Security Division;
• Contribute to the development of the regional knowledge hub and propose plans to enrich its evidence base on women, peace and security in the region.

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

• 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.