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 also coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality, and in all deliberations and agreements linked to the 2030 Agenda. The entity works to position gender equality as fundamental to the Sustainable Development Goals, and a more inclusive world. UN Women, as part of the United Nations in Timor-Leste, contributes to the Government’s efforts to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women, as outlined in its Strategic Development Plan 2011-2030, its Sustainable Development Goals Roadmap, and in support of its international human rights and gender equality obligations. Within the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (2021-2025), UN Women’s programming in Timor-Leste focuses on Women’s Economic Empowerment, Ending Violence against Women and Girls (EVAWG), advancing the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and supporting implementation of Normative commitments (e.g. CEDAW, Beijing Platform for Action, SDGs), mainstreaming gender across areas to achieve these results. In support of its coordination mandate, UN Women Country Office Co-Chairs the UN Inter-agency Governance Results Group (with UNDP), Co-Chairs Gender Theme Group and the Co-Chairs the Multi-stakeholder Gender Coordination Group with the State Secretariat for Equality and Inclusion. The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Programming is generously supported by the Swedish International Development Agency under UN Women’s Regional Access to Justice Programme in Asia-Pacific. The programming supports Timor-Leste to strengthen its efforts to advance the WPS agenda through improved implementation, monitoring and reporting capacities and investments in expanding leadership and decision-making opportunities for women and youth. The Programme Officer will support Timor-Leste’s efforts to develop and implement a second-generation National Action Plan for the implementation of UNSCR 1325 (NAP 1325). This will involve provision of integrated policy advice, technical assistance and capacity development as well as support advocacy efforts. The role will contribute to 1) investments in financing and generating data around the WPS agenda, 2) promoting women and youth representation in local decision-making bodies, 3) increasing access to inclusive security and justice services, and 4) supporting gender-responsive conflict prevention and response (including gender-responsive mediation). Reporting to the Head of Office and coordinating with the Regional Access to Justice Programme Advisor, the Programme Officer contributes to the effective management and implementation of UN Women’s WPS programmes in the Timor-Leste Country Office by providing substantive inputs to programme design, formulation, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting. S/he guides and facilitates the delivery of UN Women programmes by monitoring results achieved during implementation and ensuring appropriate application of systems and procedures and develops enhancements if necessary. She/he works in close collaboration with the programme and operations team, UN Women regional and HQ staff as needed, Government officials, Sida and other multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society, ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation under his/her portfolio.
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