UN WOMEN Jobs - 85875- GENDER STATISTICS EXPERT

GENDER STATISTICS EXPERT

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

DAKAR, SENEGAL

Type of Contract :

Service Contract

Starting Date :

01-Aug-2019

Application Deadline :

24-Jun-19 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

SB-5

Duration of Initial Contract :

1 an renouvelable

Languages Required :

English French

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

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. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality are translated into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts while building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

From a gender perspective, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a significant step forward from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), covering for the first time core areas of the feminist agenda. The Inter-agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), created under the auspices of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC), has identified a robust set of 230 unique indicators to monitor progress in achieving the SDGs. Overall, a quarter of these indicators explicitly or implicitly address gender equality. Many of the gender-related indicators in the SDGs currently lack adequate data and comparable methodologies for comprehensive and periodic monitoring.

To support member states in implementing the 2030 Agenda, UN Women’s Flagship Program Initiative Making Every Woman and Girl Count (Women Count), aims to effect a radical shift in the production, availability, accessibility and use of quality data and statistics on key aspects of gender equality and women’s empowerment.

The program has three objectives: (i) Promoting an enabling environment by putting in place a supportive and well-coordinated policy environment to ensure gender-responsive localization and effective monitoring of the SDGs; (ii) Increasing data production by removing technical barriers and constraints to ensure that quality, comparable and regular gender statistics are produced to monitor the implementation of national policies and meet reporting commitments under the SDGs; and (iii) Improving data accessibility by ensuring that the data produced are widely available and used effectively by different players with sufficient capacities to understand, analyze and use them to inform advocacy, research, policies and programs and to monitor progress on the SDGs.

In line with this global Gender Statistics programme, UN Women Senegal Programme Presence (PP) needs to develop a project proposal specific to the context of Senegal, mobilize resources and implement the initiative. The Women Count project in Senegal will be developed under UN Women Senegal 2019-2022 Strategic Note’s first thematic impact area “Women lead, participate in and benefit equally from governance systems”, in contribution to UN Women’s 2018-2021 Strategic Plan’s output 6 – “More and better quality data and statistics are available to promote and track progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment”.

UN Women Senegal together with the National Statistics and Demography Agency seek to strengthen, through the Women Count project, the capacity of Senegal National Statistics System (NSS) actors to produce and use gender statistics in order to inform and monitor the implementation of Senegal’s gender-related commitments in the 2030 Agenda.

The Gender Statistics Expert will report to UN Women Senegal’s Representative and work closely with WCARO Regional Programme Specialist on Gender Statistics and the Women Count team in UN Women HQ. She/he will exercise overall responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and reporting of the Women Count project in Senegal. The Gender Statistics Expert will work in close collaboration with UN Women Senegal Program and Operation teams, UN Women regional offices, UN Women HQ staff, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society to ensure successful implementation of the project in Senegal.

Duties and Responsibilities

Design and develop program strategies in the area of Gender Statistics:

Provide technical expertise in mainstreaming Gender in Statistics;
Design and formulate program / project proposals and initiatives on Gender Statistics;
Draft inputs to country strategy documents, briefs, policy dialogue and other documents related to Gender Statistics.

Manage and oversee the formulation and implementation of the Women Count program in Senegal:

Develop and review Women Count project documents including Letters of Agreement (LOA) and/or Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with implementing partners in a timely manner;
Develop project Annual Work Plans (AWPs) and manage their implementation in compliance with approved project documents and budgets;
Organize Project Steering Committee, project review and/or evaluation meetings, as needed;
Manage and review the project proposed activities, results and budget ensuring consistency with the Project Document and the objectives of the Women Count global programme;
Manage the technical implementation of the project ensuring synergies with other teams;
Oversee and review the budget and proposed activities as needed ensuring consistency with the objectives of the Women Count programme and in compliance with agreed timelines;
Develop procurement plans and oversee procurement processes in accordance with corporate rules and regulations;
Provide guidance to staff and partners on Results Based Management tools and performance indicators.

Manage technical assistance and capacity development to Women Count partners:

Ensure that the implementation of the Women Count project follows strict quality standards, as established under the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics and the Principles Governing International Statistical Activities;
Identify capacity development needs of partners and provide technical assistance, advisory support, and capacity development to partners on Gender Statistics, including strategic direction and positioning of gender statistics in national policies, plans and strategies;
Produce and disseminate guidance notes, tools and methodologies on gender statistics and provide technical inputs to statistical products developed by partners;
Develop and manage the partnerships needed to implement Women Count in Senegal, including with governments, donors, international agencies, civil society and philanthropic organizations and the private sector;
Strengthen UN Women’s partnerships with key regional and national stakeholders, including NSS, UN agencies, civil society organizations and other data collecting organizations in the country in order to present a wide range of relevant data on gender equality and women’s rights to contribute to the regional and thematic monitoring of SDGs;

Manage the monitoring and reporting of the Women Count project in Senegal:

Monitor progress towards achievement of project results, including regular collection of data and information about the impact of the Women Count programme at national level;
Produce quarterly reports and contribute to the Women Count donor annual report and other UN Women reports as needed;
Manage monitoring of project implementation and related finances (project delivery) using results-based management tools (RMS, ATLAS, Dashboard, etc.);
Liaise with implementing partners for the submission of financial and narrative reports;?

Contribute to inter-agency coordination to achieve a coherent and aligned presence for Gender Statistics in Senegal:

Provide technical support to UN Women Senegal Coordinator on inter-agency coordination related activities by attending meetings, events, and participating in groups and committees as needed;
Participate and/or represent UN Women in Senegal UNDAF’s thematic groups including Senegal UNDAF’s SDG’s task force and UNISS M&E group;
Coordinate with other UN agencies, government departments, donors and NGOs to ensure the projects’ capacity development program is harmonized and aligned with other in-country efforts.

Manage advocacy, resource mobilization, knowledge management and communication efforts:

Contribute to identify iand implement advocacy and resource mobilization opportunities in line with the Women Count global programme Advocacy and Resource Mobilization strategy;
Design a KM plan building on the Women Count global programme KM strategy and develop knowledge management strategies (including collecting and documenting best practices and lessons learned), products and methodologies on Gender Statistics observing Women Count global programme branding and publication guidelines.

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.

Functional Competencies:

Excellent knowledge of Gender Statistics, gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Excellent program formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills;
Excellent knowledge of Results Based Management;
Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports to inform management and strategic decision-making;
Strong analytical skills;
Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising and develop strategies;
Good knowledge and use of computer office tools (word, spreadsheets, databases, etc.)

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree or equivalent in Statistics, Demography, Economics, Social Sciences or a related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage

Experience:

At least 7 years of technical experience in gender statistics in the context of a National Statistical System;
Work experience at the national or international level in design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects;
Experience of the Senegal National Statistical System is a significant added-value;
Experience in producing high quality research or policy papers on gender and or gender data at national level and international levels;
Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is an asset;
Experience working in the UN System is an asset;
Good hands-on knowledge of statistical software (Excel, SPSS, STATA, etc.)..

Languages:

Fluency in English and French is required.