Background

Organizational Context 

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.

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (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 center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides support to Member States’ efforts and priorities in meeting their gender equality goals and for building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. 

In line with UN Women Global Strategic Plan (2018-2021), and its Country Strategic Note (2019-2022), in Turkey UN Women works towards three overarching goals:  

1) Women lead, participate in, and benefit equally from governance systems.  

2) All women and girls live a life free from all forms of violence  

3) Women and girls contribute to and have greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters and conflicts and humanitarian action.  

Towards these goals, UN Women implements programmes and projects that aim to advance gender equality, improve women’s access to opportunities, rights and services in political, social and economic life and combat gender stereotypes, discrimination and violence, as required by international and national legal and policy commitments. UN Women collaborates with numerous partners – central and local level government authorities, civil society organizations, including women’s organizations and platforms, academia, private sector companies, other UN agencies. It commits itself to the Leaving No One Behind principle, by supporting targeted actions to remove the obstacles that marginalized and vulnerable groups of women face in accessing their rights and to promote them as agents of change. 

UN Women in Turkey is working with national governments, UN agencies, local authorities and non-governmental organizations to empower Syrian women and girls under temporary protection - as well as other refugee women; and to improve their access to opportunities, rights and services, as required by international treaties and national legislation. In 2018 UN Women concluded an assessment in six cities to determine the needs of refugee women and girls, their challenges in accessing services and the areas that need improvement. The assessment helped inform two major flagship projects under UN Women’s Refugee Response Programme (RRP): “Strengthening the Resilience of Syrian Women and Girls and Host Communities in Iraq, Jordan and Turkey” and “Social and Economic Stabilization of Syrian Women and Adolescent Girls in Turkey” UN Women’s Refugee Response Programme works through a multi-dimensional strategy that: i) enables women’s empowerment through addressing issues of economic vulnerability by increased access to recovery and livelihood opportunities, paired with comprehensive protection services, and ii) promotes a culture of peace and co-existence through supporting women to lead and engage in social cohesion and peaceful co-existence.

The main partners for programme implementation in Turkey are the Municipality of Gaziantep, South East Anatolia Poject Regional Development Administration, International Labour Organisation (ILO), Refugee Support Center (MUDEM) and Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (ASAM). The programme  offers a two-tier approach that combines livelihoods and referral support in Gaziantep, Sanliurfa and Izmir with interventions aiming at increasing women’s participation in decision-making mechanisms and creating social cohesion between women and girls from refugee and host communities.

Reporting to the Programme Management Specialist and under the overall guidance of the Head of Programmes and Migration and Humanitarian Specialist, the Gender Analyst contributes to UN Women’s RRP in Turkey by providing technical inputs for the gender- sensitive programme design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation throughout the whole programme cycle.  He/she also contributes to increasing the technical capacity of UN Women’s staff and partners, as well as the national and local public service providers to deliver gender-responsive services to the refugees. The Gender Analyst works in close collaboration with the programme team and other relevant UN Women staff, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society.      

Duties and Responsibilities

Functions 

Contribute technically and provide substantive support to UN Women’s gender-sensitive Refugee Response Programme

• Provide substantive inputs to the annual workplan as required;
• Provide substantive support for call/request for proposals, including by attending technical review committees, and capacity assessment of partners;
• Prepare terms of reference, review and provide feedback on programme consultants’ work plans/reports etc.
• Participate in donor meetings and public information events, as delegated;
• Provide substantive inputs to the design and formulation of programme/project proposals and initiatives related to gender sensitive refugee response.

Provide technical assistance and capacity development support to project/programme partners in the field of gender-sensitive refugee response

• Provide technical support to and technically oversee the implementation of programme activities with partners with a view to ensuring that implementation is gender-responsive;
• Identify opportunities for capacity building of partners and coordinate and facilitate technical/ programming support and trainings to partners as needed;
• Establish and maintain relationships with the (potential) national and local partners to support the effective implementation and expansion of the RRP.

Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the programme/ project

• Support the monitoring and evaluation focal point to monitor and evaluate the progress on programme activity, results and indicators using a gender-sensitive results-based approach;
• Provide substantive inputs to UN Women quarterly and annual reports, donor reports and other reports on outputs, outcomes and impact, as required.

Contribute to building partnerships and resource mobilization strategies

• Provide substantive inputs to resource mobilization strategies;
• Provide substantive inputs to relevant documentation such as project summaries, conference papers, briefing notes, speeches, and donor profiles.

Provide technical inputs to inter-agency coordination on the 3RP and UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with other partners and UN Agencies in Turkey

• Provide substantive and technical support on inter-agency coordination mechanisms and relevant result groups by providing inputs to UNSDCF related documents, background reports and briefs and attending meetings, as delegated.

Provide inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts

• Provide technical inputs to background documents, briefs and presentations related to UN Women’s RRP;
• Support the Communication Analyst for the organization of advocacy activities and campaigns events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products;
• Provide substantive inputs to the development of knowledge management products on UN Women’s RRP.

Competencies

Key Performance Indicators

• Timely and quality inputs to programme design from gender perspective
• Timely and quality inputs to workplans
• Adherence to UN Women standards and rules
• Timely monitoring and tracking of gender-responsive programme results
• Timely organization of events
• Number of knowledge products developed

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

• Programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills
• Knowledge of Results Based Management
• Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings
• Good analytical skills
• Good knowledge of issues with regards to gender equality and women’s rights in refugee response context

Required Skills and Experience

 Recruitment Qualifications