Overview
Provide senior-level technical, strategic, and coordination support on gender equality, focusing on implementing the UNCCD Gender Action Plan and related processes for COP 17.
Tasks Summary
- - Provides substantive support to the implementation of donor-funded projects for integrating gender equality in the UNCCD.
- - Supports and guides the implementation of the UNCCD Gender Action Plan and its corresponding roadmap.
- - Ensures the effective implementation of ongoing and planned gender-related activities.
- - Provides inputs and support to resource mobilization and partnership efforts.
- - Drafts, edits and provides substantive results-based inputs for briefings and speeches.
- - Conducts substantive research and analysis of gender and DLDD issues.
- - Ensures compliance with relevant UN gender equality frameworks and leads annual UN SWAP reporting.
- - Performs any other job-related activities required.
Experience Requirements
- - A minimum of seven years of relevant experience in analyzing and integrating gender dimensions into policy and programme formulation and implementation, particularly in the context of land/natural resource use and management, agriculture, food and water security including capacity development programmes and tools is required.
- - Proven experience developing and implementing Gender Action Plans (GAPs), gender strategies, or gender assessments is required.
- - Experience in developing gender related capacity building programmes and knowledge sharing products is required.
- - Familiar with gender-responsive monitoring and evaluation methods, including gender -related statistics, indicator development and budgeting is desired.
- - Highly developed conceptual, analytical and innovative problem-solving ability; demonstrated ability to handle complex issues is desired.
Qualification Requirements
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in gender and women’s rights, development studies, social science or related fields, international relations, human rights, law, gender studies, or in related areas is required. A first-level degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in the specified fields of studies with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
