Gender and Humanitarian Expert

Overview

The Gender and Humanitarian Expert will lead the Humanitarian/GiHA portfolio in Mozambique, providing policy guidance and technical advice to UN Women and humanitarian stakeholders to enhance gender equality programming throughout the humanitarian programme cycle.

Tasks Summary

• - Lead the Humanitarian/GiHA portfolio in Mozambique.
• - Provide policy guidance and technical advice to UN Women and humanitarian stakeholders.
• - Contribute to country strategies, workplans, and budgets.
• - Advise senior management on GiHA, WPS, PSEA, AAP, GBViE, and gender equality priorities.
• - Lead the design, implementation, and management of humanitarian programmes.
• - Develop high quality proposals and ensure effective, accountable, gender responsive interventions.
• - Provide oversight of programme delivery and technical support to implementing partners, UN agencies, and WROs/WLOs.
• - Provide gender advisory support throughout the Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC).
• - Support the development of a Gender Accountability Framework.
• - Track humanitarian programme and financial performance.
• - Review partner reports and ensure accountability.
• - Prepare quarterly, annual, and donor reports.
• - Support information management and advocacy efforts for gender integration.
• - Provide technical support on gender mainstreaming to humanitarian coordination structures.
• - Strengthen the capacity of humanitarian stakeholders on GiHA.
• - Lead capacity building initiatives on GiHA, GBV, SEA, PSEA, AAP, and gender mainstreaming.
• - Provide technical assistance, training, and capacity development to WROs/WLOs.
• - Support gender responsive localization and community engagement initiatives.
• - Identify opportunities for WROs/WLOs to engage in humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
• - Represent UN Women in humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
• - Co chair the GiHA Working Group and participate in relevant meetings.
• - Support inter agency assessments and gender integration across clusters.
• - Contribute to resource mobilization strategies and donor engagement.
• - Re-establish and nurture partnership with INGD.
• - Develop advocacy briefs, gender alerts, Rapid Gender Analyses (RGAs), and analytical products.
• - Ensure gender is mainstreamed in sector assessments, MSNA, and rapid inter agency assessments.
• - Provide technical advice on inclusion of SAAD and gender content in analyses and advocacy messages.
• - Promote evidence based, community engaged humanitarian responses.

Experience Requirements

• At least 7+ years of progressively responsible work experience in humanitarian / development programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building
• At least 5+ years’ experience of data collection, analysis, monitoring and evaluation
• At least 5+ years of relevant experience working with humanitarian sectors, civil society organizations, international institutions and donors
• Technical experience in gender mainstreaming, GiHA, PSEA, and Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP).
• Experience working in a humanitarian / development context is an asset.

Qualification Requirements

• Master's degree in Law, human rights, international relations, international development, political science, gender/women's studies, or a related field is required
• A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage

Other Details

Languages Required: English, Level: Fluent, Required Portuguese, Level: Fluent, Required

Languages Preferred:

Contract Duration: 12 months (with possibility of extension)

Work Modality: Onsite

Remuneration: