National Consultant – Support to Women’s Access to Justice and Leadership Programming (EVAW Programme, Tanzania)

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - UN Women

Consultant Closes 29 May 2026 1 days left

Overview

Provide technical, programmatic, and coordination support to the Women’s Access to Justice portfolio under the EVAW Programme in Tanzania. Ensure high-quality implementation, monitoring, partnerships, and knowledge generation, fostering synergies between Access to Justice, Leadership, and EVAWG strategies.


Key Responsibilities
  • Support the review, adoption, and implementation of laws and policies to promote women’s rights and gender equality.
  • Provide technical support to justice sector partners to roll out key gender responsive justice tools.
  • Provide technical support to strengthen the accessibility and availability of survivor-centered services.
  • Provide technical support to strengthen coordination, functionality and effectiveness of the Women Justice Forum.
  • Support partners on the implementation of programmes aimed at strengthening women’s leadership, participation and representation.
Required Experience
  • At least 7 years of progressively responsible work experience in development Programme/projects implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building.
  • Experience in Governance and Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment or Women’s Human Rights issues with focus on legislation, constitutional review/reforms and access to justice and other EVAWG-related programs.
  • Experience in establishing strategic partnerships among international organizations, national governments, academia, and CSOs in the field of gender and human rights.
  • Experience in working with justice actors and advocates including coordinating and liaising with government agencies, UN agencies, donors, academia, CSOs.
  • Experience working in the UN System is an asset.
Qualifications

Master’s degree or equivalent in Law, Human Rights, Political or Social Science, International Development Studies, Gender/Women’s Studies or a related field is required.

Other Details
Languages Required
• Fluency in English and Swahili is required.
Languages Preferred
Not specified
Contract Duration
six months
Work Modality
home-based with occasional office attendance in Unguja Office. The Consultant may be required to undertake Official Business Mission in Pemba, as necessary to undertake field-based support.
Remuneration
Not specified
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