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Gender Specialist
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International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Humanitarian or Development: Development
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Inter-governmental
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Not specified
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 02/04/2024
- Location: India
Key Duties and Responsibilities
1. As primary specialist in the area(s) of [gender, equality, diversity and inclusion, the incumbent, is responsible for substantial segments of the work programme.
2. Review and facilitate the strengthening and effective implementation of inclusive institutional, legal and policy frameworks.
3. Support ILO constituents in identifying their needs and provide adequate technical support, including through comparative policy analyses.
4. Provide technical inputs to the design and implementation of Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs) as well as UN and other development cooperation frameworks.
5. Initiate, design, conduct/commission and/or coordinate innovative and gender-mainstreamed research and analysis that meets the evolving needs of constituents and other key stakeholders in the world of work area and leads to the formulation of policy advice, recommendations, policy and technical guidelines, and the development of new and enhancement of existing methodologies and concepts to address gender equality issues.
2. Review and facilitate the strengthening and effective implementation of inclusive institutional, legal and policy frameworks.
3. Support ILO constituents in identifying their needs and provide adequate technical support, including through comparative policy analyses.
4. Provide technical inputs to the design and implementation of Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs) as well as UN and other development cooperation frameworks.
5. Initiate, design, conduct/commission and/or coordinate innovative and gender-mainstreamed research and analysis that meets the evolving needs of constituents and other key stakeholders in the world of work area and leads to the formulation of policy advice, recommendations, policy and technical guidelines, and the development of new and enhancement of existing methodologies and concepts to address gender equality issues.
6. Develop and lead/coordinate the development of gender mainstreamed and gender specific policies, initiatives, strategies and a range of original and evidence-based technical and policy knowledge products and tools responding to constituents’ needs and priorities and advancing the Decent Work Agenda.
7. Provide technical inputs to, oversee the drafting of/draft, peer review and edit reports, publications and other office documents.
8. Support the strengthening of ILO constituents' capacity to design and implement policies and measures, monitor the impact of policies and measures, refine and improve policies and measures as required in the area of gender, equality, diversity and inclusion.
9. Identify opportunities for technical and strategic partnerships in the areas of gender, equality, diversity and inclusion and related areas and develop new/reinforce existing partnerships and collaborative relationships.
10. Organize, facilitate and make technical contributions at seminars, conferences and other events. Represent and engage the ILO as a key player in meetings, conferences and forums at the international, regional, sub-regional, national levels concerned with strategies, policies or programmes in the field of gender, equality, diversity and inclusion.
11. Conceptualize, formulate, discuss and submit development cooperation project proposals.
12. Play a key role in resource mobilization efforts to secure funding for new projects and activities in the field of gender, equality, diversity and inclusion.
13. Perform other relevant duties as assigned.
Required qualifications
- Advanced level university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in social sciences, public administration, law or economics with demonstrated technical expertise in the field of gender equality or other relevant field.
- A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) in one of the afore-mentioned fields or other relevant field with an additional two years of relevant experience, in addition to the experience stated below, will be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
- At least seven years of experience in the world of work issues with a particular focus on gender equality and non-discrimination, including at the international level.
- Excellent command of English.
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