Call for Gender Experts

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UN Women

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Consultancy
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements: International contract
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 26/06/2024
  • Location: Remote (global)
Gender-based violence (GBV) Movement building
Background

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.
 

Duties and Responsibilities

Time sensitive assignment: The selection of proposals is a very time sensitive process and will require experts in the Technical Review Group (TRG) to follow very strict deadlines for each step of the process. Selected TRG members will be informed of the exact timeline prior to their acceptance of the assignment. The assignment is compatible with other professional activities but does include intense periods of 3 weeks where a full-time commitment will be expected to meet the deadlines [approximately mid-June-mid-July].
 
Full fledge Proposal review:
 
  • Each Technical Reviewer must familiarize themselves with the UN Trust Fund’s application and funding criteria through (1) a review of the 2024 ACT Call for Proposals and accompanying guidelines and (2) a review of the assessment criteria. 
  • Participating in a virtual training session.
  • Provide (1) narrative assessment and (2) quantitative scoring for up to 20-30 Full Fledged Proposals that match to the extent possible with the Expert’s respective regional expertise, using an objective set of assessment criteria provided by the Fund (3) reassess its appraisals in case of major discrepancies with the peer-reviewer. 
  • Enter narrative and quantitative assessments of each full fledged proposal directly into the Fund’s online grants management system if requested. 
  • Advise and provide feedback to the Fund’s Secretariat on technical, regional, and/or thematic issues related to full fledged proposals assessment as needed. 
 
 
Required Skills and Experience

Education:
  • An advanced university degree in Gender, Development Studies or related field and a minimum of 7 years of experience in the field of women’s rights, including at least 3 years in the field of ending VAW/G; or
  • A Bachelor’s degree with over 10 years of experience in the field of women’s rights, including at least 3 years in the field of ending VAW/G.
 
Experience:
  • Knowledge of women’s rights and gender issues globally with specific expertise on building or supporting women’s and feminist movements, preferably in the context of ending violence against women and girl.
  • Experience in the field of ending violence against women and girls in Latin America and/or Africa
  • Prior experience in project concept/proposal review and scoring is an asset.
  • Expertise in the field of intervention research and practice-based knowledge is an asset.
 
Language:
 
  • Excellent written and spoken fluency in English is required, fluency in Spanish and/or French is an asset.

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