Programme Specialist, Gender-Responsive Procurement

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UN Women

  • 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: International contract
  • Remuneration: $77,884 USD-$102,090 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 04/06/2024
  • Location: United States 
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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

1.     Support UAE SPF component on Accelerating Women’s Economic Empowerment in Africa and Latin America
  • Manage the day-to-day technical implementation of the component
  • Provide technical advice and ensure synergies within the global team and with other relevant teams in the Economic Empowerment section and across UN Women
  • Prepare the annual workplan and budget and manage their implementation

2.     Provide policy guidance, technical assistance and capacity development
  • Provide policy and technical support to countries and entities that express their commitment to GRP
  • Support institutional capacity development for national, subnational and private sector and UN actors to develop and implement gender-responsive procurement policies in Kenya and Chile as well as regionally and globally
  • Support opportunities to connect women’s and gender-responsive enterprises in specific sectors with public and private sector procuring organizations in Kenya and Chile and regionally

3.    Lead knowledge management on public and private GRP
  • Research and identify experiences, lessons learned and promising practices to guide implementation, capacity development and advocacy
  • Lead the development, and presentation of knowledge products (e.g. analytical reports, research papers, briefing notes, background papers, online newsletters, etc.) on GRP to advance women’s economic empowerment
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing on GRP by convening and participating in strategic events
  • Support the global Community of Practice on GRP and facilitate communities of practices in Kenya and Chile to connect practitioners, decision makers and individuals to consult, coordinate and build knowledge

4.     Provide support for advocacy and stakeholder and partner engagement initiatives related to public and private GRP
  • Develop advocacy strategies and implement them in close collaboration with country and global teams
  • Support global and country outreach to governments and civil society on GRP
  • Build and strengthen partnerships with stakeholders, partners and donors to raise awareness of advancing women’s economic empowerment through public and private GRP

Required Skills and Experience
  • Master’s degree or equivalent in economics, international development, gender studies or a related field is required.
  • A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
  • At least 5 years progressively responsible experience in gender equality and women’s economic empowerment.
  • Experience in gender-responsive procurement is required.
  • Experience in preparation of knowledge products is required.
  • Experience in managing women’s economic empowerment programmes and strategic planning is required.
  • Experience in coordinating teams is required.
  • Fluency in English is required. 

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