Gender Programme Specialist

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: International contract
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 23/06/2024
  • Location: Panama
Child protection/ Children’s rights Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, OPPORTUNITIES 
How can you make a difference? 
1) Supports senior programme colleagues and management of the Regional Office to advance the five Targeted Gender Priorities in the Gender Action Plan across the region with support from the Regional Gender Adviser. The incumbent also plays a role in working with one or more of the 5 UNICEF Goal Areas to integrate gender by prioritizing key gender results within the sector(s).
2) Supports cross-sectional collaboration and coordination on key programmatic results on gender, ensuring coherence, maximization of synergies and efficiency in utilization of resources and delivery of results.
3) Works with programme colleagues and management so that gender results are effectively defined, measured, and reported, and high-quality assessment, research, evidence generation and evaluation on gender programming is undertaken and utilized.
4) Supports effective review, assessment, planning, capacity building, and knowledge management on gender with a particular focus on monitoring the implementation of the UNICEF GAP Standards across the region.
5) Supports and monitors the implementation of the Adolescent Girl Programme Strategy across the region, providing technical assistance to regional leadership and teams on regional advocacy on adolescent girls’ rights and to country offices for delivery of results with and for girls.
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
  • Education: Advanced university degree (Masters or higher) in the field of social sciences (i.e. sociology, demography, psychology, political science, social policy or economics), public health, public policy, public administration, international development, or in an area relevant to UNICEF’s sectoral work (e.g. Health, Nutrition, WASH, Education, Child Protection, Social Inclusion, HIV/AIDs, etc.)
  • Work Experience: At least five years of progressively responsible professional experience and demonstrated track record of having undertaken and led substantive programming and research on gender equality in key issue areas that are the focus of UNICEF’s Gender Action Plan and/or Adolescent Girls Programme Strategy.
  • Language Requirements: Fluency in English and proficiency in Spanish is required. 

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