Program Officer, Gender and Inclusion

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Open Government Partnership

Hybrid
  • Location: United States , Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Think Tank
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: €53,200 EUR-€71,170 EUR / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 24/06/2024
  • Location: United States , Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom
Political participation Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
About the Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Since its launch in 2011,  OGP has grown into a global effort of over 225 national and local governments, thousands of civil society organizations, and many others dedicated to making governments more transparent, accountable, responsive, and inclusive.

What You’ll Do
Strengthen and accelerate gender and inclusion commitments across OGP action plans and as focus areas of the Open Gov Challenge (20%)

  • Promote members’ implementation of gender, inclusion, and youth initiatives at national and/or local levels, in line with the OGP Strategy and Open Gov Challenge, by developing yearly plans in coordination with relevant teams.
  • Collaborate with Country & Local Programs team to identify and forge partnerships at the country level with governments, civil society partners (e.g. women, gender minorities, youth groups and other relevant actors) and implementation agencies to co-create and implement ambitious gender, inclusion, and youth focused commitments in National Action Plans or for the Open Gov Challenge.
  • Provide feedback on draft commitments and link to relevant technical expertise.

Lead the promotion of gender and inclusion as cross-cutting and integrated thematic areas of the OGP Strategy (20%)

  • Coordinate participation of the OGP Steering Committee (SC) and Support Unit (SU) at relevant gender, inclusion, and youth-focused events at country, regional and global levels.
  • Develop and implement strategies to promote OGP’s role in key platforms, including the SDGs, UN Women’s Gender Equality campaign, working with OGP Steering Committee members, Champions Network of influencers (Ambassadors, Envoys, etc) and OGP funders supporting these priorities.
  • Lead the development and execution of relevant thematic sessions in the agendas of the OGP Global and Regional Summits that strengthen OGP’s positioning on gender, inclusion and youth, including related OGP campaigns.
Strengthen partnerships to increase the role of gender and inclusion across OGP Action Plans and Challenge commitments (40%)

  • Manage, strengthen, and expand strategic partnerships to advance gender equality, inclusion, and youth thematic priorities.
  • Participate in regional and country calls or thematic exchanges with partners, and in other core activities of the Policy and Partnerships and Country Support teams to identify opportunities and provide implementation guidance.
  • Liaise with Gender, inclusion, and youth officers in partnership organizations across thematic priorities.
Cross-SU Coordination (20%)

  • Coordinate with Operations & Organizational Development team and Executive Committee to support inclusive policies in internal management processes and procedures.
  • Document program deliverables, analysis of OGP commitments, updates to donors and other relevant program information.
  • Prepare briefing material and slide decks on thematic priorities and the program, including for use by the Senior Leadership Team for strategic and fundraising conversations.

Qualifications
Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in gender and inclusion or related programmes, International Affairs, Public Policy or another relevant field (or equivalent experience).
  • Demonstrated experience particularly in a progressive non-profit or forward-leaning international affairs organization. 
  • Demonstrated experience putting forward recommendations focused on inclusion for gender and sexual minorities.
  • Demonstrated passion for learning and growing in intercultural contexts.
  • Fluent in English. 

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