Gender Budget Expert

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Deadline: 20/06/2024
  • Location: Remote (global)
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender budgeting
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 and the third gender as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

Roles and Responsibilities

Develop scope and methodology to identify areas for technical support and capacity building for the National Parliament, Secretary of SEI, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Interior and Public Finance Committee.
  • Identify gaps in capacity and develop a work plan to address areas for strengthening.
  • Prepare inception report provided with methodology and recommended technical support and capacity building’s scopes.

Capacity development of institutions on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) and Planning
  • Lead the assessment for capacity building needs of UN Women’s identified partners on gender mainstreaming and gender-responsive budgeting through needs assessments and developing reports on results from assessments, identification of technical supports required and capacity building plans.
  • Develop training materials, and lead capacity building sessions for UN Women partners and relevant stakeholders on gender-responsive planning and inclusive budgeting in public investment, budget planning and decision-making processes, applying the latest global best practice for Gender Responsive Budgeting that promote gender equality commitments.

Provide technical support and recommendations to advance Gender-Responsive Budgeting policy, planning, monitoring and analysis. 
  • Provide technical support and advice to government partners on gender mainstreaming, gender-responsive and inclusive budgeting, with attention to ending violence against women and girls and promoting gender equality and women’s economic empowerment and the rights of persons with disabilities. This requires undertaking an analysis of the State Budget 2024 and 2025, implementation of budget, review of polices, plans and budget and inputs from a gender perspective.
  • Development of planning, monitoring and budgeting tools and where available, reviewing of developed tools for gender mainstreaming and gender-responsive budgeting that facilitate the implementation of gender equality commitments in Timor-Leste encompassing the CEDAW Concluding Observations, National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence, National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security, Government Resolution on Equal Pay, National Employment Strategy and Maubisse Declaration on Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment, among the gender targets in the SDGs.
  • Undertake a comparative analysis of State Budget 2023 and 2024 of Timor-Leste in the context of ASEAN Countries.
 
 
 QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE  
  • Master’s Degree in Social Sciences/Economics/Social Work /Gender Studies/Public Administration/Policy or related fields.
  • Minimum 7 years of experience in Gender/GRB programme management, research and trainings.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience of working on GRB directly with national/ state governments is required.
  • Wider sectoral expertise for dealing with gender issues as well as experience of developing training content and government capacity building.
  • Proficiency in English

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