Gender Equality and Safeguards Specialist

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • 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
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 17/07/2024
  • Location: Remote (global)
PSEA/ Safeguarding
UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels offers a spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in its Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in UNDP’s Strategic Plan. 

Duties and Responsibilities

The Gender and Safeguards Specialist will help identify risks, apply safeguards, and define actions with a positive impact on gender equality. 

Key Duties and Accountabilities
Lead gender equality programming, risks management, and safeguards 
  • Review UNDP's policies on gender equality, risks management and safeguards, and provide advice to the global manager and other team members to ensure full compliance; 
  • Review and update periodically (at least yearly) Social and Environmental Screening (SESP) for BIOFIN;
  • Develop a Gender Analysis and Gender Mainstreaming Plan for BIOFIN including key Financial Solutions; 

Communication, Knowledge Management, and Capacity Building on Gender and Safeguards 
  • Ensure gender equality integration into BIOFIN website, social media, and any developed knowledge products;
  • Produce key strategic guidance and progress update documents on gender and development;
  • Ensure comprehensive documentation of the implementation of the gender-related activities;

Gender Equality Mainstreaming, Risk Management, and Safeguards for BIOFIN at Global and Country Level 
  • Conduct gender analysis to inform the design of new financial solutions, country strategies and overall gender inclusion assurance and ensure gender equality integration in newly developed concept notes and proposals; 
  • Integrate gender equality, risk management, and safeguards for Global and Country implementation of BIOFIN including planning for expenditures, activities, partnerships, resources, capacities, communication, and learning;
  • Develop the capacity, conduct training, for national teams, global team members and national counterparts in the fields of gender equality, risk analysis and applying safeguards; 
  • Accompany and guide the development of gender action plans for Country Strategies;

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
 
Required Skills and Experience

  • Master’s degree or equivalent in gender studies, social sciences, or environmental studies is required.
  • Bachelor’s degree in the said fields in combination with additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of Master'sdegree.
  • Minimum 5 years (with master’s degree) or 7 years (with bachelor’s degree) of work experience in gender equality and/or safeguards.
  • Progressively responsible professional experience, with a special focus on addressing the promotion of gender equality, women’s empowerment, and human rights protection in developing countries is required.
  • Fluency in English language (written and spoken) is required;

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