GRB Expert

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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: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 13/07/2024
  • Location: India 
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, men and diverse genders as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of Team Lead- Gender Budgeting, and direct supervision of Program Analyst- GRB, the GRB Expert- MWCD will support in strengthening the efforts of the national government on gender responsive planning and budgeting.
The GRB Expert- MWCD will work closely with the nodal official in MWCD, and have the following tasks:
Strengthening GB initiatives by Government of India:
  • Lead overall work of GRB unit and technical assistance to MWCD on expansion of GB to central ministries/ departments and states/ UTs;
  • Develop national action plan on GB and liaise with MWCD, MoF and line ministries on GRB;
  • Streamline uptake of GB framework by ministries/ departments;

Knowledge management of relevant GRB Resources:
  • Contribute substantively to the analysis and research of the political, social and economic situation in the country on gender responsive governance/ GRB and prepare substantive inputs;
  • Ensure documentation and dissemination of resources on GRB, such as case studies and best practices;
  • Develop sectoral policy briefs to institutionalize GRB;
  • Support MWCD in implementation of Gender Budgeting Scheme;

Capacity Development of various stakeholders on GRB:
  • Developing and taking forward an action plan for expansion of the scope of GB trainings across the country by developing partnerships with various National and State level training   institutions;
  • Develop a capacity development strategy and framework on GB, and advocate for integration in existing training mechanisms for union government officials, for. E.g. Karmyogi Bharat iGOT platform etc.;
  • Facilitate trainings and orientation programmes on Gender Budgeting for (i) Union Government, (ii) State Governments, (iii) District level officers, (iv) PRI members, (v) Training Institutes and (vi) NGO and others;

Key Deliverables:
  • National action plan on gender budgeting developed.
  • Guidelines on gender auditing developed.
  • Substantive positioning of gender budgeting in government policies and strategy.
  • Effective implementation of gender budgeting in 30 Ministries and select States in coordination with MWCD.

Required Skills and Experience
  • Master’s Degree or equivalent in Social Sciences/Economics/Social Work /Gender Studies/Public Administration/Policy or related fields.
  • Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience at the national/state level working with development projects preferably on Gender Responsive Governance, Gender Equality and Women Empowerment; with hands-on experience of design, implementation and monitoring/evaluation of projects.
  • At least 2 years of experience of working with national/ state governments on gender issues, preferable gender responsive budgeting.
  • Some Experience of undertaking budgetary/ policy analysis and capacity building of government officials.
  • Proficiency in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.).
  • Proficiency in English; good command over Hindi in reading and writing.

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