Senior Adviser - Gender Equality

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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: 10+ years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: International contract
  • Renumeration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 25/10/2024
  • Location: United States 
Child protection/ Children’s rights Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
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.


To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have to…

 Technical advisory to strengthen design and implementation of priority equity-based programming with a gender lens.
  • Provide organizational strategic guidance and technical advice to advance gender integration in sectoral programmes in line with GAP results and Strategic Plan priorities.
  • Collaborate with different sectoral programme and other teams in UNICEF to advance girls’ and women’s nutrition and health through gender transformative approaches.
  • Oversee UNICEF’s gender and climate action contributions in line with UNICEF’s Sustainable Climate Action Plan (SCAP).
  • Provide coordination and guidance to UNICEF’s gender in humanitarian action portfolio.
  • Mobilise and nurture partnerships for gender equality in health, nutrition and WASH programming.
  • Develop and lead systematic efforts to document outcomes, lessons learned and best practices of gender equality results within key sectors.
  • Facilitate learning and knowledge sharing across countries and regions, building on existing communities of practice and knowledge hubs.

Leadership of global partnership, advocacy, communications and innovations for gender equality
  • Advance organizational strategic partnerships with key global stakeholders in health, Nutrition and WASH programmes and position UNICEF as a trusted and key thought leader agency in integrating gender across life course results.
  • Enhance the integration of gender in sectoral programmes proposals, concept notes and programme guidance for internal and external partners.
  • Contribute to UNICEF advocacy priorities relevant to life course results, support the dissemination of research results, and shape UNICEF contributions in key advocacy opportunities (including GAVI board meetings , SUN and Nutrition for Growth meetings , ASWA meetings, Women Deliver, other) 
  • Coordinate gender inputs towards the development of key UNICEF frameworks, policies, reports and strategies as they related to gender equality.

Program Oversight:
  • Oversee the design and implementation of gender-focused programs and initiatives, ensuring they are evidence-based and effective.
  • Monitor and evaluate the impact of gender programs, making recommendations for improvement and scale-up.

Policy Development:
  • Lead the formulation and revision of gender equality policies, ensuring alignment with international standards and commitments.
  • Conduct thorough research and analysis on gender issues to inform policy decisions

The following minimum requirements:

Advanced university degree in public health, nutrition, economics, sociology, public administration or other social sciences field is required.

Work Experience:
  • A minimum of 10 years of solid professional experience at national/and or international levels in advancing development outcomes for children and women, including with a gender perspective. is required.
  • Previous experience in creating program technical guidance or implementation requirements is also required.
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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