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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 as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

In undertaking its mandate to support “existing coordination mechanisms to generate a more effective United Nations system-wide humanitarian response to respond to the specific needs of women and girls”  UN Women seeks to complement and enhance the capacity of other UN entities to serve their respective mandates and deliver on gender equality and women’s empowerment. 

The scope of work of the Research and Knowledge Management Specialist (P4) requires substantive experience and understanding of the methodologies of developing and presenting gender-based evidence, data sets and analysis in the context of crisis and conflict planning, prioritization and decision making. It also requires knowledge of humanitarian action and women peace and security to translate UN Women`s strategic plans into results. It also requires developing mutually reinforcing partnerships with member states, civil society (particularly local women’s organizations), regional institutions and the international humanitarian system, including relevant UN entities and bilateral donors to enhance awareness, commitment, visibility, and resources to advance gender equality and women's empowerment in crisis and conflict settings.

The Research and Knowledge Management Specialist reports to the Deputy Chief of Humanitarian Section, who provides the strategic leadership, guidance and oversight of the Humanitarian Unit and the formulation and execution of its programmes and operations, and will liaise regularly with the Peace, Security and Resilience team. Research and Knowledge Management Specialist will provide technical support to UN Women regional and country offices and relevant units in headquarters, including Research & Data.  She/he will contribute to the inter-agency coordination, programme development and implementation in humanitarian action, post crisis/conflict recovery and other elements of the women, peace and security portfolio, with special attention to the organization’s efforts to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the adoption of 1325 and advancing the Secretary-General’s goal of bringing about a gender data revolution on issues affecting women and girls in conflict and crisis settings.