Chief, Women’s Economic Empowerment

|

UN Women

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Deadline: 26/08/2025
  • Location: Kenya
Economic justice
Background:
UN Women’s Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division (PPID) provides global support to UN Women offices at Headquarters and in all field locations to deliver results in support of UN Women’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 and internationally agreed goals on gender equality and women’s empowerment, including the Beijing Platform for Action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 

Economic empowerment (EE) is one of PPID’s thematic sections that leads and coordinates one of UN Women’s four Strategic Plan Impact Areas. UN Women works with governments, multilateral organizations, the UN System, civil society organizations and the private sector to promote women’s economic empowerment in alignment with UN Women’s Economic Empowerment Strategy. Women’s economic empowerment is a transformative, collective process through which economic systems become just, equitable and prosperous, and all women enjoy their economic and social rights, exercise agency and power in ways that challenge inequalities and level the playing field, and gain equal rights and access to, ownership of and control over resources, assets, income, time and their own lives. In its work on sustainable development, EE Section provides technical assistance and policy advice in a number of areas, among them, the gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Rio Conventions and leads the implementation of the global programming frameworks on Gender Responsive Climate Action and Women in the Blue and Green Economies, Women in the World of Work and Transforming Care Systems. 

The Chief of the Economic Empowerment section reports to the PPID Director and is responsible for leading the organization’s work on women’s economic empowerment, providing global policy support and developing thematic work and knowledge production in line with the mandate to further women’s income security, decent work, and economic autonomy. Working in close collaboration with Sections across PPID and other Divisions, the incumbent will contribute to inter-governmental, normative and UN system coordination work, establish and strengthen partnerships, and provide strategic advice to UN Women’s regional and country offices. The Chief also supervises and leads the staff of the Economic Empowerment section. 


Recruitment Qualifications:
  • Master’s degree (or equivalent) in economics, with preferred specialization in feminist economics, or related fields such as gender and development, public policy, or other social science fields with a significant focus on gender equality; 
  • A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
  • Minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible experience in policy and programmatic work in gender and development, feminist economics, women’s economic empowerment or related areas;
  • Substantial experience in preparing and publishing policy pieces on feminist economics and women’s economic empowerment;
  • Significant experience in designing and implementing large-scale operational programmes on women’s economic empowerment;
  • Demonstrated experience in successfully managing teams in a collaborative and transparent manner;
  • Fluency in English is required;

*When clicking on “Apply”, you will be redirected to the original job announcement and details

Apply

*There are individuals who may use GenderJobs.org name and trademark in emails and on websites in an attempt to solicit fees from interested job-seekers. Some examples of these fees are placement fees or immigration processing fees. GenderJobs.org does not use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an up-front fee of any kind. If you suspect that you have been a victim of fraud from someone pretending to be GenderJobs.org, please contact us at [email protected]