Programme Specialist - EVAW

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UN Women

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • 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: 19/08/2025
  • Location: Zimbabwe
Gender-based violence (GBV)
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 and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

In June 2025, UN Women and three UN agencies (UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF) began implementation of a new UN Joint Programme entitled: Sustaining the Gains: Strengthening Accountability to Gender Equality and Women’s Rights in Zimbabwe which builds on several achievements of the Zimbabwe Spotlight Initiative (2019-2023). The new UN Joint Programme will directly contribute to the implementation of Zimbabwe’s High-Level Political Compact on Ending Gender-Based Violence & Harmful Practices (HLPC) (2021-2030). The programme also will contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 and continue to build on the comprehensive model approach of the Zimbabwe Spotlight Initiative with a specific focus on strengthening gender equality and women’s rights accountability systems and mechanisms.

Reporting to the Deputy Country Representative, the Programme Specialist exercises overall responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing UN Women interventions under the EVAW portfolio within the Sustaining the Gains Programme. The Programme Specialist Ending Violence against Women supervises and leads the staff supporting Ending Violence against Women.

The Programme Specialist works in close collaboration with the programme and operations team, UN Women HQ staff, Government officials, multi and bilateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation under portfolio.


Minimum Qualifications

  • Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/women's studies, development studies, international development, or a related field is required.
  • A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
  • At least 5 years of progressively responsible work experience at the national or international level in design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects is required. 
  • Technical experience in Ending Violence against Women/GBV is required.
  • Experience in leading and coaching staff in international settings is required.
  • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet is required.
  • Fluency in English is required.

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