Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Project Manager

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

  • 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: 29/08/2025
  • Location: Papua New Guinea
Economic justice Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Background

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) actively supports gender equality, peacebuilding, good governance and women’s empowerment as cross-cutting priorities in its development work. Gender equality is mainstreamed across these efforts, with targeted interventions to empower women as agents of peace and change.

The Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Officer will play a central role in supporting the delivery of a transformative multi-year programme aimed at advancing women’s political leadership and representation in Papua New Guinea ahead of and beyond the 2027 National General Elections. Working closely with national institutions, political bodies, civil society, and regional partners, the GEWE Officer will contribute to developing a cadre of capable and diverse women political leaders through leadership initiatives. They will coordinate efforts to strengthen women’s coalitions, support the Joint Parliamentary Women’s Caucus and its Secretariat, and mobilize women’s movements for effective electoral participation. The GEWE Officer will also support activities that focus on the enactment and implementation of gender-responsive legal and policy frameworks, including Temporary Special Measures and reforms to existing legislation to institutionalize women’s political participation. Additionally, they will contribute to nationwide visibility campaigns, grassroots advocacy, strategic communications training to shift public perception and reinforce women’s legitimacy as political leaders.

As a central part of the gender team, the Officer will support programme development in emerging areas of gender equality and women’s empowerment, designing new actvities and supporting resource mobilisation UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve the goals of its Country Programme Document (2024-2028). Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across issues, units, functions, teams and projects in multidisciplinary teams to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration. The GEWE Officer will be a vital part of the growing Governance, Peace, Gender and Social Cohesion portfolio at UNDP PNG, and will support integrated programming by offering technical inputs in emerging related areas of programming upon request.


Required Skills and Experience

  • Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Gender Studies, Political Science, Law, Public Policy, International Development, or related field is required, OR
  • A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the fields mentioned above in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree
  • Minimum 5 years (with master’s degree) or 7 years (with bachelor’s degree) progressively responsible experience in gender equality, women’s empowerment, or governance, preferably with a focus on political participation.
  • Demonstrated experience in project coordination, implementation, and stakeholder engagement in complex, multi-partner environments is required
  • Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and web-based management systems, and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages is required.
  • Fluency in English and Tok Pisin is required.

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