Gender Programme Specialist

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

  • 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: 12/09/2025
  • Location: Zimbabwe
Child protection/ Children’s rights Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role 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.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, a fair chance

UNICEF has been operating in Zimbabwe since 1982. We are a team of passionate professionals committed to the protection and fulfillment of children’s rights. 

Supporting the Government’s vision of a prosperous and empowered upper-middle-income society, the country programme is aimed at contributing to sustainable socioeconomic development that provides all children, including adolescents, with opportunities to fulfil their potential, lead a healthy life, access quality learning and protection and meaningfully participate in society.


Purpose for the job:

Under the supervision of the Chief of HIV/AIDS, Adolescent Development and Gender, the Gender Programme Specialist support sectoral teams through advice and direct engagement throughout the programming cycle by enhancing sectoral teams’ knowledge, capacity and strategies to meet their accountabilities for GAP3 results. The Gender Programme Specialist will be directly involved in the design, implementation, and monitoring of sector-specific gender programmes, and advise colleagues across the different sections to identify strategies and methods that will enable the integration of gender results and build further capacity of colleagues to incorporate gender equality into their own areas of work.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
1.Technical and/or advisory support to the Chief of HIV/AIDS, Adolescent Development and Gender
2.Support to program/project development and planning
3.Program management, monitoring and delivery of results
4.Advisory services and technical support
5.Advocacy, networking and partnership building
6.Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

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

Minimum requirements:
  • Education: Advanced University Degree (master’s degree) in the Social Sciences (gender studies, sociology, demography, psychology, political science, international development, social policy, economics) or another field relevant to the sector.        
  • Work Experience: Minimum five years of progressively responsible professional experience and demonstrated track record of having undertaken and led substantive programming and research on gender and adolescence and development, including in key issue areas that are the focus of UNICEF’s Gender Action Plan. 
  • Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.

Desirables:
  • Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency.
  • Academic credentials in gender and adolescents are a strong asset.
  • Experience in designing, implementing, managing, and delivering results-based programmes/projects on gender, adolescent development and participation or any other cross cutting programme, especially at country/field level.

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