Junior Project Consultant Gender Partnership Programme

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Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 02/08/2026
  • Location: Remote (global)
Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI) Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role
Background

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is the global organization of national parliaments. It was founded in 1889 as the first multilateral political organization in the world, encouraging cooperation and dialogue between all nations. Today, the IPU comprises 183 national Member Parliaments and 15 regional parliamentary bodies. The IPU promotes democratic governance, institutions and values, working with parliaments and parliamentarians to articulate and respond to the needs and aspirations of the people. It works for peace, democracy, human rights, gender equality, youth empowerment, climate action and sustainable development through political dialogue, cooperation and parliamentary action. 


Tasks

Under the supervision of the Manager of the Gender Partnership Programme, the Junior Project Consultant will support the implementation of the project Support to women’s political participation in and through parliament, including in administrative and budgetary related tasks and monitoring and evaluation. 

More specifically, the Junior Project Consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:

  • Support the preparation, organization and execution of project activities.Provide administrative and logistical arrangements for project activities, both in-person and virtual, including venue, travel and accommodation bookings, interpretation services, technical support, and security measures.
  • Carry out day-to-day administrative operations and proactively identify areas for improved efficiency.
  • Prepare draft budgets of activities, keep track of expenditures, facilitate timely payments, record supporting documents, ensure compliance with institutional policies, and contribute to financial reporting.
  • Support the preparation of agreements, contracts, and other legal documents.
  • Support procurement processes and liaise with stakeholders as needed.
  • Coordinate document preparation, translation, and distribution, while ensuring timely submission and adherence to formatting guidelines.
  • Support monitoring and evaluation of the project, including the collection of quantitative and qualitative data, the conduct of qualitative surveys, and the analysis of results, change and impact, as well as reporting.
  • Prepare project-related correspondence, track incoming and outgoing communication, prioritize and route correspondence, draft responses, and track follow-up actions.
  • Develop and maintain a well-organized digital and physical project filing system and ensure institutional knowledge retention, including archiving.
  • Provide support with responding to queries and requests for information received.
  • Co-operate with other Project team members.
The Junior Project Consultant will carry out these tasks and responsibilities in line with IPU’s Common Principles for Support to Parliament.

The Junior Project Consultant will carry out these tasks and responsibilities in coordination with other Project consultants.

Required experience and qualifications

  • University degree in international studies, gender or related fields.
  • Experience in work related to project management.
  • Experience in an international organization required; experience in monitoring and evaluation of projects an asset.
  • Experience in organizing workshops, meetings, events, missions or trainings required.
  • Experience of work on a project in support to a parliament an asset.
  • Experience in a parliamentary setting an asset.
  • Experience of work in one or more of the project’s beneficiary countries an asset.
  • Complete fluency in English required, fluency in one or more of the languages spoken in the project’s beneficiary countries, an asset. 
  • Good communication skills in English orally and in writing required.

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