Capacity Development and Knowledge Management Specialist-Women's Political Participation

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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.

The Policy Division develops and implements the UN Women programme of work on analysis, research, and knowledge management that provides the evidence base and global policy compass to guide UN Women’s work at the country and regional level, the intergovernmental process, and the UN system on issues of gender equality and women’s empowerment. It identifies emerging issues and trends and develops and proposes new strategies for achieving agreed goals through innovative approaches and lessons learned about what works in practice.

Women’s Political Participation (WPP) is one of UN Women’s primary areas of work, recognizing the role of women’s leadership in strong and stable democratic processes and inclusive societies. It is covered under the Entity’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 Impact Area 1 – Participation and Governance in Public Life: “Women and girls participate in leadership and decision making and benefit from gender responsive governance”; and across several Systemic Outcomes of the Strategic Plan, mainly: Outcome 1 on normative frameworks and policies, Outcome 5 on Voice Leadership and Agency; and Outcome 7 on UN coordination. Key areas of work include, inter alia: supporting legal and policy reforms to promote women’s electoral participation; strengthening the capacities of women to engage in political life; supporting parliamentary bodies to deliver gender equality reforms; monitoring and preventing violence against women in politics; and improving data and statistics on women’s representation in local government (SDG indicator 5.5.1b). UN Women works with various partners and stakeholders nationally, regionally, and globally to ensure more women of all ages fully participate, lead, and engage in political institutions.

The Women’s Political Participation Team in HQ provides integrated policy advice and comparative knowledge technical assistance on women’s political participation at global, regional, and country levels. UN Women’s corporate commitment to knowledge management is essential to enhancing the effectiveness of the organization’s interventions, especially at the country and regional level, and improving global collaboration across the UN system. Research, and knowledge production is a cross-cutting component of UN Women’s corporate strategy on WPP to inform capacity building and advocacy initiatives implemented to promote key national stakeholders’ action to translate normative commitments into national and local legal and policy frameworks that advance WPP.

Under the guidance and supervision of the Global Policy Advisor on Political Participation, the Capacity Development and Knowledge Management Specialist on Women’s Political Participation will: implement the global knowledge management strategy, including support capacity development initiatives on UN Women’s thematic priority topics under WPP, oversee knowledge management, including the WPP global COP and linkages with regional COPs, provide team representation, and support to relevant corporate, interagency, and intergovernmental processes.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Oversee the implementation of the Knowledge Management strategy on women’s political participation.

• Oversee organizational staff mapping/s to assess human resource capacities on women’s political participation at the HQ and field levels, identify knowledge and capacity gaps and oversee development of tools and strategies to address the gaps.
• Keep up to date the knowledge management strategy on women’s political participation in consultation with key partners, including UN Women thematic sections and in collaboration with the Policy Division Knowledge Management Specialist, and regional advisors.
• Manage the implementation of the knowledge management strategy on WPP, track progress made, identify any issues, and make recommendations to address those issues.

2. Manage, implement, and coordinate global knowledge management initiatives on women’s political participation, including managing a community of practice.

• Grow and manage a Community of Practice and contribute to the active exchange of information between UN Women colleagues in countries and regions on women’s political participation.
• Map, compile and regularly update policies, programmes, comparative country experiences and initiatives related to women’s political participation to be used in regional and country programming.
• Screen material as part of the mapping and as provided by colleagues for quality assurance.
• Codify lessons learned from women’s political participation programming in all regions by ensuring that knowledge generated from programmes are thoroughly documented, stored, and disseminated.
• Ensure the internet and intranet pages (including those relevant to the Community of Practice) are up to date.
• Document lessons learned and good practices and share them with regional and country offices.
• Contribute to writing and editing documents – including briefing notes, talking points, press and media releases, or human-interest stories – as required.

3. Oversee technical guidance to and liaise with internal and external stakeholders on knowledge management related to women’s political participation.

• Act as focal point for knowledge management on women’s political participation for colleagues.
• Provide technical support for and substantive advice as needed on developing, implementing, and disseminating knowledge management tools and knowledge products on women’s political participation.
• Liaise with other knowledge management specialists in UN Women for quality and consistency assurance; cross-link and establish synergies and provide information for dissemination on social media.
• Liaise with relevant thematic advisors and field offices in developing knowledge products and in organizing a learning platform on women’s political participation; and
• Provide inputs to funding proposals, donor report and other reports as requested.

4. Develop and implement capacity development initiatives on women’s political participation.

• Develop guidance and training materials to address staff capacity gaps at all levels.
• Convene and/or support in-person trainings and thematic webinars to address capacity needs, facilitate peer-to-peer learning and promote a coordinated approach to women’s political participation priorities and implementation at country level.
• Coordinate the design of a data base and knowledge platform to identify, collect, and disseminate best practices and lessons learned on women’s political participation; and
• Provide technical support to the development and/or implementation of training materials for UN-Women partners and beneficiaries at country level, including women aspirants and elected leaders, and support and monitor usage of materials.

5. Provide technical assistance to regional and country offices upon request on various WPP-related capacity-development needs:

• Implement and support the rollout of UN Women corporate training tools for women in politics including UN Women’s global training curriculum for women candidates and modules on preventing and responding to violence against women in politics and elections.
• Support regional advisors/ROs/COs with their efforts to develop new training tools for staff and partners, ensuring corporate coherence.

6. Support UN Women corporate processes and interagency efforts upon request:

• Provide substantive and logistical coordination for key thematic events within intergovernmental processes supported by UN Women.
• Support preparations for the SG Executive Committee (EC) meetings and decisions implementation on UN-systemwide prevention of violence against women in politics, including mapping of cooperation frameworks and common country assessments and awareness campaigns.
• Represent UN Women/the WPP Team at relevant meetings and workshops.
• Contribute to content, drafting, and review of UNW donor reports and/or proposals; prepare talking points, briefing notes, speeches, and key messages on WPP as needed.
• Support the Global Advisor’s role as co-chair of the UN Interchange Task Team on TSMs and represent UN Women as needed.

7. The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competencies

• Excellent knowledge of Women’s Political Participation
• Ability to perform qualitative and quantitative policy research.
• Ability to link Knowledge Management to key processes, including programming, results-based management, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation.
• Ability to apply knowledge, information, and best practices from within and outside of UN Women.
• In-depth substantive knowledge of Knowledge Management and development policy issues.
• Ability to manage for results: translate strategy into achievable plans with established priorities, monitors them, making periodic adjustments as required.
• Ability to build strong relationships with and focus on results for clients and partners. Responds positively to feedback.
• Outstanding networking, team building, organizational, and communication skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree in international development, Gender Studies, Political Science, Management, or another relevant 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.

Experience:

• At least 7 years of experience in managing projects and building capacity for women’s political participation for diverse groups.
• Experience designing and implementing women’s political participation programmes is required.
• Experience drafting and coordinating the production of knowledge products on women’s political participation is required.
• Experience working in the field of Knowledge Management; familiarity with different Knowledge Management approaches, including the development of practice communities and the use of ICT/web-based systems (familiarity with SharePoint an asset) is required.
• Experience in programme analysis, evaluation, and results-based management is an asset is required.
• Experience designing and delivering training and workshops is desirable.
• Working experience in a governmental, multilateral, or civil society organization in a developed or developing country is desirable.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of French and/or another official UN language is desirable (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

Application:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc. Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

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