Gender Adviser MONUSCO Kinshasa DRC P3 NORDEM
Provide strategic gender advice and guidance for peacebuilding efforts.
Overview
Provide strategic gender advice and guidance for peacebuilding efforts.
You have:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in gender and peacebuilding, including policy advice and implementation.
- Proven understanding of gender issues in the context of stabilization.
- Experience in providing training and technical guidance on gender mainstreaming.
- Ability to conduct conflict analysis with a gender perspective.
- Familiarity with UN policies and frameworks related to Women, Peace, and Security.
Contract
This is a Professional contract, Grade 8 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 8 (NRC) contracts.
Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the SSU (Deputy) Team Leader, the Gender Advisor will be responsible for the following duties within the Stabilization Support Unit (SSU):
Policy advice, Strategic technical guidance and analysis
- Analyze political, security and program trends from a gender in peacebuilding perspective, drawing on available information from ISSSS implementing partners and other MONUSCO sections/UN agencies and ensures conflict analysis produced by SSU is gender-sensitive;
- Monitor the implementation of the ISSSS gender strategy and provide guidance and training to ISSSS Technical Secretariat and ISSSS stakeholders to ensure gender is mainstreaming within all policy and programming documents of the ISSSS;
- Lead on the ISSSS pillar 5 on Women, Peace and Security ;
- Manage gender specific information within the SSU such as knowledge management and sharing of best practices with partners;
Enable SSU and Government authorities to align stabilization priorities with the DRC National Action Plan on 1325;
Support SSU Field Offices in documenting the gender dynamics and the different roles of women in relation to stabilization processes in Eastern DRC and ensure relevant findings are integrated in policy and programmes
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe your experience with gender mainstreaming in policy documents? | This question assesses your practical experience in applying gender perspectives in policy work. | Provide specific examples of documents you've worked on and the strategies you implemented. |
| How do you ensure that gender dynamics are integrated into conflict analysis? | The interviewer is looking for your methodological approach to incorporating gender analysis. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What challenges have you faced in implementing gender strategies and how did you overcome them? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| In your view, what are the key components of a successful gender strategy in stabilization efforts? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How would you provide technical guidance to local stakeholders on gender issues? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |