Gender and Social Inclusion Expert

Consultant Finance & Economy Environment

Overview

Deliver recommendations on gender datasets for ASEAN Energy Database System.

You have:

• A minimum of master's degree in management, finance, economics, international development or a closely related field.
• Academic and professional training related to gender and development is strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in gender-responsive planning and policy, budgeting, programming, and governance.
• Experience in gender audits/assessment of programs and projects and integration of gender and inclusion perspective in policy, plans, and programs.
• Experience in building capacity of national government ministries and legislators, local government units and non-government/private organizations to advance gender equality and promote women’s human rights.
• Ability to work under pressure and time constraints.
• Fluency in oral and written English is required.
• Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.

Contract

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Result of Service

Under the supervision of the Programme Management Officer, Finance Unit, Mitigation Branch, Climate Change Division, the consultant will deliver the specific output as follow: • Recommendations on gender datasets which can be incorporated into ASEAN Energy Database System (AEDS). Performance indicators: • Consultant receives satisfactory rating of analysis and recommendations on gender-energy data by UNEP EmPower team.

Work Location

Remote

Expected duration

1 month

Duties and Responsibilities

UN Environment Programme in partnership with UN Women is implementing the second phase of the EmPower: Women for Climate Resilient Societies Programme to scale up results and promote gender-responsive and human rights-based climate action by supporting key regional and country stakeholders to achieve a broader impact across the Asia-Pacific region. Southeast Asia through the ASEAN Renewable Energy-Gender Roadmap is raising awareness on gender and developing a gender database. They need support with defining and adding gender and inclusivity indicators into their existing renewable energy database. The Consultant, in partnership with UNEP EmPower team and the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), will help assess ASEAN’s gender-energy baseline data to identify and recommend gender indicators for the ASEAN Energy Database System (AEDS).

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced degrees (A minimum of master's degree is preferred) in management, finance, economics, international development or a closely related field. Additionally, academic and professional training related to gender and development is strongly preferred. • Minimum of 10 years of experience in gender-responsive planning and policy, budgeting, programming, and governance. The experience must include gender audits/assessment of programs and projects and integration of gender and inclusion perspective in policy, plans, and programs. • Minimum of 10 years of experience in building capacity of national government ministries and legislators, local government units and non-government/private organizations to advance gender equality and promote women’s human rights; prepares modules and develops practical tools/ guidelines on mainstreaming gender in policies, programs and processes. • Experience in working with donors, international institutions, and other intergovernmental initiatives in the Philippines and in other ASEAN countries. • Ability to and experience in producing well written, analytical reports in English. • Must have sound data, analytical and communication skills. • Ability to work under pressure and time constraints.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

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