Gender Equality Advisor - for Lebanese nationality ONLY

Contract

This is a SC-10 contract. This kind of contract is known as Service Board / Service Contract. It is normally only for nationals. More about SC-10 contracts.

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. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates the United Nations system in Lebanon's efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. Today, Lebanon is facing the long term structural challenges as well as the profound effects that the subsequent crises are having on its economy (the Syrian crisis since 2011 and more recently the monetary and economic crisis), and there is an ongoing need to support job creation and inclusive economic growth especially for the most vulnerable in the most disadvantaged areas. These adverse conditions coupled with the recent financial crisis and the rising unemployment make supporting job creation and economic opportunities a top priority. In particular, women face disproportionately high levels of unemployment and vulnerability. Without serious efforts to support the economic empowerment of women, high levels of unemployment and poverty are likely to persist and even worsen, thus further reducing the resilience of communities and their ability to withstand the shocks and stresses caused by local and regional crises. Under Lebanon Recovery Fund, UN Women is supporting a joint UN program in Lebanon, namely the Productive Sectors Development Programme (PSDP), with technical gender analysis and the implementation. The purpose of the joint program is to support gender-responsive job creation and economic opportunities in the agriculture and agri-food sectors, prioritizing women and female youth in disadvantaged areas. Considering the wide array of challenges that particularly women and girls are facing in the agriculture and agri-food sectors–ranging from a poor policy environment to high cost of doing business and shortage of skills– a comprehensive approach is needed in order to tackle those challenges and create an enabling environment for inclusive and sustainable job creation. In the PSDP, UN Women is one of six participating UN agencies responsible for a set of activities/outcomes as part of the overall program. Given the importance of gender equality to the program and UN Women’s expertise in this area, a Gender Equality Advisor is being recruited for the PSDP to make sure that gender equality outcomes are integrated and achieved throughout the inception phase and implementation of the program. The Gender Equality advisor will work closely with UN Women and the PSDP Programme Coordinator in support of all participating UN Agencies and the overall objectives of the program.

The Gender Equality Advisor will support PUNOs in the implementation of the PSDP in support of Lebanon’s productive sectors. S/he will ensure gender mainstreaming throughout the implementation and support the participating agencies on gender-related issues, including support to the implementation of UN Women’s PSDP program interventions.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities: Under the overall leadership of UN Women and the day-to-day supervision of the RCO Programme Coordinator, the consultant is expected to:

• Gender Mainstreaming (60%)

- Develop the Gender Equality Strategy for the Programme in line with the Feminist International Assistance Policy; - Support the Programme Coordinator in the development of the M&E framework and ensure that sex-disaggregated data and gender considerations are mainstreamed throughout; - Provide support to all PUNOs in mainstreaming gender in their activities during the inception phase and implementation of the PSDP; - Provision of policy options and high-quality advisory inputs to the PSDP from a gender perspective to ensure alignment with national policies, priorities and strategic plans, and advance program goals.

• Gender training, including for national counterparts (10%)

- Provide training for program staff and national/local counterparts on gender mainstreaming, gender-sensitive, gender-responsive, and gender transformative programming or other requested gender-related topics.

• Gender-related communication, research, the codification of knowledge (10%)

- Support the Programme Coordinator in developing and implementing a gender-sensitive PSDP communication plan; - Formulate gender stories and results in line with corporate guidelines; - Conduct research synthesizes best practices and codifies PSDP experiences on the ground in comprehensive knowledge products with lessons learned and step-by-step guidance for replication; - Support the Programme Coordinator in developing a gender-sensitive communication strategy

• Support the implementation of UN Women’s interventions in the program (20%)

- Support the development of UN Women’s initiatives, and onboarding of partners; - Support the process of monitoring the program/ project implementation of activities and finances using results-based management tools; - Finalize quarterly reports and donor reports, focusing on results, output, and outcomes.

Key Performance Indicators:

- Timely delivery of the Gender Equality strategy - Timely delivery of quality gender-sensitive M&E framework - Quality reports and timely submission - Quality of advocacy and communication material - Strong and quality advisory support to the PSDP PUNOs - Quality reports and timely submission; - Quality of advocacy, communication, and knowledge management initiatives; - Strong relationships with UN partners and other stakeholders.

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:https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf?la=en&vs=637

Functional Competencies:

• Substantive experience and record of accomplishment in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment;
• Proven ability to advocate and provide policy advice;
• Good knowledge of UN Women and the UN system;
• Demonstrated people management skills, especially in multi-cultural contexts;
• Proven ability in managing and empowering teams to work effectively together in reaching results;
• Demonstrated analytical and technical skills in managing development projects/programs;
• Ability to lead strategic planning, program development, and implementation, results-based management, and reporting;
• Ability to develop and maintain strong partnerships and mobilize resources;
• Demonstrated political acumen and technical capacity in representing the organization effectively in national and international fora to advocate and to promote organizational priorities, initiatives and a better understanding of the organizational strategic agenda;
• Ability to establish and maintain broad strategic networks and partnerships with UN agencies and other international partners to promote partnership and build alliances to advance organizational interests and competencies;
• Ability to introduce new approaches and strategic innovations;
• Familiarity with the region and women's rights organizations and networks in the region considered an asset.

Required Skills and Experience

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree in Human Rights, International Affairs/Development, Sociology, Public Administration, Economics, Gender and Women’s Studies, and/or with strong knowledge of gender issues or related discipline. • 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:

• Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment that combines intellectual, strategic and managerial leadership in the development programs; • Experience at the international level, preferably in developing countries within the UN system, Agencies, Funds or Programmes is a distinct asset; • Experience working in the agriculture and agri-food sectors in the Middle East region in general, and Lebanon in particular, is also an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Written and oral proficiency in English is required; • Working level of Arabic is required • Computer skills, internet communication, and command of MS Office.

Application:

Interested Individual Consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• A cover letter with a brief presentation of your consultancy explaining your suitability for the work and link to the portfolio of work;
• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment;
• Personal CV.

The above-mentioned documents should be merged in a standalone file including all them since the online application submission does only permit to upload one file per application. Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification.

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.