Gender Equality Associate

Volunteering Finance & Economy

Overview

Support Gender Equality program implementation and youth engagement efforts

You have:

• Understanding of the gender ecological architecture and coordination mechanisms
• Have good analytical and writing skills
• Have excellent communication and human relation skills
• Development programme management experience
• Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture (i.e., studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded.

Contract

This is a UNV International Youth contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Youth contracts.

The UNFPA Nigeria Country Programme is supported through the Country Office in Abuja and Decentralized Offices in Kaduna and Cross River, Humanitarian Hub in Maiduguri and a Liaison Office in Lagos. The Gender/GBV/AY Unit supports addressing Gender, GBV, Harmful practices (Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation), ASRH and youth programming across all other UNFPA programming. The Country Office plays the coordination role and assumes an oversight function; it is also responsible for resource mobilization, strategic planning and monitoring and evaluation. UNFPA has ongoing programmes including the Spotlight Initiative, the UNFPA-UNICEF joint programme on FGM, HIV/ASRH activities as well as supporting gender mainstreaming in SRH, ASRH, GBV prevention and response, youth issues, and data management and use including at the National and sub-national levels. The Country Office seeks an International Youth Volunteer to support the work of the Gender, Adolescent and Youth Unit. The Youth Volunteer will be based in the UNFPA Nigeria Country office in Abuja.

Under the direct supervision of the Gender/GBV Specialist – the technical lead for gender programming and under the overall lead of the Deputy Representative who is the head of programmes - the UN Volunteer who will work closely with the Gender/GBV team and the larger UNFPA Programme and Operations Teams using UNFPA and national systems and tools will undertake the following tasks: 1- Support inclusion of FGM, GBV, and gender concerns in UNFPA implementation programme in close collaboration with UNFPA programme officers 2- Support the development and implementation, through results based manage-ment, of UNFPA gender and GBV programmes including through implementing partner annual work plans at the national and state levels 3- Support supervision and management of gender unit programmes including work carried out by the implementing partners 4- As part of the team, the volunteer will contribute to the development of concept notes, presentations, facilitations and organization’s efforts for resource mobiliza-tion 5- Support the gender unit with literature review of research and studies on different areas of UNFPA work identifying the risks and opportunities to strengthen the po-sition of addressing gender inequalities in decision-making processes at all levels; 6- Support unit participation in meetings with UN agencies and national counterparts to address gender issues in their plans and programmes 7- Assist the unit in preparation for technical meetings including budgeting and logistics 8- Undertake any other activities/responsibilities as needed by the UNFPA Leader-ship. 9- Participate in self-capacity building opportunities both physically as feasible and online.

1. Accountability
2. Adaptability and Flexibility
3. Building Trust
4. Commitment and Motivation
5. Commitment to Continuous Learning
6. Communication
7. Creativity
8. Empowering Others
9. Ethics and Values
10. Integrity
11. Knowledge Sharing
12. Planning and Organizing
13. Professionalism
14. Respect for Diversity
15. Self-Management
16. Technological Awareness
17. Vision
18. Working in Teams

• Understanding of the gender ecological architecture and coordination mechanisms
• Have good analytical and writing skills • Have excellent communication and human relation skills
• Development programme management • Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. stud-ies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded.

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has an estimated population of 200 million people (UN est. in 2017), making it the seventh most populous country in the world. The Capital city is Abuja, located in the centre of the nation, while Lagos (South- West) and Kano (North-West) are the country's primary economic hubs and the largest cities. Spoken languages are English (official), Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. it is estimated that Nigeria has about 250 different ethno-linguistic groups. In Nigeria, we have three major weather seasons – the rainy season (March-August), the dry season (September-November) and the Harmattan Season (December – February) respectively. Abuja, Nigeria is at GMT+1 hour.

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