Programme Associate, Gender-Responsive Leadership

Contract

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UN Women in Bangladesh supports the government to implement commitments to international normative standards on gender equality and women’s human rights. The new UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) for 2022-2026 was launched in 2021 and the corresponding UN Women Bangladesh Strategy Note (2022-2026), defining UN Women’s strategic engagement in Bangladesh, has also been finalized. The country strategy focuses on strengthening the national structures and mechanisms for gender mainstreaming in policies, plans and budgets; supporting efforts to prevent and eliminate violence against women; promoting women’s access to decent and safe work; promoting policies and government investment in women’s empowerment and resilience building in the context of climate change, humanitarian crisis as well as other threats to peace and security. UN Women works with a range of stakeholders in Bangladesh including the government, civil society and women’s organizations, youth, UN agencies and donors, to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.

The Sub-Office in Cox’s Bazar was established in January 2018 for UN Women’s Rohingya response in Cox’s Bazar district. UN Women has developed a response programme in partnership with the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs to meet the specific needs of the most vulnerable and marginalized Rohingya refugee women and girls, and the women and girls in the host communities affected by the refugee influx in Cox’s Bazar. The objective of UN Women’s engagement is to ensure gender-responsive protection, as well as equal and safe access to and benefit from the humanitarian and development assistance for the most vulnerable, and marginalized Rohingya and host community women and girls. The programme promotes women’s participation and leadership in the camps and host community, and women’s active role in maintaining peace and social cohesion. It also supports women’s livelihoods and education and addressing gender- based violence. UN Women has five Multi-Purpose Women’s Centers (MPWCs) in the camps and three in the host communities, which provide one-stop hubs for vulnerable women to access multi-sectoral services and support. The MPWCs are managed in partnership with UN Women’s responsible partners. In addition, UN Women is increasing the gender-mainstreaming capacities of humanitarian actors by working closely with all sectors, through the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group (GIHA WG) of which UN Women is chair, to promote gender-responsive humanitarian action.

Under the direct supervision of the Program Analyst for Governance and Women’s Empowerment and in close collaboration with the Planning, Monitoring and Reporting Analyst for Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Contribute technical inputs to the development, implementation and monitoring of women’s leadership and community cohesion activities and initiatives:- • Contribute to the review and consolidation of UN Women Gender Field Officer quarterly and annual work plans. • Prepare written inputs for documents, such as project summaries, briefing notes and presentations relevant to women’s leadership. • Participate in ensuring the implementation of uniform technical guidance and standards related to women’s leadership across UN Women’s programming areas.

Support partnership development and coordination with key actors and gender equality and women’s rights activities :- • Participate in identifying opportunities for and supporting inter-agency initiatives to advance women’s leadership principles and standards. • Support mapping and analysis related to women’s leadership, and the development and maintenance of a database on women led networks and organizations in Cox’s Bazar. • Assist planning and implementing trainings for women led and women’s rights net-works and organizations.

Provide inputs to advocacy and communication efforts on women’s leadership:- • Prepare written inputs for, and support correspondence with women’s leadership net-works and organizations to facilitate sharing of knowledge and good practices. • Assist with organizing meetings with Women Led and Women’s Rights networks and organizations to support collective advocacy and communication, including in the con-text of International Women’s Day and the 16 Days of Activism Campaign to End Gender-based Violence.

Facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing:- • Support the review of UN Women Gender Field Officer monthly reports, the consolidation of data against agreed indicators, and data visualization efforts. • Assist with collection and identification of best practices related to women’s leadership across UN Women’s programmatic areas, and with review and editing of success stories for UN Women Quarterly Newsletters and other knowledge products. • Support the collection and interpretation of data on women’s leadership and social cohesion issues, preparing written inputs for periodic Gender Alerts.

• Accountability • Adaptability and Flexibility • Building Trust • Client Orientation • Commitment and Motivation • Commitment to Continuous Learning • Communication • Creativity • Empowering Others • Ethics and Values • Integrity • Judgement and Decision-making • Knowledge Sharing • Leadership • Planning and Organizing • Professionalism • Respect for Diversity • Self-Management • Vision • Working in Teams

(ideally) or demonstrated interest in working in gender equality and women’s rights issues. • Ability to synthesize data and produce analytical reports. • Strong communications and inter-personal skills.
• Experience in working with civil society organizations and networks is a significant as-set. • Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded;

Dhaka is located in central Bangladesh. Not only is it the capital city, but it is also the largest in the country. It is the centre of political, cultural, and economic life in Bangladesh. The official language is Bengali, while English is the working language of UN Agencies. In recent decades, Dhaka has seen the modernization of services, communications, and public works. The city is attracting large foreign investments and greater volumes of commerce and trade. It is also experiencing an increasing influx of people from across the nation; this has reportedly made Dhaka one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Good English-speaking medical, dental services, and educational centres are available for internationals. Dhaka is connected to other cities by rail, road, and by air and internationals can move easily from one city to another. Dhaka has venerable green spaces, including many gardens and parks, historical places, and nice restaurants. The weather is tropical - hot and very humid during the summer monsoon season (April-September) and drier and cooler in the winter (October-March). Historically, Bangladesh has been a safe country for internationals so far. While Dhaka is not categorized as a hardship station, the volunteer should be prepared for limitations in freedom of movement on foot, by public transport, and to certain locations.