SENIOR GENDER AFFAIRS OFFICER

Contract

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Salary

The salary for this job should be between 154,995 USD and 194,244 USD.

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Org. Setting and Reporting

This position is located in the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY). The Senior Gender Affairs Officer will provide systematic and strategic guidance and support to the Head of Mission and senior management to ensure that gender is mainstreamed throughout the office’s activities in support of women’s leadership and effective engagement in any political process and mediation effort where the Office is engaged. Such efforts include the direct meaningful participation and representation of Yemeni women in all tracks, in informal consultations and dialogues, internal and external policy making, as well as addressing women’s needs in conflict resolution through dialogue across women’s groups, women leaders, and women’s rights actors operating inside and outside Yemen. The Senior Gender Affairs Officer will be part of the preparations and planning for an inclusive, peaceful political transition and a sustainable settlement of the conflict, including by undertaking gender conflict analysis to ensure the inclusion of women’s priorities for peace. The position is based in Amman, Jordan, and reports directly to the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen. This position entails travel to Yemen.

Responsibilities

Within the limits of delegated authority, the Senior Gender Affairs Officer will be responsible for performing the following duties:

• Provides advice to the Head of Mission and senior management on women, peace and security issues and mainstreaming a gender perspective into the tasks of the Mission. • Provides senior management with analysis and guidance on ensuring effective implementation of Women Peace and Security mandates and Departmental policies on gender equality. • Supports and assists senior management to meet their accountability goals on gender equality in line with the Security Council mandates on women peace and security. • Oversees the development of a mission-wide action plan to translate existing mandates and policies on the promotion of gender equality in all civilian and uniformed activities in peace operations. • Establishes and oversee mechanisms for monitoring, evaluating and reporting on gender mainstreaming in mission activities. • Coordinates and collaborates with the Mission Senior Women Protection Adviser and supports the work of Conflict Related Sexual Violence/Sexual and Gender Based Violence (CRSV/SGBV) in accordance with comprehensive strategies to combat CRSV where is applies. • Supports Mission leadership to engage with relevant international regional and national actors on the participation and inclusion of women in all phases of post conflict governance and peacekeeping/peacebuilding programmes. • In collaboration with the Mission and UNCT partners, advises and technically supports national authorities, civil society organizations and human rights machineries on advancing the Women, Peace and Security agenda • Supports women's participation in collaboration with UN agencies and Human Rights Division in the fight against violent extremism. • Contributes to all mission planning and strategic developmental processes especially inputs related to results-based budgeting and reporting. • Ensures liaison and coordination with partners, internal and external as related to gender equality • Drafts, edits all final reporting and written materials from the Gender Team and reports regularly to HQ on gender activities; provides inputs to the Secretary-General's reports on Women, Peace and Security. • Oversees the work of the section and supervises staff members. • Represents the Mission on women peace and security issues where needed. • Contributes to the effective functioning of established coordination mechanism for gender mainstreaming and the advancement of women's rights in country. • Performs any other duties as required.

Competencies

Professionalism: Demonstrated experience in integrating the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the field of dialogue, conflict resolution, peace-making, and peace processes and agreements; Solid knowledge of the ten UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security, DPPAs Women, Peace and Security Policy and a range of gender rights issues, approaches and techniques to address and advise on gender inclusion in dialogues, peace and political processes, and other highly-sensitive and complex negotiations; Experience providing mediation support to advise envoys, mediators, senior management and other senior officials on the inclusion of women, their meaningful participation and the integration of gender perspectives into peace and dialogue processes and agreements; Knowledgeable about gender-sensitive and gender-responsive provisions in other peace and transitional agreements; Well-honed analytical abilities at a strategic level to analyse and evaluate key policy issues of relevance to the peace process and agreements using intersectional gender perspectives; Innovative conceptual abilities to strategize and develop operational options and engagements for advancing women’s participation in the peace process; Experienced in assessing, designing and developing dialogues, seminars and workshops; Strong interpersonal skills; ability to conduct high-level discussions and negotiations in a productive manner; Ability to prepare succinct, analytical reports; Shows pride in work and in achievements; Demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; Is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; Is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; Shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; Remains calm in stressful situations; Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.

Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; Listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; Asks questions to clarify and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; Tailors language, tone, style and format to match the audience; Demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

Client Orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be "clients" and seeks to see things from clients' point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients' needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients' environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.

Managerial Competencies:

Vision: Identifies strategic issues, opportunities and risks; clearly communicates links between the Organization's strategy and the work unit's goals; generates and communicates broad and compelling organizational direction, inspiring others to pursue that same direction; conveys enthusiasm about future possibilities.

Leadership: Serves as a role model that other people want to follow; Empowers others to translate vision into results; Is proactive in developing strategies to accomplish objectives; Establishes and maintains relationships with a broad range of people to understand needs and gain support; Anticipates and resolves conflicts by pursuing mutually agreeable solutions; Drives for change and improvement; Does not accept the status quo; Shows the courage to take unpopular stands.

Education

An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) preferably in international relations, human rights law, social science or related humanities field is required. A first level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Job - Specific Qualification

Not available.

Work Experience

A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible policy, advisory and programme management experience at the national and international levels related to the promotion of gender equality, including at least five years at the international level, particularly with international organizations in conflict or post-conflict settings, is required.

Demonstrated expertise in successfully integrating gender perspectives into political processes is required.

Experience advising senior management is required.

Experience managing a team is required.

Experience working in the Middle East is required.

Experience working in or in support of a field operation of the United Nations Common System or a comparable international or non-governmental organization is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations. For this position, fluency in English and Arabic (both oral and written) is required.

Assessment

Evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise which may be followed by competency-based interview.

Special Notice

The United Nations Secretariat is committed to achieving 50/50 gender balance and geographical diversity in its staff. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

Staff members of the United Nations Secretariat must fulfil the lateral move requirements to be eligible to apply for this vacancy. Staff members are requested to indicate all qualifying lateral moves in their Candidate Profile (CP) and Motivation Statement.

United Nations Considerations

According to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Candidates will not be considered for employment with the United Nations if they have committed violations of international human rights law, violations of international humanitarian law, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have been involved in the commission of any of these acts. The term “sexual exploitation” means any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another. The term “sexual abuse” means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions. The term “sexual harassment” means any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offence or humiliation, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment, and when the gravity of the conduct warrants the termination of the perpetrator’s working relationship. Candidates who have committed crimes other than minor traffic offences may not be considered for employment.

Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.

Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process.

By accepting a letter of appointment, staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General, who may assign them to any of the activities or offices of the United Nations in accordance with staff regulation 1.2 (c). Further, staff members in the Professional and higher category up to and including the D-2 level and the Field Service category are normally required to move periodically to discharge functions in different duty stations under conditions established in ST/AI/2023/3 on Mobility, as may be amended or revised. This condition of service applies to all position specific job openings and does not apply to temporary positions.

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The evaluation of applicants will be conducted on the basis of the information submitted in the application according to the evaluation criteria of the job opening and the applicable internal legislations of the United Nations including the Charter of the United Nations, resolutions of the General Assembly, the Staff Regulations and Rules, administrative issuances and guidelines. Applicants must provide complete and accurate information pertaining to their personal profile and qualifications according to the instructions provided in inspira to be considered for the current job opening. No amendment, addition, deletion, revision or modification shall be made to applications that have been submitted. Candidates under serious consideration for selection will be subject to reference checks to verify the information provided in the application.

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No Fee

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