UN Women: Financing for Gender Equality Analyst

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Salary

The salary for this job should be between 108,633 USD and 147,551 USD.

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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.

There is increased recognition that solving complex development problems like gender inequality will require an innovative financing approach, one that leverages private capital for impact at scale. This recognition lay behind the UN-led Financing for Development (FfD) process: in 2015, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) laid out the global framework for FfD by seeking to align all financing flows (domestic and international; public and private; conventional and innovative) in support of the SDGs.

Consistent with the UN’s renewed focus on Financing for Development (FfD) following the 2015 Addis Ababa Agenda, UN Women has launched a comprehensive set of important initiatives to ensure that SDG-aligned FfD embeds a gender lens.

Through political engagement, technical assistance, capacity building, showcase transactions and partnerships, monitoring and reporting, UN Women has elevated the dialogue on gender-responsive climate action and economic recovery. UNW has deepened its relationships with Development Banks, signed targeted MOUs to improve results in specific countries, and raised the visibility of gender lens investing.

UN Women aims to establish a Financing for Gender Equality Hub which will drive funding towards a more equal future. UN Women is equally committed to the development of frameworks, guidelines, and standards, which are needed to make financing for gender equality accessible, transparent and lead to lasting impact.

Given UN Women’s gender expertise, convening abilities and well-established partnerships with governments, UN entities, standard setting bodies, IFIs, and the private sector, UN Women, through the Financing for Gender Equality Hub, is strategically placed to directly increase the volume and quality of financing for SDG 5.

Reporting to the Sustainable Finance Specialist, the Financing for Gender Equality Analyst will contribute to advancing UN Women’s financing for gender equality portfolio and will provide relevant coordination, communication, and technical support to the Financing for Gender Equality Hub team and provide relevant co-ordination support between other UN Women teams and external partners as relevant.

The Financing for Gender Equality Analyst will conduct relevant research and support the establishment of the gender lens knowledge hub and field-based capacity building around the Financing for Gender Equality agenda. They will assist with the socialization and consultation processes with internal and external stakeholders, task forces and working groups to build a support network for public finance management and new sustainable finance vehicles.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide analytical research, data and technical inputs to the Financing for Gender Equality Hub and UN Women country offices on public finance management, sustainable financing, including private finance and international financial institutions (IFIs):

• Provide substantive support and research on specific areas of sustainable finance and gender responsive planning and budgeting
• Support the development of relevant concept notes for key engagements, initiatives and donor proposals for this area of work.
• Support the drafting of relevant Op Ed/ articles on the technical inputs provided by experts within the sustainable finance team.
• Identify, research, analyze, prepare and/or organize information and relevant briefing materials to facilitate the units engagement in events and meetings.
• Support UN Women’s Due Diligence process related to key partnerships in sustainable finance.

Support Coordination and provide Administrative Support:

• Support the coordination of events, including drafting concept notes, preparation of meeting documentation, liaising with relevant divisions and regional/country offices, and ensuring event related follow-up
• Provide administrative support to the Financing for Gender Equality Hub team as required.
• Maintain close contact with other teams within UN Women.
• Keep track of important events requiring the presence of UN Women’s senior management as needed.
• Lead the preparation of social media assets and support increased visibility of UN Women’s work on Financing for Gender Equality in close collaboration with the Communications and other relevant Sections.
• Draft related communications/social media documents and messages as relevant to the Financing for Gender Equality work of UN Women.
• Provide scheduling support, follow-up on meetings and initiatives in a timely manner

Provide substantive inputs to building partnerships and resource mobilization strategies

• Provide substantive inputs to resource mobilization strategies; analyze and maintain information and databases
• Prepare relevant documentation such as project summaries, conference papers, briefing notes, speeches, and donor profiles
• Participate in donor meetings and public information events, as delegated and maintain proper documentation of the same.

Provide technical support to inter-agency coordination on [thematic area] to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with other partners

• Provide substantive technical support and administrative to the sustainable finance team to engage in inter-agency financing for development working groups, and to provide necessary documentation and follow up
• Attend inter-agency technical working groups as delegated

Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the programme/ project.

• Monitor progress of implementation of activities and finances using results-based management tools.
• Draft reports on monitoring missions, programme results s, outputs and outcomes
• Provide substantive inputs to the preparation of donor and UN Women reports.

Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts

• Develop background documents, briefs and presentations related to [thematic area
• Coordinate and organize advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products
• Coordinate the development of knowledge management methodologies, and products on [thematic area]

Any other administrative support and note taking as required.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Timely and accurate coordination of relevant meetings and events led by the Sustainable Finance Team
• Timely inputs to and presentation of background documents, including preparation of briefing notes
• Quality inputs into Sustainable Financing initiatives, policy documents and donor reports
• Timely and accurate coordination of sustainable financing engagements
• Timely and quality social media content posted

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://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Strong knowledge and experience with both the public and private sector, particularly financing institutions, sustainable finance and gender equality.
• Ability to communicate technical information and produce analytical reports to inform management and strategic decision-making.
• Strong writing skills.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Good research and analytical skills (including the ability to succinctly summarize research findings in written briefs, reports, etc.).
• Good understanding of communications, partnership development and outreach.
• Capacity to build and foster teamwork.
• Ability to establish harmonious working relationships in a multicultural environment.
• Ability to work well under pressure and to meet deadlines.
• Attention to detail.
• Familiarity with UN Women structure is an asset.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Outlook).
• Demonstrated ability to conduct gender related analysis and research and produce relevant knowledge products, ranging from concept notes to external publications is a significant advantage.

Required Skills and Experience

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in finance, accounting, economics, global policy, international finance, development finance, economics or related 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.

Experience:

• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in programme support, co-ordination, communication, partnerships building or related field.
• Experience in sustainable finance, private sector and / or impact investing is required.
• Experience in the United Nations, international organizations, private sector or multilateral cooperation programmes is desirable.
• Experience in policy analysis in related to gender lens investing and sustainable finance is desirable.
• Experience coordinating and liaising with a range of financial actors including asset managers, stock exchanges, financial institutions, investors and issuers is desirable.

Language Requirements

• Fluency in English is required
• Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset.

Application:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc. Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

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.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)