UN Women: Gender Specialist/SGBV Investigator

Contract

This is a P-4 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 147,917 USD and 190,709 USD.

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Background

NOTE: The duration of the assignment is for 3 months (with a possibility of extension). Whereas an external candidate will be offered a temporary appointment, subject to release agreements, staff members in UN Women may be administered as a temporary assignment and staff members in the UN Common system may be administered under a loan arrangement.

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. At headquarters, the Peace, Security and Humanitarian Action Section leads on UN system-wide coordination on the Women, Peace and Security agenda, provides technical and financial support to the peace and security work of UN Women field offices, and implements a number of global initiatives to promote women’s rights, including the meaningful participation of women in all aspects of peace and security, and accountability for sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).

Securing accountability and ending impunity for SGBV and asserting women’s and girls’ access to the full range of rights are some of the most challenging yet fundamental conditions for the restoration of the rule of law post-conflict. Upon request, UN Women provides national and international investigations, courts and transitional justice mechanisms with the expertise they need to ensure that SGBV is documented and that gender considerations are fully integrated into their work. Since 2009, UN Women has provided gender expertise to United Nations human rights investigations, the International Criminal Court, and national and regional investigations, in partnership with Justice Rapid Response.

Under the supervision of the Deputy Chief, Peace and Security, UN Women, and in close coordination with the relevant country team investigations coordinator, the Gender Specialist/SGBV Investigator will contribute to the implementation of UN Women’s mandate on promoting women’s and girls’ access to justice and the rule of law by providing technical support to the investigation team to document SGBV and other gender-based human rights violations and provide technical advice on the integration of a gender perspective in its work.

Duties and Responsibilities

Lead the documentation of sexual and gender-based violence and other gender-based human rights violations for the investigation team:

• Collect, analyze and preserve information pertaining to SGBV and other gender-based violations related to the mandate of the investigation; and
• Advise all members of the investigation team on the proper documentation, collection, preservation of information, analysis and reporting on cases of SGBV and other gender-based human rights violations, including interviewing, security arrangements, witness and victim protection and safe information and data handling.

Provide technical advice on the integration of a gender analysis and gender-sensitive methodologies in the work of the investigation:

• Advise the investigation team on the gender dimensions and impact of human rights violations, and support the members of the investigation team to integrate a gender analysis across all areas of work;
• Advise the investigation team on the integration of gender-sensitive information gathering methods for all violations under its mandate, including interviewing, security arrangements, witness and victim protection and safe information and data handling;
• Conduct gender-sensitive and age-sensitive risk assessments and provide advice on the establishment of adequate protection measures with respect to sources, particularly women and those who share information relating to SGBV and other gender-based human rights violations; and
• Recommend referral pathways addressed to victims and survivors of SGBV and other gender-based human rights violations, in accordance with agreed methodology and strategy of the investigation, and with full respect for the ‘do no harm principle.’

C****ontribute to c****apacity-building and knowledge-building:

• In consultation with other members of the investigation team, identify priority needs for strengthening capacities on gender integration, including SGBV;
• Contribute to the drafting of reports and other documents from the investigation team, ensuring that such documents reflect SGBV and other gender-based human rights violations, incorporates a gender analysis and uses gender-sensitive language; and
• Suggests gender-specific priority recommendations for the final report, including on SGBV and other gender-based human rights violations.

Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with stakeholders:

• Liaise with protection actors to ensure linkages between the investigation’s work and programmatic responses to SGBV, including in relation to referral pathways for victims of SGBV;
• Build and strengthen the strategic partnership between the investigation, UN Women and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on issues of shared concern;
• Upon completion of the deployment, submit a report to UN Women regarding the non-confidential results of the work and any recommendations for strengthening responses to SGBV and other gender-based human rights violations in the future; and
• Prepare relevant reporting for UN Women’s programme donor(s) and UN Women’s partner on rapid deployments, Justice Rapid Response.

Perform any other duties, as required by the Deputy Chief, Peace and Security of UN Women, or the country team investigations coordinator.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Timely and quality strategies, trainings and protocols which advance and institutionalize good practice for the documentation of SGBV and other gender-based human rights violations;
• Quality advice on the integration of a gender analysis across all areas of work;
• Quality reporting on SGBV and gender-based human rights violations, and integration of a gender analysis in reporting
• Increased awareness of UN Women’s work, and the importance of accountability for SGBV and other gender-based human rights violations;
• Increased cooperation between UN Women and the investigation; and
• Timely and quality advice to UN Women on strengthening the SGBV Justice Experts Rapid Deployment Programme.

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 Values and Competencies Framework: 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:

• Expert knowledge of international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law, and the gender dimensions of these legal frameworks;
• Ability to lead complex criminal or human rights investigations, including of SGBV;
• Ability to advocate for and provide policy advice on gender integration in human rights investigations;
• Strong understanding of age- and gender-specific protection concerns of victims and witnesses, including vulnerable witnesses;
• Ability to speak and write in a clear and gender-sensitive language;
• Strong leadership, diplomacy, negotiation and communication skills; and
• Familiarity with the UN system and knowledge of UN Women.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced University Degree (Masters or equivalent) preferably in law, political science, or international relations.
• A combination of relevant academic qualifications and two years of experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience in human rights documentation or a related field, particularly in the area of women’s human rights and/or SGBV;
• Expert knowledge of international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law, and the gender dimensions of these legal frameworks;
• Experience conducting a gender analysis and integrating a gender perspective in human rights investigations or international criminal investigations; and
• Experience in drafting public reports.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.

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/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-p11-personal-history-form.doc?la=en&vs=558. 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.