UN Women- Women, Peace and Security Policy Advisor

Contract

This is a P-5 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 10 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 160,871 USD and 201,608 USD.

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Background

1. 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.

The scope of work of the Policy Adviser, Women, Peace and Security, who will be based in UN Women's Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECA), requires experience and in-depth understanding of gender equality and women, peace and security (WPS) issues, to translate UN Women's normative mandates into effective programmes and results. It also requires developing mutually reinforcing partnerships with relevant Government counterparts, UN organizations, and civil society organizations (CSOs).

Reporting to the Deputy Regional Director and working closely with the Peace, Security, Humanitarian and Resilience section at UN Women HQ, , the Policy Adviser will engage proactively with local and regional women leaders and UN Entities (including relevant Divisions, Sections, and Country Offices within UN Women) to ensure gender issues are addressed on WPS efforts related to, peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding including formal mediation processes with UN's involvement, transitional justice mechanisms, security sector reform processes, prevention of violent extremism, post-conflict elections among others relevant in the region. The Adviser will support the development of WPS and humanitarian action programmes and regional interventions, advocate for Feminist Foreign Policy and support UN Women offices in the ECA region, establish and strengthen partnerships. The Policy Advisor will oversee the development and implementation of WPS and humanitarian related programmes, develop relevant advocacy and knowledge products, provide technical and capacity building support to Country Offices and to the UN Resident Coordinator in countries where UN Women does not have country presence, and establish and strengthen partnerships with WPS and humanitarian actors and development partners.

Duties and Responsibilities

2. Duties and Responsibilities

- Provide policy advice to Regional Office and Country Offices

• Provide policy recommendations, strategic advice and proposed courses of action to the Regional Director, Deputy Regional Director and Country Representatives;
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of regional trends, challenges and opportunities in political development, governance and peace and security issues and integrate information in support of policy and programme development, analysis, outreach and advocacy;
• Prepare analytical reports, briefing notes, background papers, summaries, talking points and others as required by the Regional Director and Deputy Regional Director;
• Represent UN Women at inter-governmental and regional meetings on gender responsive governance and leadership and peace and security issues in the region, as requested by the Regional Director and Deputy Regional Director;
• Work closely with colleagues of UN Women's Peace, Security, Humanitarian and Resilience Section at HQ to identify promising practices, technical expertise, and strategic opportunities for addressing women's empowerment and gender issues in in the area of women, peace and security;
• Provide technical policy advice and leadership to UN Women Country Offices engaging in the return, and reintegration of women and girls to the region returning from conflict zones.
• Provide technical advice to governments in the region on key peace and security issues, including for the development and implementation of National Action Plans on UN Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1325, in collaboration with the regional WPS section, at the request of Country Offices.
• Take a lead role in coordinating UN Women’s engagement with processes and initiatives to support the rights and participation of Afghan women diaspora in the region.
• Maintain close coordination with UN Women HQ, Regional Offices in Asia Pacific and Arab States and relevant Country Offices on the impact of the Afghan crisis in the ECA region.

- Lead the provision of programme development support to UN Women Country Offices:

• Manage the development of regional programmes on WPS and humanitarian actions, and monitor implementation;
• Promote coordination and participation in joint activities with various stakeholders including UN agencies, relevant government stakeholders, civil society, inter-governmental organizations and regional women's networks;
• Provide programme guidance and support to UN Women Country Offices to develop and implement programmes at the local and national level on the area of governance, women's political participation, women's participation in public service delivery, and on all aspects of WPS in conflict-affected settings, including conflict prevention, mediation, transitional justice, justice and security sector reform, peacekeeping, conflict-related sexual violence, prevention of violent extremism, return and reintegration of foreign fighters and their dependents, National Action Plans on SCR 1325, among others.

- Establish and strengthen strategic partnerships with key stakeholders, regional and international actors and development partners:

• Build and strengthen strategic partnerships for the advancement of WPS; Build and strengthen strategic alliances and partnerships to develop regional strategies and initiatives in the areas of WPS, leadership and governance.
• Maintain close liaison with relevant donors, regional entities and other actors supporting efforts on governance/political participation and WPS in the region;
• Provide technical support to offices in the field in mobilizing resources for the implementation of leadership/governance and WPS initiatives in the region;
• Liaise with relevant regional organizations engaged in peace and security issues, such as the European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), UN peacekeeping missions (such as UNFICYP), regional networks and academic institutions;

- Provide technical contributions to resource mobilization on WPS in the region

• Participate in the implementation, monitoring and periodic updating of the resource mobilization strategy on WPS in the region;
• Provide technical support to field-based presences in the region in mobilizing resource;
• Research and analyze information on donors; prepare substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation.

- Manage knowledge building and sharing for Peace and Security in the ECA region

• Manage the process of compiling reports and lessons learned on peace and security, leadership and governance, and contribute to UN Women's corporate and regional knowledge management efforts;
• Establish and regularly update a regional knowledge management platform on peace and security, leadership and government, With HQ and the field, which is regularly updated;
• Review reports and knowledge products developed in the field to develop regional and sub regional best practices and analysis of lessons learned to improve and scale up results;
• Prepare briefs and presentations on best practices developed in the region on peace and security to share with internal and external stakeholders, including at the global level and cross-regionally;
• Collect information at the regional level to input to into regional mechanisms as appropriate and into annual UN Secretary-General (SG) reports such as the report on Women and Peace and Security, as well as other relevant thematic SG reports including peacebuilding and sustaining peace;
• Provide strategic information to input into briefings by UN Women's Executive Director to the Security Council and to UN Women participants in regional coordination mechanisms such as the Regional Monthly Review as requested;
• Ensure technical skills and knowledge are shared within and among field offices in the region; facilitate cross-regional exchange with Regional Peace and Security Advisors and HQ Peace and Security and Leadership and Governance Divisions;

Key Performance Indicators

• Timely and quality technical advice and support
• Leadership in area of expertise in the region
• Quality reports and other strategic documents drafted and submitted in a timely manner
• Regular communication and information flow with other UN Women Advisors Quality strategic documents delivered in a timely manner
• Timely and quality knowledge products
• Strong relationships with various partners and stakeholders
• UN Women is well represented in important meetings on topics related to expertise
• Increase in resources mobilized

Competencies

3. Competencies

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

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:http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf

Functional Competencies

• Excellent knowledge of Women, Peace, Security and/or Humanitarian Action

• Excellent networking skills and ability to establish and maintain strong partnerships

• Ability to interact with donors, identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising
• Ability to perform qualitative and quantitative policy research
• Ability to advocate and provide policy advice
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to write policy papers, speeches, briefings
• Excellent knowledge of programme development, implementation, results-based management and reporting
• Familiarity of ECA region or other regions in which UN Women operates

Required Skills and Experience

4. Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in gender, human rights, international relations or other social science fields 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 10 years progressively responsible experience in designing and managing programmes and advocating for Women, Peace, Security and Humanitarian Action or related area of work;

• Experience in programme, policy analysis, and strategic planning;
• Experience working with, and building partnerships with governments, donors and civil society organizations internationally and in the field;
• Experience working with the UN system is an asset;
• Experience working in the ECA region is an asset.

• Experience working in large multicultural development agencies is a distinct advantage.

  Languages:

• Fluency in English is required;

• Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset;
• Working Knowledge of Russian an asset.

5. 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.

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.

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