UNDP AFG - Gender Specialist (NOC)

Overview

Drive gender integration across the ABADEI programme implementation.

You have:

• Master's degree in Governance, Gender or Women’s studies, Development, Law, Economics, Political Science, Social Sciences or related disciplines
• Bachelor’s degree in Governance, Gender or Women’s studies, Development, Law, Economics, Political Science, Social Sciences or related disciplines with additional 2 years relevant experience will be given due consideration in lieu of Master’s Degree
• Master’s five (05) years or Bachelor's seven (07) years of professional work experience providing support to policy advice and programme support in the general area of gender equality and women’s empowerment in different development contexts
• Experience working in developing country settings is required and experience in crisis contexts is an asset
• Proficiency in English is required – both written and oral
• Fluency in local language of duty station Dari and/or Pashto is required

Contract

This is a NO-C contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be more than 4,480 USD.

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Background

UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet. UNDP has been working in Afghanistan for more than 50 years on climate change and resilience, gender, governance, health, livelihoods, and rule of law. Under the broader framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in close coordination with other UN agencies, UNDP is supporting Afghan people’s aspiration for peace, prosperity, and sustainability. UNDP is currently implementing its flagship crisis response programme, ABADEI (Area Based Approach to Development Emergency Initiatives), as part of the ongoing UN-led response to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and the breakdown of Afghanistan’s economy following the August 2021 shift in power.

As part of its Development Effectiveness efforts, UNDP is committed to making gender equality, a basic human right and a necessity for a sustainable world, a reality. Women's empowerment and gender equality are vital to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which envisions a world “of universal respect for human rights and human dignity” in which “every woman and girl enjoys full gender equality and all legal, social and economic barriers to their empowerment have been removed.”

The UNDP Global Strategy 2022-2025, UNDP Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2021, and the Gender Action Plan of the UNDP Afghanistan Country Office, provides a road map to integrate gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) into all aspects of UNDP's work to elevate the GEWE while eliminating poverty, building resilience and achieving peace in communities and territories, and helping to accelerate progress towards the 2030 Agenda by leaving no one behind.

In particular, the strategy delineates the UNDP commitment to:

• Strengthen UNDP interventions tackling structural changes that accelerate gender equality and women’s empowerment;
• Strengthen the integration of gender equality into UNDP's work, especially ABADEI programme by applying corporate tools and strategies
• Strengthen the institutional GE mechanisms by effective gender mainstreaming, such as the Gender Equality Seal, and the Gender Marker.

Duties and Responsibilities

ONLY CURRENT AFGHANISTAN NATIONALS AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND WILLING TO TRAVEL IN KABUL AND THROUGHOUT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN, ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION. ALL OTHER APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

Under the overall guidance and direction of the of the Programme Advisor and the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist (Design), the Gender Specialist will ensure the effective gender integration across the project cycles, ABADEI programme implementation and results, and implementation of the Gender Action Plan of UNDP Afghanistan Country Office.

The incumbent will be responsible for gender mainstreaming in the following areas:

• Substantive Support to Policy, Research and Development
• Technical Support
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Partnerships and Resource Mobilization
• Knowledge Management and Communication

1. Substantive Support to Policy Research and Development

• Coordinate and conduct gender analysis of data, case evidence and research findings to distill relevant lessons from projects and programmes to inform policy formulation and guidance for gender equality advocacy and programming;
• Collaborate and develop guidance in the specific thematic area of ABADEI programme to ensure gender mainstreaming has been well integrated;
• Contributes to the development of psolicy initiatives for different contexts on key emerging policy agendas from the lens gender equality policy outomes, in collaboration with policy teams in the Regional Hub;
• Guide the programme team in applying gender analysis to crisis contexts to make them relevant for specific situations;
• Support the quality assurance of policy services and foster policy innovation in the specific thematic area of Gender equality and women’s empowerment by reviewing lessons learned and evaluations to enhance programme delivery; and;
• Develop gender equality programme strategy aligned with corporate GE strategy 2022-2025, Regional GE programme Strategy and support implementing the UNDP Gender Action Plan in Afghanistan.

**************************************************************************************2. Technical Support**************************************************************************************

• Coordinate internally with the Project Managers and Technical Advisors on gender mainstreaming across the programme/project cycle.
• Provide technical advice and support on the project design and implementation through LPAC or joint project development for all ABADEI programme.
• Guide the consultant to facilitate gender mainstreaming capacity building, especially conducting gender analysis for Programmes and Project, including assess and analyze project proposals for relevance, coherence and to ensure quality design.
• Support and facilitate the formulation of Gender Focal Team, and build capacity of the Gender Focal Teams on Gender Analysis, Gender Marker, and Gender Seal Journey, including SHSEA prevention and response
• Facilitate the implementation of gender action plan of UNDP Afghanistan, including the SHSEA prevention with relevant unit lead and colleagues.
• Support Gender Capacity Building for CO staff, Staff of Implementing partners, and ensure a systematic strategy in place on capacity development.
• Technical support to the Development Effectiveness Unit (DEU) to ensure gender results are well integrated and documented; Portfolio-specific Gender Action Plan is developed for year ending ROAR reporting.
• Co-develop project-specific annual gender action plans with Project Focal Point and Field Colleagues based on the best practices of UNDP in Asia Pacific Regions using the Corporate Gender Tools of UNDP.

3. Monitoring and Reporting

• Develop and implement a monitoring and reporting framework jointly with DEU, Integrated Risk Management Unit and Action project team for a coherent and effective gender-responsive monitoring and reporting of UNDP-Afghanistan;
• Monitor the gender situation, as such the gender development issues within Afghanistan and the regions in close collaboration with CO and Field Offices;
• Write reports as required;
• Participate and contribute to the ROAR, and to the Integrated Workplan;
• Track the Gender Marker ratings throughout the Annual Work Planning process with the assistance of the Program Associates

4. Partnerships and Resource Mobilization

• Collaborate and contribute to the Partnership and Resource Mobilization Activities of UNDP Afghanistan Country Offices jointly with programme and partnership and communication unit by ensuring effective gender lens;
• Provide substantive inputs related to external partnerships, especially assessing gender policy and SHSEA policy of the partners maintain minimum standard;
• Contribute to the development of implementation plan to foster strategic partnerships with UN and external partner institutions, Governments, private sector, academia, NGOs, and CSOs.

5. Knowledge Management

• Provide contributions and support to corporate Gender KM activities, Gender COP, whether at the global, cross-regional or region-specific level to help influence/advance policy dialogue in collaboration with policy teams in Afghanistan and HQ and in Regional Hubs; andCoordinate and perform knowledge extraction, analysis, documentation, codification of results/lessons learned that is linked to gender equality results
• Facilitate capacity building for gender-responsive communication Training for CO staff, field staff, including Partners jointly with communication team.

Perform other duties within your functional profile as assigned and deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the office.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: Not applicable

Competencies

Core Competencies

Achieve Results:

LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact

Think Innovatively:

LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems

Learn Continuously:

LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences

Adapt with Agility:

LEVEL 3: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands

Act with Determination:

LEVEL 3: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results

Engage and Partner:

LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration

Enable Diversity and Inclusion:

LEVEL 3: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Gender

Women's Economic Empowerment, including labour issue

Gender

Gender Mainstreaming across the project cycle

Gender

Gender and Institutional Development

Project Management

Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals

Partnerships and Management

Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies

Required Skills and Experience

UNDP STRONGLY ENCOURAGES QUALIFIED WOMEN TO APPLY FOR AVAILABLE POSITIONS FOR WHICH THEY MEET THE STATED MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

Application Requirement

All Applicants MUST complete and attach the UNDP Personal History-P-11 Form (found here) to their applications in the vacancy site.

Submission of personal resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV) will not be acceptable and candidates who fail to attach the above required P-11 form will not be considered.

Min. Education requirement

• Master's degree in Governance, Gender or Women’s studies, Development, Law, Economics, Political Science, Social Sciences or related disciplines
• Bachelor’s degree in Governance, Gender or Women’s studies, Development, Law, Economics, Political Science, Social Sciences or related disciplines with additional 2 years relevant experience will be given due consideration in lieu of Master’s Degree

Relevant Experience:

• Master’s five (05) years or Bachelor's seven (07) years of professional work experience providing support to policy advice and programme support in the general area of gender equality and women’s empowerment in different development contexts

Required Skills:

• Experience working in developing country settings is required and experience in crisis contexts is an asset

Language Requirements:

• Proficiency in English is required – both written and oral.
• Fluency in local language of duty station Dari and/or Pashto is required

ONLY CURRENT AFGHANISTAN NATIONALS AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND WILLING TO TRAVEL IN KABUL AND THROUGHOUT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN, ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION. ALL OTHER APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

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