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.
Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women
leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that
commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into
action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership
in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective
partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
Under
the overall guidance of the UN Resident Coordinator (RC), and in close
coordination with UN Women’s Arab States Regional Director, Senior
Gender Advisor to the RC will be responsible for providing strategic and
technical support to strengthen the work of the United Nations in Yemen
on gender equality across priority sectors.
The
scope of work of the Senior Gender Advisor to the RC requires
experience and in-depth understanding of gender equality and women’s
empowerment issues, regional political acumen, as well as programming
expertise. The Senior Gender Advisor to the RC is responsible for
ensuring effective execution of UN Women's mandate and responsibility
with respect to the advancement of women in Yemen. The Senior Gender
Advisor to the RC will provide technical and programme support services
to the UN Country Team (UNCT) to strengthen the UN response to
addressing national priorities for gender equality and women’s
empowerment, in line with UN Women’s strategic vision. S/he is the first
line of contact between UN Women and its partners and clients
in-country, working in close collaboration with the UN Women Regional
Office in Cairo as well as UN Women HQ in New York.
Duties and Responsibilities
Key Functions:
Coordination, Programme and Technical Support
Strategic Advice and Advocacy
Representation and Partnership Building
Coordination, Programme and Technical Support
Advising
and supporting the UNCT, national and local partners, in the
development and implementation of laws, plans, policies and budgets, in
line with international and national commitments on gender equality and
the empowerment of women and girls; and in support of mainstreaming
national gender equality priorities into legal frameworks and
government-led programmes.
Provision
of technical advice to the UN RC, and international partners as
required, in the coordination of emerging technical and development
assistance to the Government of Yemen and civil society, ensuring
emerging development support responds to women’s needs and national
gender equality priorities.
Engage with National
Government, including transitional bodies, local authorities, and
non-governmental organizations in support of women’s representation and
leadership in national and local decision-making processes
Advise
and support the UN, national and local authorities and civil society in
ensuring the programme and actions in the transitional and
reconciliation processes and community-based initiatives, are gender
sensitive and support women’s access to necessary services and
decision-making processes therein.
Provide
technical support to Government and non-governmental organizations for
the design and delivery of specific programmes and activities targeted
at building national capacities for the promotion of gender equality,
and women’s rights, including through support to South-South learning and exchange;
Liaise
with key national and local stakeholders from Government, academia,
civil society at the national and communal level, private sector and key
international actors to build up and strengthen strategic alliances and
partnerships on women’s rights and gender equality initiatives.
Strategic advice to the UN RC and UNCT in promoting women’s rights and gender equality in the country.
Provide
analysis and advise the UNCT on the gender dynamics and opportunities
to support inclusive engagement of women in the transition and
development assistance provided by the UNCT, and within programmes and
actions targeting reconciliation and community based initiatives.
Identify
and advise on entry points for new initiatives for the UN to strengthen
national and local capacities for gender equality and to support the
advancement of women’s empowerment and gender equality in the country.
Advise
the UNCT on improved accountability tools and assets so as to ensure
the UN’s commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment are
tracked and up-scaled as opportunities arise.
Advise
and support joint programming and coordination around gender equality,
including support in forging strategic partnerships at the national and
local level to promote gender equality, women’s advancement and women’s
representation.
Representation and Partnership Building
Support
UN system-wide inter-agency coordination on gender to contribute to
strategic and policy discussion on gender equality, and women’s
empowerment issues.
Supporting
gender equality advocates, both within government and non-governmental
organizations, to have a stronger voice in decision-making processes
that shape lives of women, including those relating to reconciliation
support.
Represent UN Women at
inter-agency, intergovernmental, international, regional and
national conferences and meetings and advocate UN Women's policy and
initiatives in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment.
At
the request of the RC, represent the UN system on gender equality and
women’s empowerment issues at conferences and meetings to present UN
system efforts for the advancement of women in Yemen.
Maintain
active relationship/partnerships with National Government Counterparts,
UN System, international community, inter-government and
non-governmental organizations, institutes and academia on women’s issue
to enhance collaboration, resource mobilization and share and influence
agenda and priority setting.
Impact of Results:
Success
of the efforts to formulate and implement the UNCT and UN Women
Programme Strategy at the national level to promote and advance gender
equality and women’s empowerment.
Competencies
Core values and Guiding principles:
Integrity:
Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN
Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
Professionalism: Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.
Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:
Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the
organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrate an
international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning
from cultural diversity.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
Ethics and Values:
Demonstrate and promote ethics and integrity by creating organizational precedents
Organizational Awareness:
Build support for the organization and ensure political acumen
Development and Innovation:
Support staff competence development, and contribute to an environment of creativity and innovation
Work in teams:
Build
and promote effective teams. Demonstrate ability to work in a
multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective
working relations with people of different national and cultural
backgrounds.
Communication and Information Sharing:
Create and promote an environment for open and effective communication
Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:
Stay
composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense
situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior
towards others
Conflict Management:
Surface
conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings
and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.
Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:
Share knowledge across the organization and build a culture of knowledge sharing and learning
Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:
Ensure fair and transparent decision making processes and manage risk
Functional Competencies:
Substantive experience and record of accomplishment in the area of gender equality and women's empowerment issues;
Proven ability to advocate and provide policy advice;
Ability to lead strategic planning, programme development and implementation, results-based management and reporting;
Ability to develop and maintain strong partnerships and mobilize resources;
Knowledge
of methodologies and best practices for promoting gender equality,
equity and women empowerment in general and in the Arab States region in
particular;
Experience with
implementing gender mainstreaming agendas across a variety of sectors,
including experience gender mainstreaming in governmental bodies;
Experience working with and building capacity of national women’s machineries or similar institutions;
Experience working with the UN in transition contexts;
Experience working with women’s movements, NGOs and civil society networks, and familiarity with women's rights organizations and networks in the region and globally;
High
degree of political acumen and sensitivity and demonstrated ability to
achieve results in politically and operationally complex environments.
Managerial Competencies
Ability to plan work assignments, establish priorities and to meet strict assignment deadlines.
Ability to build strong relationships with colleagues and to focus on impact and results.
Demonstrated aptitude to build effective partnerships with a diverse group of stakeholders.
Compelling
communication (verbal and written) skills, including ability to prepare
reports, formulate and defend sound recommendations and articulate
options concisely conveying maximum necessary information.
Negotiating skills and ability to work at all levels with others to reach mutually benefiting and lasting understandings.
Excellent interpersonal skills; capacity to recognize and respond appropriately to the ideas, interests and concerns of others.
Ability
to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a
multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect
for diversity.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a social sciences, economics, gender issues, or other development-related fields.
Experience:
A
Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in
development, focusing on gender programming, part of which has been in
the field with experience on gender equality and women’s rights with an
international organization.
Strong familiarity with UN inter-agency cooperation would be an asset.
Knowledge of and experience in Yemen desirable.
Good knowledge of UN Women and the UN system.
Language Requirements:
Fluency in written and spoken English.
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.
All
applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women
Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment
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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.
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