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Job Title:        Gender
Mainstreaming and Coordination Analyst

Organization: United
Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to: Country
Representative

Grade: P-2

About US:

The United Nations
Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (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. UN Women provides support to Member States’ efforts and priorities in
meeting their gender equality goals and for building effective partnerships
with Government, civil society and other relevant actors.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Work closely with the Country
  Representative to assist in the strategic coordination of Uganda’s
  priorities and commitments for gender equality and women’s empowerment
  (GEWE);
• Support macro-level government and donor
  gender­ coordination structures, including institutional capacity
  development and strategic planning;
• Participate in the planning,
  implementation and monitoring of the UNCT Gender Scorecard, including
  through the development of a work plan, in line with the UNDAF/UNSDCF;
• Support the development and roll-out of
  a strategy for the UNCT Gender Advisory Group and the implementation of
  the UNCT’s commitments to GEWE in the country’s UNDAFUNSDCF;
• Organize series of training for relevant
  UNDAF management structures, including sensitizing UN Women, the Gender
  Advisory Group and others on mainstreaming GEWE in SDGs;
• Actively participate and represent the
  Country Office in the UN Women Community of Practice of Interagency
  Coordination;
• Identify and lead UN joint programming
  opportunities to deliver on the UNDAF’s GEWE, including leading the
  coordination of the development joint programmes on GEWE;
• Contribute to strengthening strategic
  partnerships and coordination for GEWE within the UN System and with
  external partners, including government and development partners;
• Support UN Women in interagency
  humanitarian coordination work, including capacity building support to
  partners in government and humanitarian actors;
• Produce policy notes, briefs, and
  undertake gender analysis of joint UN programming on women peace and
  security and humanitarian action;
• Represent UN Women in UNDAF Outcome
  Results Groups and ensure gender equality and women’s rights are
  mainstreamed in processes and documents;
• Document and advocate best practices and
  lessons learnt for UN System-wide coordination;
• Liaise with UN Women regional and HQ
  offices on developments related to UN Women’s coordination mandate;
• Contribute to joint UN and donor
  advocacy efforts for GEWE, including serving as the secretariat of the
  Gender Development Partners Group.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal applicant for the United
  Nations UN Women Gender Mainstreaming and Coordination Analyst job
  placement should hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in one or more of
  the following disciplines: International Relations, Gender Studies, Human
  Rights, Social Sciences or related fields.
• Three years of progressively responsible
  experience in international/regional organizations in gender mainstreaming
  and coordination;
• Experience with mainstreaming gender
  equality and women’s rights in peace and security, humanitarian action and
  coordination;
• Experience in providing capacity
  building training on gender equality to UN, government partners and CSOs;
• Strong familiarity of gender equality
  coordination issues and mechanisms in Uganda;
• Experience in formulation, implementation
  of gender equality and women’s empowerment projects;
• Experience in resource mobilization for
  gender equality and women’s empowerment;
• Prior experience in the UN System will
  be an asset.
• Languages: Fluency in English, both oral and
  written, is required; Proficiency in other UN languages is an advantage.

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

Functional
Competencies:

• Strong analytical, written and oral
  communication skills, including good presentation skills;
• Good understanding of UN Women
  coordination mandate in the UN system;
• Good understanding of UN Women peace and
  security and humanitarian action;
• Familiarity of the Sustainable
  Development Goals;
• Ability to work within a team as well as
  carry out tasks independently;
• Strong planning and organizing skills
  with ability to identify priority activities and assignments and to use
  time efficiently;
• Ability to take decisions and manage
  political/cultural sensitivities;
• Strong knowledge and understanding of
  gender equality issues in peace and security and humanitarian action;
• Experience in mobilizing resources;
• Proficient IT skills;
• Familiarity with results-based
  management and rights-based programming;
• Familiarity with UN system and UN Women
  mandate in coordination.

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates who so desire to join the United Nations
Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) in the
aforementioned capacity should endeavor to Apply Online by Clicking on the link
below. Please further review job requirements and if competent Click Apply Now.

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Deadline: 16^th August 2019

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