Deadline: 19 October 2015
The UN Women is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Gender Advisor, Office of the Resident Coordinator, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
UN Women is the United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Gender Advisor will perform the following functions-
- Play a coordination role by supporting the UN system, in the development and implementation of programmes in support of international and national commitments on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls as outlined in the UNDAF 2014-18;
- Provision of technical advice to the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) as required, in the coordination of emerging technical and development assistance to the Government of Kenya and civil society, ensuring emerging development support responds to women’s needs and national gender equality priorities;
- Contribute to mainstreaming gender equality and women’s empowerment into all programs related to the UNDAF implementation in a coherent manner, through close consultation with all UN agencies and the heads of the UNDAF Strategic Area Result Groups and Outcome Result Groups;
- Ensure the UNCT utilizes key accountability tools and processes (e.g. the Gender Score Card, Gender Marker) to ensure that the UN in Kenya tracks and is accountable for gender equality and women’s empowerment during the UNDAF implementation;
- Advise and support the UNCT in forging strategic partnerships at the national and local level to promote gender equality, women’s advancement and women’s representation.
- Support inter-agency coordination on gender including support to gender technical team(s) in close consultation with UN Women;
- Represent the UN at inter-agency, intergovernmental, international, regional and national conferences and meetings and advocate the UN’s positions in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment;
- At the request of the Resident Coordinator, 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 Kenya;
- 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.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Master’s degree or equivalent in gender, women’s studies, social sciences, international development, international relations or other development-related fields;
- A minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in development, focused on providing policy advice, technical assistance and/or programming around gender equality, women’s empowerment and women’s rights issues; part of which should include previous field experience with the UN or an international development organization;
- Experience writing analytical documents and reports;
- Strong familiarity with UN inter-agency coordination would be an asset;
- Strong public speaking skills and representational experience;
- Knowledge of and experience in Kenya desirable;
- Good knowledge of the UN system;
- Substantive experience and record of accomplishment in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment issues at policy and programming level;
- Experience with implementing gender mainstreaming agendas across a variety of sectors, including experience gender mainstreaming in governmental bodies;
- Experience working with the UN in development and humanitarian contexts;
- Experience working with women’s movements, and civil society and familiarity with women’s rights organizations and networks in the region and globally;
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted through online process.
For more information, please visit UN Women.
