Deadline: 21 January 2016
UN Women is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Economic Empowerment Advisor in Panama City, Panama. The duration for the post is of 1 year.
The Economic Empowerment Adviser will work in close coordination with the Economic Empowerment section in the Policy Division at UN Women Headquarters and with teams in national offices to advance the agenda of women´s economic empowerment.
UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Economic Empowerment Advisor will perform the following functions-
- Permanent monitoring and analysis of international, regional, sub-regional and national trends for the adoption and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to build networks, create opportunities and develop initiatives for gender responsive SDG localization processes.
- Analyze and understand the inter-relationships between macro-economic trends, household economic security, women’s rights and access to services and socio-economic resilience in different contexts.
- Provide policy recommendations, strategic advice and proposed courses of action.
- Integrate information and analysis in support of policy development, analysis, outreach and advocacy.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of economic events and integrate information and analysis in support of policy development, analysis, outreach and advocacy.
- Prepare analytical reports, briefing notes, background papers, summaries, correspondence and talking points.
- Liaise with key national, regional, and local stakeholders from government, private sector and not-for-profit-civil society and key international actors to build up and strengthen strategic alliances and partnerships on economics initiatives.
- Upon request of the RD/DRD, represent UN Women at inter-governmental and regional meetings on women’s economic empowerment in the region.
- Propose plan of action for immediate and long range actions on women’s economic empowerment in the region.
- Work closely with colleagues of UN Women’s policy advisors to identify promising practices, technical expertise and strategic opportunities for enhancing gender equality and women’s economic empowerment.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in economics or related field.
- A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience on gender and economics issues, preferably 5 years of which in field experience in the area of gender and economics.
- 5 years of which of progressively relevant experience at the national or international level in development projects, preferably in Latin America, providing advisory services, hands-on experience in planning and design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development policies and programmes and establishing inter-relationships among international organizations and national governments specifically in the field of gender and economics.
- Significant progressively responsible experience in strategic planning, programme development and implementation, results-based management and reporting.
- Experience in developing and maintaining strong partnerships and in mobilizing resources.
- Prior experience in the UN System and the Region will be an asset.
- Fluency in written and oral English and Spanish.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
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