In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In doing so, UN Member States took an historic step in accelerating the Organization’s goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Carrying out research and strategic analysis on relevant topics and drafting, editing and producing reports and summaries (such as the Structured Dialogue on Funding series, the Executive Director Annual Report (EDAR), and contributing to development of policy documents).
• Drafting and coordinating the development of the Regular Resources Report 2023, including with increased data and analysis to further demonstrate impact of core resources. This includes coordination of discussions with SPRED on data availability and efforts to advise on increased level of detail for data on development impact of the OEE. This also includes qualitative interviews with staff working within two impact areas and whose salary come from regular resources, to further identify the impact of core resources.
• Contributing input and providing feedback on behalf of SPD/PPS to the MTR and results in the UN Women Strategic Plan 2022 2025.
• Providing expert support for fulfilling institutional responsibilities for evaluation/assessment and improvement of processes and systems.
• Providing expert support for the Funding Compact 2.0.
• Providing ongoing support to SPD related input to the Executive Board.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication

Functional competencies:

• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure, to follow deadlines.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills.
• High level of communications and presentation skills.

Required Skills And Experience

• Master’s degree or other advanced degree in one or more of the following disciplines: social sciences, international development, and/or communications.
• Demonstrated abilities and track record writing high quality English-language reports and information, including experiencing drafting high-level UN reports.
• Demonstrated strong analytical and presentation skills.
• Minimum of 7-10 years of high-level experience in writing, editing, reporting, and communicating complex programmatic information in reader-friendly formats and styles.
• Understanding of international development, resource mobilization, and the UN development system context is required.
• Excellent understanding of and experience with gender-sensitive and results-based management and reporting.
• Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an asset.