Gender Specialist (Open to All Applicants)

Background

1. Office/Unit/Project Description  

UNDP Yemen is committed to supporting gender equality and women's empowerment in line with the UNDP Gender Equality Strategy 2022–2025 and the Gender Action Plan of the UNDP Yemen Country Office. The Gender Specialist will help ensure impactful gender mainstreaming throughout the country programme and projects, consolidating an enabling environment for institutional effectiveness and supporting the Country Office to meet benchmarks for the UNDP Gender Seal Certification. 
 
The role involves close collaboration with programme and project teams, stakeholders within the UNDP system, and extensive engagement with international and national partners, including other UN agencies, government counterparts, civil society, women’s organizations and networks, donors, syndicates, and private sector actors. The Gender Specialist will contribute to resource mobilization and support the integration of gender equality and women’s empowerment into all aspects of UNDP’s work, focusing on poverty elimination and community resilience. 

2. Scope of Work  

1) Provide guidance and support for gender equality programs and integration within the office.  

  Provide overall strategic direction on the implementation of gender within the context of the country programme document.   Advise and support management, programme, operations, and project personnel on the implementation of the UNDP Gender Equality Strategy  Oversee the development of the gender activities under country office pillar’s portfolio and ensure synergies and maximize the results.   Ensure continuous liaison with implementing partners on the progress of gender work in close collaboration with pillar team leaders and project managers.  

2) Build strategic partnerships and resource mobilization 

Lead identification and facilitation of strategic partnership building opportunities for gender equality.  Lead analysis and research of information on donors, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for initiation of new projects, active contribution to the overall office effort in resource mobilization.  Lead development and implementation gender resource mobilization plan to advance gender responsive programming with the support of senior management 

3) Mainstream gender equality in programmes and operations.  

Lead and conduct gender analysis to inform the design of new programmes and ensure gender equality integration in newly developed concept notes and proposals.   Integrate gender equality in the country office programme/projects’ annual plans including planning for expenditures, activities, partnerships, resources, capacities, communication, and learning.  Lead gender review on an annual basis to assess the overall country office performance, and document recommendations and lessons learned.   Ensure gender equality is integrated in seniors' and team leaders' performance management goals.   Plan and coordinate with the HR and staff association initiatives that promote an enabling environment for women and men to perform equally.   Update the gender parity analysis/strategy and ensure gender equality consideration within human resources and procurement processes. 

4 ) Lead monitoring & evaluation, and learning 

In collaboration with CO M&E and RBM focal point at PMSU, oversee the development of gender transformative indicators for the newly formulated initiatives.   Lead effective application of gender mainstreaming throughout the Country office programme and project cycle, monitoring and evaluation frameworks, communication and advocacy, results reporting and quality assurance of results.  Lead the design and implementation of the anticipated impact/independent evaluation to capture gender contribution and results by including relevant baselines.   Conceptualize training for UNDP staff/personnel and implementing partners to build capacity on designing of gender related monitoring and evaluation plans and activities. 

5) Communication, Knowledge Management & Community of Practice Networking 

📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐

⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐖!

Ensure gender equality integration into UNDP website, social media, and any developed knowledge products.    Produce key strategic guidance and progress update documents on gender and development.   Ensure comprehensive documentation of the implementation of the gender-related activities   Capture and adequately communicate lessons learned on gender-related activities and suggest recommendations for enhancing gender engagement UNDP programmes.   Build partnerships and actively network with experts on gender, including relevant women and youth groups as well as private sector and syndicates.  Assess the gender learning gaps, develop and conduct gender capacity building plans including learning exchange, mentoring and coaching learning modules  Keep abreast of strategic developments in gender mainstreaming and engagement, gathering best practices from other (pilot) countries, capturing lessons learned etc.;  

The incumbent of the position should avoid any kind of discriminatory behavior including gender discrimination and ensure that  

Human rights and gender equality are prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions.  Activities are designed and implemented in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP  Any kind of diversity based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, gender are respected within all implementations including data production.  Differentiated needs of women and men are considered.  Inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability gender language barrier is created.  Necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, trainings etc. introduced.  The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization. 

 3. Institutional Arrangement 

Direct Supervisor(s): Matrixed to DRR (P) and Head of Programme Management Support Unit 

4. Competencies 

 Core Competencies:  Core  Achieve Results:  ​​LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact ​  Think Innovatively:  ​​LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems ​  Learn Continuously:  ​​LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences​  Adapt with Agility:  ​​LEVEL 3: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands ​  Act with Determination:   ​​LEVEL 3: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results​  Engage and Partner:  ​​LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration​  Enable Diversity and Inclusion:  ​​LEVEL 3: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity​ 

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