National Area Coordinator ( Open to Tier3 All Applicants)

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  • Added Date: Tuesday, 30 September 2025
  • Deadline Date: Tuesday, 07 October 2025
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  • Tier 1: UNDP/ UNCDF/ UNV staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed term (FTA) appointments (defined as โ€œinternalโ€ candidates)ย 
  • Tier 2: UNDP/ UNCDF/ UNV staff holding temporary appointments (TA) and personnel on regular PSA contracts
  • Tier 3: All other contract types from UNDP/UNCDF/UNV and other agencies, and other external candidates

    Background

    Access to justice in Yemen remains elusive in all dimensions: people, problems, and processes. Justice deficits are affecting people of โ€œLeaving No One Behind (LNOB)โ€ backgrounds most: women, juveniles, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), and Muhamasheen. Housing, Land, Property (HLP) problems are most salient. Intersectional vulnerability manifests in various forms: forced evictions of impoverished or displaced people, property disputes biased against women-headed households, and criminalization of rent arrears that accompany detention of civil debtors. Justice processes for vulnerable people are near non-existent, as formal justice institutions, which were already elite-centric, have deteriorated further. People are resorting to informal, community-based justice for self-help, which is more accessible and affordable. Such legal pluralism, however, is subject to patriarchal and gerontocratic dynamics, posing challenges to gender and inclusive justice. Women are often incriminated as a scapegoat for men. Women detainees epitomize the ills of a weak and discriminatory justice system, which neglects special protection and rehabilitation needs. In response, the project aims at three Outputs, focusing on โ€œjustice seekersโ€ more than providers: 1) civil and property justice promoted, 2) gender and inclusive justice enhanced, and 3) comprehensive detainee protection expanded. Building upon hybrid justice platforms fostered during the previous phase through a โ€œjustice echosystemsโ€ approach, the project will work towards more inclusive access to justice at three levels of services, supervision, and systems for โ€œbasic justice care.โ€ย 

    Output 1. Civil and property justice promoted. Activity 1.1.ย Case management of forced eviction and minor land disputes through community-based platforms inclusive of IDPs and Muhamasheen.ย  Activity 1.2.ย Capacity and accountability improvement ofinformal-formal service providers for civil and property justice.ย  Activity 1.3.ย Strengthening enabling environment for civil and property justice at the sub-national level. Output 2. Gender and inclusive justice enhanced.ย  Activity 2.1.ย Case management of family and minority disputes through women- and minority-led platforms, inclusive of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs).ย  Activity 2.2.ย Capacity and accountability improvement ofinformal-formal service providers for gender and inclusive justice.ย  Activity 2.3.ย Strengthening the enabling environment for gender and inclusive justice at the sub-national level. Output 3. Comprehensive detainee protection expanded.ย  Activity 3.1.ย Case management of pre-/post-trial detainees and ex-detainees through multi-sectoral service platforms (justice, health, education, livelihoods, etc.). Activity 3.2.ย Capacity and accountability improvement ofinformal-formal service providers for comprehensive detainee protection. Activity 3.3.ย Strengthening the enabling environment for comprehensive detainee protection at the sub-national level.ย 

    Against this backdrop, UNDP is recruiting a National Area Coordinator with the following responsibilities.ย 

    Duties and Responsibilities

    Summary of Key Functions:ย 

    • Provide contextual updates for adaptive management.ย 
    • Build partnerships for inclusive project governance.
    • Offer technical advice on access to gender justice.ย 
    • Conduct results-based monitoring and reporting.ย 
    • Mainstream genderย in all project aspects.

      Roles and Responsibilities:ย 

      Provide contextual updates at the national and sub-national levels for adaptive management.ย 

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