Deadline: 20 August, 2020
Location: New York, United States of America
UN Women is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Intergovernmental Support Programme Analyst.
UN Women is the UN agency dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Responsibilities
- Provide substantive and technical support to UN Women’s engagement with intergovernmental processes with a particular focus on support for the commission on the status of women
- Provide coordination support for UN Women’s preparations for the annual sessions of the commission on the status of women, including preparation of meetings of coordination working groups and follow-up, and responding to inquiries regarding normative intergovernmental processes
- Make arrangements for meetings and briefings of the CSW bureau, including preparation of briefing notes, background papers and proposed agendas, drafting of minutes of meetings, and follow-up to bureau decisions as directed, drafting of statements for the CSW chair, and liaising with DGACM on procedural and logistical matters
- Organise panel discussions, side events, briefings and other alliance building activities
- Prepare concept notes and issues papers, and identify possible speakers for interactive events and advocacy initiatives
- Make organisational and logistical arrangements, including draft budgets, and draft summaries of meetings
- Provide technical inputs to information dissemination, including through UN Women’s website and social media
- Undertake research and analysis on gender perspectives
- Track trends in reflection of gender perspectives in the work of intergovernmental bodies and draft reports of the Secretary-General on assigned issues for submission to the General Assembly, and prepare substantive papers, background and briefing notes, talking points and key messages
- Prepare annotated agenda and organisation of work for commission sessions in accordance with mandates and practice as well as documentation forecasts
- Review draft work of others and provide comments and inputs towards strengthening gender perspectives
Requirements
- Master’s degree or equivalent in Communications, Political Science, Law, Economics, Public Relations, Journalism, Public Administration or other relevant/similar fields
- First degree with two years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree requirement
- Two years, minimum, of professional experience in law and/or gender equality at the national and the international levels
- Experienced working in communications and advocacy and/or research and analysis at the national and the international levels (desirable)
- Experience in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and in handling web-based management systems
- Fluency in English (both oral and written)
- Working knowledge of at least one other UN official language (desirable)
To apply and for more information, click here.
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