Deadline: 01 October, 2020

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

UN Women is seeking to fill the role of National Consultant for the review of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Gender Policy.

UN Women is a United Nations entity working for the empowerment of women.

Responsibilities

• Undertake consultative and planning meetings with NPF leadership, senior management and relevant staff, and identify key stakeholders (reference group) to be engaged in the process
• Develop state of implementation tool and conduct desk research, consultations, and interviews on the level of implementation of the current policy
• Facilitate a consultative multi-stakeholder meeting on implementation status of current policy, including progress, challenges and lessons learnt
• Review the current and emerging policy, legal, and institutional context, including existing policies, laws, strategies and institutional frameworks/arrangements of relevance to the NPF
• Revise and update the current gender policy in line with current realities, including operational framework, to enhance implementation, monitoring and reporting
• Facilitate a validation workshop on the above-mentioned revised policy and incorporate inputs into a final document

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Law, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, International Development, Human Rights, Political Science, International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies, or a related field
• Seven years, minimum, of relevant experience at national or international level in gender or related strategy development and/or implementation
• Excellent knowledge of international, regional, and regional instruments, policies, and frameworks that relate to gender and the security sector
• Previous exposure to security sector reform
• Strong understanding of the security policy and legislative environment and institutions in Nigeria
• Proven experience in mobilising stakeholders, leading and facilitating workshops and consultative processes
• Previous experience in conducting gender audits and assessing and developing institutional gender policies
• Fluency in English
• Experience in coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is an asset
• Experience in working in the UN system is an asset

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