Deadline: 28 June, 2022

Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Gender Programme Specialist.

Across 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Support senior programme colleagues and management of the country office to advance one or more of the four targeted gender priorities in the gender action plan with support from the regional gender advisor
• Play a role in working with one or more of the seven UNICEF sectors to mainstream gender by prioritising key gender results within the sector(s) with a strong gender relevance
• Lead cross-sectional collaboration and coordination on key programmatic results on gender, ensuring coherence, maximisation of synergies and efficiency in utilisation of resources and delivery of results
• Work with programme colleagues and management so that gender results are effectively defined, measured, and reported, ensuring high-quality assessment, research, evidence generation and evaluation on gender programming
• Support/lead effective review, assessment, planning, capacity-building, and knowledge management on gender
• Support the assessment and identification of gender needs for emergency preparedness and response, and provide gender-relevant guidance and technical input on emergency programming
• Actively participate in country management team (CMT), programme coordination team; partnerships, research, financial and contract review committees; and other key country-specific leadership teams
• Coordinate with the regional gender advisors and the headquarters gender section to plan, utilise, monitor and report on the gender thematic fund, or other programmatic funds with large gender components that are allocated to the country-specific interventions for the country programme
• In collaboration with sectoral colleagues and under the guidance of deputy representative, participate in the planning and monitoring of the utilisation of the budget allocated to sectoral and cross-sectoral gender interventions with sectoral colleagues
• Lead the gender component of the reporting of the routine country-level programme expenditures, including the annual reporting and the RAM
• Lead and/or support the evidence-based programme planning on gender, incorporating robust measurement and evaluation of results
• Provide technical leadership on integration of gender into country programming phases
• In collaboration with sectoral colleagues, identify the areas of focus for gender programming with the greatest potential for impact and growth in alignment with the GAP and the country/regional priorities
• Work with sectoral counterparts to incorporate sound gender indicators and measures in programme and policy initiatives, proposals, and advocacy efforts and assist in developing gender-sensitive theories of change models for sector and cross-sectoral programming in alignment with the MoRES framework

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Development Studies, Social Policy, Gender and Development, Social Sciences, Public Health, Business Administration or relevant field
• Five years, minimum, of progressively responsible professional experience and demonstrated track record of carrying out substantive programming and research on gender and development in key areas that are the focus of UNICEF’s gender action plan
• Experience in design, implementation, management, and delivery of results-based programmes on gender and development or any other cross-cutting programme, especially at country/field level
• Experience in emergency response is an asset
• Background/familiarity with mainstreaming gender equality in development and in emergency
• Knowledge and awareness of gender in emergencies
• Demonstrated experience with approaches to build capacity on the technical aspects of gender programming and analysis for a diverse set of stakeholders
• Strong analytical, coordination, and partnership-building skills
• Experience working with the UN or other international development organisation
• Experience working with donor agencies and private sector engagement will be a plus
• Fluency in English
• Knowledge of other UN languages will be a plus

To apply and for more information, click here.

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