Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

UN Women Eastern & Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) maintains a large presence in Eastern and Southern Africa region, covering 13 countries with program presence in Somalia and Zambia. If the UN Statistics Divisions’ classification is used, the region has 28 countries. In accordance with the UN Women Strategic Note, which is premised on the Africa Strategy, UN Women works to advance social, economic and political rights and the protection of women and girls from violence including harmful practices. The program also focusses on those from marginalized, excluded and under-represented groups, including rural women, women with disabilities, women living with or affected by HIV, women survivors of violence, women migrants, elderly women and others. To date, most of the gender data and statistics work that we have done in the region have been under the umbrella of the global Making Every Woman and Girl Count (Women Count) programme. Phase I (2018-2021) of this project has just come to conclusion. The Women Count Africa regional project during Phase I and II has been crafted around three primary objectives:

1. Creating an enabling environment
2. Increasing data production
3. Improving data accessibility and use

Gender data and statistics is a outcome area in the UN Women global and regional concept notes and is considered one of the ten Gender Equality Accelerators.

The Gender Statistics Consultant will report to the ESA Regional Gender Statistics Specialist and will contribute towards the effective management and implementation of the UN Women data and statistics programme and help to meet the statistical needs of the regional office and 13 country offices in the East and Southern Africa region.

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant is expected to undertake the following responsibilities:

Programme Management technical and capacity building support:

• Provide project management support for the finalization of the annual workplan and budget;
• Provide technical inputs and support to the design and formulation of programme/ project proposals and initiatives contributing to resource mobilization efforts of the regional programme;
• Contribute to UN Women ESAR country offices’ development of strategy documents, briefs, policy dialogues and other documents related to Gender Statistics;
• Provide statistical support on Gender data and statistics guidance notes, Toolkits and the testing of new methodologies and frameworks as developed by Women Count Programme;
• Provide substantive technical support to the implementation of the Women Count project in East and Southern Africa towards ensuring adherence to corporate guidance and standards;
• Provide technical assistance and capacity development to UN Women regional and country office staff, National Statistics Offices and other users and producers of gender statistics.

Data availability:

• Identify gender data sources and indicators as produced by NSOs and partners and share as needed with RO, CO and global colleagues;
• Analyze data to meet the statistical needs of stakeholders;
• Manage the ESA gender data resource database and portal.

Deliverables:

• Conduct at least one training related to gender statistics within the ESAR region;
• Monthly development of methodological guidance notes, toolkits, project/programme proposals, and or concept notes related to resource mobilization efforts;
• Support in the development of research/statistical reports;
• Develop program monitoring tools for results based management approach in donor reporting;
• Support in the updating of ESAR gender data and statistics resource portal.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is an office-based consultancy, and the consultant will be based at the UN Women East and Southern Africa regional office, in Nairobi, Kenya. All work-related travel costs will be covered by UN Women.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity;
• Integrity;
• Professionalism.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:

https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process#_Values

Functional Competencies:

• Demonstrable technical expertise in Gender related research in Africa;
• Demonstrable statistical analysis skills;
• Excellent writing skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education and Certification:

• Completion of secondary education is required;
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in gender, statistics, economics, or related field is required.

Experience:

• Minimum 6 years experience working in statistics in Gorvernment;
• Experience in working in a National Statistics Office;
• Experience in writing statistical and or research reports;
• Experience working with gender statistics will be an advantage;

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required;
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

All applications must include (as an attachment) a completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form-en.doc

Please note that the system will only allow one attachment and candidates are required to include in the P-11 form. Applications without the completed and signed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Notes:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.