Responsibilities: 

• The consultant will provide substantive support to UN Women’s leadership in the UN Executive Group to prevent and respond to sexual harassment. This will require support to the Senior Advisor and the Focal Point for Women, through presenting ideas for high-level dialogues, organizing events, creating concept and briefing notes as well as other documents, liaising with internal and external stakeholders, including the UN Gender Focal Points, and ensuring effective communication and advocacy. Moreover, the consultant will support the administration and advocacy of the System-wide Knowledge Hub on addressing sexual harassment, which was launched by UN-Women in 2023.
• The consultant will assist in the provision of technical and analytical system-wide support to implement the Enabling Environment Guidelines, Supplementary Guidance and the Field-specific Enabling Environment Guidelines in support of the Secretary-General’s System-wide Strategy on Gender Parity across the UN System, including and especially in the country and mission settings.
• The consultant will also support the work related to the system-wide Gender Focal Point Network, amongst others through organizing online and in-person capacity-building sessions, and other engagements through planning, researching, and inviting relevant speakers, conducting and preparing technical arrangements. The consultant will support maintaining and updating the Gender Focal Point Extranet, a tool for disseminating and sharing gender parity related resources and providing walk-throughs and introductions to new Gender Focal Points, as requested.
• The consultant will contribute to drafting policy papers, background research, and briefing notes as requested and as necessary. S/he will also provide a draft of the Office’s monthly reports, as requested.
• The consultant will support the preparatory work related to the Office’s achievements and progress of the implementation of the Secretary-General’s system-wide Strategy on Gender Parity, UN Women’s Implementation Plan as well as UN Women’s Strategic Plan through coordinating the inputs, in concert with other team members.
• Perform other official duties and ad-hoc assignments as needed.

Requirements:

Education:

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in Gender/Women’s Studies, Social Sciences, Political Science, Communications, International Development, Psychology, International Law, or related field.

• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Previous work experience of 2 years in United Nations’ organizational context and particularly in gender parity and in creation of enabling working environments is strongly preferred.

Languages:

• Proficiency in English is required, working knowledge of other UN official language will be an asset.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing abilities, including drafting, organizing, and presenting information well.
• Demonstrated research skills and knowledge on gender equality.

• Excellent communication skills.
• Familiarity with UN Women’s work, especially related to gender parity, or prior experience with the UN considered an asset.

Deliverables and Timeline: The duration of the consultancy is an initial period of 6 months, renewable pending on satisfactory performance. Payment will be monthly.