UNDP Gender Equality and Safeguards Specialist 2024 United Nations UN Jobs
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United Nations Development Programme Gender Equality and Safeguards Specialist Turkey UNDP Jobs 2024
United Nations Development Programme looking for “Gender Equality and Safeguards Specialist”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 16-Jul-24.
The United Nations Development Programme has published a job vacancy announcement on 02/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Gender Equality and Safeguards Specialist to be based in Istanbul, Turkey. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org
Company Name: United Nations Development Programme
Job Title: Gender Equality and Safeguards Specialist
Duty Station: Istanbul, Turkey
Country: Turkey
Application Deadline: 16-Jul-24
Responsibilities:
Lead gender equality programming, risks management, and safeguards
- Review UNDP’s policies on gender equality, risks management and safeguards, and provide advice to the global manager and other team members to ensure full compliance;
- Review and update periodically (at least yearly) Social and Environmental Screening (SESP) for BIOFIN;
- Develop a Gender Analysis and Gender Mainstreaming Plan for BIOFIN including key Financial Solutions;
- Support updating the BIOFIN social related risk analysis and risk log;
- Propose gender equality and Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLC) indicators for M&E framework.
- Provide technical assistance to partners on how to best achieve results, particular on issues related to gender equality, inclusion of vulnerable groups, governance, international good practices, and the SDGs;
- Work closely with BIOFIN technical advisors to identify opportunities for project development and mobilizing resources;
- Contribute to project theory of changes as well as results framework to incorporate gender issues as well as needs of vulnerable groups.
Communication, Knowledge Management, and Capacity Building on Gender and Safeguards
- Ensure gender equality integration into BIOFIN website, social media, and any developed knowledge products;
- Produce key strategic guidance and progress update documents on gender and development;
- Ensure comprehensive documentation of the implementation of the gender-related activities;
- Contribute to global, regional, and national meetings as a resource person for sessions related to social risks, safeguards and gender equality;
- Support the review of main tools like the BIOFIN workbook, Catalogue of finance solutions, and others to integrate a gender perspective and apply safeguards;
- Provide thematic inputs for knowledge management, communication, presentations, and other advocacy and reporting efforts;
- Strengthen partnerships and coordinate with key national stakeholders, UN agencies, civil society organizations, academia, research institutions and other stakeholders to advance the BIOFIN agenda;
- Identify best practices, lessons learned to guide project improvements and future strategic interventions;
- Facilitate dialogue and experience sharing among BIOFIN teams;
- Organize and conduct training for CO staff on gender advancement, gender equality, women’s empowerment, women’s issues, and social development;
Gender Equality Mainstreaming, Risk Management, and Safeguards for BIOFIN at Global and Country Level
- Conduct gender analysis to inform the design of new financial solutions, country strategies and overall gender inclusion assurance and ensure gender equality integration in newly developed concept notes and proposals;
- Integrate gender equality, risk management, and safeguards for Global and Country implementation of BIOFIN including planning for expenditures, activities, partnerships, resources, capacities, communication, and learning;
- Develop the capacity, conduct training, for national teams, global team members and national counterparts in the fields of gender equality, risk analysis and applying safeguards;
- Accompany and guide the development of gender action plans for Country Strategies;
- Review finance solution proposals and other relevant documents to identify risks and opportunities to enhance the positive impacts on gender equality;
- Appropriate and integrate gender, safeguard, and risk management inputs to the BIOFIN semestral reports, when required;
- Contribution to sub-regional, regional, and inter-agency initiatives related to gender equality and social inclusion agenda.
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Requirements:
Education:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in gender studies, social sciences, or environmental studies is required.
- Bachelor’s degree in the said fields in combination with additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of Master’sdegree.
Experience:
- Minimum 5 years (with master’s degree) or 7 years (with bachelor’s degree) of work experience in gender equality and/or safeguards.
Required Skills:
- Progressively responsible professional experience, with a special focus on addressing the promotion of gender equality, women’s empowerment, and human rights protection in developing countries is required.
Desired Skills:
- Prior experience with Risk Analysis;
- Experience and training in human rights-based approach;
- Experience with gender and environmental finance;
- Experience working with UNDP or any other UN agency;
- Experience in fostering networks and partnerships and ability to provide coordination with the UN Agencies, international and local organizations;
- Experience in accessing social and environmental impacts;
- Proven experience in negotiating, and communication with a wide range of partners (public, private, academic, civil society, business community leaders).
Languages:
- Fluency in English language (written and spoken) is required;
- A good command of French, Spanish or Russian will be an asset.
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