Jobs at UN Agency- UNDP- Gender and Social Inclusion Officer

Posted by Bibhid.com on October 15, 2019 in Jobs, NGO's/INGO's

Position: Gender and Social Inclusion Officer
Type of Contract : Other
Post Level : Other
Languages Required : English
Application Deadline : 27-Oct-19 (Midnight New York, USA)

Required Skills and Experience

Education: 

• Completation of Master's degree in gender studies, sociology, human rights, law or relevant fields.
• Additional training and certification in gender and social inclusion would be an advantage.

Experience:

• At least five years of progressive relevant experience working in international development, the promotion of gender and social inclusion policies, human rights along with handing programme implementation independently;
• Proven experience in developing strategies for gender and social inclusion mainstreaming in programme design and implementation;
• Familiarity with the justice sector actors and issues of access to justice from gender and social insulation perspective;
• Experience with UN agencies will be an asset;
• Strong management skills including ability to provide strategic guidance, technical oversight; mentor staff; develop work plans and manage budgets and project expenditure;
• Demonstrated ability in monitoring and evaluation and reporting experience.

Computer skill:

•  Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel etc);
•  Knowledge of handling web-based management systems.

Language:

• Fluency in oral and written in English and Nepali is essential.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the National Project Manager (NPM) and in close coordination with the Project Implementation unit, the Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Officer will:

• Identify critical project areas for gender and social inclusion based interventions;
• Contribute in planning, monitoring and reporting of the project and integrate GESI into these all the process;
• Explore the baseline data on the gender dynamics and the status of women and poor/marginalized communities in the context of the project and relating to access to justice, which will constitute the project’s base for a monitoring and evaluation plan for gender and social integration;
• Identify a list of key gender/social inclusion-related indicators to be included in the project M&E plan, which include sex/caste/ethnicity/income status, disaggregated data wherever possible;
• Assess and recommend to the project that can be incorporated into planning and implementation of the project activities to ensure improvement of women and poor/marginalized communities’ conditions in general and more specifically as it relates to access to justice;
• Support implementation of the strategy for mainstreaming gender and social inclusion and a human rights approach in programme activities and develop action-plan for implementing the strategy;
• Provide necessary orientation and advise to all the implementing partners and agencies on  gender and social inclusion issues and policies;
• Contribute to produce resource materials addressing the issues of gender and social inclusion;
• Facilitate policy dialogue on gender and social inclusion, sexual and gender based violence, gender sensitive transitional justice with government and other relevant stakeholders;
• Ensure gender-sensitive provisions for Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) survivors to enhance access to legal assistance;
• Provide technical assistance to each project to ensure that gender and social inclusion is influencing their planning and activities and budgets;
• Engage with the partners in reviewing and providing necessary inputs on drafting necessary regulations;
• Review necessary procedures, policies related to the Judicial Committee from GESI perspective;
• Build capacity of CSOs and government partners to plan and implement project activities on gender and social inclusion;
• Conduct desk review of  existing  policy documents and legal frameworks (legislations) to identify areas for improvement on gender and social inclusion issues in collaboration with Government counterparts;
• Collaborate with Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist to make sure that the impact measurements focus on women and other vulnerable groups;
• Assist implementing partners to develop gender sensitive and gender responsive monitoring mechanism;
• Maintain awareness of and relationships  with civil society organizations and  development partners also working in areas of social inclusion and women rights;
• Document lessons learned and best practices and communicate these with UNDP headquarters (both national and international) to contribute to global knowledge on gender and social inclusion in relation to rule of law and access to justice programme; and
• Implement project activities as directed by NPM and perform other works necessary for the successful implementation of Project activities.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent communication and advocacy skills;
• Proven ability to conceptualize, develop, plan and manage human rights interventions as well as transfer knowledge and skills;
• Good interpersonal skills with experience of networking with partners at all level and knowledge of technology and use of computer applications;
• Good understanding of national and international human rights mechanisms, and excellent inter-personal skills;
• Ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor work of others, ability to make timely decisions;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, and age sensitivity and adaptability and capacity to work effectively in a multicultural environment;
• Ability to coach, mentor, motivate and develop staff and encourage good performance.

Core Competencies:

Professionalism:

• Comprehensive knowledge of project management, planning and monitoring, and exposure to a wide range of human rights and humanitarian issues; conceptual and strategic analytical capacity,
• Ability to analyse and articulate the human rights and humanitarian dimension of complex issues;
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and ability to use sound judgment in applying technical expertise to resolve a wide range of complex issues/problems;
• Ability to work under extreme pressure; very good knowledge of institutional mandates, policies and guidelines pertaining to human rights and humanitarian affairs;
• Must have knowledge about gender marker.

Commitment to Continuous Learning:

• Willingness to keep abreast of new developments in the field.

Communications:

• Excellent communication (spoken and written) skills, including the ability to convey the message to counterpart at all level.

Planning & Organizing:

• Ability to plan the work, meet tight deadlines and handle multiple concurrent projects/activities.

Technology Awareness:

• Fully proficient in the use of computer and relevant software applications such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Vision, Email and Internet, etc.

Teamwork:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a large organization comprised of multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment.