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Gender Specialist

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Background
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UNDP doesn’t tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any type of harassment, together with sexual harassment, and discrimination. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, endure rigorous reference and background checks.
Organizational Context

UNDP has a world mandate to assist the governments in good governance and safety & justice sector reforms in addition to important expertise in producing coverage recommendation and assist to governments. On the requests of the Authorities of Iraq (GOI), UNDP has been participating with the Workplace of the Nationwide Safety Adviser (ONSA), the Ministry of Inside (MOI), the Prime Minister’s Workplace, the Ministry of Migration and Displacement, native authorities and a spread of nationwide and worldwide interlocutors to supply technical recommendation and help to advance efforts on this sphere. Amongst others, the continuing work focuses particularly in supporting the GOI Safety Sector Reform and Social Cohesion and Reintegration efforts. On this regard UNDP maintains robust partnerships all through the safety sector, and social cohesion actors at each nationwide and native ranges. Its efforts are significantly supporting the MOI and native police reform in addition to MoMD, ONSA, native authorities and native peace constructions.

Consistent with the Nation Programme Doc for UNDP Iraq (CPD 2020-2024), which goals to assist the Authorities of Iraq’s imaginative and prescient for a sustainable peaceable Iraq, UNDP has additionally a program on Social Cohesion which works in most important areas that embody 1) Strengthening the nationwide and native frameworks for peace and social cohesion, 2) Stopping violent extremism by community-led initiatives, and three) community-based reconciliation and reintegration in Iraq for displaced individuals, returnees and at-risk teams.

Each stage UNDP’s programme has been guided by rules of gender integration and gender equality with robust dedication to the UNSC Decision 1325 (girls, peace, and safety) to make sure that the general programme of labor is gender delicate and promotes equal outreach to each men and women as a lot as attainable. Efforts on this regard embody UNDP’s ROL/SSR helps:

  • Ministry of Inside to boost the function of girls within the Iraqi Police to strengthen Entry to Justice for girls and ladies in Iraq.
  • Help UNFPA within the adoption and implementation of the Normal Working Procedures for Police response to Household Violence and All Types of Violence in opposition to Ladies and Ladies;
  • Enhancing the function of girls in MOI’s Native Policing Providers by the Mannequin Police Station initiative.
  • Enhancing the concentrate on safety issues particular to girls and kids in Iraq by the Safety Sector Reforms Programme;
  • Working intently with the Affiliation of Iraqi Ladies Judges underneath the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq to strengthen the function and participation of girls judges within the Judiciary;
  • Arrange coordination platforms with NATO Mission in Iraq with a particular concentrate on Ladies and Safety Sector Reforms between Worldwide Organizations, Worldwide Political Missions / Representatives, and Civil Society in Federal Iraq.
  • The Social cohesion pillar assist the Authorities with the next.
  • Return and reintegration of Iraqis from Northeast Syria, 90% being girls and kids.
  • Provision of sturdy options on inner displacement specializing in neighborhood acceptance, livelihood, housing rehabilitation, neighborhood belongings rehabilitation, psychological well being and social cohesion.
  • Prevention of violence extremism, specializing in implementation of plan of Motion developed on the Governorate ranges, in addition to working with universities.
  • Promotion of peace neighborhood coexistence and prevention of conflicts specializing in capability constructing of native peace constructions, girls and youth and Authorities establishments
  • The general programme of labor acknowledges that growing gender equality and integration in Iraqi safety and justice sector (e.g. Iraq native police and legal investigation spheres) is a protracted – time period purpose. Programme actions are subsequently designed to behave as a precursor to reaching the lengthy – time period purpose. Moreover, cognizant of the present gaps associated to the restricted feminine presence within the operational surroundings (e.g. feminine cops) and, absence of tailor-made service supply to girls and ladies who are sometimes reluctant to hunt help from public safety service suppliers resembling native police, all programme actions may also take extra measures to advertise gender integration and gender sensitivity.
  • In opposition to this backdrop, the Gender Specialist will work underneath the direct supervision of the SSR / RoL Programme Supervisor and in coordination with the remainder of the programme staff, in addition to the UNDP Nation Officer Gender Specialist and Social Cohesion Group to strengthen the gender mainstreaming and technical recommendation and help to the general programme on SSR, ROL Social Cohesion, in addition to any additional initiatives on Ladies, Peace and Safety 1325 Agenda (particularly the implementation of the Second Nationwide Motion Plan for Iraq and the event of Third Nationwide Motion Plan upon the directives of the Nationwide Directorate for Iraqi Ladies of COMSEC). This place may also doc classes realized and finest practices associated to gender delicate programme implementation for SSR and ROL in addition to Social Cohesion in Iraq.

Job Objective 

The Gender Specialist is chargeable for offering technical recommendation and help to develop a sturdy gender delicate and gender equality technique and method to total programme of labor, monitor its implementation and lead the implementation of actions which might be particularly devoted to advance gender equality and gender integration in shut coordination with the remainder of the SSR / RoL staff and Social Cohesion Group.

UNDP adopts a portfolio method to accommodate altering enterprise wants and leverage linkages throughout
interventions to attain its strategic objectives. Due to this fact, UNDP personnel are anticipated to work throughout models, capabilities,
groups, and initiatives in multidisciplinary groups with a view to improve and allow horizontal collaboration.

Duties and Tasks

1) Present technical assist to the SSR / RoL and Social Cohesion Programme to develop and implement gender integration and gender equality to programme actions.

  • Present recommendation and help to SSR / RoL & Social Cohesion Programme Managers and Technical Specialists within the improvement and implementation of the important thing gender parts throughout all programme actions;
  • Guarantee gender sensitivity and gender integration for the programme interventions cognizant of Iraqi context, challenges, and entry factors therein.
  • Present recommendation and assist on gender integration and gender sensitivity to all technical and programme employees;
  • Present assist to the SSR Advisor and Social Cohesion Group Chief, your entire staff to mainstream gender views inside the GOI’s NSS, SSRP – in step with the Second Nationwide Motion Plan 1325 for Iraq and Kurdistan in addition to the WPS 1325 Agenda and inside Social Cohesion programmes, together with stopping violent extremism, reintegration, neighborhood engagement of girls and youth representatives.
  • Help and recommendation the SSR, Policing and Prison Justice Technical Specialists and Social Cohesion staff to include key rules on gender equality – in step with the Second Nationwide Motion Plan 1325 and related different frameworks, together with Social Cohesion, within the improvement and supply of specialised coaching programs to Iraqi interlocutors within the SSR, Policing and Justice spheres in addition to social cohesion actors.
  • Guarantee gender evaluation associated to all programme actions to make sure that the interventions are gender delicate and in step with the “do no hurt” method for the operational context.
  • Introduce and incorporate the most recent instruments and methodological approached to make sure gender equality in all programme actions in step with the wants, priorities, and challenges within the operational surroundings.
  • Present appreciable inputs in designing idea notes and challenge paperwork for gender mainstreaming and make sure the outputs in addition to the challenge doc is assigned the related gender markers in accordance with UNDP POPP pointers.
  • Some other related process assigned by the SSR / RoL Programme and Social Cohesion Supervisor that’s essential to advance gender integration priorities inside the total programme implementation.

2) Guarantee implementation of actions of the Ladies Peace and Safety (WPS) Mission 

  • Monitor the challenge’s workplan, implement challenge actions and make sure the well timed reporting.
  • Present high quality assurance for all challenge merchandise.
  • Liaise with challenge companions and symbolize the Nation Workplace in conferences with the donor as required.
  • Lead the event and implementation of devoted desks within the mannequin police stations pilot to encourage girls and ladies to report circumstances on sexual and gender-based violence, and Violence In opposition to Ladies (VAW) in shut collaboration with the SSR/RoL and Social Cohesion Technical Specialists.
  • Develop a viable coaching and mentoring curricular and ship trainings and mentorship programmes to the police workplaces within the mannequin police stations to attain the programmes acknowledged goals in shut collaboration with the remainder of the SSR / RoL Technical Specialists.
  • Guarantee gender mainstreaming and supply technical assist for capability constructing and enhancing engagement of NGOs and girls and youth teams in designing and implementing women-led initiatives.
  • Monitor, analyze and doc the most effective practices and lesson realized on the programme interventions in shut collaboration with the Programme Administration Specialist.
  • Guarantee shut coordination, collaboration and joint work with like-minded companions to UNDP i.e. together with different UN Companies inside the UNCT in Iraq, like – minded worldwide companions, like – minded worldwide organisation / NGOs and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) engaged on gender, WPS 1325 and SSR / RoL associated features of labor in Iraq
  • Some other related duties assigned by the SSR / RoL Programme Supervisor and Social Cohesion Supervisor that’s essential to advance gender integration priorities inside the total programme implementation.

3) Facilitate information constructing to advance gender integration and gender equality inside the UNDP SSR / RoL and Social Cohesion multi-year programme to work to Help Safety and Justice Sector Governance in Publish and Social Cohesion Programmes – ISIL Iraq.

  • Monitor, analyze and doc the most effective practices and lesson realized on the programme interventions in shut collaboration with the Programme Administration Specialist
  • Guarantee programme M&E system collects the required disaggregated information by gender and associated info to replicate the gender outcomes and doc progress and affect, in addition to determine gaps and challenges in reaching gender equality-based outcomes for the programme.
  • Some other related process assigned by the SSR / RoL Programme Supervisor and Social Cohesion Supervisor that’s essential to advance gender integration priorities inside the total programme implementation for RoL / SSR and Social Cohesion Programme

4)Guarantee common and efficient networking and coordination with like-minded worldwide companions energetic in selling gender equality and gender integration inside Iraqi safety and justice sector and Social Cohesion programme.

  • Different UN Companies inside the UNCT in Iraq engaged on gender, WPS 1325 and SSR / RoL in addition to Social Cohesion associated features of labor in Iraq:
  • – Like – minded worldwide companions
  • -Like – minded worldwide organisation / NGOs engaged or more likely to be engaged within the policing sector, social cohesion and reintegration in Iraq.
  • Proceed to co-chair and lead the Unified Motion Companions – WPS 1325 working group established collectively by UNDP Iraq and NATO mission in Iraq to assist the coordination of actions; and set up extra boards for coordination between GOI representatives, civil society actors, UN and different worldwide implementing companions and the donor neighborhood in Iraq to additional assist and strengthen proof led programming for WPS points associated to SSR & RoL for Iraq.
  • The incumbent performs different duties inside their practical profile as deemed crucial for the environment friendly functioning of the Workplace and the Group
  • Supervisory/Managerial Tasks:
Competencies

Core:

  • Obtain Outcomes: LEVEL 3: Set and align difficult, achievable goals for a number of initiatives, have lasting affect
  • Assume Innovatively: LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential dangers, develop new concepts to resolve complicated issues
  • Study Repeatedly: LEVEL 3: Create and act on alternatives to increase horizons, diversify experiences
  • Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 3: Proactively provoke and champion change, handle a number of competing calls for
  • Act with Willpower: LEVEL 3: Assume past rapid process/limitations and take motion to attain better outcomes
  • Interact and Accomplice: LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complicated panorama, champion inter-agency collaboration
  • Allow Variety and Inclusion: LEVEL 3: Respect advantages of various workforce and champion inclusivity

Cross-Purposeful & Technical competencies

  • Enterprise Course & Technique: System Pondering: Capacity to make use of goal drawback evaluation and judgment to grasp how interrelated components coexist inside an total course of or system, and to think about how altering one factor can affect on different components of the system.
  • Enterprise Administration: Portfolio Administration: Capacity to pick out, prioritize and management the group’s programmes and initiatives, in step with its strategic goals and capability; capability to stability the implementation of change initiatives and the upkeep of business-as-usual, whereas optimizing return on funding
  • Ethics: Authorized Evaluation and Report Writing: Capacity to use authorized evaluation to a various vary of complicated points, and specific themselves clearly; capability to speak effectively, to all ranges of employees and contractors/consultants, governments et.al.
  • Partnership administration: Relationship administration: Capacity to have interaction with a variety of private and non-private companions, construct, maintain and/or strengthen working relations, belief and mutual understanding
  • Digital & Innovation: Co-creation: Capacity to design and facilitate a course of that allows a various group of stakeholders to resolve a typical drawback, develop a observe, or create information collectively.
    Capacity to embrace range, work with a various group of stakeholders perceive their pursuits, views and views and faucet into to them as a supply for creativity.
    Capacity to facilitate processes and create situations which might be open for various inputs, stimulate collaboration and sharing.
  • Communications: Advocacy technique and implementation: Capacity to create and implement advocacy methods which result in impactful change
  • Basic (throughout the capabilities): Occasion planning and execution: Capacity to plan, handle and execute of private and non-private occasions to make sure that they assist and amplify particular person communications and advocacy initiatives, in addition to UNDP’s total model and mandate.
Required Expertise and Expertise
Training:
  • Superior college diploma (grasp’s diploma or equal) in Worldwide Legal guidelines, Gender and Safety Research, Worldwide Relations, Battle and Peace Research, Worldwide Improvement, or associated discipline is required. OR
  • A primary-level college diploma (bachelor’s diploma) within the above-mentioned fields together with an extra two years of qualifying expertise will likely be given due consideration in lieu of superior college diploma.

Expertise:

  • Minimal 5 (with grasp’s diploma) or 7 years (with bachelor’s diploma) of related skilled expertise and demonstrable information and understanding of gender mainstreaming and gender delicate safety and justice sector reforms associated work, with a broad-based understanding of the SSR / RoL associated worldwide discourse, insurance policies, actors, and programming is required.
  • Expertise in safety and justice sector programming, together with on the discipline stage is an asset.
  • Confirmed expertise in gender centered programming in battle / put up – battle contexts is an asset.
  • Confirmed expertise in designing and conducting prime quality social analysis / gender evaluation and battle evaluation on points associated to gender, peace and safety/ gender integration/ gender equality / gender delicate approaches/ and, information of related analysis methodologies is desired.
  • Confirmed expertise/capability to have interaction with nationwide and worldwide stakeholders at a senior stage with string liaison capacities and expertise is fascinating.
  • Subject expertise in disaster and put up battle environments supporting gender integration in safety and justice sector spheres at a strategic stage is fascinating.
  • Expertise in using computer systems and workplace software program packages (MS Phrase, Excel, and many others), database packages, and web-based administration methods resembling ERP is required.

Language Necessities:

  • Proficiency in oral and written  English is required.
  • Working information of Arabic language could be an asset.
Please observe that continuance of appointment past the preliminary 12 months is contingent upon the profitable completion of a probationary interval.

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