Office/Unit/Project Description   

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels, forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan.

Within the GPN, the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. BPPS’s staff provides technical advice to Country Offices, advocates for UNDP corporate messages, represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora including public-private dialogues, government and civil society dialogues, and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas. BPPS works closely with UNDP’s Crisis Bureau (CB) to support emergency and crisis response. BPPS ensures that issues of risk are fully integrated into UNDP’s development programmes.  BPPS assists UNDP and partners to achieve higher quality development results through an integrated approach that links results-based management and performance monitoring with more effective and new ways of working. BPPS supports UNDP and partners to be more innovative, knowledge and data-driven including in its programme support efforts.

UNDP has achieved significant progress in making gender equality and women’s empowerment integral to its work on human development. It’s Gender Equality Strategy 2022-2025 builds on the lessons of the previous strategies and has established as the main goal to help governments to shift systems and power structures that generate gender inequalities and women’s disempowerment. It will work through its six signature solutions on poverty and inequality, governance, resilience, environment, energy and gender equality; and promote integrated approaches in each thematic area, stronger investments in data and analysis, the implementation of innovative solutions to transform social norms, and stronger partnerships with UN agencies and with civil society.

UNDP’s Crisis Offer reinforces these commitments by focusing on crisis response, risk anticipation, prevention, and recovery. The Gender Team aims to ensure that UNDP is well positioned to anticipate crises and shocks and address the multidimensional crisis in a comprehensive way through a gender-responsive and transformative approach to deliver the Crisis Offer. The Gender Team (BPPS) has the leading role in the implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy 2022-2025, including through the implementation of the Global Programme on Women, Peace and Security. Evaluations of UNDP’s gender work in crisis settings pointed out the need for more articulated support to offices working in crisis settings. In this context, Gender Team is strengthening its impact on gender equality in crisis settings, in collaboration with the Crisis Bureau (CB), leveraging UNDP’s Global Policy Network.

Scope of Work 

The Gender and Crisis Programme Analyst, under the supervision of the Gender and Crisis Data Specialist will:

1.           Facilitate the effective implementation of the Global Programme on Women, Peace and Security.

• Contribute to the preparation and monitoring of the annual work plan, budget and procurement plan for activities related to the Global Programme on Women, Peace and Security.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing among the country offices implementing the WPS projects.
• Monitor and process (if required) financial transactions in UNDP ERP System-Quantum, including but not limited to e-requisitions, receipts, and budget revisions.

2.           Facilitate knowledge and capacity building, knowledge sharing and advocacy relevant to the Gender Team’s work on gender equality in crisis settings including advancing the Women, Peace and Security agenda.

• Manage sub-Community of Practice on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in fragile and crisis-affected settings and engaged WPS practitioners across UNDP on a regular basis for knowledge sharing and capacity enhancement, in a consultative manner, involving technical experts and stakeholders.
• Identify, synthesize and document best practices and lessons learned that are generated from the different initiatives.
• Support the coordination and analysis of data, case studies and research findings to better understand the root causes of gender inequality and inform programmes to advance gender equality in crisis settings

3.           Provide communications support to increase visibility of UNDP’s work on advancing gender equality in crisis settings.

• Coordinate with relevant teams across GPN including the CB’s communications network to enhance visibility of UNDP’s work in advancing GEWE in crisis settings.
• Ensure UNDP’s Gender Equality in Crisis Settings subsite is up to date.
• Support event organization and dissemination for CSW/ Women’s month and Women, Peace and Security month.

4.           Promote partnerships and resource mobilization efforts.

• Provide support to strengthen strategic partnerships to advance UNDP strategic agenda on gender equality in crisis settings.
• Contribute to the resource mobilization efforts for the expansion of the Gender Team’s work in crisis settings and the Women, Peace and Security agenda, including identifying funding opportunities, preparing funding proposals, donor briefings, etc.
• Ensure timely and high-quality reporting to management and donors against work plans.
• Attend meetings, prepare concept notes, presentations, briefs and talking points as needed.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Institutional Arrangement

The incumbent will report to the Gender and Crisis Data Specialist.

Competencies

Core

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 

Minimum Qualifications of the Successful IPSA

Min. Education requirements    

• Advanced University Degree (master’s or equivalent) in International Development, Social Sciences or related disciplines is required. or
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree in the above fields of study, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Min. years of relevant work experience              

• Minimum 2 years (with master’s degree) or 4 years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience on gender and development with a special focus on inclusive economies and the economic empowerment of women.

Required skills  

• Demonstrated experience in managing projects/initiatives on gender and crisis is required.
• Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) is required.
• Proven experience in communications, learning and knowledge management is required.

Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section

• Demonstrated experience on gender equality in multilateral organizations, including UNDP and/or other UN Agency at the global, regional, or national level is desirable.
• Understanding and experience providing technical support on gender and crisis, including Women Peace and Security, Disaster Risk Reduction, Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding, Jobs and Livelihoods, Gender Based Violence and other gender related areas of work, is desired.
• Proven experience in partnerships and resource mobilization is desirable.
• Proven experience in supporting the development and/or implementation of strategies/actions plans to advance gender equality at the global, regional or local level is desirable.

Required Language(s)   

• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.
• Fluency in another UN language is an asset.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements