Background:
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
Placing womenโs rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women leads and coordinates the United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member Statesโ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that the commitments to gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action in humanitarian response plans.
In Yemen, UN Women is the co-lead of the Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Working Group, providing technical, advisory and programmatic support to the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) and the Inter Cluster Coordination Group (ICCG). The GIHA working group is comprised of gender focal persons from the clusters and sub clusters and provide critical support to ensure gender analysis, and advocacy is adequately coordinated, disseminated, and utilized, through the ICCG, including for strategic planning purposes such as Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) and Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP).
To ensure that technical and policy advisory support is systematically provided to the humanitarian response structure, response preparedness, planning, programming, and monitoring, UN Women in Yemen is recruiting an International Gender in Humanitarian Action (GIHA) Specialist to provide regular gender-focused technical assistance, to support leading the coordination mandate in the humanitarian response and among the programming staff who serve as focal points in the various clusters and sub clusters
UN Women is also working in close collaboration with the Resident Coordinator and the broader UN system to provide coordination, normative and programme support that strengthens gender equality and women's empowerment efforts.ย
The consultant will be reporting to the Representative, and supported by Programme Management Specialist, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues. The Gender in Humanitarian Action Specialist will oversee the development of Humanitarian programmes, provide capacity building to partners and the Yemen Office (CO), establish, and strengthen partnerships, and develop relevant knowledge products on gender and humanitarian action.
Duties and Responsibilities
Technical assistance on gender in humanitarian actionย andย support the coordination efforts of response actors on GiHA.
Lead and coordinate the GiHA WG and identify opportunities to strengthen the GiHA coordination architecture in discussion with cluster/subclusters and relevant actors. Provide gender advisory support to ensure the integration of gender throughout the humanitarian response cycle including providing gender inputs to the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), cluster-specific and ICCG plans, contingency plans, etc. Participate in the inter cluster coordination group (ICCG) and represent UN Women in the PSEA and Assessment and Analysis Working Group (AWG meetings and systematically provide inputs on GiHA to both groups.ย Provide technical support on gender mainstreaming to the humanitarian coordination clusters/working groups members to ensure the content of their response plans highlight and address gender concerns and priorities- and that members have increased capacity to respond to emerging gender priorities. Participate in interagency humanitarian response coordination cluster meetings. Regularly review the working groups analyses documents (i.e. Need Assessments, Plans, reports, briefs etc.) to ensure that gender content and sex- and- age- disaggregated data are systematically included. Support the development of a GiHA accountability framework in full coordination with humanitarian response actors and gender focal points (GFPs), if feasible. Provide technical support to inter-agency coordination on GiHA/ Provide substantive technical support to the Country Representative and Programme Specialist on inter-agency coordination related activities by drafting background reports and briefs; Participate on behalf of UN Women in relevant inter-agency working groups and promote UN Women mandate; Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts Develop background documents, briefs and presentations related to GiHA; Coordinate and organize advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products; Coordinate the development of knowledge management methodologies, and products on Women GiHA.ยCapacity building on GiHA and support to gender-responsive localization
Contribute to the implementation of capacity building initiatives and lead on organizing of different trainings related to GiHA for the members of the inter-agency/inter-cluster coordination including local women CSOs and UN staff in collaboration with GIHA; Provide technical and capacity building support to women led organizations on GiHA and Humanitarian response processes. Strengthen the capacity of humanitarian response workers and gender focal points on GiHA and strengthen the meaningful engagement with women CSOs as key partners in the humanitarian response, including through GiHA working group Support accelerating localization through facilitating/advocating for local womenโs organizations and networks participation in humanitarian response planning, decision making and monitoring/accountability (with a focus on those organizations that work with crisis affected women and girls, including those at heightened risk of violence, exploitation and abuse).Knowledge building on GiHA/humanitarian response
Participate in Analysis and Assessment working group and other advocacy and information sharing working group and systematically share inputs on GiHA. Advise the development and develop knowledge products including briefs, fact sheets, statistics, research, policy briefs, gender alerts, etc. highlighting the gendered impact/gendered dimension of the humanitarian crisis on the affected populations. Conduct ongoing/periodic context updates and document gender related emerging trends and challenges also as they relate to working group/clusters response. Provide technical advice on the inclusion of SAAD and gender content in sector and inter-sectoral analyses and advocacy messages. Ensure that gender is mainstreamed in sector assessments, the Joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) and rapid interagency assessments.Programme development
Develop programme documents, results frameworks, budgets, country strategies, and knowledge products Identify areas for support and intervention related to the humanitarian programme Support the coordination of the call/request for proposals, including the organization of technical review committees, and capacity assessment of partners Contribute to the review and evaluation of proposals Support in coordination and monitoring of the submission of implementing partner financial and narratives Contribute technically to the development of programme strategies in Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA)/ Provide substantive inputs to the design and formulation of programme/project proposals and initiatives; Identify areas for support and intervention related to the programme; Keep abreast of the latest global, regional and national developments in the GiHA area and provide substantive inputs to shape national strategies, policies, programmes and norms and standards in the area of GiHA; Assist the Country Office (CO) in identifying promising practice, technical expertise and strategic opportunities for GiHA/; Promote innovative approaches in GiHA/ area and provide support to national partners in applying innovative approaches in their work. Draft reports on monitoring missions, programme results, outputs and outcomes; Provide substantive inputs to the preparation of donor and UN Women reports.Advocacy and resource mobilization
Develop key advocacy messages to bring to the attention of the HCT and relevant stakeholders. Support the drafting of strategic notes, talking points, key messages for internal UN Women leadership highlighting the imperative of GIHA across the spectrum of Yemen response with the aim to inform internal and external policy and decision making Support drafting of concept notes and proposals to scale up UN Women Yemen CO humanitarian programming, in line with the HRP and Yemen UNDSCF Contribute to identifying opportunities-programming and partnerships, including through discussion with clusters, UN entities, INGO, women CSOs and other stakeholders to develop targeted programming across the humanitarian โ development nexus Build and maintain alliances and strategic partnerships for the advancement of humanitarian action. Build and maintain close liaisons with relevant donors and other actors supporting efforts towards humanitarian action, as delegated. Contribute inputs to updates and briefs on regional/country development situation to be used by stakeholders, CO and HQ. Maintain close contact with relevant staff in UN Women RO and HQ.Performs other official duties and tasks which may be requested by the office.
Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work
Timely and quality technical advice and support Quality reports and other strategic documents drafted and submitted in a timely manner Strong relationships with various partners and stakeholders Contributions to resource mobilization Timely and quality knowledge products Submit policy brief and strategic documents as required.Consultantโs Workplace and Official Travel
This is an office-based consultancy. As part of this assignment, all travel that falls under the needs of the programme will be covered by the Yemen Country office. Such travel is subject to DSA as per UN Womenโs rules and regulations.ย
Competencies:
Core Values:
Integrity; Professionalism; Respect for Diversity.Core Competencies:
Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues; Accountability; Creative Problem Solving; Effective Communication; Inclusive Collaboration; Stakeholder Engagement; Leading by Example.Please visitย this linkย for more information on UN Womenโs Values and Competencies Framework:ย
Functional Competencies:
Strong knowledge and experience related to current policies and practices in the fields of gender equality, protection and humanitarian action, including humanitarian coordination; Strong knowledge of the region Strong networking skills Ability to interact with donors, identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising Ability to perform qualitative and quantitative policy research Ability to advocate and provide policy advice Strong analytical skills; Ability to write policy papers, speeches, briefings; Strong knowledge of programme development, implementation, results-based management and reportingRequired Qualifications
Education and Certification:
Masterโs degree or equivalent in human rights, gender, international relations, international development, international law or other social science fields is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage.Experience:
At least 5 years of progressively responsible working experience on issues of gender and humanitarian action. Technical experience in inter-agency coordination, preferably protection, livelihoods cluster coordination, and/or ProCap/GenCap in a conflict /emergency setting is required. Experience coaching and/or training partners and humanitarian actors on gender equality concepts is required. Experience working with partners, and building partnerships with governments, donors and civil society organizations internationally and in the field is required. Experience working in a complex conflict context is an asset. Experience working with the UN is an asset.Languages:
Fluency in English is required. Arabic is desiredStatements:
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.
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