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Within the Program Team, the Gender Specialist works under the supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative to lead the process of mainstreaming gender and women’s empowerment in the UNDP country office at all levels

Duties and Responsibilities of Gender Specialist

• Develop and implement the Action Plan for re-validating the silver-level Gender Equality Seal and lead the assessment and certification process in close collaboration with the Gender Focal Team, senior management, and UNDP Regional Hub Gender Team.
• Lead gender equality initiatives of the Gender Focal Team, including coordination meetings, its action plan, learning events, and advocacy initiatives.
• Coordinate with the relevant local and international stakeholders on issues related to enhancing gender mainstreaming into policy and programming.
• Establish a network of key actors and partners that support UNDP’s goal of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment.

• Support the coordination and development of research papers, policy notes, and partnerships on gender equality and women empowerment issues by supporting the coordination and development of research papers, policy notes, and partnerships.
• Develop gender analyses and provide advisory on gender equality initiatives to support inclusive engagement of women in the development assistance provided by program teams.
• Identify new entry points and initiatives in collaboration with program teams for UNDP Congo to strengthen UNDP’s response to gender inequality at the national and local level, including the response to gender-based violence (GBV).
• Effective application of Results Management tools establishes gender-specific management targets and results.

3.) Ensures the creation of strategic partnerships and support to resource mobilization and communication by focusing on the achievement of the following results:

• Development of partnerships with other UN Agencies and task teams. Also, the specialist will strengthen partnerships with government institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, private sector, and civil society based on gender and women-specific strategic goals of UNDP, country needs, and donors’ priorities.
• Build and nurture partnerships with gender equality and youth rights advocates to amplify voices to influence decision-making processes that shape women’s lives.
• Seek out and expand UNDP’s strategic alliances with international stakeholders to strengthen women’s rights and maintain active partnerships with the international community on women’s issues and rights to enhance collaboration and resource mobilization.
• At the request of senior management, represent UNDP in conferences and meetings relating to gender equality.

4.) Provide advice and support to UNDP management, business development, and programme quality assurance by focusing on the following results:

• Prepare and contribute to concept notes, project documents, and other written outputs on the relevant work areas.
• Representation of UNDP in different working groups and interagency working group
• Undertake research, draft write-ups, and prepare presentations relating to UNDP’s relevant area of work.
• Perform any other tasks assigned by the supervisor.

5.) Advise on the effort of country office’s knowledge management and dissemination.

• Identify and synthesize best practices and lessons learned directly linked to programme country goals and activities.
• Provide substantive and sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice including gender repositories.
• Organize and provide training, consultancy, and advice to UNDP staff on internal and external knowledge management.
• Work with the Programme teams to ensure all knowledge products are captured, updated, readily available and in the right order, as and when necessary.

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Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in social policy, public policy, gender studies, development studies, law, or a related area is required, or
• A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the above mentioned fields in combination with and additional two years of qualifying work experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree