Gender Specialist

|

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 09/08/2025
  • Location: United States 
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Background

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.

UNDP has achieved significant progress in making gender equality and women’s empowerment integral to its work on human development. The new UNDP Gender Equality Strategy 2022-2025 builds on the lessons of the previous strategies. It 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, and the implementation of innovative solutions to transform social norms, and stronger partnerships with UN agencies and with civil society.

The Gender Team (BPPS) has the leading role in the implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy 2022-2025, including through the implementation of Gender Equality Global Program 2023-2025 and the Gender Equality Seal which will continue to be the UNDP global initiative for operationalizing this strategy.

Job Purpose and Organizational Context

Reporting to the Head of Gender (BPPS- New York), the Gender Specialist, Institutional Transformation and Gender Equality Seal for Development will: Lead the implementation of the Gender Equality Seal for Development; Build and maintain strategic partnerships and strengthen resource mobilization; Ensure effective knowledge sharing and learning; and Provide strategic advice and support for the implementation of the institutional transformation aspects of UNDP’s Gender Equality Strategy.

As such, the incumbent will have to demonstrate a level of agility and breadth of knowledge and skills to manage competing demands while delivering quality outputs of high standards.

UNDP adopts a portfolio approach to accommodate changing business needs and leverage linkages across interventions to achieve its strategic goals. Therefore, UNDP personnel are expected to work across units, functions, teams, and projects in multidisciplinary teams in order to enhance and enable horizontal collaboration.


Required Skills and Experience
  • Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Gender in Studies or related fields is required, or
  • A first-level university degree (bachelor's degree) in the above-mentioned areas, with an additional two (2) years of relevant experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced degree.
  • A minimum of 7 years (with master's degree) or 9 years (with bachelor's degree) of professional experience in gender equality and development, particularly institutional development, and gender mainstreaming is required.
  • Fluency in English, both written and oral, is required.

*When clicking on “Apply”, you will be redirected to the original job announcement and details

Apply

*There are individuals who may use GenderJobs.org name and trademark in emails and on websites in an attempt to solicit fees from interested job-seekers. Some examples of these fees are placement fees or immigration processing fees. GenderJobs.org does not use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an up-front fee of any kind. If you suspect that you have been a victim of fraud from someone pretending to be GenderJobs.org, please contact us at [email protected]