Programme Specialist- Gender Statistics

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UN Women

  • Career category: Research/ Data analysis
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 2-5 years, 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 14/08/2026
  • Location: Jordan
Economic justice
Background:
Globally, UN Women’s Flagship Programme Initiative Making Every Woman and Girl Count, known as Women Count, supports Member States in implementing the 2030 Agenda by advancing a transformative shift in the production, availability, accessibility and use of quality gender data and statistics.. Women Count Phase III, covering the period 2026 to 2029, builds on these achievements by focusing on the full gender statistics ecosystem, from the enabling policy and institutional environment to data production, dissemination, accessibility and use. It places strong emphasis on addressing data gaps, strengthening technical capacities, improving coordination between data producers and users, and ensuring that gender statistics are more regular, comparable, policy relevant and accessible through knowledge products, data platforms, dashboards and user-friendly communication. In Jordan, Women Count is an initiative meant to strengthen the capacity of the Government and Non-State Actors to produce and use gender data and statistics to inform and monitor the implementation of Jordan’s gender-related commitments in the 2030 Agenda.

Against this background, UN Women seeks to recruit a Programme Specialist to implement Jordan Women Count and provide programme, coordination, administrative and operational support to the broader Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Portfolio. This support will contribute to the effective delivery of evidence-based interventions under the portfolio, including work related to women’s employment, private sector engagement, green economy initiatives, and other programme areas. In this context, the position will help ensure effective planning, coordination, monitoring, documentation and knowledge management across the portfolio, while contributing to stronger links between gender data, policy analysis and programme implementation for women’s economic empowerment in Jordan.

Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Country Representative and matrix reporting to the WEE specialist, the Programme Specialist - Gender Statistics exercises overall responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing UN Women interventions under their area of Gender Statistics with focus on WEE. She/he will also work closely with Women’s Economic Empowerment Specialist to provide technical assistance and capacity development to partners as well as lead resource mobilization, knowledge management and communication efforts on Gender Statistics with a focus on WEE.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Master’s degree or equivalent in statistics, economics (econometrics), data science, mathematics, international development, or a related field is required
  • A first-level university degree in the areas stated above in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
  • At least 5 years of progressively responsible work experience in the areas described under education requirements at the national or international level in design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects is required.
  • Technical experience in the area of Gender Statistics with a focus on WEE is required.
  • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.
  • English and Arabic is required

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