Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.

Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Programme Specialist- Technical Coherence, Spotlight Initiative or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer Programme Analyst - Ending Violence against Women and Girls will:

Contribute technically to the development and implementation of the Spotlight Women Peace and Humanitarian Fund programme strategies and interventions for the prevention and mitigation of SGBV and Harmful Practices in humanitarian settings:

• Provide assistance to the UN Women Sub-office in Maiduguri (Humanitarian office) for the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF)/Spotlight Initiative projects on GBV and for the projects under the WPHF COVID-19 ERW.
• Support implementation of WPHF baseline studies to inform the start-up phase of the programme.
• Monitor and report on the work of WPHF implementing partners against the programme result framework.
• Review the submission of Spotlight WPHF partners’ monthly quarterly activities reports and prepare internal (UN) and donor (EU) reports.
• Support activities on EVAWGs/GBV, including contributing to development of policy documents, concept notes, policy reviews, briefing/speaking notes for management, research activities, trainings and capacity building activities targeted to government/CSOs.
• Participate in weekly Spotlight team meetings, monthly and online engagement with partners.
• Contribute to enhancing coordination with the UN Trust Fund on Ending Violence against Women.

Provide technical support to inter-agency coordination on Spotlight Initiative to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with other partners in the country:

• Support the implementation of cross cutting Spotlight Initiative inter-agency activities
• Participate in donor meetings and public information events, as delegated

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:

• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
• Provide annual and end of assignment self- reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities.
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative (DRR), the UNV Gender Specialist advises Senior Management on gender policies and trends and relevant linkages to UNDP programmes. The UNV Gender Specialist provides analysis for formulation of strategies and briefings to Senior Management. This includes working with Programme Team Leaders to implement the UNDP Pacific Office Gender Equality Strategy, ensuring that gender becomes a cross-cutting consideration in all programme activities, and exploring the viability of gender budgeting in the programme country. The UNV Gender Specialist will also work with Operations Team Leaders to ensure gender-sensitive recruitment and procurement processes.

1. Provides advice and support to UNDP management, programmes and projects focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Design and formulate some parts of CO programme within the area of responsibility, translating UNDP’s priorities into local interventions.

• Apply gender conceptual models in support of programme design.

• Review new project documents to ensure that gender analysis informed the project design and the design respond to the analysis with concrete measures to address gender inequalities and empower women; and provide recommendations for improvements.

• Review of the current programme and projects and recommend adjustments to better integrate gender in planned results, activities and indicators.

• Compilation, analysis and interpretation of gender issues and statistical data, thorough research of gender issues in the countries covered by the Pacific office and preparation of high-quality analysis and reports that will inform UNDP programming.

• Provision of high-quality analysis and substantive inputs to UN and UNDP annual reports, including corporate and donor reports, and other strategic documents, with a focus on evidence-based reporting on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

• Support the development of a new gender-related portfolio, both focused on integration of gender to existing programmes/projects (re: improving the UNDP Gender Marker) as well as creating stand-alone or joint-programmes with other UN agencies (re: UNWOMEN).

• Contribute to sub-regional, regional and inter-agency initiatives related to gender issues.

  2. Participates in effective management of the gender work in the Office as well as identifying opportunities for cross cutting initiatives amongst thematic areas in the Pacific Office focusing achieving the following results:

• Provide inputs to the periodical country reports on progress implementation against all relevant signed UN Conventions (with special focus women’s human rights and gender dimension of human rights, including civil, economic, political and social rights, and GBV).

• Coordinate the implementation of the Gender Equality Seal Certification Action Plan and the Pacific Office Action Plan on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

• Serve as the Pacific Office Gender Focal Team (GFT) Secretariat - responsible for organizing and documenting the GFT meetings and keeping records of their deliberations.

• Provide substantive expertise and guidance on gender mainstreaming in UNDP Pacific Office and serve as an institutional gender focal point for all internal and external partners;

• Provide on demand technical expertise and strategic advice; good practices and tools on gender issues for the Programme Teams.

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

• Analysis and research of information on donors, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for initiation of new projects, active contribution to the overall office effort in resource mobilization.

• Represent UNDP in different working groups and interagency working groups on gender, including the UN Pacific Strategy Gender Outcome Group.

4. Provides policy advice and facilitation of knowledge building and management focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Identification of sources of information related to policy-driven issues. Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned directly linked to programme country policy goals and gender.

• Ensure knowledge sharing, documentation and dissemination of good practices on gender equality, women’s empowerment and rights within the UNDP and the broader UN system;

• Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice including the UNDP Gender Cop

• Organization of training and capacity development events for the operations/ projects staff on gender and inclusion issues.

• Raise awareness on gender as an accelerator for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• Professional growth through active learning.

• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Candidate age: between 18 and 29 throughout the entire duration of their assignment. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Bajo la supervisión directa de Asociado Snr de Programa, el Joven Voluntario Nacional de las Naciones Unidas llevará a cabo las siguientes tareas:

• Brindar asistencia administrativa y apoyo en servicios y actividades de rutina de la Unidad de Programa.
• Asistir en la organización y documentación de la selección de socios de acuerdo con la política de selección y retención de socios, asegurando la debida diligencia para cumplir con los requisitos de los proyectos.
• Brindar apoyo para garantizar que los acuerdos de asociación se establezcan de manera oportuna, se monitoreen periódicamente y reporten de acuerdo con las directrices y procedimientos establecidos incluidos en el marco para la implementación con los socios.
• Guiados por el enfoque MFT, contribuir a monitorear las actividades implementadas a través de socios y aquellas bajo implementación directa de acuerdo con el Manual del Programa y las instrucciones de programación.
• Contribuir a la revisión y análisis de planes operativos, informes semestrales y de fin de año, asegurando el aseguramiento de la calidad y el cumplimiento de las políticas, lineamientos, procedimientos y estándares establecidos.
• Generar y mantener registros de la tasa de implementación (progreso en el desempeño y gastos) de manera regular.
• Usar las herramientas corporativas del ACNUR (por ejemplo, Focus Client, Global Focus Insight y FOCUS Reader, MSRP) para las actividades básicas relacionadas con la planeación, la presupuestación, la implementación y los informes, generando datos basados ​​en evidencia para la toma de decisiones y análisis programáticos.
• Contribuir activamente a la programación de la comunidad de práctica del ACNUR y contribuir continuamente a la mejora de las herramientas y los procesos de programación.
• Realizar otras tareas según sea necesario.