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    Gender Specialist across Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus

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    Location :

    Beirut, LEBANON

    Type of Contract :

    Service Contract

    Starting Date :

    01-Apr-2024

    Application Deadline :

    06-Feb-24 (Midnight New York, USA)

    Post Level :

    SC-5

    Duration of Initial Contract :

    1 year

    Time left :

    15d 9h 49m

    Languages Required :

    Arabic   English  

    Expected Duration of Assignment :

    1 year

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    UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

    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.

    Multiple, compounding crises are causing severe hardship to people residing in Lebanon, aggravating existing imbalances, inequalities, vulnerabilities, and risks, particularly for the most vulnerable. Lebanon continues to host the largest number of refugees per capita in the world, adding further pressures on already deteriorated basic services. In addition, military actions continue to escalate in the South of Lebanon since 8 October 2023, that has led to the killing and injuring of civilians in the south of Lebanon and the internal displacement of tens of thousands of people.

    Despite commitments in Lebanon’s NAP 2019-2023, and despite a vibrant feminist movement and the fact that Lebanon historically was one of the first countries in the Arab region to grant women their right to vote in 1952, women in Lebanon continue to face structural discrimination manifested in the underrepresentation of women in political leadership position, violence against women and low labour force participation and access to decent jobs 1. Globally, Lebanon ranks 144 of 146 countries on women’s political empowerment in the 2023 Global Gender Gap Report (GGGR) of the World Economic Forum 2, and lags far behind its Arab peers, ranking 15 of 17 countries in the region in female parliamentarians 3. Furthermore, the law codifies gender inequalities across a range of issues, including those related to personal status, access to political offices, protection, and nationality, along with a myriad of other factors impacting women’s equal access to political leadership, such as the challenging electoral framework, patriarchal political parties, the sectarian system, high cost of election campaigning, media bias, and entrenched negative social norms and gender stereotypes 4. Lebanon’s National Action Plan on the UNSCR1325 (NAP 2019-2023) prioritizes the inclusion of women in all aspects of conflict-prevention and peacebuilding, women’s representation in governance, and in the security sector 5.

    Reporting to the Country Representative and working in close collaboration with the Programme Management Specialist, the Gender Specialist across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) nexus is responsible for capacity development on gender mainstreaming in HDP frameworks. Specifically: a) to lead and support coordination, partnership building and resource mobilization strategies in support of mainstreaming gender in HDP nexus programmes; and b) to advocate and facilitate knowledge building and management and communication on gender mainstreaming in HDP nexus programmes.

    1 Lebanon is ranking 132 of 156 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2021.
    2 World Economic Forum. 2023. Global Gender Gap Report 2023.
    3 Lebanon is listed 15th out of 17 Arab countries in women’s representation in Parliament.
    4 UN Women, 2019, Pursuing Equality in Rights and Representation – Women’s experiences Running for Parliament in Lebanon’s 2018 Elections.
    5 NAP 1325 Outcome 4: Women’s participation in national dialogues, peace negotiations and peace mediation is increased to promote dialogue and ensure gendered perspectives that take into account women’s needs; (4.2.1) Develop a national network of female mediators.

    Duties and Responsibilities

    1. Capacity development on gender mainstreaming in HDP frameworks:

  • Lead the design and implementation of gender-sensitive programming within humanitarian projects.
• Provide technical guidance to program teams on gender mainstreaming, ensuring the inclusion of marginalized groups.

2. Lead and support coordination, partnership building and resource mobilization strategies in support of mainstreaming gender in HDP nexus programmes:

3. Advocate and facilitate knowledge building and communication on gender mainstreaming in HDP nexus programmes:

Competencies

Core Values:

Core Competencies:

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:
https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process#_Values

Functional Competencies

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Experience:

Language requirements:

Fluency in English and Arabic is required.

Application

Interested individuals must submit the following document to demonstrate their qualifications. Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment.

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

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