Recently Updated 60 New Gender Equality Jobs At UNDP For February 2023 Apply Now!

Host Country

Various

Deadline: 

From 1 to 12 February 2023

Target audience

Professionals and Students from all UN member states

Program Overview

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture.

A total of sixty (60) jobs have been added and are now available at UNDP various sites across the world. The promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women is central to the mandate of UNDP and intrinsic to its development approach.

This effort includes advocating for women’s and girls’ equal rights, combating discriminatory practices and challenging the roles and stereotypes that affect inequalities and exclusion.

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Background to Gender Equality

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.

The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact.

It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

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Benefits of working for the UNDP

The UNDP is the largest aid and development organisatioon in the world and is a trendsetter in terms of workplace culture and diversity.

The UNDP has a safe learning space welcoming to global change makers, local leaders and practitioners from international organizations, government, business, and civil society.

As a valued member of UNDP staff, you can benefit from a variety of benefits as the UNDP will be supporting you in learning & developing capacities, networking & sharing experiences, and searching & finding answers to the world’s gender challenges.

This applies whether you join the UNDP as an intern, experienced hire or even a virtual employee. In any case, you benefit by:

• Taking part in structured learning events
• Receiving mentoring and coaching from leaders in your field
• Accessing guidance documents on progressive and innovative solutions essential to transform the world into a better society for all.

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At a personal level, working at the UNDP benefits you in that you

• Grow your networks
• Meet in person some of the world’s leading change makers
• Promote and discover your innovative approaches
• Share lessons from your projects with peers and global change makers

Competencies required

You will require certain skills sets to thrive and accomplish results at the UNDP. In general, UNDP requires that candidates possess the following competencies as a minimum for them to succeed in a Gender and Equality role:

• Good knowledge of gender equality and women’s empowerment, including women’s political participation
• Good organizational skills and ability to pay close attention to detail.
• Good communication skills.

• Demonstrated leadership and personal examples of promoting knowledge management and a professional learning environment.
• Outstanding networking, team building, organizational and communication skills.

• Capacity to work with diverse partners including governments, donors, and civil society.
• Ability to use Microsoft word, excel, e-mail, web-based applications, and databases.
• Ability to work effectively and harmoniously with people from varied cultures and professional backgrounds.

• Results based management skills.
• In-depth knowledge of development issues.
• Ability to advocate and provide policy advice.
• Ability in strategic planning, results-based management, and reporting.

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Available jobs include the following:

• International Consultant to lead the research on online and technology-facilitated violence
• Gender Project Clerk
• Communication for Development (C4D) Analyst

• Programme and Administrative Assistant
• Driver/Project Clerk (Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply)
• Operations Associate (Human Resources) (Open to Indian Nationals Only)
• UN Women: Women’s Economic Empowerment Programme Specialist

• Illustrator and Graphic Designer
• Data Analysis & Results Management Intern
• Procurement Assistant – (Afghan national only)-R

• Programme Specialist, Women’s Economic Empowerment (Chinese Nationals Only)
• Human Resources Specialist
• Programme and Administrative Assistant

• Programme Associate – Credit Offsetting Rice Emissions (CORE) (Open to Indian Nationals Only)
• Programme Analyst/Access to Justice of women and girls victims/survivors of gender-based violence
• UN Women: HR Specialist (Data, Reporting and Planning)

You may view ALL THE 60 JOB VACANCIES HERE.

Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence, as is usual UNDP policy.

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.

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