Gender Humanitarian Coordination and Partnership Specialist
The UN Women (UNW), 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. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. Mali is currently in a severe institutional, political and humanitarian crisis as a result of the resurgence of the Touareg rebellion and the military coup on 22 March 2012. In addition, conflict and displacement in northern Mali continue to exacerbate the existing food and nutrition crisis as a result of drought in the Sahel. In view of this situation, UNW Mali Office has revised its programme to integrate new dimensions related to (i) strengthening capacities of women leaders to participate in the negotiations related to the transition and the peace building process (ii) promotion of renewable energy for rural women’s empowerment in the context of the food crisis and climate change (iii) prevention and service delivery to victims of violence and rape in Mali’s Northern conflict (iv) coordination for mainstreaming in the humanitarian response provided by the UN and aid agencies. UN Women is playing a lead role to ensure the humanitarian clusters take into account the gender dimension and that post-conflict needs assessment and humanitarian programs are gender responsive. In this regard, UNW coordinated the development of an interagency strategy on Gender and Humanitarian Response and has taken steps to contextualize the UN Secretary General’s 7 Point Action Plan on Women’s Participation in Peace building. To ensure UNW can live up to its coordination role and respond to the various demands from donors to support the integration of gender in humanitarian action, a Coordination and Partnerships Specialist is needed to support the Country Representative. The Coordination and Partnerships Specialist reports to the Country Representative for guidance and supervision and is responsible for the implementation of the interagency strategy on Gender and Humanitarian Response and the 7 Point Action Plan on Women’s Participation in Peace building. The Specialist will participate in Mali’s aid and humanitarian coordination mechanisms, including providing the Technical Secretariat of the Gender Donor Thematic Group. The Specialist will also support the Country Manager for resource mobilization and communication. The Specialist will promote a partnership-oriented approach consistent with UN Women Mali’s Country Programme and UNW’s Global Strategic Plan. The Specialist works in close collaboration with programme staff of the UNW Mali Office, the Coordination Specialist as well as the Communications and Resource Mobilization Officer of the Regional/Sub-Regional Office for guidance and timely information delivery | |
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Support the implementation of the of the Inter-Agency strategy for mainstreaming gender in UNCT’s humanitarian response and the 7 Point Action Plan on Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding:
Position gender in aid coordination mechanisms:
Support partnership building and resource mobilization:
Raise the visibility of the country programme through increased communication:
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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. |
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