Gender Coordinator

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners.

Job ID/Title: Gender Coordinator
Application Deadline: 06-Jan-12
Duty Station: Ramallah
Duration of Initial Contract: six months
Expected Duration of Assignment :4 years

Background:
UNDP and ITC in partnership with PALTRADE are in implementing Export Development project in West Bank (2011-2015) aims to support SMEs in oPt to become more competitive exporters, to have the capacity to expand their workforce, including women and youth, contribute to the development of exports resulting in economic growth and improved standard of living of the Palestinian people. In this partnership, PalTrade and the Palestinian private sector will receive targeted assistance to enhance the trade support services offered to the local business community in line with global best practice, in the fields of strategic organizational planning, trade policy and advocacy, trade information, trade development, and trade promotion. At the same time, the private sector will receive improved and expanded local export support services from PalTrade. By the end of the project, the private sector companies involved in the project will have succeeded in accessing new markets, increasing their local market share, and enhancing the skills of their staff, while PalTrade will have become a more sustainable and stronger trade support organization.

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Program manager, the Gender Equality specialist will contribute to PAPP’s work in a number of areas including
1-Undertake communications, outreach, media and lobbying efforts to promote Paltrade among the women business community and the Palestinian Authority
2-Offer advice and analysis of business opportunities, legal obstacles to women’s entrepreneurship, youth entrepreneurship, advise on strategies used in other countries to promote women’s businesses, and related matters
3-Conduct gender analysis and assessment on export  program planning in its key priority sectors
4-Support capacity-building on gender equality in Paltrade, among program  partners and beneficiaries
5-Prepare progress reports, work plans, and other information for display on Paltrade’s website
 
Description of Responsibilities:
1-Devise communications, media and other outreach strategy on private sector opportunities for women in the oPt
2-Conduct comprehensive gender mapping and analysis of women’s businesses in the private sector in the West Bank and Gaza and a rapid mapping of opportunities for engaging entrepreneurs and promoting women- led businesses with export potential
3-Provide UNDP, local partners and relevant project stakeholders with regular updates and reports
4-Provide gender equality assessment, prepare data surveys and studies, contribute to monitoring and evaluation
5-Support capacity-building on gender equality in Paltrade and other project partners
6-Work with and advise local partners to improve their institutional capacity to support gender equality
7-Monitor, with UNDP and other UN partners, partners’ performance on gender equality and share observations/ recommendations/lessons learned with UNDP and its partners
8-Provide top quality technical advice services to the partner NGOs, Government and other stakeholders and facilitate knowledge building and sharing

Impact of Results

The key results have an impact on gender equality promotion in the project:
-a cross-cutting approach, wherein the promotion of women’s empowerment and gender equality will be considered within each component of the project and clear indicators to measure gender mainstreaming within the project will be established;
-a gender-specific programme approach by which women entrepreneurs will receive particular attention through specific initiatives such as ITC’s ACCESS! approach and materials;

Competencies :
Corporate Competencies:
-Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards
-Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP
-Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
-Treats all people fairly without favoritism

Functional Competencies:
Knowledge Management and Learning
-Promotes a knowledge sharing and learning culture in the office
-Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more Practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills

Development and Operational Effectiveness
-Ability apply conceptual models in support of formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects, mobilize resources
-Good knowledge of the Results Management Guide and Toolkit
-Strong IT skills

Management and Leadership
-Focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback
-Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
-Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills
-Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure
-Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities

Qualifications :
Education:
-Bachelors degree in International Development Studies, Gender and/or Women’s Studies, Social sciences or other relevant fields

Experience:
-More than 5 years experience working on women’s rights and development support to women in the private sector, business development, labour law and other related fields
-Good knowledge of SMEs, labour law, entrepreneurship, development reforms, women rights, gender equality principles and concepts, civil society, women organizations
-Good analytical skills
-Excellent command of written and spoken English and Arabic as well as computer applications
-Good understanding of the development environment in West Bank and Gaza
-Ability to travel extensively in West Bank.

 

UNDP actively supports the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities adopted by the United Nations General Assembly

Important message to all applicants!
-Please be aware that the UNDP/PAPP will review your application only if you have uploaded Personal History Form (P.11) to your application. Please download the form from the following link: http://jobs.undp.ps.
-You will get the opportunity to upload the P-11 at when you apply for the position.
-Incomplete applications or applications received after the closing date will not be given consideration. Please note that only applications that are under consideration will be contacted.
UNDP/PAPP is an equal opportunity employer-
Applications from men and women will be considered equally