Jobs
in Tanzania: Gender Specialist, Legislative at UN Women, September 2018
Job
Description
Agency:
UN Women
Title:
Gender Specialist, Legislative
Job
ID: 18434
Practice
Area – Job Family: UNW Programme Team
Vacancy
End Date: 20/09/2018 (Midnight New York, USA)
Duty
Station: Dar es Salaam
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.
UN
Women in Tanzania is implementing its Strategic Note (2017-2021), under which
one of the priority areas is women’s leadership and political participation.
The Women’s Leadership and Political Participation Project (Wanawake Wanaweza)
Phase II (2017-2021) builds on Phase I (2014 – 2017) and continues to promote
gender equality and the empowerment of women as per UN Women’s global mandate
and supports the Government of Tanzania as a Member State to the United Nations
to implement international standards, providing suitable technical and
financial assistance.
The
second phase of the project aims at achieving the overarching goal/impact
“Women lead and participate in decision-making at all levels” building on the
momentum created and gains made from the first phase.
The
project is in line with the UNDAP II outcome “Women and girls increasingly
participate in political and public life and are elected to leadership position”,
the UN Women Tanzania, Country Strategic Framework 2017 – 2021; the UN Women
Global Flagship Programme Initiative on Women’s Political Empowerment and
Leadership, as well as, national gender policy, the SDGs, CEDAW and other
international and regional commitments.
Within
the UNDP led Legislative Support Project II 2017-2021, UN Women will support
the National Assembly to undertake gender mainstreaming in all its functions,
in line with the delivery on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and
in particular on Goal 5 to ‘achieve gender equality and empower all women and
girls’ and Goal 16 relating to good governance and strong institutions.
Duties
and Responsibilities
Under
the dual supervision of the UN Women Programme Specialist Leadership and
Political Participation and the UNDP Chief Technical Advisor for the
Legislative Support Project, the Gender Specialist will support the integration
of gender equality and empowerment in the Legislative Support Project II.
She/he works in close collaboration with the Legislative Support Project II and
UN Women WLPP program team, National Assembly, Government officials, and other
key stakeholders for the successful implementation and achievement of planned
results under his/her portfolio.
The
main tasks of the Gender Specialist will be to support the implementation of
Output 5 of the Legislative Support Project II and ensure effective
mainstreaming of gender in all other components of the Legislative Support
Project II to enhance National Assembly effectiveness and inclusiveness in
fulfilling its constitutional mandate.
The
Gender Specialist will perform the following tasks:
Advisory
Services
Provide
high quality technical and strategic policy advice to the Legislative Support
Project II, on effective implementation of programmes and initiatives on gender
mainstreaming in the National Assembly; and
Advise
on the continued alignment of the Legislative Support Project II with
gender-related international and national commitments and goals.
Analysis
Undertake
periodic gender analysis of various issues identified in the Gender Audit and
Assessment and develop specific gender profiles for the National Assembly;
Facilitate
sex-disaggregated data collection for Legislative Support Project II.
Ensure
and make available existing gender tools and frameworks with clear performance
targets and indicators;
Coordinate
systematic gender analysis and contributions for the full range of National
Assembly, national and UN policy, planning, assessment and programme documents.
Programme
Development and Monitoring
Support
the implementation of the Gender Strategy and Action Plan.
Support
the implementation of Output 5 of the Legislative Support Project II including
designing training tools and conducting various trainings on gender equality
and women’s empowerment principles to the National Assembly;
Coordinate,
monitor and provide support towards the achievement of gender equality targets,
aggregating results to inform programme and policy interventions at the
National Assembly and contribute to UN Women and UNDP corporate reporting
requirements;
Coordinate
mentorship of the National Assembly Legislative Support Project II team on
gender mainstreaming and programming including the Legislative Support Project
II secretariat, the Gender Desk, clerks of parliamentary committees and
management team;
Develop
a mechanism to track and monitor progress on gender mainstreaming in
Legislative Support Project II;
Support
designing and formulation of programme/ project proposals and initiatives
related to support to the National Assembly.
Developing
Partnerships and Networks
Coordinate
with and involve the Gender National Machinery (Ministry of Health, Community
Development, Elderly, Gender and Children) and Women’s Rights Organizations in
key aspects of Legislative Support Project II and ensure that all information
and outreach activities and resources of the project target and involve both
women and men;
Develop
and strengthen partnerships with existing national and international
initiatives, especially those that focus on gender equality and women’s
empowerment principles including initiatives with Inter-Parliamentary Union
(IPU), Pan African Parliament, SADC Parliamentary Forum and East African
Legislative Assembly;
Identify
opportunities for strategic partnerships with national research and academic
institutions working on gender issues at the country level and establish
linkages with UN Women global initiatives such as the UN Women training Centre.
Advocacy
and Leadership
Coordinate
and oversee the development of advocacy material to promote gender
mainstreaming within the National Assembly;
Conduct
periodic reviews of progress towards the implementation of Output 5 and gender
mainstreaming in all other aspects of the Legislative Support Project II;
Advise
UN Women and UNDP LSP project team on key achievements, messages and advocacy
opportunities for which there may wish to engage strategically.
Knowledge
Management:
Promote
good practices and lessons learned and organize meetings to draw lessons on
issues of gender mainstreaming in the Legislative Support Project II;
Facilitate
the utilization of localized international best practices on gender
mainstreaming and programming to be applied in the Legislative Support Project
II, and document and share information and knowledge coming out of this
project;
Ensure
the documentation of good practices, the preparation of policy papers and
guidance notes gender mainstreaming and programming.
Competencies
Respect
for Diversity
Integrity
Professionalism
Awareness
and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
Accountability
Creative
Problem Solving
Effective
Communication
Inclusive
Collaboration
Stakeholder
Engagement
Leading
by Example
Strong
gender analysis and gender mainstreaming skills
Strong
programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills
Strong
knowledge of Results Based Management
Ability
to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports to inform
management and strategic decision-making
Strong
knowledge of gender mainstreaming issues in the National Assembly
Ability
to identify and analyze GEWE trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising
and develop strategies
Required
Skills and Experience
Education:
Master’s
degree in law, political science, gender/women’s studies, international
development.
Experience:
At
least 5 years of progressively responsible work experience at the national or
international level in design, planning, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of programmes on gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Technical
experience in gender mainstreaming in the National Assemblies/Parliaments;
Experience
coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is an asset;
Experience
working in the UN System is an asset;
Language:
Fluency
in English and Swahili is required;
Working
knowledge of another official UN language is an asset;
Disclaimer
UNWOMEN
is committed to achieving diversity within its workforce, and encourages all
qualified applicants, irrespective of gender, nationality, disabilities, sexual
orientation, culture, religious and ethnic backgrounds to apply. All
applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.