Gender Associate

• Country: La Paz, Mexico
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNDP
• Gender: Both 
• Deadline: 2024-01-11

• Assist the Inter-agency Gender Group of the United Nations System, communities of practice, knowledge exchange spaces and groups at the regional level, and other multi-sector groups at the national level.
• Promote networks and synergies between the different key actors in the country (government institutions at the national or subnational level, civil society, private sector, social organizations, Agencies of the United Nations System and multilateral and bilateral donors) to promote and contribute to equality gender and women’s empowerment.

• Suggest technically, as well as generate and increase development capacities for gender mainstreaming in the Office, its programs and throughout the project cycle, especially in the theory of change, results framework, as well as the appropriate assignment of the marker of genre.
• Help promote the mobilization of new projects and resources that have gender equality as their main objective.
• Lead the implementation and monitoring of the implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy of the Country Office, its contribution to the Regional Strategy and the emblematic Gender Equality Solution with their respective corporate indicators.
• Lead the implementation of continuous improvement processes such as the UNDP Gender Equality Seal and its dimensions.

• Contribute to strategic planning (Integrated Work Plan – IWP) and national, regional and global reports regarding UNDP achievements, results and progress regarding gender equality and women’s empowerment.
• Contribute to the periodic analysis/review of the project portfolio to review assigned gender markers.
• Contribute to the development of gender indicators (at different levels) for project results frameworks, as well as the development of action plans for projects where donors have a gender equality and women’s empowerment mandate.

• ACHIEVE RESULTS – LEVEL 1:  Plan and monitor own work, pay attention to details, deliver quality work within established limits.
• THINK INNOVATIVELY – LEVEL 1:  Is open to creative ideas/known risks, solves problems pragmatically, makes improvements.
• CONTINUOUSLY LEARN – LEVEL 1:  Has an open mind and curiosity, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback.
• ADAPT WITH AGILITY – LEVEL 1:  Adapts to change, handles ambiguity/uncertainty constructively, is flexible.
• ACT WITH DETERMINATION – LEVEL 1:  Shows determination and commitment, able to respond calmly in the face of adversity, confident.
• PARTICIPATE AND ASSOCIATE – LEVEL 1:  Demonstrate compassion/understanding towards others, form positive relationships.
• FACILITATE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION – LEVEL 1:  Appreciate/respect differences, recognize unconscious biases, confront discrimination.

• Business management and strategy
  • Strategic thinking : Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDP objectives, based on systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks and opportunities; linking vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions. • Ability to leverage learning from diverse sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; demonstrate foresight in shaping future developments and possible paths forward for UNDP.
• Business development
  • UNDP Representation : Productively share UNDP knowledge and activities; advocate for UNDP, its values, mission and work with different groups.
• Business management
  • Partnership Management : Ability to establish and maintain partnerships with broad networks of stakeholders, governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies.

• Agenda 2030: Gender
  • Gender mainstreaming
  • Gender and institutional development
  • Gender aspects and analysis

• Bachelor of Humanities (Secondary Education) is required.
• University Studies (at Bachelor’s level) in Social Sciences, Economic Sciences, Political Sciences, Law, Development, Psychology or areas relevant to UNDP programming work will be favorably considered, but is not a requirement.
• Postgraduate degree in Gender and/or Women’s Rights will be favorably considered.
• Courses in development or international development cooperation or in international relations or in management of public policies, programs and projects or in human rights or related areas for UNDP programming work will be favorably considered.

• Minimum 7 years (with a Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities) or 4 years (with a Bachelor’s Degree) of work experience in the management of development or social research programs/projects or in public policies in areas relevant to UNDP programming work.

• Coordination capacity with multiple actors.
• Personal integrity by deploying in practice the values ​​of integrity, respect and professionalism.
• Ability to demonstrate the highest ethical standards in your daily work.
• High adaptability, without personal prejudices to intercultural, religious, ethnic, nationality, age, gender sensitivity issues.
• Ability to work under stress, know how to set priorities and manage multiple tasks/projects within tight deadlines.
• Effective organizational skills and ability to handle high volume of work in an efficient and timely manner.
• Proactive and dynamic attitude towards work.
• Listen to technical proposals and analysis for your consideration.
• Affinity for a participatory and team work style.
• Problem solving and logical reasoning skills.
• Communication skills and abilities for the transmission of information. 
• Leadership and generation of empathy with multisector work teams.
• Ability to establish and maintain partnerships with broad networks of stakeholders, governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies.
• Integration of the gender perspective.
• Gender and institutional development.
• Gender aspects and analysis.

• Specific experience in designing public policies to promote gender equality.
• Work experience in International Organizations or Entities.
• Experience working on gender projects.
• Work experience in the design and/or use of gender analysis tools in gender projects or projects with different themes.
• Proven experience of working in strategic planning and/or continuous improvement processes regarding gender mainstreaming in public and/or private entities.
• Recognized capacity and experience in coordination with multiple multidisciplinary work teams and specialists.
• Basic knowledge of teleworking tools.
• Intermediate/advanced knowledge of the application of systems under the Microsoft Office platform

• Fluency in Spanish.
• Knowledge of the English language (intermediate) will be favorably considered.

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