New Vacancies at UNDP

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1.  Gender Officer

2. National Consultancy at UNDP

3. Individual National Consultant at UNDP
   

 

UNDP is the UN’s global development network whose focus is to help countries build and share solutions to the challenges of sustainable development as informed by the 2030 sustainable development agenda. The overall focus for UNDP Tanzania is to support the Government of Tanzania to improve lives of the people through strategic programmatic areas of Inclusive Democratic Governance, Inclusive Economic Growth and Sustainable Livelihoods and Environment Sustainability, Climate Change and Resilience.

Context

Gender Equality and Women empowerment are critical issues that must be integrated into all UNDP activities and interventions. UNDP Gender Equality strategy aims to foster this desire and ensure that UNDP pursues its three directions of change, i.e., structural transformations, leaving no one behind and building resilience based on its Country Programme Document and Corporate Gender Equality, Strategic Plan 2022-2025, and UNDP Gender Parity Strategy 2022-2025. The strategy is anchored on the requirement of the Gender Marker and Gender Equality Seal, which provides areas for assessing the performance of mainstreaming gender, including its respective indicators and benchmarks.

The Gender Officer is expected to collaborate with units, departments, programs, portfolios, partners, and senior management within the UNDP Tanzania Country Office to support the implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy, in alignment with the objectives outlined in the Country Program Document. The integration of gender equality and women empowerment is key across portfolio and therefore the Gender officer is expected to work closely with the CO gender focal team to support the implementation of the GFT plan of action which targets to prepare the CO to achieve Gold Gender Equality Seal in 2026. UNDP Tanzania has transitioned to portfolio approach and currently the following portfolio have been established; Blue economy portfolio, youth portfolio, SDG Financing portfolio, Enabling Environment Portfolio, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Portfolio and Sustainable Public Procurement Portfolio.

To attain the above, UNDP offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during

the recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of Amon Manyama, Programme Specialist/DRR a.i and indirect by Ghati Horombe the Head of Solution Mapping, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

•  Coordinate the implementation of country office gender focal team action plan which targets to prepare the CO to advance from silver gender equality seal certification to Gold Gender Equality seal. Also support the preparation and implementation of gender equality and disability inclusion annual work plan.
•  Support the integration of gender equality and women empowerment aspects in the Country Office programs and portfolios and the review of programs annual work plans to ensure strategic outputs are set for GEN 3 across portfolios and programs.
•  Work closely with communication teams and portifolios to creatively and innovatively design visibility materials both online and offline to share UNDP efforts, achievements and interventions championing gender equality, disability inclusion and women empowerment.
•  Contribute to the CO’s resource mobilization efforts by reviewing concept notes and proposals, ensuring the integration of gender equality, disability inclusion, and women’s empowerment. This includes exploring and establishing partnerships with potential funders to support the implementation of the objectives outlined in the Country Program Document.
•  Ensure close follow-up for the effective implementation of a strategic partnership with Tanzania Government, private sector and civil society organizations to promote gender equality in line with the UNDP commitments.
•  Undertake relevant environment scanning on political, environmental, economic, and social development insights, trends and issues affecting gender equality and women’s equal rights in Tanzania and prepare insightful policy briefs, reports and summaries to advocate for change.
•  Attend and coordinate quarterly CO gender focal team meetings which are chaired by resident representative, program meetings and other UN Gender and disability related meetings to ensure coordination and alignment with other UN agencies and CO programs.
•  Support staff and partner capacity building initiatives, identify and optimize knowledge sharing spaces to challenge gender inequalities and harmful practice in and out of the organization.

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