Gender Specialist

With over 11,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it. Gender is a key focus area in the UNOPS Strategic Plan 2018-2021. Recently, several initiatives have been launched to better increase focus and prioritise gender parity in our internal workforce, such as the establishment of a senior Gender Advisory Panel. In January 2018, the UNOPS People and Change Group introduced the new UNOPS Gender Parity Strategy.

• Benchmarking UNOPS against leading initiatives in the public and private sector which both attract and help retain a gender diverse workforce
• Assessing existing practices and resources across UNOPS, including progress made in gender parity strategy. This includes reviewing and conducting gender analyses of HR practices.
• Identifying challenges barriers and formulate relevant and realistic recommendations to address the weaknesses and gaps identified which include all areas of leadership and people management.

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in Sociology, Political Sciences, or related field. Gender and or related specialization should be part of academic background. 

• Minimum of 7 years in the field of diversity and inclusion, human resources gender review, mainstreaming or compliance is required.
• Experience in Human resources management and Diversity and inclusion is a requirement.
• Sound practical experience in concepts and tools related to inclusive leadership, recruitment, selection/assessment and performance management is required.  
• Experience working with a global organization is required.
• Experience in report writing in English is required.

• Fluency in English required.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.

Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, our vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices, always satisfying or surpassing our partners’ expectations.

With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it.

A flexible structure and global reach means that we can quickly respond to our partners' needs, while offering the benefits of economies of scale.