Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Mainstreaming Senior Analyst

Background information - IPMG

UNOPS strategic focus places increased emphasis on national capacity development and sustainable approaches to project management, procurement and infrastructure services. A key objective is to be recognized as an organization that delivers world-class infrastructure and project management, which is both economically and socially sustainable, even in the most challenging environments. To achieve this goal, UNOPS has established the Infrastructure and Project Management Group (IPMG). 

Within UNOPS, it is IPMG’s objective to serve the organization’s personnel and partners by broadening their infrastructure and project management capabilities, while disseminating best practices in both of these areas. Through this work, the group helps facilitate the successful delivery of programs and projects around the world.

To achieve its objectives, IPMG has established six interrelated and interdependent technical streams, namely, Strategic Initiatives, Standards, Engagement Assurance, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI), Grant Support and Transformation, that are supported by the Portfolio Support team. IPMG is managed overall by the Director of IPMG.

The GESI team works to strengthen UNOPS commitment to gender equality, diversity and inclusion. It mobilizes efforts to promote equal rights and opportunities for people to live full lives, develop methodologies and tools to improve program and project outcomes in infrastructure and project management. The team also assists in promoting UNOPS capacity in GESI at the highest levels in related fields. 

Background information - Job specific

In 2022, UNOPS developed the GESI in Projects Strategy 2022-2025 to advance the GESI agenda in UNOPS. The strategy adopts the use of an intersectional and inclusive approach in projects UNOPS delivers for its partners - to save lives, protect and promote human rights and build a better world.  

Please attach a cover letter explaining your motivation for this position and describing how relevant your experience is for the mandatory and desirable requirements listed below. Applications without a cover letter may be disregarded.

Working in the Infrastructure and project Management Group (IPMG), and reporting to the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialist, the successful incumbent will be expected to be primarily responsible for:

Support the implementation of the GESI Strategy and work plan

• Organize  meetings of UNOPS gender focal persons network and organize an annual retreat to gather internal and external perspectives to be integrated in the GESI work plan 

• Review selected GESI action plans of projects on a quarterly basis by doing a spot check if activities listed in the plans are supported by budgets. Propose areas for improvement. .

• In collaboration with the GESI Specialist, advice on further indicators and improvements to help the unit reach the goals in their GESI action plans.

• Undertake research for the development and operationalization of GESI standards, tools, guidance or systems 

• In collaboration with the Corporate PSEAH Coordinator facilitate discussions on the UNOPS PSEAH Strategy

• Coordinate  the processes for collating organizational external reports on UN-SWAP, UNDIS, GRI/Sustainability, and Youth2030 by sending reminders and verifying the content against the specific requirements and indicators.

• Lead  the processes for collating the organizational internal reports-Quarterly GESI Digest, Annual GESI report by regularly collecting stories on GESI mainstreaming in projects from all the regions.

• Support  regional GESI specialists, Business Developers with sharing updated technical inputs during proposal development using the Equilo tool

Knowledge building and knowledge sharing

• Identify areas for GESI contents improvement and provide on-going maintenance and updates of the UNOPS Intranet space with the most current information, reports.

• Lead  the facilitation of training and learning initiatives on GESI Analysis, GESI responsive budgeting, Intersectionality, Social Inclusion and other areas as per need 

• Identify and liaise with external and internal experts to enrich the above mentioned training and learning initiatives

• Organize events (webinars, campaigns) to celebrate and commemorate international days with examples highlighting GESI mainstreaming in Projects. Identify opportunities to engage cross-regionally and where possible with external stakeholders particularly UNOPS partners and hosted entities

• Provide sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice by synthesizing lessons learnt and disseminating best practices in his/her area of work.

• Collect feedback, ideas, and internal knowledge about processes and best practices and put them to use productively.

• Undertake research on a range of issues related to portfolio support and provide content for notes/reports including quarterly and year-end reports for monitoring, statistical and review purposes by management. 

Monitoring and Progress Controls

• Responsible for meeting and setting goals, targets and performance standards; reporting on own progress against work plan.

• Responsible for meeting deadlines for  the timely delivery of products and work packages under the work plan.

• Establish and maintain a planning and progress monitoring tool for activities in the work plan.

• Ongoing assessment of task completion, which meets quality expectations.

Education 

• An Advanced University Degree or a Master’s Degree or equivalent, preferably in social policy, public policy, gender studies, international development studies, law, architecture, engineering or a related area is required

• A first-level University degree or Bachelor's or equivalent in a related field of study with additional 2 years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of Master´s degree (total 4 years of relevance experience required)

Experience 

Required:

• A minimum of 2 years of demonstrated experience in mainstreaming gender equality and social inclusion in projects is required; and is preferred to be applied to infrastructure;

• Knowledge of Google Workspace, preferably Google sheet, Google doc, Google slides and Google drive, is required.

Asset:

• Experience in research and publications.

• Experience with interactive data analytics tools.

• Experience working with a variety of institutions, including UN, government/public institutions, private sector, and/or research/academia in the development field.

• Experience developing software-based tools.

Certifications

• Certification related to conducting Participatory Gender Audits is considered an asset. 

• Certification related to Project Management is considered an asset

Languages 

• Fluency in English required. 

• Fluency in French and/or Spanish is highly desired. 

• Please note that UNOPS does not accept unsolicited resumes.

• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process, which involves various assessments.

• UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity. Our workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures,  languages, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities. UNOPS seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. 

• Qualified women and candidates from groups which are underrepresented in the UNOPS workforce are encouraged to apply. These include in particular candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities.

• We would like to ensure all candidates perform at their best during the assessment process.  If you are shortlisted and require additional assistance to complete any assessment, including reasonable accommodation, please inform our human resources team when you receive an invitation.

Terms and Conditions 

• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post. 

• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (they take around 4 hours to complete) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS. For more information on a retainer contract here.

• All UNOPS personnel are responsible for performing their duties in accordance with the UN Charter and UNOPS Policies and Instructions, as well as other relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, all personnel must demonstrate an understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a manner consistent with UN core values and the UN Common Agenda.

• It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential personnel. Recruitment in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.