Duties and Responsibilities:
Advises on the integration of gender equality, women’s empowerment, and disability inclusion into core UNDRR Regional Office for Africa processes, including integrating gender and disability into programme design and implementation.
Provide guidance to UNDRR grantees who are developing Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) training materials to ensure they are gender-responsive and disability inclusive.
Analyse materials that have been developed for UNDRR Asia-Pacific and/or other UNDRR branches and adapt them for the Africa context (questionnaires, gender-responsive DRR training modules).
Support the Regional Office for Africa to ensure the promotion and inclusion of women’s leadership, gender equality, disability inclusive DRR is part of the Africa Regional Platform for DRR 21-24 October 2024 in Windhoek Namibia.
Support the roll out of the disability and gender annex in Making Cities Resilient 2023 (MCR2030) and the gender and disability Inclusive early warning early action: checklist and implementation guide
Support Programme Management Officers to roll out trainings on the Gender Action Plan to support implementation of Sendai Gender Action Plan (GAP).
Qualifications/special skills
Advanced University degree in international development studies, humanities, social sciences, gender, disability studies or related field is required.
A first level university degree with a combination of 2 additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
A minimum of five years of progressively responsible programme management experience in gender mainstreaming, women’s leadership and/or inclusion in disaster risk reduction, humanitarian response, or development programming, is required.
Experience working within the UN system in the Africa region is desirable.
Apply via :
careers.un.org