Gender Knowledge Management Officer

Job Title: Gender Knowledge Management Officer

Organization: United Nations Volunteers (UNV)

Host entity: UNICEF

Assignment country: Jordan

Expected start date: 15/08/2023

Sustainable Development Goal: 5. Gender equality

Volunteer category: National UN Volunteer Specialist

DoA reserved for persons with disabilities: No

Type: Onsite

Duration: 12 months (with possibility of extension)

Number of assignments: 1

Duty stations: Amman

Details

Mission and objectives

UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfill their potential. UNICEF promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child; in everything we do. Together with our partners, we work to translate that commitment into practical action, with special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children everywhere. In all its work, UNICEF takes a life cycle-based approach, recognizing the particular importance of early childhood development and adolescence. UNICEF programmes focus on the most disadvantaged children, including those living in fragile contexts, those with disabilities, those who are affected by environmental degradation etc. Gender equality is at the core of UNICEF’s accountability to children. UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022–2025 | UNICEF Executive Board, more explicitly, through its Gender Action Plan, 2022-2025 | UNICEF (more details on the GAP in section #11 below) reaffirms gender equality and adolescent girl empowerment as an organizational priority, and as integrated across all five Goal Areas, as well as across the workplace, with clear programme and institutional benchmarks, including for staffing.

Context

The proposed position is for a Gender and Knowledge Management portfolio. This assignment will provide a core function to supporting learning, knowledge sharing, communication and dissemination on Gender in programming and within the workplace context. The scope of work for the post covers 3 core areas: 1) Documentation and Communication; 2) Mapping, Collating and sharing latest evidence on gender responsive/transformative programming; and 3) Documentation of Gender staff capacity building. Jordan Country Office’s (JCO) approach to gender equality programming is guided by the global Gender Action Plan (2022-25), through a twin-tracked approach that supports a) a life course approach by addressing gender equality across all programming and b) targeted actions to advance the leadership and well-being of adolescent girls, as girls are both disproportionately affected by gender inequality and have tremendous potential to be leaders for change. JCO will apply an intersectional approach to targeted actions. Across the humanitarian-development nexus, UNICEF will continue to invest in rigorous gender analysis, data collection and reporting, as well as evidence-based solutions that hold UNICEF accountable to the children and women it serves. At the institutional level, JCO will ensure adjustments in internal policies and systems to transform the organization into a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable institution. Founded on the third iteration of the GAP, JCO will strive to adopt a gender transformative approach, at minimum gender responsive approaches. Aligned to the GAP, JCO will also aspire to advocate with and leverage existing and new partnerships to promote girls and women as agents of change, support their civic participation and foster their equal leadership in enhancing their well-being and that of their communities. The Gender UNV KM Officer, along with the international Gender Programme Specialist, and under the guidance of the Deputy Representative, will support the UNICEF programme sections (Education, Child Protection, Health and Nutrition, WASH, Adolescents and Youth and Social Policy/Social Protection) through strong knowledge management and communications work (including documentation, capturing communication stories, disseminating good practices etc.). S/he will also work closely with the Gender Focal Point structure, including the National Gender Specialist, tasked to institutionalize gender within sectoral programmes. National UN Specialist Volunteers in Jordan are entitled to: • Monthly Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) at the amount of JOD 1,068.5; • Annual and learning leaves; • Free Medical and life insurance; and • Free access to different learning platforms. For more information on UN Volunteer benefits, entitlements and support, please visit: https://www.unv.org/volunteer-your-country-conditions-service

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the Gender Programme Specialist, the UN Volunteer will: 1) Documentation and Communication: • Undertake field visits and document case studies on gender in development and humanitarian context (including UNICEF and implementing partner work); • Document case studies and stories, edit and format for communication and dissemination e.g., posting on social media and country office website; • Update and maintain the Jordan Country Office Gender SharePoint site (internal); • Produce gender brochures for internal and external dissemination; • Strengthen the public Jordan country office website integrating the Country Office's and implementing partners' joint work. 2) Map, collate and share latest evidence on gender responsive/transformative programming: • Identify evidence-based good practice programming on gender responsive and transformative programming; • Produce evidence-based knowledge products together with the Gender Team. e.g., technical briefs, checklists in user-friendly formats; • Assist in the knowledge management and documentation of technical gender programming work, undertaken by various programme sectors. 3) Documentation of Gender staff capacity building: • Co-represent UNICEF in various meetings/platforms on behalf of the Gender team, as required; • Create documentation on gender related training undertaken by the Gender Programme Specialist and/or consultants e.g. - Brown Bag Sessions - documenting monthly Brown Bag staff capacity building sessions; - Document training series and build a knowledge repository for the organisation; - Gender focal point meetings - documentation of monthly technical meetings.

Eligibility criteria

Age

27 - 80

Nationality

Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.

Requirements

Required experience

3 years of experience in Gender and development work with demonstrated experience in knowledge management with international organizations. and; • Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, analytical and reporting skills; • Accuracy and professionalism in editing and document production; • Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel; • Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications, preferably in design, publisher applications and/or innovative knowledge management tools; • Interest in volunteerism in the UN System.

Area(s) of expertise

Communication, Development programmes

Driving license

-

Languages

Arabic, Level: Fluent, Required English, Level: Working knowledge, Required

Required education level

Bachelor degree or equivalent in Communication, Gender Studies, or relevant Social Studies

Competencies and values

• Accountability • Adaptability and Flexibility • Commitment and Motivation • Commitment to Continuous Learning • Communication • Creativity • Knowledge Sharing • Self-Management • Technological Awareness • Working in Teams

Other information

Living conditions and remarks

Amman, the capital, is a peaceful city with over four million residents. People are friendly to visitors. Services in terms of banking, transportation, health and communications are easily available. Though Arabic is the official language, English is widely spoken among the majority of the population, especially in Amman. Road network is good both in terms of spread and quality of the roads. Public transportation in Amman is limited. Taxis are relatively cheap and easily available. There are a number of shopping malls, restaurants, gyms, and cinemas. A large variety of accommodation options can be found; however, it is worth noting that prices in Amman have generally increased in the past few years. There are no specific security threats. Amman is a very easy city in which to live; large, many amenities, very modern and serviced by an international airport with direct flights to most capital cities. According to the assessment of the UN Department of Safety & Security (UNDSS) Jordan is a family duty station (category A hardship). As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials. National UN Volunteers are part of the malicious insurance plan.

Inclusivity statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Reasonable accommodation

UNICEF 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.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

In addition to duty station-specific vaccine requirements, appointments are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts.

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