Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

Generation Equality was initiated to disrupt decades of under-investment and lack of progress on gender equality implementation. The initiative intends to support the achievement of the SDGs and the realization of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action on women’s rights. With the intersecting challenges to gender inequality of COVID-19, the climate crisis, growing conflicts and intensified economic and political instability, the initiative aims both to stop reversals in women’s and girls’ rights as well as accelerate concrete progress.
Generation Equality was launched in 2021 at events in Mexico and France, and in the presence of Heads of State, VIPs, CEOs and civil society and youth leaders and activists. Initially conceived as a five-year initiative, work will continue through and beyond 2026 to enroll new commitment makers, press for collective action on gender equality and ensure accountability.

A Coordination Hub has been established in the Office of the Executive Director to foster, promote and enable a whole-of-organization approach to UN Women’s role as convenor of Generation Equality in line with the Phase II Project Document. The Hub coordinates the timely and quality delivery of project results through effective and efficient management and oversight of the project: systematic planning; monitoring, reporting and evaluation; resource management; operations support; knowledge management; internal and external coordination, communications and stakeholder engagement; cross Action Coalitions/Compact collaboration; localization; partnerships and resource mobilization. It liaises with UN Women’s leadership, senior management and Regional and Country Offices, and promotes a coordinated approach to political outreach and advocacy opportunities.

Under the direct supervision of the Coordination Specialist and under the overall guidance of the Special Advisor at the Generation Equality Coordination Hub, the Consultant will support the development and implementation of stakeholder and partnerships related plans and activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical and coordination support for internal and external relationship management in established and potential partnerships.
• Support the development and implementation of partnership and stakeholder engagement strategies of Generation Equality, including preparations and communications relating to multistakeholder dialogues, workshops and the convening of the Multistakeholder Leadership Group (MLSG), and support the follow up.
• Provide logistical and programmatic support to the Generation Equality Coordination Hub leadership in engagements and meetings with internal and external partners and stakeholders and the follow up.
• Capture and disseminate partner and stakeholder intelligence and prepare agendas, substantive briefs, reports, data/statistics, and requirements for meetings or different events with partners, stakeholders and different constituencies.
• Develop and draft inputs for briefing notes, key messages, concept notes, donor and results reports, presentations and remarks.

• Support the set-up of revised meeting architecture for the Generation Equality and organization, planning and follow-up on internal decision-making, coordination and planning meetings.
• Assist in ensuring regular internal and external partner communications and timely information-flows and timely sharing of information for advice, decision-making and follow-up.
• Coordinate timely delivery of services, updating contact data base and other inputs in collaboration with colleagues across Generation Equality in benefit of ongoing partnership and multistakeholder initiatives.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is an in-person consultancy in New York. If travel outside the duty station is required by the Terms of Reference or otherwise requested by UN Women, and upon prior written agreement between UN Women and the Consultant, such travel shall be at the expense of UN Women, in accordance with UN Women’s regulations, rules, policies and procedures.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:

https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process#_Values

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Substantive knowledge in partnership and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to seek new and improved methods and systems from within and outside of UN Women for accomplishing the work of the unit.
• Excellent coordination skills.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Ample knowledge and use of Office tools.
• Excellent communication and drafting skills.

Required Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in social sciences, political science, international relations, business administration or management, public administration, or other related fields; or a first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience.

Experience:

• At least 2 years of progressively responsible work experience in the area of partnerships and stakeholder engagement working with different partners from government, civil society, the private sector and the UN.
• Experience in collating inputs and drafting documents such as reports, briefing materials, presentations and remarks is required.
• Experience in internal and external partner coordination and communications at global level is required.
• Experience in multistakeholder initiatives related to gender equality required is highly desirable.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another UN official language is an asset.

How to apply:

• Personal CV or P11 (P11 can be downloaded from: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc )