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Closing date: 7 January 2016

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.
Under the overall guidance and direction of the supervisor, the programme specialist exercises overall responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing UN Women interventions under his/her portfolio. She/he works in close collaboration with the programme and operations team, UN Women HQ staff, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation under portfolio.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:
Master’s Degree in, International Development, Gender, Human Rights, Applied Anthropology, or in other related Social Sciences.
Experience:
Minimum 5 years relevant experience at the national or international level in design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects and establishing inter-relationships among international organization and national governments, preferably in the field of gender and human rights of women;
Prior experience in the UN System and the Region will be an asset.
Language:
Fluency in English is required;
Working knowledge of another UN official language is an asset.