Exciting Gender Officer Role at UNICEF
Position Title: Gender Officer
Employer: UNICEF
Employment: Full-Time | Contract
Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia
Posted date: 8 hours ago
Deadline: November, 10/2025 (14 days left)
Details
Mission and objectives
UNICEF Ethiopia is implementing a 5-year country programme 2020-2025 which is fully aligned with the UNSDCF. UNICEF will work collaboratively within the UNSDCF on a joint strategy to strengthen national systems for data collection, analysis, monitoring and applying adjustments to promote equity. Evidence will be used to monitor the situation of children, tracking progress towards equity and scale, and to inform advocacy to adjust policies, strategies and budgets. Monitoring and corrective actions will be undertaken through UNICEF staff, partners and third-party monitoring, and through mechanisms for community feedback and accountability to affected populations.
Context
Gender equality lies at the core of UNICEF’s mandate to advance wellbeing of all children. These commitments are reflected in UNICEF Gender Policy 2021-2030, Gender Action Plan (GAP) 2022-2025, Adolescent Girls Strategy, and other operational frameworks. Mirroring the global commitment, the Ethiopia country offices (ECO) puts gender equality as an organizational priority and a cross-cutting principle for all program and operational areas. In accordance with the institutional Staffing Guidance for GAP, ECO has a dedicated Gender Specialist who leads the implementation of the gender action plan in close collaboration with the gender working group and sectors. To strengthen the capacity of the office in advancing gender equality, the office seeks to engage a UNV who has a proven experience and expertise in gender programming in development and humanitarian contexts.
Task description
Under the supervision and guidance of the Gender Specialist, the main responsibilities of the Gender Officer includes:
- Develop tools and checklists on sectoral gender integration across ECO’s program areas and operations.
- Support regular meetings of the gender working group, keep records and follow-up on action points.
- Support regular and ad-hoc reporting of the CO on gender indicators and results.
- Facilitate learning sessions and opportunities for CO staff on gender responsive/programming and work environment.
- Review and provide inputs to proposals, concept notes, TORs and other documents from gender perspective.
- Compile and share lessons, promising practices and case studies on gender transformative approaches from ECOs and partners.
- Support capacity strengthening of partners in gender responsive and transformative programming.
- Support implementation, and revision of ECOs Gender Action Plan.
- Support thematic gender analysis, studies or evaluations for evidence-based gender programming
- Support development of proposals and advocacy briefs
- Represent UNICEF in internal and external platforms in the absence of and delegation by ECO gender specialist.
- Carry-out any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.
Qualification
- Master's degree in Gender studies, Social Science, development studies or other relevant fields
- Required experience: 3 years
Age: 18 - 80
Nationality: Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.
Languages: English, Level: Fluent, Required Amharic, Level: Fluent, Desirable
Competencies and values
- Drive to achieve results for impact
- Innovates and embraces change
- Manages ambiguity and complexity
- Thinks and acts strategically
- Works collaboratively with others
Skills and experience
- 3 years of experience in integrating gender equality in program design, implementation and monitoring in development and humanitarian contexts
- Experience working on gender programming in areas of Health, WASH, Education, Nutrition, Social policy and Child Protection is an asset, as is experience working in the UN or other international development organization;
- Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills;
- Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing;
- Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth and women-led organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development;
- Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel;
- Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines;
- Have affinity with or interest in volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN system.
Area(s) of expertise
Development programmes, Education, Social work
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