Gender Affairs Officer

UNOCA, the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa, is part of UNOCA’s Political Affairs Section and, under the guidance of the Senior Political Affairs Officer, will report to the Chief Political Affairs Officer. UNOCA covers the countries of the Economic Community of Central African States, namely: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe.

What are the advantages that come with being employed at UNOCA:

• Playing a crucial role in promoting and advancing gender equality in the Central African region.
• Working at UNOCA in Libreville allows employees to collaborate with various stakeholders, including UN agencies, national institutions, civil society organizations, and local communities.

Job Details:
Job Title: GENDER AFFAIRS OFFICER
Unit: The United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa(UNOCA)
Job Place: Gabon, Libreville
Deadline: 29 March 2024

Education & Qualifications Requirements:

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or Doctorate degree, or equivalent) in Social Sciences or related fields is required.
• A first-level degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in the specified fields of studies with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experiences: 

• A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience at national or international levels in international relations, law, gender and at policy and operational levels.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully integrating gender or women’s rights perspectives into mainstream policies or programmes is required.
• Experience working in a United Nations common system field operation (inclusive of peacekeeping, political missions and UN agencies, funds, and programmes) – or similar international organization or non-governmental organisation – in a conflict or post-conflict setting is desirable.

Languages:

• Fluency in both English and French is required.
• Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.

Career Key Responsibilities:

• Supports and guides the implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security and the DPPA/DMSPC Policy on Gender Equality in Field Operations.
• Contributes to the implementation of a mission-wide action plan to translate existing mandates and policies on the promotion of gender equality in all activities of the special political mission.
• Supports various mission components on the formulation and implementation of policies and programmes promoting gender sensitive approaches and combating gender- based violence.
• Drafts, edits and provides substantive inputs for periodic reports, briefings and speeches on women, peace and security issues in field operations.
• Supports the delivery of gender training for all levels of personnel in civilian, police and military components.
• Conducts substantive research and analysis of gender issues in UNOCA area of responsibility, utilizing analytical monitoring and evaluation processes, including indicators and benchmarks, to ensure measurement of progress in gender mainstreaming and sexual violence in the activities of the office.
• Collaborates with UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes that have complementary mandates as appropriate for the promotion of women and girl’s rights; coordinates with other UN agencies through participating in and leading, as appropriate, relevant country level mechanisms for humanitarian coordination on gender-based violence such as the Protection Cluster and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) sub-cluster/working group, as well as with relevant national institutions and NGOs.
• Represents the Mission on gender related issues when needed. – Provides inputs to planning processes, including results-based budgeting (RBB) and reporting.
• Performs other duties as required.

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