National Consultant: Technical Specialist (GBV/Gender, HPs, and Youth) to support the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The consultant will be based at the MoWSA office. The consultant will be supervised by the designated UNFPA Gender Equality/Social Norms Specialist, in close coordination with relevant UNFPA programme staff and the designated MoWSA counterpart.

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

The consultant will provide technical advisory and coordination support to the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs (MoWSA) on gender equality, women’s empowerment and youth development, while strengthening strategic partnership and collaboration between MoWSA and UNFPA in support of national gender equality and social development priorities.

• Provide technical advisory support to MoWSA on gender equality, women’s empowerment and youth development priorities, policies, strategies and programmes. 
•  Support the review, development and implementation of relevant gender equality, women’s empowerment and youth-related plans, frameworks and initiatives, as requested by MoWSA. 
•  Facilitate stronger institutional collaboration and working relationships between MoWSA and UNFPA, including coordination of joint priorities, technical engagements and programme follow-up.
•  Support dialogue and coordination between MoWSA, UNFPA and relevant stakeholders to promote coherent and complementary interventions. 
•  Provide inputs to strengthen gender mainstreaming, institutional capacity and evidence-informed planning within MoWSA.
•  Support documentation of key actions, progress, lessons learned and emerging priorities related to the partnership and technical areas of engagement.
•  Provide timely technical inputs, briefs, presentations and other advisory materials required to support MoWSA decision-making and programme implementation.
•  Contribute to strengthening linkages between gender equality, women’s empowerment and youth development within relevant national and UNFPA-supported initiatives.

• Advanced university degree in gender studies, social sciences, development studies, public policy, women’s studies or a related field.

• Demonstrated professional experience of more than 10 years in gender equality, women’s empowerment, youth development and/or institutional strengthening. 
• Strong experience in providing technical advisory support to government institutions and working with ministries or other public-sector counterparts. 
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective partnerships among government, UN agencies and other stakeholders. 
•  Strong analytical, coordination, communication and report-writing skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively, respond to requests in a timely manner and deliver quality outputs within agreed timelines.
•  Knowledge of Ethiopia’s gender equality and women’s empowerment policy and institutional context is an asset. 

Fluency in English is required; knowledge of Amharic is an advantage.

Exemplifying integrity, 

Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system, 

Embracing cultural diversity, 

Embracing change

Achieving results,

Being accountable,

Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,

Thinking analytically and strategically,

Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the , minority populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements. 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts. 

Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.