Location : | Home-Based, ETHIOPIA |
Application Deadline : | 08-Jul-22 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Additional Category : | Gender Equality |
Type of Contract : | Individual Contract |
Post Level : | International Consultant |
Languages Required : | English |
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) |
01-Aug-2022 |
Duration of Initial Contract : | 4 months |
Expected Duration of Assignment : | 4 Months |
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks. |
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UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination and violence 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.
The Spotlight Initiative is a partnership between the European Union (EU) and the United Nations which seeks to eliminate all forms of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), and address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), Harmful Practices (HP), and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights (SRH&RR) in Africa. The Spotlight Initiative includes an African Regional Programme (SIARP) that will complement the different country programmes. Stream 1 of the regional programme for Africa, led by UN Women –focuses on three pillars: (1) Legislations and policies, (5) Quality and reliable data and (6) Strengthening the women’s movement in its relations with the African Union and other regional players. The African Union Commission (AUC) Women, Gender and Youth Directorate (WGYD) provides strategic and technical leadership for the implementation of Stream I of the Spotlight Regional Programme for Africa. As part of the implementation of the SIARP and the operationalization of the African Union Strategy for Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment, the AUC’s WGYD received support from by UN Women and UNECA to finalise the development of the AU Gender Observatory (AUGO). The AU Gender Observatory is an online knowledge management platform to monitor the implementation of regional and international instruments on gender equality and women’s empowerment. While the AUGO platform architecture has been finalised and relevant stakeholders trained on its functionality, the AUC still needs a website to present the project as well as the findings which may emanate from various data collection exercises to be conducted. To this end, UN Women Ethiopia is seeking to engage the services of an International Consultant to design, develop and operationalize the AU Gender Observatory website aligned with the current AUC Communication Guidelines and aiming at facilitating the dissemination of the findings and gender-related reports. The consultant will be responsible for the design, development and initial content proposal (menu, images, text…) of the AU Gender Observatory website, coordinating arrangements around the AUC-based web server, its configuration as well as the linking to an AUC-based subdomain and finally the operationalization of the whole platform with proper clearance from the various AUC Directorate involved. The consultant will mainly work from home. |
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With guidance and overall supervision of the Director of Women, Gender & Youth Directorate (AUC) and the Coordinator of SIARP (UN Women), the consultant is expected to undertake the following tasks:
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