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Job Title:

Women Empowerment and Gender Responsive Budgeting Specialist

Company:

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Job Summary:

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is seeking a highly qualified and experienced Women Empowerment and Gender Responsive Budgeting Specialist to join its team. The successful candidate will work under the direct supervision of the Pro PALOP-TL SAI (Phase III) Head of Partnerships and Chief Technical Advisor, providing expert advice and technical support to PALOP-TL Ministries of Finance, Tax Authorities, Gender Machineries, Supreme Audit Institutions, parliaments, CSOs and other relevant state PFM actors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure capacity development of Executives and Gender Machineries, Parliaments, SAI and CSOs, including women's organisations, on issues related to gender-responsive budgeting and mainstreaming of gender equality in national development planning and budgetary processes.
• Develop training materials and organize trainings for PALOP-TL Ministries of Finance and Tax Authorities, Gender Machineries, Parliaments, SAI, and CSOs on gender-responsive budgeting and mainstreaming of gender equality.
• Provide expert advice and technical support to Pro PALOP-TL SAI (Phase III) stakeholders on matters related to gender-responsive budgeting, gender equality fiscal policies, and gender markers to be considered or included in fiscal IMS (digital / informatic management systems).
• Conduct policy analysis and provide recommendations for improving gender-related budgetary and tax legislation and regulatory frameworks.
• Identify opportunities for south-south cooperation with other countries with successful legal reforms (good practices) in the domains referred above.
• Collaborate on evidence collection and lessons-learned from PALOP-TL countries' experiences, including promoting best practices sharing and peer learning through case studies.

Requirements:

• Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in International Development, Statistics and Information Management, Social Sciences, Economics, Governance, Gender Studies or related relevant field.
• Minimum of 7 years (with master's degree) or 9 years (with bachelor's degree) of professional experience working on governance and public administration for advancing human rights, particularly gender equality and women's empowerment.
• At least 3 years (with master's degree) or 5 years (with bachelor's degree) of experience working on gender-responsive budgeting, gender expenditures analysis and oversight/scrutiny, and mainstreaming of gender equality in national development plans and budgetary processes at international level, and/or regional or global level regional, particularly the PALOP-TL countries.

Competencies:

• Achieve Results: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact.
• Think Innovatively: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems.
• Learn Continuously: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences.
• Adapt with Agility: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands.
• Act with Determination: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results.
• Engage and Partner: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration.
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity.

Language:

Fluency in English is required. Fluency in Portuguese is a strong asset. Working knowledge of another UN language is desired.