UN Women: Policy Advisor, Sustainable Development and Deputy Chief, Economic Empowerment, Y

UN Women:
Policy Advisor, Sustainable Development and Deputy Chief, Economic Empowerment, New York, P-5

New York, United States

• Job Identification 28202
• Posting Date 02/17/2026, 03:29 PM
• Apply Before 02/25/2026, 04:59 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations New York, United States
• Agency UN Women
• Grade P5
• Vacancy Type Fixed Term
• Job Function Economic Empowerment
• Initial Contract Duration 1 year
• Required Languages English
• Vacancy Category International opportunities
• Vacancy Timeline 2 Weeks

Background:

Please note that this is a re-advertsisement. Applicants who previously applied need not re-apply.

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination 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 Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division (PPID) positions UN Women as a global thought and practice leader on gender equality and women’s empowerment to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across UN Women’s normative, operational and coordination mandate. Accountable for implementation of UN Women’s Strategic Plan through effective and efficient inter-governmental, policy and programmatic support and results, PPID's core functions include ensuring that UN Women offices and stakeholders receive high quality technical policy and programme guidance, substantive support and strategic direction, knowledge and data in all contexts to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs, and leading the work on data, evidence and knowledge on gender equality and women’s empowerment and tracking progress on the SDGs.

Economic empowerment (EE) is one of PPID’s thematic sections that leads and coordinates one of UN Women’s four Strategic Plan Impact Areas. UN Women works with governments, multilateral organizations, the UN System, civil society organizations and the private sector to promote women’s economic empowerment in alignment with UN Women’s Economic Empowerment Strategy. Women’s economic empowerment is a transformative, collective process through which economic systems become just, equitable and prosperous, and all women enjoy their economic and social rights, exercise agency and power in ways that challenge inequalities and level the playing field, and gain equal rights and access to, ownership of and control over resources, assets, income, time and their own lives.

In its work on sustainable development, EE Section provides technical assistance and policy advice in a number of areas, among them, the gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Rio Conventions and leads the implementation of the global programming framework on Gender Responsive Climate Action and Women in the Blue and Green Economies, and makes links with other areas of UN Women’s work including on Women in the World of Work and Transforming Care Systems.

Reporting to the Chief of Economic Empowerment, the Policy Advisor, Sustainable Development and Deputy Chief will oversee the development of gender equality and sustainable development policies and programmes, contribute to inter-governmental, normative and UN system coordination work, provide technical assistance and policy advice to UN Women’s regional and country offices, establish and strengthen partnerships, develop relevant knowledge products, and provide representational, advisory and strategic support to the Chief, including taking on section supervisory and management responsibilities as requested.

Key Functions and Accountabilities:

1. Substantive contributions to policy development on gender equality and sustainable development:

• Lead development of policies and strategies on gender equality and sustainable development
• Conduct and/or lead the analysis of data and provide evidence to build the case for policies and interventions on gender equality and sustainable development and distill relevant lessons
• Research, develop and/or present policy papers, guidance notes/concepts and…