Young Women and Girls Engagement Consultant; Home-based

Job Description

UN Women, an entity of the United Nations dedicated to gender equality and women’s empowerment, is seeking a Young Women and Girls Engagement Consultant to provide strategic guidance on outreach to adolescent constituencies, ensuring meaningful engagement of young women and girls in intergovernmental processes.

• Provide strategic guidance and advice on outreach to adolescents’ constituencies.
• Support the technical implementation of young people’s programmes; provide technical advice; ensure synergies with other teams and develop knowledge products.
• Contribute to strategies and support the integrated participation of young people in multistakeholder processes and intergovernmental processes.
• Facilitate and support preparatory brainstorming and outreach meetings and activities with girl‑led groups and constituencies.
• Provide inputs into the implementation of the Civil Society Division Strategic Notes, UN Women Strategic Plan, and resource mobilisation proposals to ensure adolescent agendas are reflected.
• Support the strengthening of networks and knowledge sharing among young people to facilitate and increase communication between constituencies.
• Support and contribute to the development of briefing and background notes across the Civil Society Division.
• Support and contribute to the development of the youth and adolescent safeguarding policy.
• Support the development of knowledge products on findings and lessons learned, success stories, and best practices of adolescent girls in intergovernmental processes.
• Work closely with the Youth Engagement Coordinator to monitor youth‑planned activities and identify best practices and constraints, taking necessary actions to overcome them.
• Support preparation of quarterly reports and donor reports focusing on results, outputs, and outcomes related to adolescent engagement.
• Support advocacy and resource mobilisation for youth and adolescent work by compiling and synthesising relevant background material.
• Analyse and maintain information/databases on potential and actual donors supporting youth and adolescents.
• Provide data and information needed for the preparation of project documents.
• Support the writing of proposals for the Civil Society Division.

Core Values:

• Integrity
• Professionalism
• Respect for Diversity

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional

Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of gender equality and women’s rights issues.
• Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with partners, especially women’s rights organisations, girl and youth organisations.
• Proven networking skills and ability to mobilise support on behalf of UN Women.
• Excellent IT skills, including databases, extranet and office software packages.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills.

• A master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, international relations, communications, women’s studies, or a related field is required.
• A first‑level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

• At least two years of research and civil society engagement with a particular focus on young people.
• Understanding of gender equality and women’s empowerment.
• Understanding of child protection issues and the Convention on the Rights of the Child; an asset.
• Familiarity with youth and girl‑led organisations and international institutions.
• Experience working/interning in the UN system; an asset.

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of French, Spanish or any other UN official language is an asset.

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organisational need.

UN Women has a zero‑tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks.