Cities for Girls: Women, Peace and Security Research Report - Consultant
New York City
- Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
- Location: New York City
- Grade: Consultancy - Consultant - Contractors Agreement
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Occupational Groups:
- Communication and Public Information
- Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
- Infrastructure and Urban-Rural development
- Security and Safety
- Children's rights (health and protection)
- Scientist and Researcher
- Peace and Development
- Documentation and Information Management
- Closing Date:
Requisition ID: req49707
Job Title: Cities for Girls: Women, Peace and Security Research Report - Consultant
Sector: Governance
Employment Category: Consultant
Open to Expatriates: Yes
Location: New York HQ
Work Arrangement:
Job Description
Job Description The IRC Governance Technical Unit focuses on ensuring that people have the power to influence the decisions that affect their lives. We work to strengthen the voices of the community and to help the IRC, governments, and other organizations be more responsive to their needs. Governance programming cuts across several IRC sectors, and utilizes approaches like Women’s Political Participation, Peacebuilding, Local Partnerships, Inclusive City Planning, Participatory Decision-Making, Social Accountability and Service Delivery System Strengthening to achieve its aims. Responsibilities/Projects The consultant will explore the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and within it identify signature IRC tools, approaches, and projects.As part of this work, the consultant will a develop short report on what has been done, how was it done, what needs to be done, what is the current and potential role of IRC in this space, how to achieve this role, what is the nature of collaboration, capacity strengthening, what networking may be needed, and where the WPS agenda is heading.As part of this work, the consultant will map out IRC country programs that have worked on the WPS agenda and conduct key informant interviews. Deliverables
Qualifications
Qualifications Key Details _________________________________________________________________________________________________ The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation. IRC et les employés de IRC doivent adhérer aux valeurs et principes contenus dans le IRC WAY (normes de conduite professionnelle). Ce sont l’Intégrité, le Service, et la Responsabilité. En conformité avec ces valeurs, IRC opère et fait respecter les politiques sur la protection des bénéficiaires contre l’exploitation et les abus, la protection de l’enfant, le harcèlement sur les lieux de travail, l’intégrité financière, et les représailles.
Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.