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Mission and objectives
UNICEF is a key UN agency working in Somalia in various aeras such as WASH, Child Protection, Social Policy, Health and Nutrition, and Education sectors. With a population of 3,798,828 people and a significant youth and adolescent proportion forming a huge youth bulge, Somalia faces an unprecedented challenge in addressing the youth and adolescent needs of the people in a complex context where conflict, natural disasters and climate change divert resources from the needs of this important cohort of the population. Approximately 62% of the population is between 5-29 years old, while three-quarters (72%) of the population is less than 30 years old. The unemployment rate is high (estimated at 50%) that also contributes to poverty.
Context
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfil their potential from early childhood through adolescence. InSomalia continues to face complex humanitarian challenges, including recurring droughts and conflict, which have severely impacted access to services.The UNICEF Somalia Country Office is headquartered in Mogadishu, with field offices in Baidoa, Garowe and Hargeisa, and supports Somali children to survive and thrive through interventions in health, nutrition, water and sanitation, child protection, and education.
In this context, under the supervision of the Deputy Representative Programme, the Gender, Disability and Inclusion Specialist, will provide technical guidance to implement the UNICEF Gender Equality Action Plan 2026-2029, and the Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy (DIPAS) 2022-2030. The Specialist will provide dedicated support to achieve integration of gender equality and disability inclusion approaches into strategies and results across all programs at the scale of prevention, response, and mitigation of risks, and therein ensure that all programs generate meaningful and relevant results for girls, boys, women, and men, in accordance with their specific needs and priorities. The work of the Specialist will aim to ensure clear disaggregation of beneficiary categories in the activity indicators across programmes and all objective areas, and ensure the integration and implementation of UNICEF’s gender equality and disability inclusion vision.
This UN Volunteer position is based in Mogadishu and will guide, advise and collaborate with programme teams, senior leadership, government counterparts, other UN agencies and civil society to ensure systematic interation of gender equality and disability inclusion priorities. This role will contribute to achieving children’s equitable and inclusive access to programme delivery across Somalia.
In this context, under the supervision of the Deputy Representative Programme, the Gender, Disability and Inclusion Specialist, will provide technical guidance to implement the UNICEF Gender Equality Action Plan 2026-2029, and the Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy (DIPAS) 2022-2030. The Specialist will provide dedicated support to achieve integration of gender equality and disability inclusion approaches into strategies and results across all programs at the scale of prevention, response, and mitigation of risks, and therein ensure that all programs generate meaningful and relevant results for girls, boys, women, and men, in accordance with their specific needs and priorities. The work of the Specialist will aim to ensure clear disaggregation of beneficiary categories in the activity indicators across programmes and all objective areas, and ensure the integration and implementation of UNICEF’s gender equality and disability inclusion vision.
This UN Volunteer position is based in Mogadishu and will guide, advise and collaborate with programme teams, senior leadership, government counterparts, other UN agencies and civil society to ensure systematic interation of gender equality and disability inclusion priorities. This role will contribute to achieving children’s equitable and inclusive access to programme delivery across Somalia.
Task description
• Lead on the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the UNICEF Somalia Gender Equality Action Plan 2026-2029, the UNICEF Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy (DIPAS) 2022-2030, and the gender equality and disability inclusion workplans for 2025 and 2026, supporting sectoral teams to strengthen equitable programme delivery and advance gender equality and disability inclusion.
• Enhance mainstreaming of gender equality and disability inclusion indicators in all objective areas, introducing a clear disaggregation of beneficiary categories in the activity indicators with a strategic focus on adolescent girls as programme accelerator and people with disabilities.
• Support coordination across programme sections to ensure alignment and integration of gender and disability priorities with broader Country Office objectives, including joint work planning, reporting, and strategic reviews.
• Work with PME to sharpen the CO approach to monitoring and evaluation of gender equality and disability inclusion in the Country Programme.
• Coordinate and support specific gender equality and disability inclusion analyses along with programme sections, based on section outcomes, outputs and priorities.
• Strengthen the strategy aimed at changing social norms through gender-transformative and disability inclusive approaches to contribute to quality program results.
• Coordinate the Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion Task Forces within the office to support cross-sectoral coordination, collaboration, and partnerships to enhance effectiveness and coherence across the sections.
• Foster cooperation and partnership with gender equality and disability inclusion multi-agency working groups, and agencies including the UCT Gender Theme Group, the Disability Inclusion Working Group, and the National Disability Agency.
• Design and deliver gender equality and disability inclusion trainings for internal and external capacity building.
• Enhance mainstreaming of gender equality and disability inclusion indicators in all objective areas, introducing a clear disaggregation of beneficiary categories in the activity indicators with a strategic focus on adolescent girls as programme accelerator and people with disabilities.
• Support coordination across programme sections to ensure alignment and integration of gender and disability priorities with broader Country Office objectives, including joint work planning, reporting, and strategic reviews.
• Work with PME to sharpen the CO approach to monitoring and evaluation of gender equality and disability inclusion in the Country Programme.
• Coordinate and support specific gender equality and disability inclusion analyses along with programme sections, based on section outcomes, outputs and priorities.
• Strengthen the strategy aimed at changing social norms through gender-transformative and disability inclusive approaches to contribute to quality program results.
• Coordinate the Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion Task Forces within the office to support cross-sectoral coordination, collaboration, and partnerships to enhance effectiveness and coherence across the sections.
• Foster cooperation and partnership with gender equality and disability inclusion multi-agency working groups, and agencies including the UCT Gender Theme Group, the Disability Inclusion Working Group, and the National Disability Agency.
• Design and deliver gender equality and disability inclusion trainings for internal and external capacity building.
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