Background:

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.

UN Women’s India Country Office, based in New Delhi, works to accelerate the advancement of gender equality and the empowerment of women through strategic partnerships, technical and policy advisory services, and advocacy with governmental, inter-governmental, and civil society partners. It also leads the UN system’s work in India on gender equality, including through ensuring accountability for results. Within this framework, the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Unit advances care systems transformation under the UN Women Strategic Plan 2026–2029, contributing to the impact area of women’s economic empowerment in resilient economies and to the systemic outcomes of strengthening gender-responsive norms, laws and policies; promoting accountable institutions with financing, data and practices that support gender equality; and expanding women’s agency and equitable access to quality services, resources and assets. Guided by UN Women’s triple mandate of normative support, UN system coordination and operational work, the Unit integrates policy reform, institutional strengthening, innovative financing, partnerships and programme implementation to position care as a driver of economic justice, resilience and the full enjoyment of women’s rights.

The position is anchored within the WEE portfolio across both the India Country Office and the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP), contributing to UN Women’s Transform Care agenda under the Strategic Plan. At the regional level, the role engages with platforms such as the Transform Care Investment Initiative – Asia Pacific and related knowledge and investment initiatives that promote coordinated, evidence-driven and investment-oriented approaches to care systems transformation. The role supports implementation of integrated care initiatives in collaboration with UN agencies and ecosystem partners to advance innovative childcare solutions, care entrepreneurship, skilling and professionalization, and care–climate linkages. 

The Programme Analyst will work under the supervision of Country Programme Manager, Women’s Economic Empowerment, UN Women India Office, and in close coordination with Care focal points at the UN Women Regional office, Women’s Economic Empowerment & Migration, ROAP, Bangkok. The position will allocate time approximately 50% to India Country Office priorities and 50% to Regional Office priorities, ensuring alignment between national implementation and regional investment and knowledge platforms. The role contributes to the effective management of UN Women’s care systems portfolio by providing substantive inputs to programme design, formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation across both levels. The incumbent will support programme delivery by tracking results, ensuring compliance with corporate systems and procedures, and recommending strategic and operational enhancements where required, while working in close collaboration with programme and operations teams, UN Women HQ and Regional personnel, Government counterparts, UN agencies, multi- and bi-lateral donors, private sector and philanthropic partners, and civil society organizations to ensure effective and coherent implementation of the care systems portfolio. This position is based in New Delhi, with the possibility of travel.

Roles and Responsibilities

The Programme Analyst will provide substantive programme and technical support to UN Women India Country Office and Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific initiatives focused on transforming care systems as a pathway to women’s economic empowerment. The role will support national and regional portfolios, and government liaison that promote quality child, elder and people with disabilities care provision, professionalization of the care workforce, care-based entrepreneurship, innovative financing models, and public–private partnerships.

Strategic Portfolio Development and Project Design:

  • Contribute to the strategic development and positioning of UN Women India care systems portfolio, informing Global Transform Care agenda and baselines and contributing to regional Transform Care investment initiatives and frameworks, ensuring alignment with the UN Women Strategic Plan 2026–2029.
  • Provide technical inputs to the design and expansion of integrated care systems initiatives that combine policy reform, ecosystem strengthening, entrepreneurship development, workforce professionalization, and innovative financing.
  • Support the development and operationalization of innovation-driven childcare solutions in partnership with UNDP and national stakeholders, ensuring alignment with government priorities and scalable care delivery approaches.
  • Contribute to programme design under partnerships with UNDP in India, programmes under UNW ROAP partnerships with private sector, foundations, and bilateral/multilateral oganisations, focused on care–climate linkages, inclusive care entrepreneurship, and community-based and market-enabled care models; supporting India’s Transform Care Strategy aligned with ROAP.
  • Identify strategic opportunities to strengthen care financing, institutional accountability, digital innovation, and gender-responsive investment approaches, and thought leadership positioning within national and regional platforms.

Programme Implementation, Coordination and Management

  • Lead coordination and technical oversight of UN Women India’s care systems initiatives, ensuring effective work planning, budgeting, risk management and delivery against results frameworks.
  • Monitor programme performance using results-based management tools, track outputs, outcomes and financial delivery, and contribute to timely donor, corporate and regional reporting requirements.
  • Support implementation of projects focused on childcare innovation, care workforce skilling and certification, women-led enterprise development within the care -climate enterprises, and ecosystem acceleration models.
  • Ensure effective coordination between India CO and ROAP initiatives under platforms such as the TransformCare Investment Initiative – Asia Pacific (TCII-AP) and regional care - climate programming.
  • Oversee implementing partners, consultants and ecosystem actors to ensure quality assurance, compliance with UN Women procedures, and achievement of outputs and outcomes.
  • Contribute to implementation of ongoing programmes including but not limited to those in partnership with UNDP and existing partnerships and programmes under UN Women ROAP, and lead work packages as required.
  • Contribute to periodic reviews, evaluations and learning processes to strengthen programme effectiveness and management.
  • Facilitate cross-country and regional knowledge exchange, ensuring India’s participation in regional investment, innovation and policy platforms.

Policy Advisory, Government Engagement and Institutional Strengthening

  • Provide technical advisory support and proposed areas of work to the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), relevant line ministries and State Governments on strengthening care systems as economic and social infrastructure.
  • Support engagement with current and potential donor and partners agencies on childcare innovation, workforce development, financing approaches and entrepreneurship ecosystem development through policy dialogue and technical consultations.
  • Contribute to strengthening institutional capacities on gender-responsive planning, public and private financing models and data and evidence generation towards informed decision-making related to care systems.
  • Support inter-agency coordination, including collaboration with UNDP and other UN entities, to ensure coherence and complementarity of care systems programming.

Partnerships, Resource Mobilization and Ecosystem Development 

  • Contribute to developing strategic partnerships and support liaising with Central and State governments, philanthropic foundations, private sector actors, financial institutions, impact investors, research institutions, UN agencies, and civil society organizations to advance integrated and gender-responsive care systems.
  • Contribute to conceptualize and design resource mobilization strategies that promote innovative and blended financing approaches for care infrastructure, enterprise incubation, workforce development, digital and data-enabled care mapping and planning, and care models across urban and rural contexts.
  • Support development of investable pipelines for women-led care enterprises and childcare, eldercare and community-based service models, including facilitating linkages with CSR platforms, financial institutions, and market actors to strengthen care market systems and scale readiness.
  • Convene and facilitate structured dialogue among governments, enterprises, skilling bodies, financial actors and development partners to strengthen ecosystem coordination under national and regional Transform Care initiatives.
  • Support engagement with stakeholders and onboarding of new members from India under the Global Alliance for Care and related national and regional platforms, contributing to movement-building, collective commitments, and cross-country knowledge exchange.
  • Prepare partnership documentation, concept notes, proposals, donor briefs, technical briefs and strategic communications materials to strengthen programme positioning and resource mobilization.

Evidence Generation, Research and Knowledge Management:

  • Contribute to the development of applied research and knowledge products on care systems transformation, including childcare, eldercare and disability-inclusive models; care entrepreneurship ecosystems; workforce professionalization pathways; public, private and blended financing mechanisms; and climate-responsive and technology-enabled care solutions.
  • Support evidence generation initiatives, including analysis of national and state datasets (such as Time Use Survey data), geospatial care mapping, and documentation of scalable community-based and market-enabled care delivery services to inform policy and investment decisions.
  • Document and synthesize learnings from innovation-driven childcare initiatives, care–climate enterprises, accelerator programmes and ecosystem pilots to inform replication and scale-up strategies.
  • Contribute to strengthening the integration of data and monitoring insights, geospatial analysis, research findings and evaluation evidence into care programme design, policy advisory processes, investment dialogues and adaptive management across national and regional portfolios.
  • Contribute to development of knowledge products such as policy briefs, practice notes, case studies, benchmarking tools, dashboards and learning reports that inform institutional strengthening and systems reform.
  • Facilitate and support South–South learning and regional exchange under TCII-AP, Gender Action Lab and related Transform Care platforms, contributing to cross-country knowledge sharing and regional investment dialogue.
  • Contribute to dissemination of knowledge and strategic positioning through national and regional convenings, technical consultations, innovation forums and stakeholder engagements under the Transform Care agenda.

The incumbent performs other duties within his/her functional profile as deemed necessary in India and with Regional Office for efficient functioning including support in planning, coordination and convening stakeholder engagements related to the Transform Care agenda at national and regional level.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: 

The incumbent will work closely with implementing partners across multiple projects to ensure effective execution and stakeholder coordination. S/he will support alignment with UN Women India and ROAP-led programmes, providing strategic guidance and technical oversight, and contributing to matrix management structures under regional and global Care Systems initiatives.

Competencies :

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.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework: 

Functional Competencies:

  • Good analytical and research skills with the ability to develop evidence-based policy recommendations and strategic interventions.
  • Good knowledge of care systems and gender equality frameworks, including skilling, entrepreneurship, social norms, social protection policies, financing mechanisms, and investment strategies.
  • Good programme formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation skills, with knowledge of Results-Based Management (RBM) principles.
  • Ability to identify and assess emerging trends, gaps and opportunities in care systems financing, with a focus on resource mobilization, public, private and blended finance models, and investment pipeline development.
  • Sound knowledge of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and the use of data to inform evidence-based programming and policy.
  • Good understanding of national and international laws and schemes, especially on decent work principles, and their application within the care workforce professionalization and certification, and broader labour markets.
  • Excellent knowledge of gender and social norms and their impact on women’s economic empowerment, particularly in relation to unpaid care work, women’s labour force participation, and gender-responsive policies.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and manage multi-stakeholder partnerships, including with government agencies, private sector actors, UN agencies, donors, and civil society organizations to advance care systems.
  • Good understanding of private sector engagement in care systems investments, including strategies to promote employer-supported childcare, eldercare, care for people with disabilities, women-led care enterprises, and workforce development solutions.
  • Ability to produce high-quality knowledge products, including policy briefs, reports, and research publications on women’s economic empowerment, care workforce development, and financing models.
  • Proficiency in digital tools, including MS Word, Excel, database management, and web-based project management systems, for effective programme planning, monitoring, and reporting.
  • Strong organizational, coordination, and communication skills with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
  • Ability to lead inter-agency coordination, drive policy dialogues, and mobilize resources for care systems initiatives at national and regional levels.
  • Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities, and threats to fundraising to support sustainable financing for care economy interventions.

Education:

  • Master’s degree or equivalent in Social Sciences, Gender/Women's studies, Human Rights, International Development 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.
  • A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage.

Experience:

  • Minimum 2 years of progressively responsible work experience in development programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building is required.
  • Experience of working on Care Economy initiatives under Women’s Economic Empowerment programming with knowledge of national, regional, and global practices, is desirable.
  • Experience leading and coordinating and liaising with government agencies, donors and/or international organizations, is required.
  • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.

Language Requirements:

  • Fluency in English and Hindi, with strong reading and writing skills, is required.

Application Information:

Interested applicants should apply to this announcement through UN Women jobs site: 

Careers at UN Women | UN Women – Headquarters

UN Women will only be able to respond to those applications in which there is further interest.

Statements :

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, 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 organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

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. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

Note: Applicants must ensure that all sections of the application form, including the sections on education and employment history, are completed. If all sections are not completed the application may be disqualified from the recruitment and selection process.


 

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