Knowledge Management Coordinator

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 Strategic Plan 2018-2021 highlights the importance of strengthened capacities for Knowledge Management for the advancement of gender equality and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda. Knowledge, together with innovation, results-based management and evaluation is an element of high quality programmes (Output 3 Organizational Effectiveness and Efficiency Framework OEEF).

The 2018-2021 Strategic Plan also requires UN Women to continue strengthening its knowledge platforms; develop Communities of Practice bringing together thematic expertise and knowledge from across the organization and its partners; strengthen the capacity to anticipate emerging issues and trends to better drive normative advances, monitor progress on SDGs, develop effective advocacy strategies and enhance gender-responsive programming; explore operational innovations for agenda-setting; and further develop South-South collaboration and triangular initiatives.

The Knowledge Management Strategy focuses on three areas of work, including strengthening of knowledge production; strengthening knowledge sharing within UN Women and with partners and developing a knowledge sharing culture and better collaboration across sections. Work on these three objectives include implementation of Knowledge Product guidance including quality assurance processes; identifying and addressing knowledge gaps; roll out of Country Gender Equality Profiles; strengthening communities of practice; updating the intranet; and implementing initiatives to strengthen a knowledge sharing culture and better collaboration across sections.

Under the supervision of the Knowledge Management Specialist, the Knowledge Management Coordinator will support the implementation of UN Women Knowledge Management Strategy 2018-2021.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Knowledge Management Coordinator will be responsible for:

• Conducting a mapping of Knowledge Products within UN Women and developing a database of Knowledge Products together with IST;
• Supporting roll out of the corporate guidance note for developing Knowledge Products;
• Supporting roll out of the corporate Communities of Practice guidance note;
• Coordinating and implementing knowledge sharing webinars;
• Supporting the update of UN Women’s intranet, and developing resource pages in collaboration with IST;
• Developing a “how to” guidance note for creating, updating and maintaining an Intranet section;
• Revising and preparing documents, summaries, and guidance to facilitate implementation of UN Women Knowledge Management Strategy;
• Contributing to the development of a system to identify and document good practices and lessons learnt in programming, and support programmes in doing so;
• Attending meetings, producing minutes and other documents to support implementation the Knowledge Management strategy and perform other tasks, as needed.

Competencies

Competencies:

• Ability to analyse and synthesize documents, good practices into accessible summaries;
• Excellent writing skills;
• Willingness to work as part of a team, to meet tight deadlines and produce high quality work;
• Excellent command of English (oral and written). Knowledge of French and Spanish is an asset.

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in gender/women's studies, or development studies, social policy, human rights or a related field, with a strong focus on gender issues;
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in carrying out and supporting Knowledge Management activities on gender equality and women’s rights; experience with communities of practice is an asset;
• Familiarity with intergovernmental, nongovernmental organizations and the international development arena more broadly.