Gender Equality, Disability & Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Analyst

Manila

Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Location: Manila
Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
- Social Affairs
- Human Rights
- Poverty Reduction
- Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
- Disability Rights
Closing Date: Closed

Background

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core principles at UNDP: we value diversity as an expression of the multiplicity of nations and cultures where we operate, we foster inclusion as a way of ensuring all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we ensure equity and fairness in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ approach to our diversity efforts means increasing representation of underserved populations. People who identify as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about working at UNDP including our values and inspiring stories.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

The Philippines is one of the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia and plays an important role in the stability of the region. Environmental degradation and more frequent climatic events are likely to be key political, economic, and security disrupters over the longer term. Humanitarian crises can undermine growth, reverse development gains, increase poverty, and cause instability that can last for decades.

To address this challenge, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) through the support of the Government of Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the Philippines (DFAT), is implementing the Strengthening Institutions and Empowering Localities Against Disasters and Climate Change (SHIELD) Program. Australia invested AUD18 million in SHIELD which aims to make all people in target communities safer and more resilient to the impacts of natural hazard events and climate change. This will be realized by achieving three interdependent components:

Component 1: Government, private sector, and civil society stakeholders in targeted local government units (LGUs) are collaborating to unlock funding and implementing informed and inclusive resilience actions

Component 2: Relevant national government agencies (NGAs) are prioritizing action on local climate and disaster resilience

Component 3: Philippine scientific agencies are producing tailored and accessible information for local resilience action

The SHIELD Program is implemented in partnership with the Government of the Philippines through the Department of Interior and Local Government and four Consortium Partners, namely, United Nations Human Settlement Program (UN-HABITAT), Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), National Resilience Council (NRC), and the Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Society (CBCS). The program will assist 11 vulnerable provinces, Metro Manila, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

UNDP has set up a SHIELD Support Unit (SSU) responsible for the day-to-day operations of the program. The SSU will undertake key functions to support the SHIELD Program Board, Executive Committee, Program Management Team, and collaborate with multi-stakeholder partners at the national and sub-national levels. In order to ensure impactful gender, disability, and social inclusion mainstreaming in the SHIELD Program and its activities, the SSU is seeking to recruit a GEDSI Analyst who shall develop activities on identified gender mainstreaming entry points and ensure that the Program is in a strong position to facilitate and report positive GEDSI outcomes.

Duties and Responsibilities

Key impact of results will include maintaining gender, disability, and social inclusivity mainstreaming, achievement and advancing the gender, disability, and social inclusivity portfolio further with effective and measurable gender, disability, and social inclusivity mainstreaming across all aspects of SHIELD project operations and programming, in accordance with UNDP’s corporate guidelines and standards (including bridging for the Gender Seal Certification requirements); positioning of SHIELD/UNDP Philippines as a key player in helping Philippines to achieve SDG 5; ensuring tangible contributions to support gender, disability, and social inclusivity mainstreaming actions are planned and mobilized in a timely manner, and overall ensuring SHIELDmaximizes its contribution to improving the enjoyment of equal socio-economic, environmental and political rights by all men, women, girls and boys and others in the Philippines

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Programme Manager , the Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion Analyst will provide strategic direction and advice on gender across the work of the project to ensure that gender equality, disability, and social inclusivity are effectively mainstreamed within all programming and operational areas in line with UNDP standards and the criteria outlined in the UNDP Gender Seal Certification criteria, and that the gender focus of the SHIELD Program achieves maximum impact.

The Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion Analyst will also work closely with all relevant stakeholders (i.e national and subnational government partners, Consortium partners, UNDP CO, etc.), in the identification, design and implementation of critical gender interventions for SHIELD, while maintaining a strong contribution to resilience building and resource mobilization. The position will also require extensive engagement, networking and partnership building with international and national partners, including other UN agencies, government counterparts, civil society and non-governmental organizations, women's organizations and networks, bilateral and multilateral donors, and private sector actors.

Summary of key functions:

Strategic Advice, Technical Lead and Coordination of the Gender Seal Certification process
Programme/Project Development and Management including the Gender and Inclusivity portfolio
Advocacy and Partnership building
Resource Mobilization
Knowledge building and knowledge sharing especially on gender inequalities/dimension in the local context and key partners under the Gender and Inclusivity portfolio

Provides Strategic Advice, Technical Lead and Coordination of the mainstreaming and implementation of Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) components in the project, focusing on the achievement of the following results:

Implementation of the SHIELD GEDSI Action Plan taking into consideration UNDP corporate recommendations as well as comparative best practices.
Advice and support the project management and partners to build strong institutional commitment and leadership to implement GEDSI principles across project activities.
Ensure that the gender, disability, and social inclusivity focus within the project is clearly articulated, communicated, and supported by all spheres of operations and programming.
Provide strategic advice to CO’s communication and advocacy activities with a view to achieving broader recognition of UNDP’s contribution to gender equality and social inclusivity results in the Philippines by national stakeholders and development partners.

Provides Programme/Project Development and Management advice, focusing on the achievement of the following results:

Identify opportunities and lead in the conceptualization of strategic project interventions that respond to the needs and concerns of women and men in line with UNDP’s Country Programme Strategy.
Provide guidance to UNDP programming to ensure that a sound gender analysis informs programme/project design and management; identify strategic actions to be undertaken to improve the quality of implementation, support achievement of related results, and manage the effective application of the Gender Marker, based on the performance and lessons learned from SHIELD implementation.
Provide advice on appropriate gender-sensitive indicators for project outputs and outcomes, and support colleagues in the monitoring and reporting of results/outputs and objectives against agreed indicators, in close collaboration with MEL specialist.
Monitor political, economic, and social developments trends and issues affecting women’s rights in the Philippines, producing analytic reports, and informing a strategic response to opportunities and challenges within the context of UNDP’s projects and gender, disability, and social inclusivity entry points in the Philippines including close partnership with the relevant agencies
Support knowledge building and sharing at the country office on gender equality and social inclusivity focusing on achievements, lessons learned, and methodologies utilized in gender equality implementation and mainstreaming, especially in the experiences of the SHIELD program.

Provides Advocacy and Partnership building support, focusing on the achievement of the following results:

Through project implementation experience, contribute to UNDP’s role in fora and meetings related to gender equality and social inclusivity (e.g. Gender Theme Group (GTG),among others.
Participate in activities to highlight key gender equality and women’s human rights issues, and advocate for integration of gender equality and social inclusivity issues into the development agenda.
Maintain relationships with UNDP’s partners including other UN agencies, donors, government agencies, and NGOs, on matters related to the promotion of national commitments to gender equality with a view of ensuring strategic partnerships and strengthening collaboration.
Initiate and coordinate strategic advocacy activities to maximize support of the UN system, government and civil society partners on gender equality and social inclusivity in line with international commitments to CEDAW, gender targets of SDGs especially SDG 5.

Support to Resource Mobilization, focusing on the achievement of the following results:

Contribute towards a Resource Mobilization Plan for gender mainstreaming/gender empowerment which is in-line with the CO Gender Strategy, Gender Action Plan and Gender Portfolio.
Help identify and follow-up on strategic opportunities for resource mobilization for implementation of UNDP Philippines’ Gender Portfolio programmes/projects guided by the Gender Strategy across all programmatic interventions.
Build strong partnerships with donor agencies, including private sector actors focusing on gender issues, to ensure coordination and alignment with national action plans and policies.

Facilitates knowledge building and knowledge sharing as required by the organization, focusing on the following results:

Organization and conduct of trainings on gender advancement, gender equality and social inclusivity, women’s empowerment, women’s issues, and social development thematic areas related to UNDP’s Gender Strategic Plan in the Country Office.
Collate and document lessons learned and recommendations for policy dialogue, public advocacy and future programming, and organize dissemination of learning within the CO and with partners.
Monitor and report on the implementation of the SHIELD GEDSI Action Plan.
Contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
Monitor and document CO’s contribution to gender equality results for reporting and further communication purposes.
Ensure that all project staff are equipped to sustainably mainstream gender equality objectives/goals in their respective areas of work in operations/programming.

Competencies

Core competencies:

Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

People Management competencies:

UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site.

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

2030 Agenda: People

Gender: Gender and Institutional Development; Gender Corporate Reporting; Gender Issues & Analysis
Inclusive Growth: Social inclusion

Business direction and strategy

Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDP’s objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks and opportunities; linking the vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions. Ability to leverage learning from a variety of sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; to demonstrate foresight in order to model what future developments and possible ways forward look like for UNDP.

Business management

Partnership Management: Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and together in line with UNDP strategy and policies.
Communication: Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience, Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, Gender or Women’s Studies or other relevant field with a minimum of 2 years of progressively responsible professional experience addressing the promotion of gender equality, inclusivity and women’s empowerment, or Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Gender or Women’s Studies or other relevant field with a minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible professional experience addressing the promotion of gender equality, inclusivity and women’s empowerment.

Experience:

Minimum 2 years of relevant experience (Master’s degree) or minimum 4 years of relevant experience (Bachelor’s degree) at the national or international level in providing advisory/technical support services and managing and implementing initiatives/projects in the area of gender mainstreaming, social inclusivity, social protection, community livelihood or any other relevant in the areas of social development and inclusivity and growth.
Minimum 2 years of working experience with international organizations and/or government and/or private sector and/or research institution, think tank and/or civil society organization.
Minimum of 2 years of specialized experience on disability and/or disability-related projects.
Experience liaising with a diverse range of partners including Government, Civil Society and Private Sector would be an advantage
Experience working with UNDP/UN system
Familiarity with and good command/grasp of existing national and international gender equality, disability, and social inclusion frameworks
Experience in implementing disaster risk reduction/climate change projects

Language Requirement:

Fluency in English and Pilipino

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