ONU Mujeres: Asociado/A Territorial Norte De Santander, Colombia, PPSA6 Cucuta, Colombia Posting Date07/29/2026 BE THE FIRST TO APPLY

Organizational Context

UN Women has been active in Colombia since 2005, focusing on achieving substantive gender equality and empowering women. The organization supports national efforts for women's participation in democracy, peace, and sustainable development, aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework and its Country Programme. This role is situated within the Humanitarian Action department, specifically in Norte de Santander, contributing to peacebuilding and humanitarian response.

Job Purpose

This role supports UN Women's strategy in Norte de Santander, Colombia, by strengthening local governance, protection mechanisms, and women's participation in peace and security initiatives. The Associate will provide technical and operational support for project implementation, ensuring timely and quality execution in programmatic, administrative, logistical, and financial aspects. The position aims to integrate gender and intersectional approaches into humanitarian responses, strengthen protection for women and girls in crisis, and promote gender-based violence prevention and response.

Responsibilities

Provide technical and operational support for UN Women's project portfolio in Norte de Santander, ensuring quality execution and integrating gender and intersectional approaches. Support data collection, systematization, and analysis for project indicators and reports. Monitor project activities, identifying risks and proposing corrective measures. Assist in designing and implementing territorial intervention strategies for gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and mitigation in peacebuilding and humanitarian contexts. Represent UN Women in coordination spaces, humanitarian mechanisms, and territorial platforms. Foster strategic alliances with public entities, private sector, UN agencies, and women's organizations. Provide technical assistance to promote the incorporation of women's rights and the Women, Peace, and Security agenda into territorial policies and mechanisms. Develop institutional and community tools for addressing GBV and human trafficking cases. Conduct labor market mapping for women in mobility to identify employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. Support women's organizations and networks in their participation and advocacy efforts.

Work Experience

Requires experience in gender, protection, and gender-based violence. Experience in supporting project implementation, coordination, and reporting is essential. Familiarity with humanitarian action, peacebuilding, and women's rights in Colombia is desirable.

Skills

Gender Mainstreaming, Protection, Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response, Project Implementation Support, Data Analysis, Stakeholder Coordination, Partnership Building, Technical Assistance, Advocacy, Reporting.

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