Elections and Inclusive Governance Specialist - International Consultant
Organizational Context
UN Women in Papua New Guinea works to eliminate discrimination against women and girls, empower women, and achieve gender equality. The country faces significant challenges in women's political representation, with low participation rates in parliament. UN Women implements programmes focused on women's political leadership, gender-responsive governance, and inclusive elections, in partnership with UNDP and OHCHR.
Job Purpose
This consultancy aims to provide senior technical, coordination, and results-management support for UN Women's inclusive governance and election portfolio in Papua New Guinea. The role will strengthen national ownership and institutional capacity, ensure synergy between governance, women's political leadership, and peaceful elections initiatives, and support high-quality planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and learning. The consultant will work closely with government and civil society partners to enhance women's equal and meaningful participation in political processes.
Responsibilities
The consultant will be responsible for integrated programme planning, coordination, and implementation support for the governance project portfolio, translating project documents into actionable plans and managing implementation activities. This includes preparing and reviewing project-related documents, maintaining trackers for actions, risks, and stakeholders, and participating in joint programme teams and steering committees. Technical support to partners will involve reviewing curricula, providing inputs for policy reform and advocacy, and supporting evidence-based public information and community dialogues. A key responsibility is establishing and operationalizing a gender-responsive Peaceful Elections Situation Room (PESR), developing its protocols and ensuring VAWIE/P is addressed. The role also includes results-based monitoring, reporting, learning, and communications, developing monitoring tools, collecting and analyzing programme evidence, and preparing various reports. Additionally, the consultant will plan and facilitate workshops and meetings, build partnerships, and support resource mobilization strategies.
Work Experience
A minimum of seven years of progressive professional experience in gender-responsive governance, women's political participation, or electoral assistance is required. Demonstrated experience in programme management, partner coordination, results-based monitoring, budget management, and donor reporting is essential. Experience in electoral conflict prevention, inclusive electoral operations, women's political leadership, or candidate development is also required. Experience developing operational guidance, training packages, or knowledge products, and facilitating consultations or dialogues with diverse stakeholders is necessary. Experience with electoral situation rooms or election monitoring is a strong asset, as is experience with UN joint programmes or in Papua New Guinea/the Pacific.
Skills
Programme planning and coordination, Technical support, Results-based management, Monitoring and reporting, Stakeholder engagement, Workshop facilitation, Partnership building, Resource mobilization, Policy reform and advocacy, Electoral conflict prevention, Women's political participation, Gender-responsive governance.