Programme Specialist - Gender Coordination, NPSA 10
Organizational Context
UN Women's Regional Office for East and Southern Africa (ESARO) supports gender equality and women's empowerment. In Namibia, this Programme Specialist role is embedded within the Resident Coordinator's Office (RCO). The position strengthens the integration of gender equality across UN Cooperation Framework implementation, inter-agency coordination, and partnerships, acting as a liaison to UN Women ESARO's expertise.
Job Purpose
This role aims to strengthen coherent UN Country Team (UNCT) support for gender equality in Namibia by providing high-quality gender analysis, policy advice, and strategic support to the Resident Coordinator (RC) and UNCT. The Programme Specialist will facilitate the integration of gender equality across UN Cooperation Framework implementation, inter-agency coordination, and partnerships. Key functions include conducting gender analysis, preparing policy briefs, supporting gender mainstreaming in UN planning documents, coordinating gender-related UNCT activities, and fostering partnerships with government, civil society, and other stakeholders to advance gender equality priorities.
Responsibilities
Provide high-quality gender analysis, policy advice, and strategic support to the Resident Coordinator (RC), Resident Coordinator's Office (RCO), and UN Country Team (UNCT) on gender equality and women's empowerment issues. Coordinate and contribute to gender analysis, including Country Gender Equality Profiles, and prepare policy briefs and strategic products for UNCT engagement. Strengthen gender mainstreaming across the Common Country Analysis (CCA) and Cooperation Framework cycle, including planning, implementation, and monitoring. Support UNCT gender coordination and system-wide accountability, including providing secretariat support to the Gender Theme Group (GTG) and supporting UNCT-SWAP reporting. Foster partnerships with government, civil society, and other stakeholders, and support coordinated UNCT contributions to national and intergovernmental processes. Facilitate access to UN Women ESARO expertise and support joint resource mobilization, knowledge management, and results harvesting.
Work Experience
Requires a minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in gender equality/women's empowerment, development planning, policy, or programme coordination. Demonstrated experience in gender mainstreaming and results-based planning is essential. Experience with UN system coordination, Cooperation Framework processes, UNCT-SWAP/GEM, normative frameworks, and partnership building is highly desirable. Experience in the Namibian context is an asset.
Skills
Gender analysis, policy advice, strategic support, gender mainstreaming, results-based planning, UN system coordination, Cooperation Framework processes, UNCT-SWAP/GEM, partnership building, analytical skills, drafting, facilitation, coordination.