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The Gender Mainstreaming Consultant will provide expert advice and strategic direction to deliver on the expected results of the GPEI Gender Equality Strategy and gender components of the Eradication Strategy. She/he will report to the GPEI Executive Management Unit (EMU) lead and will be appointed by the UNICEF Polio Eradication Programme Director. She/he will work with the EMU and Strategy Committee members to ensure resources are dedicated to support the Gender Mainstreaming Group.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, Health
Gender equality and equity are core values for the GPEI, and the programme recognizes that gender-responsive approaches further strengthen polio eradication interventions. Gender, along with other factors such as socio-economic background, age, and ethnicity, is an important social determinant of health, and as such, also has an impact on vaccination outcomes, the overall effectiveness of the programme and ultimately polio eradication.
The GPEI developed a GPEI Gender Equality Strategy 2019-2023 to guide the programme on gender equality which was endorsed by the Polio Oversight Board. The new Polio Eradication Strategy 2022-2026 has reflected the objectives of the GPEI Gender Equality Strategy through gender sensitive and specific Key Performance Indicators, committing to allocating 1% of the overall budget to properly resource gender expertise and activities and committing to the creation of a Gender Mainstreaming Group.
How can you make a difference?
The Gender Mainstreaming Consultant will provide expert advice and strategic direction to deliver on the expected results of the GPEI Gender Equality Strategy and gender components of the Eradication Strategy. She/he will report to the GPEI Executive Management Unit (EMU) lead and will be appointed by the UNICEF Polio Eradication Programme Director. She/he will work with the EMU and Strategy Committee members to ensure resources are dedicated to support the Gender Mainstreaming Group.
Key responsibilities and tasks include the following:
The Gender Mainstreaming Consultant will strategically advise on the coordination of the GMG Gender Mainstreaming Group (GMG) of GPEI and its work to mainstream gender in GPEI, in particular:
Work Assignments Overview | Deliverables/Outputs | Delivery deadline |
Coordinate implementation of gender-responsive interventions for polio eradication | -Regional face-to-face workshops on gender-responsive interventions for polio eradication in AFRO and EMRO to discuss ways and means to operationalise GPEI Gender Equality Strategy and Costed Action Plans – Gender-Specific activities/Interventions by UNICEF Country Offices in priority countries with a focus on Community engagement, gender training, women’s empowerment in polio, Gender training, advocacy activities, sex-disaggregated data, gender analysis etc. | Annually
Ongoing |
Coordinate capacity development to identify and address gender-related barriers | – Webinars on timely and relevant gender topics – Technical Briefs – Individual country visits to extend technical assistance for OBRAs, gender analysis and operationalization of GPEI Gender Equality Strategy | Quarterly Biannually Quarterly |
Support countries to increase the meaningful participation of women at all levels | – Celebration of international days such as International Women’s Day, World Immunisation Week, World Polio Day – Reporting of gender KPIs | Quarterly |
Support development of organisational culture for gender equality | – Advocacy for gender equality in endemic and outbreak countries through the polio gender champion initiative, visits by the Strategy Committee (SC) members and GMG members. | Ongoing |
Coordinate GMG to effectively support gender mainstreaming within the GPEI structure | – Annual GMG retreat – Review of GPEI Gender Equality Strategy – GMG collaboration with other GPS groups and SC/POB as appropriate – Tracking of GMG Members contributions | Oct 2024 Nov 2024 Ongoing
Quarterly |
Travel – estimate
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| 2024/2025 |
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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
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