National Feminist Economist/Gender and Economics Policy Specialist
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Intro
The National Feminist Economist/Gender and Economics Policy Specialist is responsible for developing gender-responsive programs, conducting research on gender-responsive economic reforms, formulating strategies to promote gender equality in key areas of economic policy, coordinating policy initiatives, managing the implementation of the gender and economics program, providing technical expertise and assistance to partners, building strategic partnerships, and overseeing knowledge building and sharing. The position requires a master's degree in economics or a relevant field, at least 5 years of international experience in promoting policy reform in gender and economics, and fluency in French and English.
Tasks
- Develop gender-responsive programmes in the Country Office
- Conduct research on new areas to promote gender responsive economic reforms
- Provide support in formulating strategies to scale up reform on key areas such as unpaid care, women’s participation in the green economy, women entrepreneurship
- Contribute to the coordination and implementation of flagship policy initiatives in the area of gender and economics
- Coordinate the production of knowledge and communications products in the areas of gender and economics at the national level
- Manage the implementation and management of the gender and economics programme
- Formulate the annual workplan and budget and manage their implementation
- Manage the technical implementation of the programme/project
- Ensure synergies with other teams
- Manage the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports
- Provide guidance to personnel and partners on Results Based Management tools and performance indicators
- Organize Project Steering Committee, project review and/or evaluation meetings
- Provide technical expertise and assistance to partners
- Support in the provision of technical advice to Governments, civil society and national institutions to formulate, implement and monitor gender-responsive economic reform
- Provide support in the development of national strategies to integrate gender in key economic policies and reforms
- Provide capacity building support to Country Office and partners
- Provide substantive technical and policy support to country office and UN Country Teams
- Develop, implement and monitor capacity building initiatives
- Develop and deliver training modules, tools, and other capacity building activities and strategies on gender and economics
- Design and deliver capacity building events for UN Women staff, Government counterparts, and civil society partners
- Establish and strengthen strategic partnerships with stakeholders, national/local actors and development partners
- Support building and maintaining alliances and strategic partnerships
- Implement advocacy strategies to influence agenda of key national and local institutions
- Oversee knowledge building and sharing for Gender responsive economic
- Actively participate in the WEE Community of practice to disseminate national lessons learnt and good practices
Requirements
- Master’s degree or equivalent in economics, development economics, feminist economics or any other relevant field of economics or public policy
- At least 5 years of international experience and record of accomplishment in international development promoting policy reform in the area of gender and economics
- Proven experience with use of gender analysis of the economy, quantitative and qualitative
- Experience in programme, policy analysis, and strategic planning
- Previous professional experience in developing and emerging economies
- Fluency in French and at least a working knowledge of English
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