UN Women JPO - Gender in Humanitarian Action Programme Analyst

IMPORTANT: Under the JPO programme framework, the following position is open only to nationals of Norway.

The Junior Professional Officers (JPO) programme offers young professionals an exceptional opportunity to learn first-hand about international development and gain hands-on experience in the field of multilateral international cooperation through a learning experience under the supervision of specialists, and to contribute to the advancement and furtherance of their organization’s mandate, particularly with regard to the Sustainable Development Goals.

For detailed information on the JPO Programme and recruitment criteria, please visit https://www.undp.org/jposc

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. 

UN Women operationalizes this through Flagship Programming Initiatives (FPIs) developed to achieve transformative results for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE). The FPIs respond to the expanded agenda for Beijing+20 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The main objective of UN Women’s support to Government under Humanitarian Action is to ensure protection, as well as equitable and safe access to and benefit from the humanitarian and development assistance to the most vulnerable, and marginalized refugee and host community women and girls. The programme also promotes women’s participation and leadership in the camps and host community, and women’s active role in maintaining peace and social cohesion.

At national level, UN Women operates based on the UN Cooperation Framework (2021 -2025), working closely with other UN Agencies and Government to achieve i) Transformative and inclusive governance, peace and justice, ii) Shared prosperity in a healthy environment; and iii) Human wellbeing and resilience with positive cultural norms, in terms of gender and human rights. The above focus aligns with Uganda’s third National Development Plan (NDP III), the SDGs as well as UN Women’s Global Strategic Plan. In the specific area of Humanitarian Action, UN Women and partners implement the Women’s Leadership, Empowerment, Access and Protection Program to contribute to women’s participation benefit from humanitarian action. With the growing humanitarian situation across Uganda including floods, mudslides, disease outbreaks, influxes of refugees due to worsening regional crises and locust invasions, among others, there is need for UN Women to strengthen gender across the humanitarian, disaster risk reduction and recovery processes as well as strengthen technical support to our government partners to ensure the mainstreaming of gender in all policies and programmes.

Uganda has an open-door policy for refugees, outlined in its Refugees Act, (2006).  Uganda has a well-established refugee response coordination structure, led by the Office of Prime Minister (OPM) and UNHCR and operationalized in Interagency Strategic and Sector coordination structures. The Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda officially launched the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) on 24th March 2017, adapting the principles and objectives set out in Annex 1 of the New York Declaration of Refugees and Migrants to the Ugandan context. The CRRF is a multi-stakeholder coordination model on refugee matters focusing on humanitarian and development needs of both refugees and host communities.   The CRRF in Uganda encompasses five mutually reinforcing pillars as outlined by the global objectives: (i) Admission and Rights, (ii) Emergency Response and Ongoing Needs, (iii) Resilience and Self-reliance, (iv) Expanded Solution and (v) Voluntary Repatriation. The CRRF secretariat supports the planning, programming and resourcing of the CRRF rollout in Uganda, ensuring cross-pillar information flows and linkages.

UN Women Uganda operationalises its Humanitarian work across the  two pillars of the UN Women Global Humanitarian Strategy; Pillar 1 on Gender Coordination, and Pillar 2 on Programming/service delivery.  Under Coordination, UN Women has been providing imbedded inputs to the OPM through technical gender mainstreaming support to the CRRF Secretariat since 2022. This collaboration is crucial for the ongoing success of UN Women’s efforts also to ensure that gender is embedded in Uganda’s refugee response.

Job Summary: Reporting to the Humanitarian Specialist, the Gender in Humanitarian Action Analyst contributes to the effective management of UN Women programmes in Uganda by providing substantive inputs to programme design, formulation, implementation, and evaluation while also providing technical support to the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) secretariat in Uganda on gender mainstreaming the CRRF and the refugee response in Uganda. As part of this support to the CRRF the Programme Analyst works in close collaboration with CRRF Director based in the OPM in Uganda and aligns their workplan to the CRRF roadmap. The Programme Analyst will also work closely with the UN Women Uganda programme and operations team, UN Women HQ personnel, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful implementation of the UN Women programme . 

Content and methodology of supervision:

Establishment of a Work Plan: During the first month of the assignment, the Junior Professional Officer (JPO) will work jointly with the direct supervisor to finalize an agreed upon work plan. The final work plan will be discussed and mutually agreed to by the JPO and supervisor.

Evaluation: 

The Performance Management and Development (PMD) tool will serve as a primary platform to evaluate of the JPO’s performance.

Training components:

• Participation in a UN Women Induction Course in New York or remotely if applicable.
• UN Women mandatory online training courses. 
• Access to online training and learning resources of the Learning Management System to develop management skills as well as knowledge in specific technical areas in line with the individual learning plan developed annually with the supervisor.
• Use of yearly JPO duty-related travel and training allocation (DTTA), as per the online DTTA guide.

Learning components:

On completion of the assignment, the JPO will have/be able to manage a largescale long term emergency programme, implement Results Based Management (RBM) skills, facilitate trainings, have advanced knowledge on the policies and programmes on gender in humanitarian action and be able to liaise with a range of stakeholders in a large complex emergency setting. 

Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts on gender mainstreaming in the CRRF:

• Develop background documents, briefs and presentations related to Gender in Humanitarian Action in CRRF.
• Follow up on implementation of UN Common Pledge, including liaising with contributing agencies on their pledge components.
• Coordinate and organize advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops, and knowledge products for CRRF.
• Coordinate the development of CRRF Gender knowledge management methodologies, and products on Gender in Humanitarian Action.

Provide technical assistance and capacity development to the mainstreaming of gender in the CRRF Secretariat in Uganda:

• Coordinate and provide technical support in the development and implementation of CRRF programme activities and policies, including GEWE considerations on the Self-Reliance Measurement Framework.
• Maintain relationships with CRRF national partners to support implementation and expansion of the Gender in Humanitarian Action programmes across all actors in the refugee response.
• Support preparation of needs assessments including analysis, presentation and follow up on findings and recommendations.
• Identify opportunities for capacity building of partners and facilitate technical/ programming support and trainings to CRRF and relevant partners, as needed.

Provide substantive technical support to the implementation and management of the Gender in Humanitarian Action programmes:

• Provide technical inputs to the design and formulation of programme/ project proposals and initiatives.
• Support the coordination of the call/request for proposals, including the organization of technical review committees, and capacity assessment of partners.
• Review, coordinate and monitor the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports.
• Train partners on Results Based Management and monitor implementation.

Provide substantive inputs to building partnerships and resource mobilization strategies:

• Provide substantive inputs to resource mobilization strategies; compile, analyze and maintain gender information and databases.
• Prepare relevant documentation such as project summaries, conference papers, briefing notes, speeches, and donor profiles.
• Participate in donor meetings and public information events, as delegated.

• Timely and quality technical assistance to UN Women and CRRF policies and programme development.
• Timely and quality implementation of UN Women Programme/Portfolio/ activities against set workplans, timelines, and budgets, in line with the Strategic Note.
• Quality and timely inputs to reporting.
• Strong relations with UN Women and CRRF partners and stakeholders.
• Enhanced best practices and lessons learned documented and circulated on gender in the CRRF in Uganda.

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

 Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

 Functional Competencies:

•  Good programme formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation skills.
• Good knowledge of Results Based Management.
• Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions, and present findings and recommendations.
• Good knowledge of IASC Guidelines on Gender in Humanitarian Action, Gender and Age Markers, UN SCR 1325, Sendai Framework on DRR, and CEDAW.
• Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities, and threats to fundraising.

Education and certification:
•    Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/women's studies, international development, or a related field is required. (MA + minimum 2 years of relevant paid experience).
•    A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree (BA + minimum 4 years of relevant paid experience).
•    A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage.

Experience:    
•    The work experience needs to be relevant and paid. It needs to be progressively responsible work experience in development programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building.
•    Experience in the promoting the mainstreaming of gender equality and women’s empowerment in refugee response, disaster contexts and emergency situations.  
•    Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies is an asset.
•    Experience of working on gender and humanitarian programming and IASC/GiHA training an asset.

Language Requirements:     
Fluency in English is required.

Nationality of candidate:

Under the JPO programme framework, the following position is open only to nationals of Norway

Attachments required:
•    A brief motivation letter in English that explains why you're the perfect candidate for the position by using examples of your interests and achievements 
•    Copy of your passport
•    Copy of your Master degree
 

Approximate start date: September 2025

The selected candidate will participate in an online predeparture training with NOREC in late August 2025 prior to taking up the assignment