Gender Programme Assistant

UNFPA is the lead agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s new strategic plan (2022-2025), reflects a changing world, and as we accelerate our efforts, transform our pro-grammes, and motivate new partners we will prioritize the needs of people left furthest behind – particularly those living in poverty or with disabilities, LGBTQI+ people and the most vulner-able women, girls and young people. And these results cannot be achieved without an in-creased focus on the rights and inclusive participation of women, adolescents and youth as agents of change. UNFPA remains firmly committed to achieving the three transformative re-sults by 2030 – ending the unmet need for family planning, ending preventable maternal deaths and ending gender-based violence and harmful practices. In order to achieve this bold and ambitious goals, we need to accelerate progress and transform how we do business in light of global changes including megatrends' that have changed the conditions under which we operate.

The Gender Programme Assistant will be based in the Gender and Human Rights Unit in UNFPA Pacific Sub-Regional Office (PSRO), and will closely cooperate with Team members, Technical Advisors for Health, Adolescent and Youth, Humanitarian response and Population and Data, Programme and Operation staff, as well as country office staff. Under the direct supervision of the Gender and Human Rights Advisor, the Gender Programme Assistant will support initiatives and provide administrative and technical assistance in key areas of Gender equality, including addressing Violence Against Women and Girls, and Child, Early and Forced Marriage, during development and in disaster in 14 Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs).

Under the direct supervision of Gender and Human Rights Advisor, and Gender and Youth Programme Specialist, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

1. Programme/Project Management Support

- Participate in providing administrative and logistical support in the planning, implementation, monitoring and results reporting of Gender Programme and project interventions, and activities related to gender equality, GBV prevention and response in development, climate, and humanitarian settings.
- Support the organization and preparation of meetings, workshops, and events with key stakeholders, including government partners, UN agencies and donors, drafting agendas, taking meeting minutes, and preparing related materials
- Assist in coordinating with an implementing partner in Fiji, in accordance with its annual work plan


2. Advocacy and Communications

- Contribute to developing communication strategies and plans, to amplify the visibility of the team’s interventions, including initiatives related to 16 days of Activism against GBV and Technology-Facilitated GBV
- Assist in the production of advocacy materials, such as press release and social media postings, to highlight key achievements and ongoing efforts in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment
- Support in drafting reports, briefing notes and speeches for events and high-level meetings, related to gender advocacy and communications.


3. Others

- Participate in key stakeholder meetings to gain an overview of gender work in Fiji and in the Pacific, including UN Gender Thematic Group meetings, Fiji National Action Plan to prevent violence against Women and Girls coordination meetings, and other relevant areas
- Conduct literature reviews on gender equality, GBV prevention and related topics to support programme development and evidence-based interventions.
- Perform any other relevant activities or responsibilities as assigned by the Gender and Human Rights Advisor.