Gender Advisor – UN Women

Background

UN Women is the United Nations’ entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women. It was established in July 2010 by the UN General Assembly to accelerate progress on meeting women’s needs worldwide and as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. Globally, UN Women is mandated to supports international political negotiations to formulate globally agreed standards for gender equality, assist UN member states to implement those standards by providing expertise and financial support, and assist other UN agencies in their efforts to advance gender equality across a broad spectrum of issues related to human rights and human development. Through Programme and Technical Assistance in countries that request its assistance, UN Women works with government and non-governmental partners to help them put in place policies, laws, services, and resources that women require to move towards equality.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Gender Advisor will be seconded to the Ministry of Mining and will receive day-to-day overall guidance and supervision from the Cabinet Secretary, Mining. The Advisor will also additionally be expected to report to UN Women Country Director as the seconding agency, to ensure close collaboration and coordination. The post will also closely work with other stakeholders (Parliament in particular KEWOPA), civil society, private sector), the EI sector coordination group. Within the UN Delivering as One, the Gender Advisor is expected to coordinate technical assistance with the Strategic Result Area Group 3 on “Sustainable and Equitable Economic Growth” and the UN Programme Working Group on Gender. The Gender Advisor will be responsible for providing strategic and technical advice to the Ministry of Mining to strengthen gender equality in the development of regulation and controls to be derived from the Mining Bill and international standards. The Adviser will provide technical support and content expertise on mainstreaming gender equity into the Ministry of Mining institutional framework.

Key Functions:

• Strategic and technical Advice;
• Technical support and content expertise;
• Coordination and Partnership Building.

Details of the Assignment:

• Provision of technical advice in carrying out a gender audit/analysis of existing mining related legal, policy and regulatory frameworks in Kenya and make recommendations;
• Provision of technical advice to the Ministry of Mining as required, to the development of mining regulations and control and related implementation at the national and devolved government levels;
• Coordination of emerging technical and development assistance to the Ministry of Mining, ensuring emerging development support responds to women’s needs and national gender equality priorities;
• Provide technical support and content expertise to mainstreaming gender equality and women’s empowerment into all regulations and programs related to the implementation of regulations and controls in a coherent manner, through close consultation with relevant stakeholders;
• Coordinate capacity building efforts on gender mainstreaming at all stages of the mining regulations and controls implementation.
• Act as resource person in capacity building, knowledge sharing events and other relevant activities on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Ministry of Mining;
• Coordinate gender equality and women’s empowerment activities of the Ministry of Mining in close consultation with other Ministries (Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Ministry of Devolution and Planning);
• Ensure knowledge sharing, documentation and dissemination of good practices on gender equality, women’s empowerment and rights within Ministry of Mining and the broader Government of Kenya system;
• Support the communication of gender equality and women’s empowerment results of Mining regulations and controls to external audiences.

Expected deliverables:

• Inception Report detailing the expert/s understanding of the Terms of Reference;
• A detailed work plan outlining intended plan of activities to ensure delivery of the expected outcomes within the timelines given;
• A gender audit report of existing mining related legal, policy and regulatory frameworks in Kenya;
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and final  reports.

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Application deadline: 01 December 2014

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