Job: Research Assistant, Gender

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Employer Name:	UNDP

Time Commitment:	full-time

Type:	contractor

Keywords:	gender equality, women's safety from violence, women and poverty

Address:	Banda Aceh Indonesia

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Closing date: September 30, 2008.

Summary:

Location: Banda Aceh, INDONESIA
Application Deadline: 30-Sep-08
Type of Contract: Service Contract
Languages Required: English
Expected Duration of Assignment: 6 months

Background:

UNDP Indonesia's mission is to be an agent for change in the human and social development of Indonesia. We aim to be a bridge between Indonesia and all donors as well as a trusted partner to all stakeholders. We work in four key areas of development: Governance Reforms, Pro-Poor Policy Reforms, Conflict Prevention and Recovery, and Environment Management, with the overarching aim of reducing poverty in Indonesia. Besides the four priority areas, UNDP Indonesia is also engaged in a variety of crosscutting initiatives focused on HIV/AIDS, gender equality, and information and technology for development.

I. Organizational Context

The Office of the United Nations Recovery Coordinator for Aceh and Nias (UNORC) was established in September 2005 to support the Government of Indonesia. As the Government has taken a strong lead in the post-emergency phase with the establishment of the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR), it is imperative that UNORC takes responsibility for facilitating strong coordination among the UN Agencies, the international NGO community, and bilateral donors in full and timely support of the Government’s reconstruction and recovery efforts.

Staffed by personnel from the UN Secretariat and various UN Agencies, UNORC serves as the main point of contact between the UN system, BRR and Provincial and District Governments. UNORC aims to facilitate a unified United Nations system approach, to put into place structures for coordination at all levels, to minimize gaps in the response and provide linkages and strategic policy that transcend all sectors. UNORC is also deeply committed to incorporate the principle of equity into the recovery efforts, with a particular focus on protecting and advocating on behalf of the vulnerable. UNORC works with many partners and continues to strengthen its field presence to overcome pressing issues in Aceh and Nias. Information, research, analysis and monitoring also constitute an essential service provided by UNORC to the Government of Indonesia and partner organizations through the UNORC Information Analysis Section (UNORC-IAS).

UNORC-IAS is currently composed of two units: the Information Management Unit tasked with gathering and disseminating data to ensure needs of stakeholders are met, as well as oversight on collating, cleaning and processing data sets using the common UN platform, DevInfo, also providing direct technical support to the Solutions Exchange service/project; the Statistical Research and Analysis Unit is tasked to develop timely analytical reports and data/indicator products to feed into policy making. A third and final unit, Solutions Exchange, is just now being established.

UNIFEM is the women’s fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality. Placing the advancement of women’s human rights at the centre of all of its efforts, UNIFEM focuses its activities on four strategic areas:

Reducing feminized poverty;
Ending violence against women;
Reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls;
Achieving gender equality in democratic governance in times of peace as well as conflict/war.

UNIFEM’s work in Aceh began in February 2005. With its mandate on gender equality and women’s empowerment, UNIFEM focused on re-creating a community based on principles of justice, gender equality, non-discrimination and peace. UNIFEM identified three priority areas for its efforts in the tsunami-affected areas: Leadership: Supporting local women’s leadership and the mobilization of women’s networks to give them a voice in relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts; and providing financial assistance to women’s organizations to respond to women’s needs quickly; Livelihoods: Helping revive women’s destroyed livelihoods, including restoring their productive assets, processes and supply chains, strengthening market links, and helping them to access reconstruction assistance; and Protection: Working with other UN, government and civil society partners to assist women’s groups in advocating for greater protection for women and girls from human rights violations in the relief, recovery and reconstruction period and beyond.

The President’s Decree No. 9/2000 points to gender mainstreaming in national development process and programmes. In mid-September 2006, BRR with technical expertise from UNIFEM launched its gender policy and strategies and the guidelines on joint land titling as part of its commitment to ensure that gender mainstreaming is one of the foundations in the rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in Aceh and Nias.

UNIFEM is currently implementing a CIDA supported project entitled “Strengthening Women’s Legal Rights in Aceh, Indonesia”. The goal of the project is to improve the lives of women in Aceh by enhancing their role in the political, social and economic institutions of Aceh. The purpose is to strengthen key institutions and a core group of strategically positioned advocates to promote women’s legal rights in the context of Aceh’s autonomous legal reform.

UNORC in collaboration with UNIFEM is seeking to tap into the vast knowledge base on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Aceh and will therefore establish an on-line community of practice on gender using the proven platform of “Solutions Exchange” through which recovery practitioners in Indonesia and elsewhere can exchange knowledge, expertise, lessons learnt and good practices. The COP on gender is being initiated with 6 other COPs, including on housing and infrastructure; health and nutrition; education; disaster management and risk reduction; economic development; and governance. The platform will not only bring together the recovery community for exchanging ideas and experience but will foster collaboration, cooperation and create opportunities for joint activities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Project Coordinator for Solution Exchange Indonesia, the incumbent will be responsible for creating, managing and generally motivating the Community of Practice on Gender, comprised of possibly over a thousand development practitioners in (the relevant thematic area) drawn from government, NGOs, academic/research institutes, UN and other multilateral and bilateral agencies. The COP Gender team will receive thematic guidance and support from the UNIFEM Programme team.

II. Functions / Key Results Expected

III. Impact of Results

The key result expected from a fully operational Solutions Exchange project: to build and enhance collaboration and cooperation in a sustainable manner through a systematic knowledge management system; to ensure that the Solutions Exchange platform becomes a common service to the entire recovery community; to direct the work of seven thematic areas:

Competencies:

IV. Competencies

Corporate Responsibility & Direction:

Serve and promote the vision, mission, values, and strategic goals of the UNORC.
Support the implementation of action plans.

People Skills:

Highly effective at networking and at securing information and expertise.
Motivated and responsive to the needs and interests of peers.

Managing for Results:

Plan and prioritize work activities to meet clear goals.
Can work under tight deadlines and independently.
Excellent analytical, organizational and presentation skills; particularly with taxonomies and databases.

Partnering & Networking:

Seeks and applies knowledge, information, and best practices.
Highly effective at securing relevant information through desk research; effective at applying web search tools and conventions.

Innovation & Judgment:

Remains current on key issues, underlying problems, and how they relate.
Generates creative, practical approaches to overcome challenging situations.

Communication:

Able to communicate clearly and effectively through e-mail.
Excellent drafting skills.

Job Knowledge & Expertise:

Knowledge of the key concerns and challenges facing development practitioners in the relevant substantive area.
Computer literate and willing to learn new applications.

Required Skills and Experience:

V. Recruitment Qualifications

Education:

Diploma in a specialization relevant to the Community of Practice applied for, or the equivalent combination of education and experience in a related area.

Experience:

At least 5 years for D2 and 4 years for D3 progressively responsible experience in the relevant development specialization (refer to the seven thematic areas). Prior experience in a research or academic capacity helpful. Experience in using information technology tools helpful.
Working experience with UN Agencies or comparable international development organizations would be an asset

Language Requirements:

Bahasa and English; knowledge of other languages would be helpful.

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Website: http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?job_id=6585

“Female candidates are encouraged to apply”
UNDP Indonesia reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP Indonesia at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and education requirements.

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