Senior Gender and Training Specialist

Result of Service

The ultimate purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen UNDRR’s institutional capacity and leadership accountability for advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women, in alignment with the Sendai GAP, the United Nations Secretary-General’s GEAP, and the UN-SWAP. Through a tailored GRL Training for the 17 members of UNDRR’s senior management, the consultancy will equip senior leaders with the knowledge, skills and practical tools to systematically integrate gender equality considerations into strategic leadership, decision-making, people management and organizational accountability.

Work Location

Home base

Expected duration

16 Nov 26-15 Nov 27

Duties and Responsibilities

Background Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of efforts to reduce disasters and to ensure synergies among the disaster reduction activities of the United Nations and regional organizations and activities in both developed and less developed countries. Led by the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (SRSG), UNDRR has over 160 staff located in its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and in regional offices. Specifically, UNDRR guides, monitors, analyses, and reports on progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, supports regional and national implementation of the Framework and catalyses action and increases global awareness to reduce disaster risk working with UN Member States and a broad range of partners and stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector, parliamentarians and the science and technology community. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) straddles both development and humanitarian action. In line with the guiding principles of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, UNDRR has been strengthening its institutional work on gender-responsive and inclusive disaster risk reduction and advancing women’s leadership, including through the flagship Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) and the dissemination and implementation of the Sendai Gender Action Plan (GAP) across regions. In alignment with the GAP, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Gender Equality Acceleration Plan (GEAP), and the United Nations System-wide Action Plan on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-SWAP), UNDRR seeks to reinforce leadership accountability and advance the systematic integration of gender equality and women’s empowerment across its organizational practices and disaster risk reduction work. The purpose of this consultancy is to design and facilitate a tailored Gender-Responsive Leadership (GRL) Training for the UNDRR Senior Management. The training aims to strengthen senior leaders’ capacities to integrate gender equality and the empowerment of women into…