Gender Economist, P4

Gender Economist, P4

UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

Home-based, Thailand

Description of Responsibilities/Scope of Work

Under the supervision of the Regional Advisor in the Women’s Economic Empowerment Section at UN Women and/or Technical Experts in the ROAP WEE Unit the consultant will be responsible for a timely delivery of all agreed deliverables, subject to UN Women's satisfactory acceptance. UN Women will lead and organize quality assurance on all deliverables and facilitate communication between the consultant and UN Women's HQ, regional and country offices, as required.

The consultant may be responsible for a selection of the following, based on experience and need:

• Applied Policy Analysis: Policy Analysis and Development including applied policy analysis, economic modeling and applying costing tools;
• Ad-hoc specialist technical support to regional and country offices: Provide ad-hoc specialist technical support to UN Women country and regional teams applying the care policy support tool. [Priority Viet Nam and potentially -2 additional countries];
• Rapid analysis and stakeholder mapping: Provide ad hoc support in conducting rapid analysis on care and/or stakeholder mapping on care, social protection;
• Organizing and facilitating events and trainings: Technical assistance for supporting events, trainings and creating presentations including in the UN Women Women’s Economic Empowerment Community of Practice;
• Documentation and creating Guidance Notes: Creating a “how to” brief on support provided to country offices under Deliverable 2;
• Technical Review of Macro-economic policy analysis and assessment reports with gender lens;
• Drafting of care roadmaps and/or care policies.

Required Qualifications

Education:

• Advanced university degree in gender and economics or related disciplines is required;
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree;
• A PhD in economics is a plus.

Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years of demonstrated extensive experience that combines research and capacity development in the area of gender and economics and/or legal analysis and/or women's economic empowerment at the national and international levels is required;
• Previous experience in conducting similar policy tools, costing studies and/or economic modelling;
• Experience in conducting gender analysis in different areas with strong expertise on women economic empowerment and the care economy;
• Experience in designing recommendations for policies and measures in the area of the care economy, employment, public investments, and economic growth projections;
• Quantitative experience, including the use of input-output tables, economic modelling, and forecasting techniques;
• Experience in jobs requiring ability to absorb, analyze and systematize large amount of complex information within tight deadlines;
• Previous experience working in the development of knowledge products for capacity development/training with international organizations is an asset;
• Languages: Excellent command of written and spoken English is required. Knowledge of other official UN languages is a plus.

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