Consultant, Inclusion Advisory Support (Retainer) at United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

• The Inclusion Advisory Support Consultant will be home based and will work under the direct supervision of the OSESGY Senior Gender Affairs Officer to support the strategy for the mainstreaming of inclusion work across OSESGYs programmatic and process work.

Responsibilities
Within delegated authority and in close coordination with the Senior Gender Affairs Officer, the incumbent will be responsible for providing a range of inclusion advisory support functions and tasks, including:

• Provide advice on good practice and process design to prepare a series of consultations with youth and civil society and other activist groups.
• Provide advice and support on gender dimensions of youth-related consultations & engagements in concert with the Senior Gender Affairs Officer.
• Advise on efficient and effective digital/virtual platforms for engagement of civil society, aware and supportive of relevant OSESGY efforts underway.
• Provide inputs to a holistic OSESGY inclusion strategy.
• Identify gaps in analysis on youth perspectives and priorities and support on commissioning inputs for OSESGY as required.
• Foster relationships with women community leaders and representatives to better identify human security and community-based approaches to local peacebuilding and stability in Yemen.
• Liaise with potential communities, CSOs, and local governance structures, as necessary, in concert with the Senior Gender Affairs Officer.
• Any other relevant tasks as assigned by the Senior Gender Affairs Officer.

Education/Experience/Language requirements:
Education -

• A first-level university degree in combination with nine (9) years of qualifying experience or a secondary school degree with thirteen (13) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the first level university degree.

Work Experience -

• A minimum of 9 years of experience in inclusion advisory support and/or mediation support work in peace and dialogue processes or related areas is required.
• Experience working in UN peace processes and with Yemen is desirable.

Languages:

• For this consultancy, fluency in English and Arabic (oral and written) is required.
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