Women Peace and Security ASEAN Coordinator at UN Women
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
UN Women Indonesia Country Office (CO) includes the ASEAN liaison office function to extend support to ASEAN and its Member States in advancing Women Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in line with global normative frameworks. UN Women in partnership with Global Affairs Canada (GAC) is implementing the regional project, “Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace: preventing violence and promoting social cohesion in ASEAN” (The project). The project aims to support ASEAN Member States to advance and strengthen WPS agenda, including through preventing violence against women and girls and promoting social cohesion in the region. The programme will ultimately contribute to the achievement of gender equality through inclusive and sustainable peace and development in the region.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Political Science or Social Science, Gender Studies, International Development or
- A first-level university degree in combination with three additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- At least 3 years of experience in the field of gender and development, preferably in the Asia-Pacific region
- Experiences in the issues of women peace and security in the context of ASEAN regional inter-governmental process is an advantage
- Proven experience facilitating high-level consultative workshops for ASEAN government representatives, dialogue partners, institutions, and civil society organisations (CSOs) in Southeast Asia
- Experiences in providing policy advice and technical assistance on governance and/or women, peace and security to government institutions, preferably in the ASEAN region
- Experience in influencing the agenda-setting/priorities of the government in Southeast Asia related to the advancement of gender equality and empowerment of women and girls is desirable
- Knowledge of the Southeast Asia context related to WPS.
- Previous work experience working with high-level government officials in ASEAN would be a strong asset
- Proficiency in oral and written English
- Proficiency in any of the ASEAN national languages will be an advantage
- Computer literacy and ability to effectively use office technology equipment, Internet and email.
- Excellent facilitation skills
Responsibilities
- Support the WPS Advisory Group to oversee the dissemination and socialization of the RPA on WPS, including the overall awareness raising, exchanges of knowledge and capacity building on WPS – which may be led by specific small working groups across ASEAN.
- Support the organization of WPS Advisory Group meetings and Technical Group Meetings at least two meetings per year, including drafting of programmes, drafting of summary records, development of talking points and presentations, and drafting invitation letters, among others.
- Organize and coordinate capacity-building efforts and initiatives to strengthen commitment for the implementation of the WPS agenda.
- Coordinate and support the development of the implementation plans of the RPA on WPS, including the drafting of its M&E framework.
- Support the development of an implementation plan of the RPA on WPS which will include anticipated technical, and financial needs; Roles and responsibilities within their institution and of partners; Timelines and milestones, with clear benchmarks and deliverables; Proposed measures of effectiveness and methods of assessment that, at minimum, detail their involvement both pre-and post-intervention.
- Support the ASEAN WPS Advisory Group to oversee the overall coordination with the UN, Dialogue Partners, and/or other ASEAN partners, including international organisations and/or civil society organizations for technical assistance and other forms of support.
- Support and provide update to the WPS Advisory Group and ACW Cambodia in tracking the progress on the implementation of the RPA on WPS, including monitoring and updating of the WPS ASEAN Website https://wps.asean.org/.
- Support the expansion of awareness and mainstreaming of the WPS agenda across the three ASEAN pillars and relevant sectoral bodies.
- Support the conduct of a baseline data and analysis and commissioning a study to fill gaps with respect to baseline data.
- Support the Identification of two flagship initiatives on WPS.
- Draft TOR for the WPS Community of Practice, comprised of “government, the security sector, academic experts, CSOs”, including women’s groups and youth groups, among others, and in consultation with them, developing the schedule/mechanism for regular consultations.
- Provide administrative and logistic support to the WPS Advisory Group to organize a summit on WPS which aims to facilitate the monitoring of the implementation of the RPA on WPS, share best practices and support coordination and networking among relevant sectoral bodies, ACW, ACWC, dialogue partners and CSOs.
- Coordinate with ASEAN Secretariat – PEGD and draft annual monitoring reports for submission to ACW, ACWC, Advisory Group on WPS and ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Women (AMMW), for consideration and approval.
- Draft technical concept notes, talking points, presentation, annotated agenda, tools, documents speeches, and/or reports related to the implementation of the RPA WPS meetings, regular communication with dialogue partners, among others.