Gender Programme Specialist

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: International contract
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 14/10/2025
  • Location: Fiji
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
 
How can you make a difference? 
Under the supervision of the Deputy Representative – Programme, the Gender Programme Specialist will coordinate the implementation of the Pacific Gender and ADAP Strategy and provide technical support to programme teams on key gender priorities. This role is critical to ensure that gender equality is systematically mainstreamed across UNICEF’s work in the Pacific.
The successful candidate will lead the integration of gender priorities across one or more of UNICEF’s five programme outcome areas, ensuring strong alignment with the Gender Action Plan (GAP). They will support cross-sectoral collaboration to promote coherence, synergy, and efficient use of resources in delivering gender results. The role involves providing technical guidance to ensure that gender outcomes are clearly defined, effectively measured, and accurately reported, while also supporting high-quality assessments, research, and evaluations that inform programming. The Specialist will contribute to emergency preparedness and response by identifying and addressing gender-specific needs and will work closely with ADAP focal points to operationalize the Gender and ADAP Strategy, with a particular focus on empowering adolescent girls and promoting their meaningful participation in the Pacific.

 
Minimum requirements:
  • Advanced university degree (Masters or higher) in the social sciences (i.e. sociology, demography, psychology, political science, social policy or economics), public health, public policy, public administration, international development, or in an area relevant to UNICEF’s sectoral work (e.g. Health, Nutrition, WASH, Education, Child Protection, Social Inclusion, HIV/AIDs, etc.) with clear evidence of gender programme expertise. 
  • Some formal academic credentials in gender programming is required.
  • Minimum five years of progressively responsible professional experience and demonstrated track record of having undertaken and led substantive programming and research on gender and development in key issue areas that are the focus of UNICEF’s Gender Action Plan. Of this, at least 2-3 years should include international work experience.
  • Experience in designing, implementing, managing, and delivering results-based programmes/projects on gender and development and/or other cross-cutting programmes, such as those related to climate action, ECD, parenting programmes and mental health, especially at country/field level is required.
  • Experience in emergency preparedness and response is required..
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
 

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