UNWomen: Gender Protection Associate, Kinshasa

Organization: UNWomen

Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

City: Kinshasa

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Office: UN Women Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

 

General

 

Description of assignment title: Gender Protection Associate

 

Assignment country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

 

Expected start date: 10/20/2025

 

Sustainable Development Goal: 5. Gender equality

 

Volunteer category: International UN Youth Volunteer

 

Host entity: UNWomen

 

Type: Onsite

 

Duration: 12 months

 

(with possibility of extension)

 

Number of assignments: 1

 

Duty stations: Kinshasa

 

Details

 

Mission and objectives

 

UN Women, founded on the vision of equality enshrined in the UN Charter, 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, peace and security.

 

UN Women is the global champion for gender equality and works to develop and uphold the highest standards, and to create an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise their human rights and reach their potential.

 

Context

 

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, is experiencing one of the worst humanitarian, human rights and security crises of the twenty-first century. The country is currently experiencing the largest displacement crisis in Africa. Despite the establishment of an elected government in 2019, the country is still struggling to consolidate peace throughout its territory and the eastern region of the DRC is experiencing high levels of insecurity and repeated incidences of violence, conflict, and armed attacks. In this situation, women are the main victims of conflicts in eastern DRC, where systematic rape is used as a tactic of war, and the atrocities of the crimes perpetrated have a negative impact on communities, especially on women and girls who are exposed to sexual violence.

 

In the civil society space, there are women’s organizations that are very active in the field of peace, women’s security, and humanitarian issues. However, these organizations need to be technically strengthened to help them fully play their role in mainstreaming gender in humanitarian response, in the context of the implementation of the Triple Nexus, which links humanitarian, development, and peace interventions.

 

To do this, UN Women DRC is recruiting a Gender Protection Associate for Gender Protection activities.

 

Task description

 

Under the direct supervision of the Coordination Specialist (Normative and Humanitarian Action), the Gender Protection Associate will carry out the following specific tasks: o Support the Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) inter-agency/inter-cluster working group, to understand and implement the framework for gender mainstreaming in humanitarian action.

 

o Participate in supporting the creation of GiHA knowledge products to inform inter-agency/inter-cluster response plans – including Gender analysis, Gender alerts, Civil Society Organizations surveys, etc

 

o Support the supervisor in building the capacity of clusters and other humanitarian actors on GiHA, to ensure that they have a clear understanding of GiHA needs and Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Gender policy standards.

 

o Support the Gender Localization Officer in the creation of a localized accountability framework based on the IASC Gender Policy standards, roles, and responsibilities.

 

o Support the participation of women in the different clusters, and support the clusters in the integration of Gender in their mechanism for coordinating strategic and action plans.

 

o Assist in the updating of a database of local women’s organizations working in humanitarian action and provide technical support to these organizations.

 

o Support and provide technical support to local women’s organizations that are members of the Humanitarian Working Group Coordination

 

o Support the development of a situation analysis of women’s participation in humanitarian action and in the mechanism of the peace process in the DRC and develop a resource mobilization program.

 

o Contribute to the development of key messages and information dissemination programme related to the needs of the humanitarian community,

 

o Provide and make available the various activity reports.

 

o Any other related duties that may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

 

Eligibility criteria

 

Age: 18 – 80

 

Required experience

 

1 month

 

Donor priorities

 

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Nationality

 

Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment.

 

Additional eligibility criteria

 

This assignment is funded by the Government of Sweden and therefore specific criteria apply: ELIGIBILITY

 

– Candidates must be Swedish nationals, fluency in Swedish is required

 

– Candidates must be between 18 and 29 years of age at the time of application.

 

– Candidates who already served on a UN Volunteer assignment funded by the Government of Sweden are not eligible.

 

APPLICATION

 

– You may apply to a maximum of three assignments and indicate the order of preference in the ‘Additional remarks’ field when filling in the application form.

 

– Application deadline: 29 June 2025.

 

SELECTION

 

– Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The selection will be conducted by the UN Host Entity in the country of assignment. Interviews are scheduled to take place in July.

 

MANDATORY TRAINING IN SWEDEN

 

Before deployment, selected candidates must attend a mandatory preparation training in Sweden, organized by Sida. The training will take place from 13 to 17 October.

 

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Assignment requirements

 

Relevant experience

 

No experience required

 

Languages

 

English, Level: Fluent, Desirable

 

French, Level: Fluent, Required

 

Required education level

 

Bachelor degree or equivalent in the field of Human Rights, Gender, International Relations, International development, International law, or other areas of social sciences is required.

 

Competencies and values

 

Gender awareness and sensitivity

Responsibility

Creative conflict resolution

Commitment to learning content

Stakeholder engagement

Teamwork

Skills and experience

 

In-depth knowledge of current policies and practices in the areas of Gender equality, protection and humanitarian action, including humanitarian coordination

Excellent analytical skills

Ability to write policy papers, speeches and briefing notes

Knowledge of programme development and implementation, results-based management and reporting

Area(s) of expertise

 

Community development, Development programmes, Crisis and emergency response

 

Driving license

 

–

 

Other information

 

Living conditions and remarks

 

The Democratic Republic of Congo is the second largest country in Africa and as a result is quite diverse. Living conditions vary between duty stations, with all usual amenities present in the capital Kinshasa but only very basic conditions in remote duty stations in the provinces, where for instance, there may be no guarantee of public power supply nor running water. The ability to live and work in difficult and harsh conditions of developing countries is essential. Accommodation is very expensive in both Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. Supermarkets exist in the large towns (e.g. Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Goma, Bukavu, Kisangani), but consumer items are generally very expensive (as everything is important). For food, local markets offer a much cheaper alternative. Kinshasa is classified as a family duty station. In addition to insecurity related to the relatively volatile social situation as well as various conflict situations, certain place are subject to increasing street and residential crime, including in Kinshasa and Goma. All UN volunteers must ensure that they are up-to date with all appropriate vaccination, which should be clearly and properly endorsed in the international certificate of vaccination (carte jaune). Malaria is present virtually throughout DRC and it is therefore recommended to take prophylaxis. The unit currency is the Congolese Franc. The US dollar is the other preferred currency.it may be impossible to exchange traveler’s checks away from the capital city. Credit cards are usually accepted in major hotels in Kinshasa. In larger towns and cities (e.g. Kinshasa, Goma, Bukavu, Kisangani, Lubumbashi), UN volunteers are recommended to open US dollar bank accounts, while in other places, bank may be absent part of their allowances to a bank account abroad. In addition to French, there are four major spoken languages in DRC, namely Lingala, Kikongo, Tshiluba and Swahili.

 

Inclusivity statement

 

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

 

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

 

Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy

 

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