Asistente técnico/a en género, economía y desarrollo sostenible
Pay and conditions
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Job Description
Provides technical assistance to embed gender equality in Uruguay’s economic, fiscal, energy, climate and productive-development work. The role turns evidence into decision-ready analysis and knowledge products, supports gender-responsive planning and consultancy oversight, and convenes ministries, statistics bodies and interinstitutional forums around inclusive policy and a just transition.
Key Details
Department
Área de Desarrollo Sostenible Inclusivo
Position Details
Experience level
Mid
Minimum experience
4 years
Employment type
Contractor / Part-time
Arrangement
Onsite
Minimum education
High school diploma
Contract duration
1 year
Work hours
30 hours per week
Job Areas
Language Requirements
Required
Spanish, English
Summary of Responsibilities
- Analyse disaggregated quantitative and qualitative evidence on gender gaps in economic, energy and climate policies
- Prepare descriptive analysis, estimates and costings for gender-responsive mitigation measures and productive-sector transition
- Produce technical notes, policy notes, reports, presentations and planning inputs for institutional counterparts
- Systematize regional and international evidence on gender, just transition, fiscal policy and care-work measurement
- Draft terms of reference and review consultancy proposals and deliverables using gender criteria
- Track workplans, schedules and commitments with institutional counterparts
- Facilitate and document technical meetings and present findings to ministries, technical teams and interinstitutional forums
Role Requirements
- Completed secondary education; a Bachelor’s degree in economics, social sciences, statistics, public policy, development or a related field is considered but not required
- Six years of relevant experience with completed secondary education or four years with a Bachelor’s degree in information analysis and public policy, programme or project design, analysis or evaluation
- Demonstrable quantitative-data processing and analysis using microdata and official statistical sources
- Demonstrable gender-perspective experience in economic analysis, statistics or policy evaluation, supported by concrete products or institutional processes
- Written and spoken Spanish proficiency and English reading ability for technical documentation and international meetings
- Uruguayan citizenship or foreign domicile with intent to remain in Uruguay for the required period
Desired Criteria
- Experience with national public bodies and knowledge of Uruguay’s institutional ecosystem
- Experience in energy, industry, climate change, transport or just transition
- Experience in cost-benefit analysis, costings or socially focused programme evaluation
- Experience supervising consultancies, projects or interinstitutional processes
- Experience facilitating work sessions, training or teaching
- Georeferencing and technical document-editing tools
Skills
Tools and Technologies
Additional Information
- NPSA contract for one year with 30 hours per week; work combines UNDP offices, in-person counterpart sessions and coordinated telework
Source & verification
IGO Jobs sourced this vacancy from UNDP Careers, on 21 Aug 2026.