International Trade and Gender Equality Expert

Develops UN Women’s regional framework and programme offer for gender-responsive trade implementation, translating trade agreements into practical actions for women workers and enterprises through policy research, stakeholder consultation, implementation design and donor-facing proposals.

Department: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

• Develop the assignment methodology, analytical framework, consultation plan and quality-assurance approach
• Review evidence on gender-responsive trade, labour, procurement, services, digital trade and sustainable development
• Map Asia-Pacific and transcontinental trade agreements, provisions and implementation mechanisms
• Interview trade stakeholders and validate UN Women’s strategic approach and programme options
• Identify practical entry points for women-owned businesses, procurement, buyer linkages and public-private action
• Design an actionable framework with implementation pathways, institutional roles and monitoring indicators
• Define UN Women’s value proposition and map complementary government, business and development partners
• Prepare a donor-facing programme proposal with results, activities, partnerships, risks and budget logic

• Master’s degree in international trade, economics, law, public policy, international development, gender studies, business, political economy or a related field, or a first-level degree with two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least seven years of progressively responsible experience in international trade, trade policy, trade agreements, economic development, gender equality, private-sector development or women’s economic empowerment
• Experience analysing trade agreements and associated implementation mechanisms
• Experience integrating gender equality into trade, procurement, entrepreneurship, labour, value-chain or market-systems programming
• Experience in Asia and the Pacific, including ASEAN or South Asia
• Experience developing strategic frameworks, policy analysis, donor proposals, programme documents, results frameworks and implementation roadmaps
• Excellent written and spoken English

• Six-month deliverable-based home-based consultancy
• Travel to Bangkok or selected Asia-Pacific countries may be required subject to prior agreement and budget
• Payment is released upon satisfactory completion and approval of deliverables