Senior Consultant

Develops and pilots gender-responsive security guidance for UNDSS field operations, working with headquarters, field personnel and UN partners to validate person-centred tools, deliver information sessions and strengthen inclusive security risk management across priority regions.

Department: Gender and Inclusivity Unit

• Develop practical guidance for gender-responsive security risk management and operations
• Consolidate findings, practices and recommendations into usable security guidance
• Validate and pilot tools supporting person-centred security operations
• Deliver information sessions on person-centred and gender-responsive security
• Consult headquarters, multi-country offices, field personnel and United Nations experts to validate products
• Engage external coordination mechanisms to identify complementary practices and improve system coherence
• Prepare a final consultancy report

• Advanced university degree in gender studies, human rights, public administration, international relations, law, human resources management, social sciences or a related field
• At least seven years of progressively responsible experience developing and designing gender-related solutions for complex projects or programmes
• Fluency in written and spoken English

• Home-based consultancy for four months
• The assignment focuses on UNDSS field operations in the Indo-Pacific and Middle East