Women Economic Empowerment, Private Sector and Financing for Gender Equality ConsultantNew

Designs UN Women's women’s economic-empowerment strategy for Papua New Guinea, connecting business development, financial inclusion, social protection and gender financing. The consultant maps programmes and private-sector partners, convenes government and business stakeholders, develops partnership and financing models, and produces strategy, policy, presentation and implementation packages.

• Map UN Women programmes and identify strategic opportunities for women's economic empowerment
• Consult government, civil society, UN and development partners at national and provincial levels
• Draft the country-office economic-empowerment strategy and presentation package
• Map private-sector actors and develop an engagement strategy and partnership framework
• Establish dialogue platforms linking UN Women, companies, chambers and government bodies
• Develop gender-financing models, implementation frameworks and resource-mobilisation recommendations

• Master's degree in economics, business studies, international relations, development studies or a related field, or a first-level degree plus two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects
• Technical experience in informal-economy engagement, MSME development and financial inclusion
• Fluency in English

• Project or programme management certification
• Experience working in developing contexts
• Experience coordinating with government agencies or donors
• Experience in the UN system
• Experience leading or managing a team

• Strategy development
• Private-sector engagement
• Gender financing
• Financial inclusion
• Results-based management

• Monitoring and evaluation frameworks
• Analytical reports
• Presentation packages