Research Analyst – Gender Equality
Location :
Istanbul (Home-Based), TURKEY
Type of Contract :
IPSA (Short-Term)
Starting Date :
01-Apr-2024
Application Deadline :
25-Feb-24 (Midnight New York, USA)
Duration of Initial Contract :
6 months
Background
The Istanbul Regional Hub (IRH) is UNDP’s main knowledge and advisory hub for the countries and territories serviced by UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS (RBEC). The Gender Equality Team at the UNDP IRH supports UNDP Country Offices in 19 countries and territories in the Europe and Central Asia region with a range of advisory services to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Specifically, the IRH Gender Equality Team works to deliver opportunities and improve skills for women’s economic empowerment, especially in the future world of work, focusing on the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) sectors; address and prevent violence and all forms of discrimination against women and girls; support women’s leadership and participation in decision-making processes; support Country Offices to close gender gaps and deliver gender equality results aligned with the SDGs as part of their national programmes.
The IRH Gender Equality Team also supports the design and implementation of regional and sub-regional initiatives to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, and tracks and presents the results achieved by UNDP programmes and initiatives in the region in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment. Among others, STEM4ALL is a regional digital platform launched by UNDP and UNICEF in 2021, which has catalyzed widespread interest in knowledge exchange, community building and cross-sector collaboration to overcome systematic gender barriers, break stereotypes, and access networks and resources to advance girls and women in STEM education and professional careers.
UNDP also recognizes the role women play in empowering other women as parliamentary representatives, strengthening the gender responsiveness of parliaments, and adopting gender-sensitive policy and legislative frameworks. In 2020, the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub launched an interactive online platform, Equal Future. The platform allows users to actively observe the progress on women’s political participation in countries and territories in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region since the 1995 Beijing conference.
In the spring of 2023, UNDP started a process to restructure the Equal Future platform. The new platform has been designed to expand its scope to cover aspects of women’s leadership and participation in politics and public administration, in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh and #ShePersisted, and function as a one-stop shop with data, resources, and training and events, in addition to providing examples of good practices implemented by UNDP and other institutions in the region and beyond.
Research Analyst – Gender Equality Duties and Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the Team Leader, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, at the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub, the Research Analyst – Gender Equality will undertake the following tasks:
Research, advocacy and communications
- Support research and data collection on gender equality issues such as care work, in its paid and unpaid forms, women’s leadership and representation in politics and public administration, women in STEM and gender equality in the green transition, in 19 countries and territories in the RBEC region, including by supporting the consultations and development of the Regional Gender Equality Strategy;
- Support design and implement online advocacy campaigns, STEM4ALL, Equal Future and other thematic virtual events, in accordance with key international days such as International Women’s Day (8 March), the Day of the Girl Child (11 October) and others, by developing advocacy and communication products and items, including newsletters, blog posts, podcast episodes, social media posts, etc.
Knowledge management
- Support scan, curate relevant resources and tools for the STEM4ALL and Equal Future platforms;
- Support scan and curate relevant resources for the RBEC Gender Equality newsletter (Monthly Resources);
- Support the organization of internal and external regional meetings, workshops, and online events involving UNDP staffs and external gender equality practitioners (e.g., conferences, launch events for publications, internal presentations);
- Support the management of contact databases for STEM4ALL platform and the STEMinists Network.
The Research Analyst – Gender Equality performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Research Analyst Competencies
Core Competencies:
Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:
| Thematic Area | Name | Definition |
| Digital & Innovation | Data analysis | Ability to extract, analyze and visualize data (including Real-Time Data) to form meaningful insights and aid effective decision-making |
| Digital & Innovation | Design thinking | Solving problems by putting people at the centre, visualising ideas and making them tangible in order to improve them through and iterative process of developing and testing. Strong empathy skills, being able to put yourself “”in someone else’s shoes””, understand needs, abilities, preferences, motivations, (everyday) experiences from different perspectives as well as their cultural, social, economical and political contexts. Ability to identify and challenge assumptions, (cognitive and social) biases and dominant mental models by generating new perspectives and frames that help redefine the problem, solution and opportunity space. Being able to work with incomplete information, ambiguity and opposing views, needs and constraints and synthesise them into solutions that are viable, technically feasible and useful. |
| Communications | Advocacy strategy and implementation | Ability to create and implement advocacy strategies which lead to impactful change |
| Business Development | Knowledge generation | Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for content, or responsive to a stated need |
| Business Management | Communication | Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels |
Research Analyst Required Skills and Experience
| Min. Education requirements | Master’s degree in social or political science, international development, international relations, media relations, journalism, communications, public relations or related field.Bachelor’s degree in the same fields, with additional two years of experience in lieu of a Master’s degree. |
| Min. years of relevant work experience | At least two years of work experience in research and international development, with a Bachelor’s degree. |
| Required skills | Knowledge of gender equality and women’s empowerment issues in the Europe and Central Asia region.Familiarity with qualitative and quantitative research methods. |
| Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section | Academic background and/or research experience in gender equality and women’s empowerment is a strong asset.Experience in organizing online events, including planning, logistics and reporting is desirable.Experience in using online platforms (e.g., Microsoft package, Miro, Canva and similar) is desirable.Experience on working on SDG targets and indicators is an asset. |
| Required Language(s) | Excellent oral and written proficiency in English. |
| Professional Certificates | N/A. |
The following documents shall be required from the applicants:
- Personal CV or P11, indicating all past positions held and their main underlying functions, their durations (month/year), the qualifications, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate, and at least three (3) the most recent professional references of previous supervisors. References may also include peers.
- A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page) indicating why the candidate considers him-/herself to be suitable for the position.
- Managers may ask (ad hoc) for any other materials relevant to pre-assessing the relevance of their experience, such as reports, presentations, publications, campaigns or other materials.
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