Job Description
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. The forthcoming UN Women Nepal’s Strategic Note (SN) for the period 2018-2022 lays out the agency’s unique role and comparative advantage in supporting national stakeholders in advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women in line with internationally agreed normative standards. The SN is aligned with and contributes to Nepal’s national priorities as described in Nepal’s Fourteenth Three-year Periodic Plan, its gender equality commitments, the needs of women’s organizations, and the UNDAF 2018-2022 with a commitment of leaving no one behind UN Women will advance its efforts in Nepal in accordance with its unique role and triple mandate (normative, operational and coordination) and lessons learned to “achieve gender equality and social inclusion and empower women and girls in Nepal to realize their human rights’.
UN Women Nepal is seeking applications from qualified Nepalese citizens with commitment for women, high drive for results, integrity, demonstrable teamwork and other competencies as mentioned in the job descriptions.
Job Title: Communication for Development (C4D) Officer
Contract type and level: Service Contract (SB-5/1)
Duration: 1 year with possibility of extension
Key responsibilities: Reporting to Unit Manager (Economic Empowerment Unit), Communication for Development Officer will offer technical support and will help design, form, manage, execute, monitor and evaluate a behavioral change and social mobilization strategy, plan of action, and programme activities to support the overall country programme. This includes organizing the research, development, pre-testing, and production of culturally relevant communication materials; developing and enhancing strong partnerships with community groups, leaders and civil society partners; and developing training materials and activities. While professional support to advance C4D in UN women’s work in Nepal, Communication for Development Officer will also serve as a Communication Focal Point of the Country Office and allocate 30% of her/his work to manage, implement and monitor the Country Office’s communications to ensure corporate visibility to both Nepali and global audience at all levels.
Duty Station: Kathmandu
Vacancy closing date: 8 January 2018 For detail job descriptions and for online application, please visit
https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_jok_id=76393
Job Title: Programme Officer (Economic Empowerment)
Duty Station: Kathmandu Contract type and level: Service Contract (SB-5/1)
Duration: 1 year with possibility of extension
Key responsibilities: Reporting to Unit Manager (Economic Empowerment Unit), Programme Officer will be responsible to provide technical and programming support to ensure the quality and timely designing, planning and implementation of women’s economic empowerment portfolio, specifically focusing on substantive equality which can be brought about in women’s lives through their participation and leadership in economic activities and decision-making.
Vacancy closing date: 8 January 2018 For detail job descriptions and for online application, please visit
https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=76396
Job Title: Programme Officer (Women’s Economic Empowerment – TVET and Business Devebpment)
Contract type and level: Service Contract (SB-5/1)
Duty Station: Kathmandu
Duration: 11 months with possibility of extension
Key responsibilities: Reporting to Unit Manager (Economic Empowerment Unit), Programme Officer will be responsible to provide technical and programming support to ensure the quality and timely designing, punning and implementation of women’s economic empowerment portfolio, specifically focusing on substantive equality which can be brought about in women’s lives through their participation and leadership in economic activities and decision-making. Vacancy closing date: 8 January 2018 For detail job descriptions and for online application, please visit
https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=76398
How To Apply
Application must be supported with UN Women Personal History Form- P11 which can be downloaded from UN Women website http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment.
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
UN Women is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. individual from minority groups, indigenous groups, LGBTIQ and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.