Mid-term Assessment of the Second Kenya National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security at UN Women

Required Skills and Experience

Education and Certification:

• A Master’s Degree or equivalent in gender/women's studies, Peace Studies, international development, conflict studies, Law, Access to justice, social sciences, human rights, or a related field is required.
• A first-level relevant university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• At least 10 years progressively responsible experience in conflict prevention and peacebuilding programming, training, and/or analysis with significant experience mainstreaming gender into analysis processes.
• Technical experience working on the Women, Peace, and Security agenda.
• Strong understanding of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda, normative frameworks, and WPS programming.
• Demonstrated experience in doing research and analysis on areas of gender, development, peace, and security and demonstrate publications.
• Demonstrated working relationships with state actors at the national, county level, peace actors, women’s human rights and gender equality organizations, development partners that can be activated for the purposes of the data collection and analysis.
• Demonstrated excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Ability to work independently and deliver on tight timelines.