Functions / Key Results Expected

Under the supervision of the Director of GPO, and working closely with the Senior Programme Management Officer of the EU-UN Global Terrorism Threats Facility in UNOCT and the Gender Unit in the Human Rights and Gender Section of UNOCT, the Women in Counter-terrorism Expert will be expected to perform various activities including:

• Provide strategic and technical guidance to requesting Member States on strengthening the full, equal, safe, and meaningful participation and representation of women in operational and policy roles in preventing and countering terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism (CT/PCVE) within government, including, intelligence, law enforcement, corrections, the judiciary, and CT/PCVE policy and coordination bodies;
• Provide expert advice to requesting Member States on the development and conduct of context-specific analysis of the barriers preventing the full, equal, safe, and meaningful participation and representation of women in operational and policy CT/PCVE roles withing government,  and in formulating context-relevant measures to remove or mitigate these barriers;
• Deliver capacity-building activities to strengthen the full, equal, safe, and meaningful participation and representation of women in operational and policy CT/PCVE roles withing government, such as revisions of human resource management policies and procedures, to address identified barriers and enable equitable access for women;
• Provide high level advisory and mentoring services to governmental officials from requesting Member States to strengthen advance the full, equal, safe, and meaningful participation and representation of women in operational and policy CT/PCVE roles within government;
• Prepare a variety of high-quality, written substantive outputs, including analyses, presentations, training materials, summary reports, related to their assignments.

Education Requirements

Required

• Advanced University Degree (Master’s Degree or equivalent), preferably in Security, International Law, International Relations, Public Administration, or another relevant field with ten (10) years of relevant experience is required; Or
• First Level University Degree (Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent) with twelve (12) years of relevant experience is required.