Background:

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.

On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation launched an illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine, causing widespread death, destruction, displacement and suffering.  The war in Ukraine is impacting women and men, girls and boys, in their diversities, in different ways and threatening progress made in recent years towards greater gender equality, disability inclusion and reinforced human rights. In 2025, an estimated 6.7 million women and girls in Ukraine need humanitarian assistance, including 900,000 girls, 2.4 million older women, and 1.5 million women with disabilities. Among the displaced population, 64% of residents in collective sites are women, and 97% of single-parent households are headed by women. Gender-based violence remains a critical concern, with increased risks due to poor lighting, overcrowding, and insecure shelters. Women-headed households have lower incomes, face higher unmet needs for shelter (41%), and report limited access to health care and basic services. Additionally, mental health challenges affect 88% of households in front-line areas, with women disproportionately impacted.

UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that the commitments to gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action in humanitarian response plans. In Ukraine, following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation in 2022, the Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Sub-Group was initially established and later formalized in 2023 as the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group, after UN Women became a full member of the Humanitarian Country Team. 

UN Women is the secretariat of the Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Working Group, and co-chairs the working group along with a national NGO (currently NGO Girls) and an INGO (currently CARE Ukraine). The working group offers interagency and intersectoral technical capacity to the Humanitarian Coordinator, the Humanitarian Country Team, the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group (ICCG) and all other stakeholders involved in the humanitarian response, including government authorities, to ensure the integration of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and marginalized people. The GIHA WG is comprised of gender focal persons from the clusters and sub clusters and provides critical support to ensure gender analysis, and advocacy is adequately coordinated, disseminated, and utilized, throughout the humanitarian coordination structures and reflected in the five phases of the humanitarian programme cycle (HPC). The working group also mobilizes task forces from among approximately 300 members who volunteer to engage on thematic issues, such as funding to women’s organizations, data and assessments, and capacity building for women’s rights organizations. The GiHA WG is additionally a forum for the exchange of information and technical expertise among members.

UN Women in Ukraine is recruiting a Gender in Humanitarian Action (GIHA) Coordination Analyst to support the coordination mandate. The GiHA Coordination Analyst works under the overall guidance of the UN Women Country Representative and/or his/her deputy, and the direct supervision of the Head of Humanitarian Programme.

Key Functions and Accountabilities

1. Provide technical assistance on gender in humanitarian action and support the coordination efforts of response actors on GiHA:

• Coordinate and support the GiHA Working Group and support opportunities to strengthen the GiHA coordination architecture in discussion with cluster/subclusters and relevant actors.
• Provide gender technical support to facilitate the integration of gender throughout the humanitarian response cycle including providing gender inputs to the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), cluster-specific and ICCG plans, and contingency plans.
• Support the development of the GiHA Working Group annual work plan, development/revisions of Terms of Referecne (TOR) for task forces, gender focal points and working group, as necessary.
• Represent UN Women in relevant coordination structures such as the PSEA network, AAP Working Group, Data Coordination Group and Assessment and Analysis Working Group 
• Provide technical support on gender mainstreaming to the ICCG and individual clusters/AoRs/working groups as necessary to support their capacity to respond to emerging gendered priorities. 
• Review Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC) outputs (needs assessment, response plans, cluster programming, monitoring reports, briefs) and provide inputs to stengthen the systematic integration of SADD and intersectional data and information and targeted and mainstreamed programming.

1. Support capacity building on GiHA and gender-responsive localization:

• Contribute to the implementation of capacity building initiatives and support in organizing different trainings related to GiHA for cluster gender focal points, ICCG members, UN staff, WROs, and organizations representing marginalized people. 
• Provide technical and capacity building support to women-led and women’s rights organizations on GiHA and humanitarian response processes.
• Support efforts to strengthen the capacity of humanitarian response workers and gender focal points on GiHA and support the meaningful engagement with women CSOs as key partners in the humanitarian response, including through GiHA working group.
• Contribute to accelerating localization through supporting the participation of local women’s organizations and networksin humanitarian response planning, decision making and monitoring/accountability, with a focus on those organizations that work with crisis affected women and girls, including those at heightened risk of violence, exploitation and abuse.

1. Contiribute to knowledge building on GiHA/humanitarian response

• Contirbute to the development of knowledge products including briefs, fact sheets, statistics, research, policy briefs, and gender alerts, highlighting the gendered impact/gendered dimension of the humanitarian crisis on the affected populations.
• Support the collection and documentation of contextual information and emerging gender-related trends and challenges related to working group/clusters response.
• Provide technical inputs to support the inclusion of SAAD and gender content in sector and inter-sectoral analyses and advocacy messages.
• Support gender mainstreaming in key humanitarian assessments.

1. Support advocacy and communications:

• Contirubute to the development of key advocacy messages inlcuding inputs to the HCT discussions and other relevant stakeholders.
• Support the drafting of strategic notes, talking points, key messages for UN Women leadership to support highlighting the imperative of GIHA across the spectrum of Ukraine response 
• Provide inputs to concept notes and proposals to scale up UN Women Ukraine CO humanitarian programming, in line with the HRP 2023 and Ukraine - UN Transitional Framework.
• Contribute to identifying opportunities-programming and partnerships, including through discussion with clusters, UN entities, INGO, women CSOs and other stakeholders. 

1. Provide programme support and coordination:

• Support the head of humanitarian programme and programme team in the identification of areas for development of the humanitarian programme.
• Support the development of programme documents, results frameworks, budgets, work plans, reporting, and knowledge products
• Support the development of proposals, proposal evaluations and capacity assessment of partners as requested by programme team
• Contribute to the development of humanitarian programme annual workplans, budget, and annual reporting.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation. 

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: n/a

Competencies :

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

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Functional Competencies:

• Strong organizational skills
• Good knowledge of humanitarian principles
• Good knowledge of Gender in Humanitarian Action and IASC humanitarian standards 
• Strong knowledge and experience related to current policies and practices in the fields of gender equality, protection and humanitarian action
• Strong knowledge of national and area-based humanitarian coordination structures in Ukraine
• Strong networking skills
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to advocate and provide policy advice
• Programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills
• Knowledge of Results Based Management
• Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings 

Recruitment Qualifications

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/ women’s studies, international development, or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A project/programme management certification (such as PMP®, PRINCE2®, or MSP®) would be an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least 2 years of progressively responsible experience in implementing gender responsive programmes, with a particular focus on gender targeted programming, across the humanitarian-development nexus is required.
• At least 2 years of experience in [RA1] humanitarian coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building activities, with a particular focus on gender and protection in humanitarian programmes is required. 
• Experience coaching and/or training partners and humanitarian actors on gender equality concepts is required.
• Experience working with partners, and building partnerships with civil society organizations, INGOs, governments and donors is required.
• Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is desirable.
• Experience working with and/or in collaboration with UN agencies is desireable.

Statements :

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

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