Gender Analyst [Open to Tier 0, 1 & 2 Applicants]
- Organisation: UNDP
- Location: Suva, Fiji
- Deadline: 13 November 2026
Duties and Responsibilities
Tiered Approach
In line with the commitment to safeguard capacity and support personnel already in the Organization, a majority of UNDP UNCDF/UNV vacancies are advertised using a tiered application process whereby:
• Tier 0 : UNDP/UNCDF/UNV IP staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments, whose posts will be abolished, or contracts will be terminated or not renewed during 2026.
• Tier 1 : Other UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments
• Tier 2 : UNDP/UNCDF/UNV staff holding temporary appointments (TA), personnel on regular PSA contracts, and Expert and Specialist UN Volunteers
• Tier 3 or no tier indicated : All other contract types from UNDP/UNCDF/UNV and other agencies, and other external candidates
Please make note of the Tier(s) indicated in the vacancy title, if any, and ensure that you satisfy the eligibility to apply.
Background
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet. The Fiji multi-country office covers ten countries including Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu as well as provides support to regional initiatives.
UNDP in the Pacific has developed its multi-country programme document (MCPD, 2023-2027) to guide its interventions in the next five years in full alignment and directly to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF, 2023–27). The Office covers 10 countries in the Pacific with an extensive portfolio which has grown over time. The UNSDCF and UNDP MCPD are designed in full alignment with the 2030 agenda, Samoa Pathway, and 2050 Blue Content Strategy, which is endorsed by the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) among others. The UNDP Pacific Office next five-year plan strategic priorities are encapsulated under three outcome areas: (i) Planet, (ii) Prosperity, and (iii) Peace. Following a strategic review process which was completed in June 2022, UNDP Pacific office structure is aligned to the emerging priorities of the office. In this regard, the programme portfolio will include mutually reinforcing work streams crafted around two clusters (i) Resilience and Climate Change; and ii) Inclusive growth and Effective governance, supported by a policy and innovation team, Operations team, Management and Oversight team that provides strategic guidance on results Management and compliance entrusted with the corporate alignment, programme finance management and quality assurance, and strategic communications team that provides knowledge management and communication support to all programme interventions.
The Management Performance and Oversight unit under the overall guidance of the RR provides effective oversight of programme and project management and ensuring the Office’s compliance with UNDP policies. The unit coordinates the implementation of the MCO Gender Strategy and Action Plan, MCO Action Plan on PSEA/SH, gender mainstreaming efforts and coordination of the gender seal work across MCO. It also provides overall guidance on programme resource management, portfolio management, pipeline development, project Quality Assurance (QA), focusing on results and target setting, monitoring, multi-year work planning, development effectiveness, and efficiency and donor reporting (annual and project). The unit further provides cost-efficiency analysis of the country programme delivery and capabilities required, consolidates MCO gender related financial planning and financial and resource management performance and undertakes gender results monitoring and addressing issues related to management performance trends identified by RBAP Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Audits, Quality Assurance reviews, Harmonized Cash Transfer (HACT), Partner capacity Assessment Tool, Transparency portal, and other corporate and regional tools and structures
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the guidance of the Management Specialist, the Gender Analyst is responsible for guiding and facilitating effective integration of gender equality perspectives in the multi-country programme, projects and operations of the Multi-Country Office (MCO). The Gender Analyst will act as a coordinator and ensure that the MCO plays a proactive role with the Governments, UN agencies, multi-lateral donors and civil society partners in promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. The Gender Analyst will be responsible for coordinating the office’s participation in the UNDP Gender Equality Seal certification process.
The Gender Analyst will provide guidance, technical support, and oversight for the implementation of the existing gender-focused projects and for the implementation of the gender equality commitments of Multi-Country Programme Document, in collaboration with the three clusters, i.e., (i) Resilience and Climate Change, ii) Inclusive growth, and iii) effective governance and three offices i) Fiji, ii) Federated States of Micronesia, and iii) Solomon Islands, in alignment with the Gender Equality Strategy. In coordination with Lead Human Resource Unit in Fiji, the Gender Analyst will also support MCO’s efforts to maintain respect, inclusivity, diversity, and gender equality as core values of the workplace culture. The Gender Analyst will work closely with the UNDP programme and operations teams, programme staff in other UN agencies, UNDP HQ and Regional Hub gender teams and Government officials, technical advisers and experts, multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors.
Key Duties and Accountabilities
1) Support to gender equality programming and gender integration within the office by focusing on achieving these results:
• Support MCO management, programme, operations, and project staff on the implementation of the UNDP Gender Equality Strategy and the development of gender-transformative Multi-Country Programme Document, Analysis, monitoring and reporting and capacity building;
• Monitor and support assessing political, environmental, economic, and social development trends and issues affecting gender equality and women’s equal rights in 10 MCO countries, to help inform strategic response to opportunities and challenges, in the context of the Multi-Country Programme Document and government national priorities;
• Support effective application of gender mainstreaming throughout MCO’s programme and project cycle, monitoring and evaluation frameworks, communication and advocacy, results reporting and quality assurance of results;
• Support inclusion of Gender in strategic documents and reporting;
• Propose synergies for strategic and technical partnership in the joint implementation of gender-related activities in the field with stakeholders across 10 pacific island countries;
• Support all efforts of the MCO to mainstream gender at the project level and work closely with all UNDP projects to ensure that gender is mainstreamed in programmatic and operational activities of the office;
• Ensure quality assurance of the Gender marker for projects (whether correct GEN1, 2, 3 is assigned) and facilitate projects in identifying concrete actions to improve gender mainstreaming in target results and project activities;
• Coordinate and support effective implementation of the roadmap, action plans and other strategic initiatives towards Gender Equality Seal Certification;
• Coordinate regular communication and support concrete actions in the implementation of the actions/recommendations taken on Gender initiatives;
• Monitor initiatives related to learning and engagement of staff and partners in the implementation of actions leading the office to the Gender Equality Seal Certification;
• Contribute and support the implementation of the country office action plans with specific analysis and actions assigned relevant to gender (lessons from QA reviews, audits, spot checks, evaluations, and other datasets);
• Timely provision of inputs to corporate communications and reporting requirements relating to the implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy;
• Supporting UNDP’s programming alignment with international standards and national commitments/policy frameworks across 10 Pacific Countries, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the National Women’s Policy, and the Gender Equality and Women’s Development (GEWD) Policy.
2) Support for collaboration and partnership building of UNDP with the United Nations system, Government, and other partners by focusing on achieving these results:
• In 10 Pacific countries, support identification and facilitation of strategic partnership building opportunities for gender equality;
• Ensure close follow-up for the effective implementation of a strategic partnership between UNDP, the Government and civil society organizations to promote gender equality in line with the office's commitments for Gender Equality Seal certification;
• Contribute to the strengthening of relations and collaboration in gender-related areas between the Government, UN agencies, civil society and UNDP in 10 countries;
• Coordinate support to Government on issues related to gender promotion within institutions and assist in the dentification of relevant initiatives and partners to advance the gender agenda including Public Sector Gender Equality Seal Certification;
• Support gender promotion to key partners in collaboration with other development actors and United Nations System agencies in 10 countries;