Programme Coordination Analyst Gender and Push Forward

UN Women; Fatih; On-site; TRY 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

UN Women ECARO seeks a regional focal point to coordinate the Push Forward Strategy across the region, ensuring coherence with corporate priorities and strengthening partnerships. You will analyze trends related to gender equality backlash and prepare analytical inputs for donor reports.

The role includes knowledge management, webinars, and learning events, with potential supervision of interns or consultants. Fluency in English is required; additional languages are desirable.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of progressively responsible experience in managing complex programme interventions at national or international level.
• Experience related to gender equality, women's rights, gender backlash, civic space dynamics and democratic resilience is desirable.
• Proficiency with computer and office software packages; experience with web-based management systems.
• Project/programme management certification is an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Regional Office focal point for ECARO Push Forward Strategy and coordinate its implementation across offices.
• Analyze trends related to backlash against gender equality and identify strategic opportunities.
• Prepare inputs for donor and UN Women reports and support partnership/resource mobilization efforts.
• Organize knowledge products, webinars, trainings, and learning events; maintain regional knowledge repository.
• Monitor progress, prepare reports, and supervise interns or consultants where applicable.

Skills

Programme management

Results-Based Mgmt

Analytical skills

Research skills

Knowledge management

Data interpretation

Gender equality

Women's rights

Civic space dynamics

Fundraising analysis

Education

Master’s degree

2+ years qualifying experience

Tools

Oracle Cloud

Office software

Job description

Organizational context: UN Women’s Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO) implements its Strategic Note 2026-2029, addressing regional challenges like backlash against gender equality and shrinking civic space. The Push Forward Strategy aims to strengthen institutional coherence and advance evidence-based programming. This role supports the strategy’s implementation, funded by the Government of Denmark, focusing on gender-responsive governance and women's leadership.

Job purpose: This role serves as the Regional Office focal point for the ECARO Push Forward Strategy, coordinating its implementation and providing technical guidance across the region. It involves analyzing trends related to gender equality backlash, identifying strategic opportunities, and ensuring alignment with corporate priorities. The position supports the development of partnerships and resource mobilization strategies, contributes to knowledge management by synthesizing analytical evidence and disseminating best practices, and prepares knowledge products. The role also monitors progress, prepares reports, and may supervise interns or consultants.

Responsibilities: Serve as the Regional Office focal point for the ECARO Push Forward Strategy, coordinating its implementation and providing technical and substantive guidance across Regional and Country Offices to ensure coherence and strategic alignment. Analyze emerging trends, implementation needs, and programme priorities related to backlash against gender equality, identifying strategic opportunities and approaches. Maintain the Push Forward Task Force and facilitate coordination with Headquarters, UNCTs, GTGs, Country Offices, and regional teams. Identify implementation priorities, provide technical support for integrating the strategy into workplans, and monitor progress. Prepare substantive inputs for donor and UN Women reports. Provide inputs for partnership and resource mobilization strategies, including concept notes and proposals. Prepare project summaries, briefing notes, and other documentation. Support knowledge management by preparing analytical evidence, policy briefs, and presentations. Maintain a regional repository of knowledge resources and disseminate relevant analyses. Organize webinars, trainings, and learning events to promote exchange of experiences and good practices. Synthesize lessons learned and contribute to knowledge management methodologies.

Education: A Master’s degree or equivalent in public administration, law, human rights, gender equality, management, or social sciences is required. A first-level university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted. A project/programme management certification is an added advantage.

Work experience: Requires at least 2 years of progressively responsible experience at the national or international level in managing complex programme interventions, preferably related to gender equality, women's rights, gender backlash, anti-rights mobilization, civic space dynamics, and democratic resilience. Experience in coordinating with government agencies and donors, programme implementation, monitoring, and evaluation is desirable. Proficiency in computer and office software packages, including web-based management systems, is required. Experience with Oracle Cloud is desirable.

Skills: Programme formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation; Results-Based Management; Analytical and research skills; Writing and knowledge management; Data interpretation and presentation; Gender equality, women's rights, gender backlash, anti-rights mobilization, civic space dynamics, and democratic resilience; Fundraising analysis.

Required languages: English

Desired languages: Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish