UN Women: Programme and Knowledge Management Specialist, Making Migration Safe for Women, New York, P-3 (Temporary Appointment)

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.

The Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division develops and implements the UN Women program of work on normative, analysis, research, operational and knowledge management that supports the advice and guidance UN Women provides to the intergovernmental process, the UN system, and to UN Women country and regional offices. The Division is organized in thematic sections, which undertake policy research; analyze data on country, regional or global trends; and propose evidence-based options for global policy, norms and standards and for UN Women global programme strategies, policy advocacy, and flagship programmes. In support of UN Women’s normative and coordination mandates, the Division also undertakes substantive preparations for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and drafts reports on behalf of the Secretary-General on multiple topics. With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN Women is supporting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) towards achieving gender equality and women's economic empowerment by 2030 to benefit all women in the world, leaving no woman behind. UN Women works in partnership with governments, multilateral organizations, the UN System, civil society organizations and the private sector. 

Economic empowerment is one of the priority areas of UN Women. UN Women works with governments and partners to promote women’s economic empowerment and increase their access to economic opportunities and outcomes, especially for those who are most excluded, including women migrant workers. In 2018, the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was adopted by UN Member States. And as the blueprint for the governance and coordination of international migration, it is critical that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are central in its implementation. UN Women works to help ensure that migrant women’s human and labour rights are effectively promoted and protected at all stages of migration, and that the implementation of the Global Compact for Migration is human rights -based and gender- responsive. 

Since 2023, UN Women has been implementing the second phase of the Germany-funded Making Migration Safe for Women programme in Ethiopia and at the global level with the goal of ensuring that the development and implementation of national migration policies and laws in Ethiopia are gender-responsive, and that international norms and standards for protecting and promoting migrant women’s rights are strengthened. The programme has also aimed to improve the use and collection of sex- disaggregated data and provide robust evidence and research on migrant women to inform national policy making. In January 2025, UN Women will expand implementation of the Making Migration Safe for Women programme in South Africa. 

Under the supervision of the Global Coordinator, the Programme and Knowledge Management Specialist supports the overall implementation of the Making Migration Safe programme at both global and country levels and is responsible for ensuring knowledge creation and exchange. 

The Programme and Knowledge Management Specialist works in close collaboration with the Policy Specialist, Gender and Migration and the National Coordinators to ensure successful implementation of the Making Migration Safe for Women programme.

Key Functions and Accountabilities:

1. Support the implementation of the Making Migration Safe for Women (MMSfW) programme

• Provide coordination and technical support to the implementation of the MMSfW programme, including at global level and in Ethiopia and South Africa;
• Support the organization of and represent UN Women in side events during key intergovernmental and events and processes related to migration, including through the development of concept notes, talking points, summary reports and engagement through speaking roles;
• Support UN Women’s engagement with the UN Network on Migration, including by leading on UN Women’s participation in workstream six on supporting Member States and UN in implementation for the GCM, including through the delivery of trainings; 
• Support in the process of monitoring the programme implementation of activities and finances using results-based management tools.

2. Oversee knowledge creation and exchange for the MMSfW programme 

• Develop and oversee a knowledge management and evidence uptake strategy for the MMSfW programme to sup