Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist

About the role

The Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist will support UNEP’s commitment to mainstream gender equality, disability inclusion, youth empowerment and poverty eradication across its programmes. The role involves designing and delivering capacity‑building workshops, reviewing project documents and contributing to UN‑wide reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Design, organise and facilitate high‑quality training sessions and capacity‑building workshops on gender, diversity, disability inclusion, youth and poverty eradication.
• Conduct timely reviews and clearances of gender equality, disability inclusion, youth and poverty eradication components in concept notes, project documents and programme submissions.
• Develop guidance notes, SOPs, tools and training materials to strengthen institutional implementation and reporting on cross‑cutting issues.
• Collect, analyse and disaggregate data to support impact reporting and contribute to UNEP and UN reports.
• Support the revision of technical notes under the UNDIS accountability framework through consultative processes.
• Assist in advocacy activities that integrate gender and diversity considerations across programmes.

Required profile

• Proven experience in gender equality, disability inclusion, youth and poverty eradication within an international or UN context.
• Strong background in designing and delivering training and capacity‑building activities.
• Excellent analytical skills for data collection, disaggregation and reporting.
• Familiarity with UN policies, frameworks and reporting mechanisms related to gender and diversity.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders and contribute to cross‑cutting advocacy.

Required skills

• Data collection and analysis for gender‑disaggregated reporting.
• Development of guidance documents, SOPs and training materials.