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. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments to gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

VACANCY NOTICE
UN Women

Provincial Coordinator (SB-4)
- Job Identification: 24287
- Apply Before: 03/05/2025, 10:44 AM
- Job Schedule: Full time
- Locations: Janakpur, Nepal
- Vacancy Type: Local Service Contract
- Job Function: Ending violence against women
- Initial Contract Duration: 12 month
- Vacancy Category: Local Opportunities
- Vacancy Timeline: 2 Weeks

Job Description
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.

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.

UN Women Nepal’s Strategic Note (SN) for the period 2023-27 lays out the agency’s unique role and comparative advantage in supporting national stakeholders in advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women in line with internationally agreed normative standards. The SN is aligned with and contributes to Nepal’s national priorities as described in Nepal’s Fifteen Plan, its gender equality commitments, the needs of women’s organisations and the UNSDCF 2023-27 with a commitment of leaving no one behind.

The Programme “Empowered Women, Prosperous Nepal (EWPN)” is a four-year joint programme designed and to be implemented by four agencies (UNICEF, UN Women, ILO and UNFPA) with implementation period from 1 January 2023 to 31 October 2026 with the generous funding support from European Union. The project will be implemented in three provinces of Nepal namely Madhesh, Karnali and Sudurpaschim province.

The overall objective of this project is to contribute to the full realisation of Nepalese women and girls’ human rights and agency. The project seeks to unlock Nepalese women and girls’ potential through strategic actions targeting the underlying drivers of gender inequality and investment in gender equality accelerators. In realizing the aforementioned objectives, the project will focus on achieving the following outcomes (1) Men and boys, families and communities demonstrate more gender-equitable behaviours and support for positive social and gender norms that promote GEWE, and women and and girls have increased agency and voice. (2) Women, men, girls and boys, in all their diversity, access opportunities to exercise their equal economic, labour and social rights. (3) Institutions deliver gender equality outcomes in all spheres, in line with international and national normative frameworks.

Under the overall guidance of the Programme Specialist, the Provincial Coordinator is responsible for supporting the implementation, monitoring and reporting of programmes for the Country Office in respective provinces, including providing technical and coordination support to the implementation of the projects.

Application deadline: March 5, 2025

HOW TO APPLY
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