Planning and Coordination Specialist for UN Women

About the role

The Planning and Coordination Specialist will support UN Women’s regional office and the UN Resident Coordinator in inter‑agency coordination, strategic partnership development and gender‑focused advocacy across Paraguay.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical support to the Regional Office, Resident Coordinator and UN Country Team on inter‑agency coordination and joint planning processes.
• Prepare briefing materials, analytical reports and inputs for Common Country Assessments, UNDAF and other strategic documents.
• Represent UN Women at conferences, meetings and joint programme development initiatives.
• Manage promotional events and engage donors, private sector and civil society to mobilise resources for UN Women programmes.
• Offer guidance to development partners on UN gender equality frameworks and build capacity of civil society organisations.
• Develop, implement and monitor advocacy activities on gender empowerment, including International Women’s Day and the HeForShe campaign.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in public administration, law, human rights, gender equality, management, social sciences or related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Minimum five years of progressively responsible experience managing complex coordination processes with UN Country Teams and national partners on women’s empowerment.
• Experience in planning, coordinating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating development programmes.
• Fluency in Spanish (required) and English (desired); knowledge of another UN language is a plus.

Required skills

• Strong programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills.
• Strong budget and finance management abilities.
• Knowledge of Results‑Based Management and UN programme management systems.
• Ability to synthesize performance data and produce analytical reports for strategic decision‑making.