Advocacy and Coordination Support Consultant

About the Role

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The Advocacy and Coordination Support Consultant will provide critical support to the ACT Programme and EVAWG (Ending Violence Against Women and Girls) Unit. This role involves facilitating coordination among partners, providing technical assistance for advocacy, and documenting high-impact results to strengthen women’s movement-building and regional influence.

Scope of Work

The consultant will provide support in the following key areas:

• Coordination Support: Facilitate regular coordination meetings among ACT partners and linkages with broader EVAWG stakeholders, ensuring communication of updates, sharing of resources, and identification of opportunities for collaboration across regional initiatives.
• Technical Support: Assist partners in planning and executing advocacy activities, including preparing briefing notes, supporting events or workshops, and facilitating engagement with stakeholders; contribute to drafting outcome documents of key results for high visibility.
• Monitoring and Documentation: Track progress of advocacy activities, document outcomes, and consolidate reports and case studies for internal learning and external communication.
• Knowledge Products: Support partners in the development of knowledge products; develop country-specific ACT frameworks including the UN Women approach to women’s movement strengthening; include ACT updates in UN Women monthly updates, COP, and EVAWG regional meetings.
• Administrative Support: Assist in organizing ACT and broader EVAWG stakeholder consultations, webinars, and multi-partner engagements to strengthen the visibility and impact of advocacy efforts.
• Capacity Support: Provide on-demand guidance to partners on coordination mechanisms, reporting, and information management.

Key Deliverables

• Monthly coordination briefs summarizing partner activities, progress, challenges, and emerging opportunities.
• Documentation of advocacy activities (meeting notes, events, workshops).
• Development of ACT outcome result document focusing on high-impact results.
• Documentation of country-specific ACT framework (UN Women movement-building and feminist funding approach).
• Consolidated progress reports and support materials (agendas, presentations) for EVAWG advocacy events.

Duration and Reporting

• Duration: 6 months.
• Reporting: Reports to the ACT Programme Regional Coordinator with weekly check-ins.

Requirements

• Education: Completion of secondary education is required. A Degree in Social Sciences, Gender Studies, International Relations, Development Studies, or a related field is highly desirable.
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years of experience supporting advocacy, coordination, or programmatic initiatives related to gender equality and women’s rights.
• Coordination: Proven experience in multi-stakeholder engagement with civil society, governments, or regional bodies.
• Knowledge: Deep understanding of VAWG issues, regional gender policy frameworks, and intersectional/feminist approaches to advocacy.
• Skills: Strong organizational, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Advantage: Familiarity with UN Women’s work.

Competencies

• Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity.
• Core Competencies: Gender awareness, Accountability, Creative Problem Solving, Effective Communication, Inclusive Collaboration, Stakeholder Engagement.
• Functional Competencies: Demonstrable knowledge of ending violence against women and experience working on advocacy for gender equality in Africa.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should apply online via the UN Women recruitment portal at estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com. Ensure your application is submitted by the deadline of March 3, 2026.