Gender Equality Research and Policy Specialist Consultant

About the role

UN Women Lebanon is recruiting a Gender Equality Research and Policy Specialist Consultant to lead and support high-quality research, policy analysis and knowledge production relevant to its mandate. The consultant translates data and evidence into concise, actionable analysis that informs programmes, policy engagement, advocacy, partnerships, resource mobilization and UN Women's contribution to United Nations strategic planning. The consultant reports to the Country Representative and works closely with Programme Managers, technical specialists and MRC colleagues, following an agreed workplan.

Key responsibilities

• Support the research and analytical agenda, including a country-office research calendar aligned with UN Women's Strategic Note and programme priorities.
• Identify evidence gaps and formulate research questions, and undertake or coordinate quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods research, including desk reviews, secondary data analysis, surveys, key-informant interviews, focus groups and participatory approaches.
• Lead or support rapid gender analyses in humanitarian, conflict or recovery contexts, applying gender-responsive, rights-based, intersectional and ethical standards.
• Produce analytical reports, research papers, policy briefs, briefing notes, evidence summaries and talking points.
• Develop analysis on women's political participation, women, peace and security, women's economic empowerment and violence against women and girls, ensuring intersectional consideration of women with disabilities, refugees and displaced women, migrant women and older women.
• Strengthen data quality and methodology: design and review data-collection tools, review and interpret data, support sex-disaggregated and intersectional data, and quality-assure commissioned research.
• Translate evidence into policy and programming recommendations, and contribute to UN common assessments, inter-agency processes and high-level briefings.
• Build research partnerships with ministries, civil society, women-led organizations, academia and research institutions, and facilitate validation sessions and roundtables.