Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
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Position description
Senior Project consultant Gender Partnership Programme
Background
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is the global organization of national parliaments. It was founded in 1889 as the first multilateral political organization in the world, encouraging cooperation and dialogue between all nations. Today, the IPU comprises 183 national Member Parliaments and 15 regional parliamentary bodies. The IPU promotes democratic governance, institutions and values, working with parliaments and parliamentarians to articulate and respond to the needs and aspirations of the people. It works for peace, democracy, human rights, gender equality, youth empowerment, climate action and sustainable development through political dialogue, cooperation and parliamentary action.
The IPU recognizes gender equality as a key component of democracy and works to achieve the equal participation of men and women in politics. It provides support to parliaments in advancing gender equality, increasing women’s political participation and leadership, and in transforming themselves into gender-sensitive institutions that deliver on women’s rights. Combatting and eliminating sexism, harassment and violence against women in politics and in parliament are at the heart of such support.
In 2026, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is funding the IPU to implement the project Support to women’s political participation in and through parliament. These funds will allow the IPU to continue and extend its assistance to parliaments in about 10 countries in their efforts to enhance women’s political participation, build capacities to promote gender equality, advance actions and work on gender-sensitive issues, and combat gender-based violence, in particular online violence.
Tasks
Under the supervision of the Manager of the Gender Partnership Programme, the Senior Project consultant will carry out tasks and responsibilities related to project coordination, research and needs assessments, capacity building, monitoring, evaluation and reporting and communications in six priority countries, namely Armenia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, and Türkiye.
More specifically, the Senior Project consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:
Project coordination
* Plan, implement, monitor, evaluate, and report on the project activities.
* Develop and maintain project timelines, budgets and reporting schedules.
* Prepare communication tools and materials on the project and its activities.
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