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.
In Ukraine, UN Women is committed to delivering results across strategic priorities, exercising its triple mandate encompassing normative support, UN system coordination, and operational activities to mobilize urgent and sustained action to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. UN Women has long been actively supporting local priority areas in Ukraine from increased political participation to gender mainstreaming in public policy, and economic development. Before the war escalation in 2022, Ukraine was ranked as a large[1] middle-income country in Eastern Europe. Ukraine ranks 81st of 145 countries on the most recent 2022 Global Gender Gap Report[2], having fallen 22 places in the report’s ranking since 2020. According to the Women Peace and Security Index[3], Ukraine ranked 117th out of 177 countries in terms of women's well-being and socio-political and economic integration in 2023/24, placing last among European countries due to low-security indicators. Since the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the war continues to cause civilian casualties and hardship, damage to infrastructure and productive assets, disruption to the economy, causing the largest displacement and refugee crisis in Europe since 1945, and one of the greatest modern challenges to the global and regional peace and security architecture.
Women and girls are the majority of those affected disproportionally by the ten-year war. They experience higher rates of poverty and displacement than men, worsening inequalities, many have lost their homes and jobs lack access to basic social services, and are facing protection concerns,[4] including gender-based violence[5], conflict-related sexual violence,[6] and human trafficking[7]. Among the 14.6 million needing humanitarian assistance, women and girls constitute the vast majority. Women make up 56% of the estimated 3.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine and constitute 93% of the 4.6 million people returning to Ukraine[i].
In March 2024, the Go U approved the Ukraine Facility National Action Plan 2024-2027[14] in which the principles of inclusivity, gender equality, and social cohesion are visible across the document, beyond the specific commitments under human capital and business environment. The Ukraine Plan includes a range of specific reforms to achieve sustainable development and promote gender equality in various aspects of Ukrainian society in its recovery process.
Despite the ongoing war, Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction provide significant opportunities to build back better, more inclusive, and more equal, to strengthen good governance, the rule of law, gender equality, sustainable socio-economic development, and human rights. Ukraine has made significant efforts to mainstream gender equality in recovery and reconstruction plans since 2022 after the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) in Lugano and a follow-up URC in London and Berlin, including the establishment of the Platform for Gender Mainstreaming and Inclusive Recovery (led by the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration) and establishment of the Alliance on Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Recovery by the Governments, international organizations, CSOs and businesses committing to support gender equality and women’s access to rights, representation, and resources.
To achieve gender equality and women's empowerment in Ukraine, the CO will contribute to the following outcomes under the UN Cooperation Framework 2025 – 2029 and the Humanitarian Program Cycle. The CO will leverage its triple mandate to promote UN system-wide coherence, results, and accountability. It will address early recovery needs through a nexus approach and the longer-term policy reform priorities of the Government of Ukraine. The UN Women Ukraine Strategic Note 2025-2029 will focus on Gender responsive recovery, reconstruction, and development programs achieving the three outcome areas:-
i) Governance, Women Peace, and Security
ii) Women's Economic Empowerment
iii) Humanitarian Actions
UN Women will focus its programs on the East of Ukraine, as this region has been more severely affected by the war since 2014 compared to other areas in Ukraine. The sub-national program will adopt a community-driven approach to address the needs of women and girls in the region. UN Women's sub-office in Dnipro (East of Ukraine) will continue to coordinate, implement, and monitor UN Women's country programs (Governance, Women Peace and Security, Women Economic Empowerment and Humanitarian Response) and engage local stakeholders to consolidate UN Women's efforts and achievements in promoting gender equality and empowering women in the region. This will involve collaborating with WROs, as well as strengthening coordination and relationships with the Regional Military Administration of Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy Oblasts. The goal is to deepen existing relationships with community leaders, the UN systems coordination mechanisms, academia, and state and non-state actors to advance GEWE at local levels.
The sub-office is part of the UN system established in the East to respond to the needed humanitarian response and support the transition to Ukraine's early recovery and development process. The sub-office is central to operationalizing UN Women’s triple mandate in a localized context. With its representational function, leads, and supports program implementation, monitoring, convening, and coordinating UN partners at the regional levels. The sub-office will foster stakeholder engagement and partnership building at the sub-national level including with women's rights organizations, Civil Society, UN, and other humanitarian and development partners, and provide support to the roll-out of gender analysis and key advocacy and communications activities to ensure wider coverage and targeting women and girls at the frontline in the East. The sub-office is strategically situated to enable co-location with other UN agencies and the deepening of operational and programmatic synergies.
The UN Women sub-office personnel will work directly with the Regional Military Administrations, local governments, fellow UN agencies, CSOs, and communities to ensure effective planning, implementation, and monitoring of program interventions. The field personnel are responsible for strengthening gender coordination within the Humanitarian response, implementing Strategic Note 2025-2029, and mainstreaming gender in the Recovery and Development process at the regional and community levels in addition to representing UN Women in field coordination activities both with local governments and with other UN partners.
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Operations Manager and reporting to the Programme Associate, the Driver provides reliable and safe driving services to the UN Women staff and visitors, ensuring the highest standards of discretion and integrity, a sense of responsibility, and excellent knowledge of protocol and security issues. The Driver also demonstrates a client-oriented approach, courtesy, confidentiality, tact, and ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
Driver can also be required to provide driving services to the operations and program staff in the Office, consultants and experts and UN staff on mission. The Driver will provide basic administrative and clerical support to the UN Women Ukraine Country Office.
Key Functions and Accountabilities

• Drive office vehicles for the transport of authorized personnel;
• Deliver and collect mail, documents and other items to Government – Offices/Embassies/Commercial Establishments/ UN Offices;
• Meet official personnel and visitors at the airport, including visa and customs formalities arrangements when required;
• Verify that all passengers wear seatbelts at all times in the vehicle;
• Ensure all immediate actions required by rules and regulations are taken in case of involvement in accidents;
• Adhere to relevant job specific guidelines and policies of UN Women such as but not limited to the vehicle management policy;
• Ensure vehicle comply with the Minimum Operating Security Standards (MOSS).

2. Provide proper use of vehicle:

• Ensure cost-saving by driving responsibly;
• Maintain daily vehicle logs, daily mileage, gas consumption, oil change, servicing, greasing, repairs;
• Provide inputs to preparation of the vehicle maintenance plans and reports.

3. Provide day to day maintenance of the assigned vehicle:

• Ensure that the official vehicle is kept clean and is always in good working condition;
• Make minor repairs and make arrangements for major repairs;
• Change oil, check tires, lights horn, clutch and brakes and wash car regularly;
• Ensure that vehicles comply with Minimum Operating Security Standards (MOSS).

4. Maintain and ensure availability of all required documents/supplies:

• Maintain and ensure availability of all required documents/supplies including vehicle insurance, vehicle logs, office directory, and map of the city/country, first aid kit, and necessary spare parts in the assigned vehicle;
• Ensure that all immediate actions required by rules and regulations are taken in case of involvement in accidents.

5. Provide general administrative and logistic support as needed:

• Assist office staff in filing, photocopying and maintaining required records;
• Assist in the mailing and distribution of publications and payments of bills, as required.

6. The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Competencies :
Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework:
Functional Competencies:

• Excellent driving skills;
• Good knowledge of driving rules and regulations, local roads and conditions;
• Good defensive driving skills;
• Skills in minor vehicle repairs;
• Ability to be on time.

Recruitment Qualifications


All applications must include a completed and signed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from ttps://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form-en.doc .
Statements :
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.
Diversity and inclusion:
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