Pacific Register of Professional Expertise
This database is intended to enable UN Women Pacific to identify expertise required on a short-term, medium-term, or long-term basis for our projects and programmes. It is not used to identify potential staff members for permanent employment.
How Do I Register With UN Women Pacific Expert Register?
UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, has been established to accelerate progress in promoting gender equality, expanding opportunity and tackling discrimination worldwide. It consolidates OSAGI – Office of the Special Advisor to the Secretary General on Gender Issues, INSTRAW – UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, UNIFEM - UN Development Fund for Women, and DAW – Division for the Advancement of Women in the UN Secretariat.
UN Women in the Pacific (UN Women sub regional office) is the the dynamic and strong UN champion of women rights, providing a powerful voice for women and girls at the global, regional and local levels. Formation of UN Women also strengthens UN ability to provide coherent and timely support to Member States to advance gender equality, in line with national priorities and international norms and policies. It also strengthens effective partnerships with civil society.
The key function of UN Women is as follows:
- Support inter-governmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women, in their formulation of policies, global standards, norms, and, monitor and report on system-wide compliance with inter-governmental mandates on gender balance;
- Help Member States to implement these standards, standing ready to provide suitable technical and financial support to those countries that request it and to forge effective partnerships with civil society;
- Support national efforts to promote and enhance gender equality and women’s empowerment through innovative and catalytic country driven programming working with UN Country Teams (UNCTs), in line with national priorities;
- Undertake new, and consolidate existing research and analytical work to support overall objectives and act as the hub/centre of knowledge and experience on gender equality and women’s empowerment from all parts of the UN system;
- Lead and coordinate UN system strategies, policies and actions on gender equality and women’s empowerment to promote effective system wide gender mainstreaming;
- Strengthen the accountability of the UN system, including through oversight, monitoring and reporting on system wide performance on gender equality.
If you are interested in working on one of our projects please register your current details online by clicking Register Online below.
Note:
In providing UN Women Pacific with your details, you may consent to UN Women Pacific forwarding your CV and other relevant details to any related UN entities. If you experience difficulties logging in, password failure or you have forgotten your password please contact UN Women Pacific immediately at registration@unwomenpacific.org.
Once your registration has been accepted you can update your details at any time through the Consultant Login at the left of your screen.
Normally consultants are expected to have at least 5 years professional experience in their field of expertise, however, less experienced but well qualified young professionals are also invited to register.
Please fill in your registration form correctly to ensure that you are considered for appropriate projects.
Important things to Remember:
- Ensure that you keep a record of your username and password.
- You must upload your CV in correct format, via the online form, for your registration to be complete.
- Update your details regularly. This will give you the best opportunity for selection for work.
- Once your registration has been accepted, you can update your details at any time from any web page on this site by entering your username and password.
Frequently Asked Questions:
- How do I prepare my CV?
- What if the registration skill areas (tick boxes) do not reflect my experience?
- How does UN Women Pacific use the information in this consultant registration database
- When may I hear from UN Women Pacific?
- How long will UN Women Pacific keep my registration details?
- How do I update my details?
- Need Help?
How do I prepare my CV?
To register with us, you are required to submit a comprehensive but succinct curriculum vitae (CV) onto our database.
Our database uses a keyword search index to identify suitable consultants for particular projects, and this is cross referenced with your CV.
In order for us to retrieve your CV, all CVs must be titled in the following format, please save your file in Microsoft Word and use the correct title format as detailed below:
Surname_FirstName_DDMMYYYY
Surname. Spaces are allowed for double surnames ie. De Sousa, and apostrophes are also allowed ie. D'Silva.
First Name. Do not add second names or any initials. The exception to this rule is if a common name other than their name is used i.e. "Lia" for Amelia. This is submitted as follows Semiti_(Amelia)_Lia_01082010.docx.
DDMMYYYY indicates the day, month and year you submitted your CV. It should be in numeric format e.g. 01 January 2010 would be 01012010 and would look like this in the file name: Semiti_(Amelia)_Lia_01012010.docx
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU CHOOSE 'Word Document' OR 'Rich Text Format' FROM 'SAVE AS TYPE'.
Examples:
Tuisawau_Elesi_01012010.docx
Semiti_(Amelia)_Lia_01082010.rtf
CVs should be submitted online using the file naming convention explained above. You can download a CV template here
.What if the registration skill areas (tick boxes) do not reflect my experience?
How does UN Women Pacific use the information in this consultant registration database
When may I hear from UN Women Pacific?
How long will UN Women Pacific keep my registration details?
How do I update my details?
You can only update your details on-line, this can be done at anytime by logging in and changing the details of your registration and/or attaching an updated CV.
Please forward any other queries about your registration to registration@unwomenpacific.org.
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