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| Location : |
New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
| Application Deadline : |
06-Jan-14 |
| Type of Contract : |
FTA International |
| Post Level : |
P-4 |
| Languages Required : |
English |
| Duration of Initial Contract : |
One Year |
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Background
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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.
The Programme Division (PD) sets the standards, assures the quality
of program design, and provides guidance to country level program work
of UN Women, as well as supports the coordination role of UN Women at
regional and country level. It supports the effective use of results
based management and reporting across the organization. It also manages
global Trust funds, and Global Programs, and it provides technical
capacity to countries on request, including a humanitarian response
capacity.
The Programme Team makes possible the oversight function of the
Programme Directorate for UN Women’s programmes and activities in the
field. It supports corporate planning and the oversight of planning
processes. It leads UN Women’s corporate analysis of developments and
trends at the country and regional level, ensuring UN Women’s senior
management receives timely advice and recommendations. It supports UN
Women’s field based presences, specifically Regional Offices including
on operational matters, and connects them appropriately to other parts
of headquarters as required. It also helps identify recurrent capacity
gaps across regions and works with Regional Offices to ensure that they
are addressed. The Programme Team’s members represent UN Women in
interagency fora, and provide support to UN Women normative work in
intergovernmental processes, as well as contributing to resource
mobilization and partnership building more broadly at headquarters
level.
Under the general supervision of the Programme Advisor, the Programme
Management Specialist is responsible for providing programme management
support to the Directorate of PD, Regional Offices (RO), Multi Country
Offices (MCO) and Country Offices (CO) in the region. The Programme
Management Specialist provides substantive technical support in the
areas of: programme management; preparation of briefing materials;
financial and operational management; the development and implementation
of program standards and tools to support and develop capacity on
results based management, quality of program design and adherence to UN
Women’s Strategic Plan (SP) and commitments on gender equality and
women’s human rights in UN Women programs/ projects as well as standards
of accountability framework.
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Duties and Responsibilities
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Summary of Key Functions:
- Programme Management and Oversight Support;
- Financial and Operational Management Support;
- Analysis and reporting on ongoing development and programme trends
in the region and preparation of briefing materials accordingly;
- Support to UN Inter-agency Coordination and Normative process;
- Knowledge Management and Capacity Building.
Description of Key Functions:
Programme Management and Oversight Support:
- Support the Programme Advisor for Africa in his/her functions to
oversee the overall delivery of the programme in an effective and
efficient manner, working closely with HQ units, Regional Office, and
where need be Country Offices in the region, UN agencies and entities,
and donors/development partners and other actors as appropriate;
- Contribute substantively to the review of the regional and country
program performance and progress reports, to assess impact and
compliance with development goals and results-based performance
indicators and to help assess future programme orientation;
- Closely monitor the delivery status and prepare periodic written
progress updates - both narrative and financial - in relation to the
agreed work plan and implementation strategy;
- Support analysis of UN Women’s capacity in the Africa regions and make recommendations on approaches for addressing them;
- Contribute substantively to t the periodic review of annual work plans,
, in line with the programme outputs and objectives;
- Provide expert technical advice on programme-related issues;
- Contribute to resource mobilization efforts in PD and/or on behalf
the regional and country offices in the region through liaison with
donor agencies and support to funding activities/events;
- Providesupport in advancing thematic coordination, including by
identifying programmatic entry points and by ensuring consistency and
complementarity in relation to other UN Women programmes;
- Review proposals for programs and operations that are above the
regional approval threshold and submit recommendations for approval by
the Programme Directorate;
- Ensure the integration of cross-cutting issues into the design,
implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of all programme
activities;
- Manage staff within the Programme Team where required including,
interns and consultants, to ensure satisfactory performance, and
supervising and assessing performance.
Financial and Operational Management Support:
- Provides continuous analysis and monitoring of the financial
situation in the region, to ensure adherence to delivery rates and
utilization of resources to meet agreed upon targets and results;
- Contributes to the quality of regional and country level planning
instruments, promoting application of good practice in the development,
design, monitoring and reporting of results;
- Provides operational guidance and support to ROs/MCO/COs for timely
and efficient delivery of results agreed with management through work
plans;
- Monitors and analyses performance and financial delivery related
data, periodically produced by HQ units, both within and outside the
Programme Division field and advises and/or supports the implementation
of course correction strategies as appropriate;
- Supports the process of ensuring the integrity of the financial and
administrative procedures as well as a consistent application of UN
Women procedures, rules and regulations;
- Provide expert technical advice on finance and operations management related issues;
- Coordinate audit preparation as well as monitors and follow up implementation of audit recommendations.
Analysis and Reporting on Ongoing Development Trends in the Region:
Contribute to regular assessments of the regional and country
offices’ strategic and implementation plans. Identify lessons learned to
guide program improvements and future strategic development planning;
Prepare briefing materials for the Senior Management’s missions
and participation in meetings and international events based on reports
and other materials submitted from regional and country offices;
Support corporate reporting, in particular with regard to collation of country-level inputs for corporate reports;
Under the guidance of the supervisor, facilitate the flow of
information to the Policy Division and Inter-governmental Divisions on
thematic trends, from the regions/countries so that policy direction and
guidelines respond appropriately to demand from the countries.
Support to UN Inter-Agency Coordination and Normative Processes:
- Liaise, as required, with HQ based inter-agency task forces,
committees and initiatives to ensure that UN Women issues are taken into
account in development planning and formulation;
- Under the guidance of the supervisor, support UN Women positions in
IATFs, ITFS, HQ-based inter-agency coordination and crisis mechanisms
thematic trends, from the respective regions/countries so that policy
direction and guidelines respond appropriately to demand from the
countries;
- Under the guidance of the supervisor, support the Directorate on
issues related to normative processes as required including attendance
in meetings and other events and preparing reports/results of
participation and following up on actions and commitments taken;
- Establish partnerships with UN system agencies at HQ to collaborate
on joint projects and interagency efforts to promote/advocate UN Women
interests and commitments on gender equality and women’s empowerment and
to maximize results and achievements.
Knowledge Management and Capacity Building:
- Work with UN Women Units to identify and share best programme and managemtn practices.'
- Contribute to the design and implementation of capacity building
training activities with RO/MCOs/COs to enahce skills and knowledge in
Results Based management, corporate programming requirements, and other
key management and quality assurance skills;
- Contribute to development and maintenance of global and regional
programme knowledge networks and practices, and developement of
knowledge products.
Impact of Results:
The key results directly impact on the overall effectiveness of
Program Director to lead, manage, monitor and oversee UN Women’s
programs and operations at the regional and country level leading to
enhanced visibility and image of UN women as an effective leader on
gender equality and women’s rights and empowerment.
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Competencies
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Core Values and Guiding Principles:
- Integrity: Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the
values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of
Conduct;
- Professionalism: Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work;
- Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity: Demonstrate an
appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the
diversity of its staff. Demonstrate an international outlook,
appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.
Core Competencies:
Ethics and Values:
- Demonstrate and promote ethics and integrity by creating organizational precedents.
Organizational Awareness:
- Build support for the organization and ensure political acumen.
Development and Innovation:
- Support staff competence development, and contribute to an environment of creativity and innovation;
- Build and promote effective teams;
- Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic
environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of
different national and cultural backgrounds.
Communication and Information Sharing:
- Work in teams: Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills;
- Create and promote an environment for open and effective communication.
Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:
- Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense
situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior
towards others.
Conflict Management:
- Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging
different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually
acceptable solution.
Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:
- Share knowledge across the organization and build a culture of knowledge sharing and learning.
Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:
- Ensure fair and transparent decision making processes and manage risk.
Functional Competencies:
- Demonstrated development/programme management skills particularly
those that are pertinent to UN Women strategic priorities on gender
issues and women’s rights;
- Ability to lead formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects;
- Ability to lead formulation and moniroting of management projects;
- Ability to develop detailed operational plans, budgets, and deliver on them for development results;
- Solid knowledge of financial and operational management tools;
- Good knowledge of Results Based Management principles and approaches;
- Ability to establish and maintain broad strategic networks and
partnerships with UN agencies and other international partners to
promote partnership and build alliances to advance organizational
interests and competencies;
- Ability to prepare written materials quickly, to high quality and to deadline.
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Required Skills and Experience
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Education:
- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in development related disciplines, economics or public policy or other social science fields.
Experience:
- Over 7 years of extensive development programs experience some of
which should be in the area of gender equality and women’s rights at the
international level, preferably in developing countries within the UN
system, Agencies, Funds or Programs;
- Country-level experience with a UNDG agency is an asset;
- Knowledge/experience of the region is an asset.
Language:
- Fluency in English;
- Working knowledge of French would be an asset .
Note:
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. |
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