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. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

The Fund for Gender Equality (FGE) is a grantmaking unit within UN Women, created to accelerate women’s political and economic empowerment. Aligned to UN Women’s Strategic Plan, the Fund provides direct multi-year grants ranging from US $200,000 – US $1 million to women’s organizations and governmental agencies in developing countries.

In its fifth year of implementation, the Fund for Gender Equality has cemented its position as a multi-donor fund – having received generous support for its work from a variety of sources. Founded in 2009 with a contribution of U S$65 Million from Spain, followed by contributions from Norway, Mexico, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and private sector donor, Goldman Sachs, the Fund’s total income amounts to $75.6 million dollars.

The Fund has leveraged these initial investments in a strategic and targeted manner, and has allocated its resources through two grantmaking cycles, by providing an ongoing “package of services” (with a strong focus on results-based management) to its selected grantees; and in order to cover its operational costs. To date, the Fund has provided high-impact grants totaling US $56.5 million in grants to 96 grantee partners in 72 countries – and these grants are demonstrating results.

To support monitoring and reporting the Fund for Gender Equality is building an online database that will facilitate the submission and review of grantees reports. Before the system can be used past grantee reports need to be entered. Therefore FGE is looking a consultant to help with data entry.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Enters grantee Concept Notes, Full Fledge Proposals and monitoring reports in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Russian, including text and financial information, into Grant-making system;
• Verifies entered data by reviewing, correcting, deleting, or reentering data;
• Combining data from multiple systems when information is incomplete; -Resolves problems and inconsistencies within data;
• Collaborates with team members to create a solution when data entry issues arise;
• Maintains grantee confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
  

Competencies

• Attention to detail;
• Strong organization skills;
• Confidentiality;
• Ability to use critical thinking and sound judgment;
• Outstanding networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.

Required Skills and Experience

• High School Diploma required.

• A minimum of 3-5 years of administrative experience preferably in a large or international corporation or organization;
• Typing speed of 50 w.p.m. in English;
• Familiar with ten-key data entry;
• Knowledge of MS Office suit and Adobe Acrobat;
• Knowledge of basic PC workstation configuration and maintenance.

• Fluency in English;
• Fluency in another UN language a strong asset (with a specific focus on French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian).