Background

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Advancing women’s economic security and rights is a priority programming area for UN Women - supporting women to reshape conditions at both ends of the economic spectrum — from increasing and expanding women’s participation in economic policy-making and related research and analysis, to supporting organisations and movements of rural agricultural producers and market traders, to have their economically productive ‘work’, acknowledged and enabled through commitment to accelerated implementation of CEDAW Article 14 and MDG’s, decent work standards and occupational health and safety standards.   UN Women has a well-established Markets for Change project being implemented through country specific project design for Fiji, Solomon islands and Vanuatu. The projects are based on three years of scoping, consultations, surveys and participatory planning and knowledge building. Core M4C project strategies  include making national and local governance more gender responsive, supporting the organisation, agency and social and economic empowerment of women market vendors and informal traders, institutionalising dialogue for shared planning, decision-making and budgeting, and mobilising Private Public Partnerships for gender responsive Local Economic Development.
 
UN Women will recruit 1 national level Markets for Change project coordinator for Vanuatu.
 
Under the technical guidance and supervision of the Regional WEE/M4C Programme Specialist, the M4C National Project Coordinator, will ensure that UN Women’s M4C initiatives are aligned with the National Development Strategies and contribute to the development of gender policy and National Action Plans for the economic empowerment of women in the key ministries.   The M4C National Project Coordinator will ensure that UN Women’s M4C project is harmonized effectively with the mandates and comparative advantage of donors and development partners and capable national and local civil society organisations, and contributes to a coherent national strategy and programme for Women’s Economic Empowerment.
 
The M4C National Project Coordinator will establish and maintain effective partnerships with national and local Government,  multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors and will be fully responsible for M4C project inception and implementation.

Duties and Responsibilities

Summary of Key Functions:
  • Support effective partnerships UN Women, M4C projects in Fiji/ Solomon Islands /Vanuatu;
  • Monitor and facilitate the UN Women Markets for Change project plans, communication and documentation, from design, approval to pipeline funding;
  • Work with the Regional WEE/M4C Programme Specialist to develop a schedule of activities to get the UN Women large scale, market projects operational;
  • Ensure UN Women meets all donor requirements and obligations in project inception and implementation;
  • Represent UN Women in relevant  national and local meetings, consultations, communities of practice and sectoral working groups;
  • Advocate and promote UN Women’s mandate and comparative advantage.
Provides advice and support to UN Women management, programmes and projects focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • Ensure that the Country Programme Coordinator (CPC), and key Governance and EVAW, Climate Change and Humanitarian programme staff and relevant staff in other UN agencies are fully informed and able to contribute meaningfully to the inception and rollout of UN Women’s M4C projects;
  • Ensure that the goal and objectives of the UN Women M4C project and the underlying gender analysis are adequately reflected in country level UNDAFs, UN Joint Programmes, UN Women Annual Work plans, reports;
  • Ensure UN Women’s national staff, M4C partners and stakeholders are fully informed and involved, and that M4C initiatives are well harmonized with the efforts of other major development partners and donors;
  • Draw on the accumulated knowledge and progress reports of UN Women’s M4C project to contribute to national and local inter-agency initiatives to address priority issues in women’s economic empowerment;
  • Represent UN Women’s M4C programme in relevant working groups at national and local policy and programme related meetings;
  • Develop a database on all relevant indicators, partners and programmes on M4C at country level and monitor and collate electronically all national news relevant to M4C;
  • Prepare human interest stories and project updates drawn from M4C programmes and partnerships, for UN Women’s global and regional websites;
  • Contribute to social mobilisation and popular education on gender and economics around the observance of UN Days that are relevant to M4C (in particular Oct 15,16,17);
  • Facilitate effective linkages between WEE/M4C programming and core programmes and projects, including governance, EVAW, Peace and Security, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development.
Provides policy advice and options to counterparts and facilitation of knowledge building and management focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • High quality and accurate project briefs, particularly from Gender and pro-poor perspectives, on national and local economic development;
  • Quality contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice through identification of best practices and lessons learned, especially through UN Women’s own programmes;
  • Key information on the gender dimensions of national and local economic policies and their impact on poverty reduction, growth and equity distilled from studies, reports, and analyses and shared with UN Women staff and partners, local and national governments and institutions.
Ensures creationof strategic partnerships and support to resource mobilizationfocusing on achievement of the following results:focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • Effective partnerships with the UN Agencies, IFI’s, government institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, private sector, civil society areas based on strategic goals of UN Women in the area of economic empowerment, countries needs and donors’ priorities;
  • Analysis and research of information on donors, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation.
  • Production of periodic updates and briefs on national and local development situation to be used by stakeholders, SRO, CO and HQ;
  • Facilitate quality gender analysis, studies/research on emerging economic development concerns that feed into government/development partners processes.
Advocacy and promotion of awareness of UN Women mandate and mission focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • Public and policy advocacy for the Millennium Development Goals, and implementation of CEDAW (in particular, Article 14), pro-poor and equitable economic growth by participating in relevant forums, conferences and trainings;
  • Support to monitoring progress and formulation of strategies towards the accelerated achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and CEDAW Article 14, and planning on gender and economics in the 2015+ agenda;
  • Management of strategic public events and publications on Women’s Economic Empowerment.
implementation of the M4C project  at national level by contributing to the achievement of  the following results:
  • Effective monitoring, measuring the impact of the M4C project and evaluation. Constant monitoring and analysis of the programme environment, timely readjustment of programme to key feedback and lessons learned;
  • Aggregate reports on activities, outputs and outcomes. Preparation of both interim and final donor reports;
  • Effective use of atlas in managing risks for the M4C project;
  • Planning, budgeting, implementing and monitoring of the programme, tracking use of financial resources in accordance with UN Women rules and regulations;
  • Prepare and certify payment requisitions for all M4C programme requests for RPD’s approval.
Summary of Key Functions:
  • Support effective partnerships UN Women, M4C projects in Fiji/ Solomon Islands /Vanuatu;
  • Monitor and facilitate the UN Women Markets for Change project plans, communication and documentation, from design, approval to pipeline funding;
  • Work with the Regional WEE/M4C Programme Specialist to develop a schedule of activities to get the UN Women large scale, market projects operational;
  • Ensure UN Women meets all donor requirements and obligations in project inception and implementation.
  • Represent UN Women in relevant  national and local meetings, consultations, communities of practice and sectoral working groups;
  • Advocate and promote UN Women’s mandate and comparative advantage.
Provides advice and support to UN Women management, programmes and projects focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • Ensure that the Country Programme Coordinator (CPC), and key Governance and EVAW, Climate Change and Humanitarian programme staff and relevant staff in other UN agencies are fully informed and able to contribute meaningfully to the inception and rollout of UN Women’s M4C projects;
  • Ensure that the goal and objectives of the UN Women M4C project and the underlying gender analysis are adequately reflected in country level UNDAFs, UN Joint Programmes, UN Women Annual Work plans, reports;
  • Ensure UN Women’s national staff, M4C partners and stakeholders are fully informed and involved, and that M4C initiatives are well harmonized with the efforts of other major development partners and donors;
  • Draw on the accumulated knowledge and progress reports of UN Women’s M4C project to contribute to national and local inter-agency initiatives to address priority issues in women’s economic empowerment.
  • Represent UN Women’s M4C programme in relevant working groups at national and local policy and programme related meetings;
  • Develop a database on all relevant indicators, partners and programmes on M4C at country level and monitor and collate electronically all national news relevant to M4C;
  • Prepare human interest stories and project updates drawn from M4C programmes and partnerships, for UN Women’s global and regional websites;
  • Contribute to social mobilisation and popular education on gender and economics around the observance of UN Days that are relevant to M4C (in particular Oct 15,16,17);
  • Facilitate effective linkages between WEE/M4C programming and core programmes and projects, including governance, EVAW, Peace and Security, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development.
Provides policy advice and options to counterparts and facilitation of knowledge building and management focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • High quality and accurate project briefs, particularly from Gender and pro-poor perspectives, on national and local economic development;
  • Quality contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice through identification of best practices and lessons learned, especially through UN Women’s own programmes;
  • Key information on the gender dimensions of national and local economic policies and their impact on poverty reduction, growth and equity distilled from studies, reports, and analyses and shared with UN Women staff and partners, local and national governments and institutions.
Ensures creationof strategic partnerships and support to resource mobilizationfocusing on achievement of the following results:focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • Effective partnerships with the UN Agencies, IFI’s, government institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, private sector, civil society areas based on strategic goals of UN Women in the area of economic empowerment, countries needs and donors’ priorities;
  • Analysis and research of information on donors, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation.
  • Production of periodic updates and briefs on national and local development situation to be used by stakeholders, SRO, CO and HQ;
  • Facilitate quality gender analysis, studies/research on emerging economic development concerns that feed into government/development partners processes.
Advocacy and promotion of awareness of UN Women mandate and mission focusing on achievement of the following results:
  • Public and policy advocacy for the Millennium Development Goals, and implementation of CEDAW (in particular, Article 14), pro-poor and equitable economic growth by participating in relevant forums, conferences and trainings;
  • Support to monitoring progress and formulation of strategies towards the accelerated achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and CEDAW Article 14, and planning on gender and economics in the 2015+ agenda;
  • Management of strategic public events and publications on Women’s Economic Empowerment.
implementation of the M4C project  at national level by contributing to the achievement of  the following results:
  • Effective monitoring, measuring the impact of the M4C project and evaluation. Constant monitoring and analysis of the programme environment, timely readjustment of programme to key feedback and lessons learned;
  • Aggregate reports on activities, outputs and outcomes. Preparation of both interim and final donor reports;
  • Effective use of atlas in managing risks for the M4C project;
  • Planning, budgeting, implementing and monitoring of the programme, tracking use of financial resources in accordance with UN Women rules and regulations;
  • Prepare and certify payment requisitions for all M4C programme requests for RPD’s approval.
Impact of results
 
The key results of the post include facilitating progress on effective country level M4C project inception and implementation.  The post also increases the substantive contributions and visibility of UN Women in the national and local discourse on gender, livelihoods and poverty reduction.

Competencies

Competencies and critical success factors
 
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 safeguard ethics and integrity.
Organizational Awareness:
  • Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.
Development and Innovation:
  • Take charge of self-development and take initiative.
Work in 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.
Communicating and Information Sharing:
  • Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for 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:
  • Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.
Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:
  • Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making .

Required Skills and Experience

Education:
  • Masters’ Degree or equivalent in Gender, Economics, International Relations, Management, Development, Public Administration, political or social sciences or related field; and/or
  • Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent in Gender, Economics, International Relations, Management, Development, Public Administration, political or social sciences or related field.
Experience:
  • Masters’ Degree or Higher + years of experience requirement;
  • Up to 2 years of relevant experience at the national, regional or international level in providing management advisory services and hands-on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects;
  • Bachelors’ Degree + years of experience requirement: Up to 4 years of relevant experience at the national, regional or international level in providing management advisory services and hands-on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects;
  • Sound knowledge and practical experience in economics, gender analysis, gender mainstreaming in sectoral policy, planning, budgeting and programming;
  • Some experience of research and policy-level analysis, partnership building and management, resource mobilization and designing, formulating and evaluation of programmes and projects is required;
  • Experience in the use of computers and office software packages and handling of web based management systems.
Language requirements:
  • Fluency in English and national language of the duty station.