UN WOMEN Jobs - 48910- Project Management Advisory Consultant on Women Hu

Project Management Advisory Consultant on Women Human Rights Programme - International/National Consultancy Assignment

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Occupied Palestinian Territories (Jerusalem and Ramallah, with travel to other locations in the West Bank), PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

30-Aug-2014

Application Deadline :

27-Aug-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

2 months

Languages Required :

Arabic English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

2 months

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

UN Women (UNW), 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 centre 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.

UN Women has played an innovative and catalytic role in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) since its inception in 1997. The UN Women Palestine office focuses its activities on one overarching goal, namely to support the implementation at the national level of existing international commitments to advance gender equality in line with the national priorities. In support of this goal and thoroughly taking into consideration the specificities of the oPt context, UN Women concentrates its efforts and interventions toward the realization of following strategic goals: engendering governance, peace and security; supporting women's economic security and rights; in addition to promoting women’s rights, protection against violence and access to justice.

UN Women, as part of its approach and methodology within the unique political and social context and situation of the occupied Palestinan territory (oPt) and in order to advance the recognition and enjoyment of women’s rights, developed and implemented a programme entitled “Access to Justice Programme in the oPt (2011-2014) aimed at creating and institutionalizing systems, policies, procedures and mechanisms related to the protection and empowerment of women victims of violence, as well as to women’s access to equitable justice. Building on this programme and through the UN Women/UNDP programme “Strengthening the Rule of Law in the oPt: Justice and Security for the Palestinian People" (2014-2017)”, UN Women will support the process of institutionalization and capacity development of the justice and security sectors in the oPt.

Under the overall supervision of the Special Representative and the direct supervision of the Programme Coordinator, the Project Management Advisory Consultant will act as the team leader for the Women’s Human Rights Programme and will manage the transition between the Access to Justice Programme and UN Women’s participation in the UN Women/UNDP programme “Strengthening the Rule of Law in the oPt: Justice and Security for the Palestinian People" (2014-2017), ensuring high quality of work for programme implementation, strategic partnerships, financial and human resource management, and knowledge building.

The Project Management Advisory Consultant will adopt an approach focusing on quality and result oriented management. He/ She will work in close collaboration with UN Women Palestine’s programme and project teams as well as its Operations Unit, in addition to the UN Women Regional Office for Arab States and HQ policy/programme teams, in order to implement project activities and ensure maximization of the impact of WHR projects’ beneficiaries, and to exchange information and ensure complementarity in service delivery with sister UN agencies and other national/international stakeholders, while ensuring consistency with the Palestine UNDAF and the Palestinian National Development Plan priorities and adequate responses to emerging challenges and opportunities.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the Special Representative and the direct supervision of the Programme Coordinator, the Project Management Advisory Consultant will undertake the following:

Provide direction and leadership for the overall management of Women Human Rights (WHR) programmes;
Manage the transition from the Access to Justice Programme to the UN Women/UNDP Joint Programme “Strengthening the Rule of Law in the oPt: Justice and Security for the Palestinian People" (2014-2017);
Manage the launch and implementation of the Joint Programme with UNDP, in close collaboration with donors and national partners;
Manage and galvanize human and financial resources to ensure accountability and proper utilization of allocated funds for desired results related to WHR programmes;
Report on a regular basis to the Programme Coordinator and liaise with other UN Women programme and project staff to ensure effective coordination, linkages and synergies with all areas of UN Women’s work in Palestine;
Ensure timely and quality execution of WHR interventions, and delivery of project results;
Ensure continuation of sound and close cooperation and partnership with governmental and non-governmental partners, employing a nationally-owned results-based approach;
Supervise and lead, with the direct and active involvement of WHRP staff, the development and/or revision of action plans, budget work plans and procurement plans and supervise their implementation;
Supervise the continuous monitoring of the implementation of projects, identify challenges and provide solutions;
Ensure regular financial monitoring and reporting, in accordance with UN Women financial rules and administrative procedures;
Revise and produce quality project narrative reports, as needed.

Time frame:

The assignment is expected to start on 1 September 2014 and be finalized by 31 October 2014.

Key deliverables

Successful launch of the UN Women/UNDP Joint Programme “Strengthening the Rule of Law in the oPt: Justice and Security for the Palestinian People" (2014-2017).
A report on the transition from the Access to Justice Programme to the UN Women/UNDP Joint Programme “Strengthening the Rule of Law in the oPt: Justice and Security for the Palestinian People" (2014-2017), with recommendations on future priority areas of work, and the best use of funding available to ensure sustainability of results achieved and linkages between the two programmes.

Competencies

Core Values / Guiding Principles:
Integrity:

Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

Cultural Sensitivity/Valuing diversity:

Demonstrating an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff;Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Core Competencies:

Results oriented:

Plans and produces quality results to meet established goals, generates innovative, practical solutions to challenging situations.

Ethics and Values:

Demonstrating / Safeguarding Ethics and Integrity.

Organizational Awareness:

Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.

Developing and Empowering People / Coaching and Mentoring:

Initiative-taking; coaching and mentoring ability.

Working in Teams:

Acting as a team player and facilitating team work.

Communicating Information and Ideas:

Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively.

Self-management and Emotional intelligence:

Creating synergies through self-control.

Conflict Management / Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements:

Managing conflict.

Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning:

Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of other.

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge in women’s rights and gender issues;
Promotes knowledge management in UN Women and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example;
Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more practice areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills;
Ability to lead strategic planning, results-based management and reporting;
Ability to lead the formulation and monitoring of management projects;
Solid knowledge of financial and human resources management, contract, asset and procurement, information and communication technology, general administration;
Ability to lead business processes re-engineering, implementation of new systems (business side), and positively affect staff behavioral/attitudinal change Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills;
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
Leads teams effectively and shows mentoring as well as conflict resolution skills;
Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills;
Sound knowledge of financial rules and administrative policies and procedures;
Ability to interpret and analyze data and resolve operational problems.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Social Science (International Development studies, Gender/ Women’s studies, Economics, Sociology and/or a closely related discipline).

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in international development work preferably focused on or strongly involving gender equality at national, regional or international levels;
Professional experience in project development/ management and coordination, as well as in budget preparation.
UN experience is considered an asset.

Languages:

Written and oral proficiency in English is required;
Knowledge of Arabic would be an asset.