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.

Under the overall guidance and direction of the supervisor, the Project Officer will work closely with the programme and operations team, UN Women HQ staff, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society to ensure the technical direction of the project is maintained and key outputs are achieved in a cost effective and timely manner.

Duties and Responsibilities

Summary of Key Functions:

• Project Development and Management;
• Inter-agency Coordination Support;
• Strategic partnerships and resource mobilization support;
• Advocacy support and Knowledge building and management.

Programme Development and Management:

• Provides technical advice on gender planning, budgeting and monitoring to local partners with an emphasis on district government, communities, CSOs and local authorities;
• Supports the implementation of project activities by partners in selected districts;
• Contributes to the development of the project annual work plan, ensures implementation and produces regular progress and financial reports;
• Provides inputs and feedback on project implementation, to partners and stakeholders and contribute to reporting and coordination;
• Administers and monitor the performance of the Women’s Food Security and Climate Change response fund in Gaza;
• Supports the implementation of the learning strategy and ensure incorporation of lessons in local planning and budgeting strategies and approaches;
• Participates in project activities implemented jointly with the Gaza provincial administration;
• Works closely with WFP, FAO and UNCDF to support improved gender-responsiveness of their programmes and interventions.

Inter-Agency Coordination Support:

• Provides programme support to the UN Women Representative on inter-agency coordination related activities;
• Provides inputs for the country level Comprehensive Country Assessment (CCA)/UNDAF processes and similar exercises related to the RC system by ensuring that gender concerns are clearly reflected;
• Contribute to CCA/ UNDAF processes and other documents by collecting substantive inputs form the Programme Unit and analysing and researching the political, social and economic situation in the region;
• Helps puts together analytical and regular progress reports on UN Women´s program experiences in support of UN women inter-agency coordination role.

Strategic partnerships building and resource mobilization Support:

• Supports strategic partnerships and resource mobilization efforts by researching relevant documentation, and participating in donor meetings and public information events in Gaza;
• Maintains information and databases on donors and developing database of project profiles for presentation to donors;
• Ensure good partnerships with the UN Agencies, government institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, private sector, civil society etc.;
• Follows up on resource on mobilization activities for fund raising for new projects in coordination with the UN Women Representative.

Advocacy support and facilitation of knowledge building and management:

• Under the guidance of the supervisor, supports the establishment of advocacy networks at provincial and national levels;
• Supports relevant, high-impact advocacy activities and campaigns with key partners in Gaza as well as cross-Provincial and cross-thematic learnings and advocacy;
• Collects knowledge on current and emerging trends by gathering relevant information on programme, projects, strategies, approaches and ongoing experience for lessons learned, best practices;
• Contributes to knowledge networks and communities of practice.

Competencies

CORE VALUES / 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 behaviour 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.

Funstional competencies:

• Development/programming skills particularly those that are pertinent to UN Women strategic priorities on gender issues and women’s rights;
• Ability to support formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects;
• Knowledge of Results Based Management principles and approaches;
• Ability to maintain networks and partnerships with UN agencies and other international partners to promote partnership and build alliances to advance organizational interests and competencies;
• Demonstrated good oral and written communication skills;
• Knowledge of and experience in gender mainstreaming;
• Experience in working and collaborating with governments;
• Initiative and strong leadership skills;
• Result and client-orientations;
• Willingness to travel as appropriate.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s Degree in Economics, Gender and human rights related disciplines, Social Sciences, Agriculture or related field.

Experience:

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience at the national or international level with development projects preferably including experience in design, management, monitoring and evaluation of development projects;
• Knowledge of gender and human rights issues, including gender mainstreaming/budgeting and gender training;
• Experience of working on gender and women’s economic empowerment issues in rural areas with local government and non-government actors.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in Portuguese and good command of English are required;
• Knowledge of local language spoken in Gaza province is an asset.