UN WOMEN Jobs - 52516- UN Women: Programme Specialist, Planning and Progr

UN Women: Programme Specialist, Planning and Programme Guidance Unit

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type of Contract :

FTA International

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

06-Jan-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

P-3

Duration of Initial Contract :

1 year

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

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, 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 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.

Under the direct supervision of Chief, PPGU, the Programme Specialist is responsible for supporting strategic planning, improving results based management monitoring and reporting on the Strategic Plan (SP), and promoting corporate learning from reporting. He/She manages UN Women’s results management system, supporting its development and use across the organization. He/She also systematically captures Strategic Plan data, allowing UN Women to monitor cumulative progress and achievement of results and targets as outlined in the Strategic Plan results frameworks.

Duties and Responsibilities

Summary of key functions:

Manage and support corporate tracking of results;
Analyze key results and provide technical support to strategic planning processes;
Actively contribute to capacity building to ensure RBM in key institutional processes;
Contribute to knowledge management.

Develop and manage the corporate results management system:

Manage and lead the further development of the UN Women results management system;
Provide technical guidance and support use of the results management system across the organization;
Co-ordinate and manage activities related to monitoring and reporting of the Strategic Plan results;
Liaise with system developers, internal IT experts, and users on the results management system.

Analyze key results and technical support to strategic planning processes:

Undertake and develop analyses of Strategic Plan results data in programmatic areas, drawing on information from monitoring systems and other sources;
Based on information reported in the annual reports submitted by UN Women Regional Offices (RO), Multi-Countries (MCO) and Country Offices (CO), and other UN Women units, analyze and provide feedback to the UN Women Management on key trends and patterns that will highlight achievements as well as improve performance;
Support the management of corporate monitoring activities: organizing corporate monitoring activities that may be required to look at specific initiatives in support of SP implementation including looking at the programme work through UN Women support and presence on the ground and tracking of financial information linked to results etc.

Contribute to Capacity Building to ensure RBM in key institutional Processes:

Provide technical support to UN Women offices (field and HQs) in fulfilling monitoring and reporting requirements, including the provision of necessary training and other forms of support as required;
Contribute to the design and implementation of capacity building training activities with RO, MCOs/COs to enhance skills and knowledge in Results Based Management, Results based budgeting and systematic quality assurance;
Strengthen the monitoring function, e.g., in developing and establishing clear corporate policies and tools and identifying the systems to put in place for effective monitoring;
Provide technical support to corporate annual reporting and review processes including the dissemination of feedback and lessons drawn from said processes to inform better programming.

Contribute to Knowledge Management:

Contribute to corporate knowledge management by disseminating feedback and lessons drawn from various annual reporting processes;
Work with UN Women Units to identity and share best program and management practices;
Contribute to the development and maintenance of global and regional program knowledge networks and practices, and development of knowledge products.

Impact of Results:

The key results impact on the effectiveness of the Programme Division to lead, manage, monitor and oversee UN Women’s programs while ensuring that it has the systems and capacity to move forward in implementing the organization’s Strategic Plan.

Competencies

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.

Functional Competencies

Understanding of results management systems;
Ability to link key institutional processes to promote overall organizational effectiveness;
Good knowledge of and experience in the application of RBM in programming, monitoring, reporting and evaluation;
Understanding of database systems and statistical analysis software;
Ability to go beyond established procedures and practices, introduce new approaches and strategic innovations.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Advanced university degree in development related disciplines, economics or public policy or other social science fields.

Experience:

Over 5 years of relevant experience in international development with strong analytical and monitoring skills;
Strong experience working with web-based results tracking systems, and knowledge and experience in results based management.

Languages:

Written and oral proficiency in English is required;
Knowledge of the other UN working knowledge is desirable.

Application:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment;
Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

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.