UN WOMEN Jobs - 66087- UN Women: Representative

UN Women: Representative

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Kinshasa, CONGO, DEM. REPUBLIC

Type of Contract :

FTA International

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

25-May-16 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

D-1

Duration of Initial Contract :

1 year

Languages Required :

English French

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.

Under the overall guidance of the Regional Director, East and Southern Arica, the UN Women Representative is responsible for leading and managing the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Country Office and for translating UN Women's Strategic Plan (SP) in line with regional and national priorities, into development initiatives and results by developing, implementing and managing programs and projects for the DRC Country Office and developing effective partnerships with Government counterparts, UN system agencies and organizations, civil society organizations, and with bilateral and non-traditional donors in order to promote inter-agency partnerships, support for UN reform, and mobilization of visibility and resources to advance gender equality and women's empowerment.

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic country programme planning and development:

Identify development planning and programme needs, opportunities and approaches to strengthen UN Women country presence and relevance;
Lead the design, planning, formulation, preparation and development ofthe Country Strategic Note;
Identify opportunities and challenges and determine the vision and strategy to respond to and achieve UN Women’s goals and objectives on gender equality, women’s human rights and women’s economic empowerment;
Lead, articulate and effectively communicate the strategic vision for UN Women in the country, consistent with UN Women’s Strategic plan;
Engage and /or consult senior partners in the UNDG/UN System, UNCT, RDT to enhance understanding of the needs and challenges in programming to achieve gender equality, women’s empowerment for strategic programming and policy discussion;
Participate in the region’s UN Women programme strategy and provide advice to the Executive Director, Regional Director and Senior Management on the strategy, direction and planning of programmes and projects;
Manage and ensure the quality of results-based and rights-based programming through the formulation of programme goals and objectives, the development of strategies and implementation of frameworks in line with corporate guidelines and consistent with corporate policies and strategies;
Monitor the use of results-based management approach to programme planning and design.

DRC country office leadership:

Lead the preparation, submission of the Annual Workplan and budget and oversee the implementation, including providing direction, guidance and technical support;
Oversee and approve programme work plans and monitor the overall progress and compliance of the DRC CO;
Approve the optimum and appropriate allocation and use of resources;
Lead and manage the preparation of UN Women mandated country reports;
Manage the country office collaboration with audit review and timely response to audit reports;
Supervise the development and implementation on Country Office communication plans, based on UN Women’s communication strategy;
Manage the performance of staff under his/her supervision;
Maintain and update country office security strategy, plan, and measures to ensure full compliance with UN security policies, procedures and requirements;
In close coordination wand consultation with UNDDSS and UN system agencies and partners, assess external and internal risks and ensure the protection of staff, UN women programmes and assets.

UN inter-agency coordination:

Serve as member ofthe UN Country Team and support UNCT programming and advocacy to ensure gender equality and women’s empowerment issues are fully integrated into UN programming processes, including the Comprehensive Country Assessment (CCA) and UNDAF;
Provide leadership and guidance to the UNCT in supporting enhanced response to national partners in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment and UN reform;
Support the coordination and promotion of accountability with the UN Resident Coordinator System to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment and UN reform;
Advise the UNCT on the implementation of key policy commitments to gender and women’s rights;
Partner with RC and UN system partners to strengthen UN system interagency coherence, collaboration, cooperation resource mobilization, advocacy, common services, and operations;
Actively seek out participation of UN Women in UN system thematic and other working groups to establish effective networks and keep abreast of ongoing debates and thinking on development;
Facilitate joint programming and promote UN competencies to advance gender equality and women’s human rights.

Representation, external relations, and advocacy:

Meet with high level and senior government officials as well as multi-lateral, bi-lateral agencies and NGOs;
Participate in regional, country and other critical meetings and events to evaluate the impact and efficacy of UN Women policies and programmes and provide input in strategic discussions;
Lead and support advocacy for gender equality and women’s empowerment to ensure that UN support towards realization of the national plans and priorities are done in a gender responsive manner, and within agreed international frameworks that promote and protect gender equality.

Strategic partnerships and resource mobilization:

Identify strategic alliances and influence policy development to facilitate achievement of UNCT goals and objectives related to gender;
Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with government institutions, national stakeholders and global partners/civil society/allies/donors to advocate UN Women goals on gender equality, women’s rights and economic empowerment, and to enhance collaboration, resource mobilization and influence agenda and priority setting;
Conceptualize, design and implement country resource mobilization strategies;
Lead/direct resource mobilization activities to maximize resources for programmes to meet ongoing and/or new challenges and opportunities to promote gender equality and women’s rights in the country and to sustain achievements in these areas;
Negotiate and/or approve cost-sharing agreements with donors.

Knowledge management, innovation and capacity building:

Promote critical thinking and innovative approaches and good practices in the DRC country office programming and operations to maximize efficiency and achieve concrete and sustainable results;
Approve the implementation of innovation and best practices in the DRC CO to ensure optimum efficiency and efficacy in programming and operations;
Promote learning and development by providing opportunities for training and capacity guiding to enhance the competencies/productivity of staff members;
Lead the production of knowledge products.

Key Performance Indicators:

The successful performance of the UN Women Representative of the key functions directly result in effective and strategic development, implementation and management of high quality country programs and projects and achievement of quality results which in turn directly impact on the credibility and image of UN Women as an effective and efficient partner and as the leading knowledge-based technical and advocacy organization for gender equality and the empowerment of women.

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:

Ethics and Values:

Promoting Ethics and Integrity / Creating Organizational Precedents.

Organizational Awareness:

Building support and political acumen.

Developing and empowering people / Coaching and mentoring:

Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation.

Working in Teams:

Building and promoting effective teams.

Communicating Information and Ideas:

Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication.

Self-management and Emotional intelligence:

Creating an emotionally intelligent organization.

Conflict Management / Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements:

Leveraging conflict in the interests of the organization & setting standards.

Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning:

Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning.

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

Fair and transparent decision-making; calculated risk-taking.

Functional Competencies:

Excellent managerial, intellectual and technical skills in international development, preferably focused on issues related to gender;
Proven experience in the coordination and management of large, complex multi-partner development projects;
Demonstrated political savvy and intellectual capacity in representing the organization effectively at high level in national and international for a to advocate and promote UN Women’s mandate and initiatives and a better understanding of the organizational strategic agenda and to build consensus;
Ability to establish and maintain broad strategic networks and partnerships with UN agencies and other international partners to promote partnerships and build alliances to advance organizational interests and competencies;
Effective leadership in building partnerships, fund raising strategies and activities and proactive engagement with the multilateral and ,bilateral donor community to ensure a stable resource base;
Exercises leadership in strengthening accountability and results-based management in supporting organizational priorities, policy and decision making processes;
Ability to conceptualize and convey strategic vision from the spectrum of development experience;
Excellent negotiation, advocacy and interpersonal skills;
Excellent communications and public speaking skills;
Excellent planning, goal-setting and prioritization skills;
Effectiveness in strengthening accountability and results-based management in supporting organizational priorities, policy and decision-making processes.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master's degree or equivalent in development related disciplines, economics or public policy or other social science fields.

Experience:

15 years of extensive development experience that combines intellectual, strategic and managerial leadership in aid development cooperation, with a substantive part in gender and women’s issues programming, at the international level, preferably in developing countries within the UN system, Agencies, Funds or Programs or UN Mission.

Language:

Written and oral proficiency in English and French are required;
Working Knowledge of an additional UN official language will be an asset.

Application Information:

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;
UN Women will only be able to respond to those applications in which there is further interest.

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.