Historique
Devoirs et responsabilités
- Strategic Policy Advice and Coordination
- Programme Development and Management
- Advocacy and Partnership building
- Resource Mobilization
- Facilitates knowledge building and knowledge sharing
- Provide guidance to UNDP programmes on integrating gender across all workplans and help monitor achievement of related results
- Review and implement UNDP’s Gender Strategy for Somalia.
- Contribute policy advice to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and other appropriate authorities in the three Zones of Somalia in support gender equality and women’s empowerment, with special focus on the prevention of violence against women in all of its forms
- Lead the Outcome 4 team to ensure coordinated approaches across programmes and review associated implementation challenges on a regular basis with a view to overcoming bottlenecks.
- Identify opportunities and lead in the conceptualization of strategic programme interventions that respond to the needs and concerns of women and men, women’s NGOs and groups in Somalia and are in line with the UNDP’s Somalia Country Strategy.
- Support implementation of strategic programme interventions across Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 and lead and oversee specific ‘stand-alone’ interventions under Outcome 4.
- Contribute to rigorous evaluation of gender-related programme interventions, in close collaboration with M/E specialist.
- Monitor political, economic and social developments trends and issues affecting women’s rights in Somalia to inform a strategic response to opportunities and challenges within the context of UNDP’s programmes in Somalia.
- Support knowledge building and sharing at the country office on gender equality focusing on achievements, lessons learned and methodologies utilized in gender equality implementation and mainstreaming.
- Work closely with other UN agencies working in support of gender equality and women’s empowerment to ensure complementarity and avoid overlap.
- Support the UN Somalia Assistance Strategy outcome teams to mainstream gender equality and women’s empowerment as cross-cutting priorities.
- Ensure leading role of UNDP in fora and meetings related to gender equality (e.g. Gender Theme Group (GTG) and the SGBV Working group).
- Participate in and represent UNDP in activities to highlight key gender equality and women’s human rights issues and advocate for integration of gender equality issues into the development agenda.
- Maintain relationships with UNDP’s partners including donors, government agencies, and NGOs, on matters related to the promotion of national commitments to gender equality with a view of ensuring strategic partnerships and strengthening collaboration.
- Ensure the development of a gender communications strategy for UNDP Somalia in order to build awareness of gender equality issues in Somalia and the contribution of UNDP to the country.
- Initiate and coordinate strategic advocacy activities to maximize support of the UN system, government and civil society partners on gender equality in line with international commitments to CEDAW, MDGs, UNSCR 1325, 1888, 1889 and others.
- Identify and follow-up on strategic opportunities for resource mobilization for implementation of UNDP’s Somalia Gender Strategy
- Build strong partnerships with donor agencies on Somalia focusing on gender issues to ensure coordination and with government’s action plan.
- Ensure regular communication with and timely reporting to programme donors
- Identification and formulation of lessons learned and recommendations to be integrated into broader CO knowledge management efforts.
- Contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
- Organization and conduct of trainings on gender advancement, gender equality, women’s empowerment, women’s issues, and social development thematic areas related to UNDP’s Gender Strategic Plan in the Country Office.
Compétences
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
- Treats all people fairly without favoritism
- Promotes knowledge management in UNDP and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example
- In-depth practical knowledge of inter-disciplinary development issues
- 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 formulation and monitoring of management projects
- Solid knowledge in financial resources 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 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 openness to change and ability to manage complexities
- Ability to lead effectively, mentoring as well as conflict resolution skills
- Ability to guide a programme team and provide innovative and strategic thinking.
- Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrates good listening skills and responsiveness to the opinions of others.
- Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure
- Proven networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills
- Ability of build strong relationships with both internal and external actors - cultivates productive relationships with donors, partners and other important institutions and individuals.
Qualifications et expériences requises
- Masters Degree in Social Science, Gender or Women’s Studies
- Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience in recovery and development, with special focus on addressing the promotion of gender equalityand women’s empowerment in crisis and post-conflict countries
- Relevant research and published material an asset
- Experience in Muslim world and in dealing with traditional legal systems an advantage
- Previous experience with UNDP or UN Women (ex-UNIFEM) preferred and good knowledge of UNDP rules and procedures is desirable
- Strong diplomatic skills in handling counterpart relations
- Knowledge of Somalia context is an asset.
- Strong written and spoken English skills.