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Devoirs et responsabilités

• Managerial leadership
• Program management support and inter-agency coordination
• Technical and advisory support
• Representation, networking and advocacy 

• Establish the Regional Centre’s annual work plans – in close consultation with UN Women offices in the region and with the Regional Director’s Teams and set objectives, performance measurements, standards and expected results in collaboration and discussion with the LAC Geographic Section;
• Is responsible for the preparation and submission of semi-annual progress reports and yearly assessment report to the Chief of the LAC Geographic Section;
• Build and manage a coordinated and effective team of consultants, professionals and managers through results-oriented work planning, guidance, direction, supervision and performance assessment. Promote a work environment in the Centre that is conductive to producing the outputs and delivering the services in the results framework;
• Set performance plan and evaluation standards. Regularly conduct performance assessments, provide feedback on performance according to work plans and provide ongoing guidance to support optimum performance and accountability according to UNW standards of integrity, ethics and accountability framework;
• Submit budget proposal for financial, human and other required resources to ensure that the Regional Center operates efficiently. Decide on the optimum and appropriate allocation and management of resources to ensure effective and timely regional programming and operational support.  

• Participate effectively in the UNDG-LAC (UN Regional Director’s Team) and other regional coordination mechanisms to lead the integration of gender perspective in UNDAF processes, promote UNW collaboration with UN system partners and ensure coordination and coherence in the UN system’s work on gender equality and empowerment of women. Support relevant aspects of the UN Reform in the region;
• Provide quality assurance, technical support and advice to the RC System and UNCTs, including in their application of UNCT Performance Indicators and other efforts to strengthen overall coherence and performance of the UN Country Team on gender equality and women’s empowerment;
• Lead the Regional Inter-Agency Working Group on Gender Equality in order to promote UN system accountability on gender through the implementation of agreed mechanisms. 

• Manage the team of the Regional Centre for provision of policy and technical advisory support, including the identification of technical expertise within and outside the United Nations;
• Plan and deliver technical and advisory support to UN Women offices in the region to strengthen their capacity to offer coordination support for inter-agency initiatives;
• Create and maintain a roster of highly-qualified experts on gender equality and women’s empowerment who can be deployed on short notice to enhance the technical expertise on gender equality available to UNCTs;
• Ensure programme and policy coherence in the implementation of regional initiatives including determination of quality benchmarks;
• Lead the development and implementation of regional communication, information and advocacy strategies to ensure harmonization with UNW global initiatives, standards and messages;
• Oversee the implementation of the LAC regional chapter of the Secretary General campaign to end violence against women;
• Lead the creation and development of the regional knowledge centre.  Oversee the design and dissemination of knowledge products and regional advocacy materials. Promote knowledge sharing through networks and communities of practice;
• Provide up-to-date information, data and statistics on the status of women in the region, working in close collaboration with UN regional commissions and other relevant partners, and submit evidence-based information to support planning, communication and advocacy initiatives. 

• Represent UN Women in interagency and intergovernmental forums and other key meetings and events, as designated/appropriate to speak on regional programming issues, participate in program policy dialogue, discuss initiatives, report on progress achieved in the region and/or present papers/ideas to influence setting of agenda and/or advocate UN Women competencies and mandate, in coordination with the LAC Geographic Section;
• Maintain active relationships/partnerships with Member States, UN system and agency partners, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, regional commissions, institutes and academia on women’s issues to enhance collaboration, resource mobilization and/or share ideas to influence agenda and priority setting.

Compétences

Core Values and 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.

• 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.  

• Ability to develop a vision, concepts and strategies for aid development planning and management;
• Excellent theoretical, intellectual and technical skills in aid development particularly those that are pertinent to UNW strategic priorities on gender issues and women’s rights;
• Demonstrates political savvy and intellectual capacity in representing the organization effectively at high level in national and international fora to advocate and to promote organizational priorities, 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 partnership and build alliances to advance organizational interests and competencies;
• Effective leadership in fund raising strategies and activities and proactive engagement with the multilateral and bilateral donor community to ensure a stable resource base;
• Ability to go beyond established procedures and models and to introduce new approaches and strategic innovations;
• Solid understanding of best management practices; aligns management policies and practices to support achievement of organizational goals;
• Exercises leadership in strengthening accountability and results-based management in supporting organizational priorities, policy and decision-making processes.

Qualifications et expériences requises

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

• Over 15 years of extensive development experience that combines intellectual, strategic and managerial leadership in aid development cooperation at the international level, preferably in developing countries within the UN system, Agencies, Funds or Programs or UN Mission.

• Written and oral proficiency in English and Spanish is required.