Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women 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. Placing women's rights at the center of all its efforts, the UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations System efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

Under the overall supervision of the UN Women Representative to Tajikistan, the National Programme Officer (NPO) manages and coordinates all aspects of Country Office (CO) programme as delegated. The main role is to manage the country programme including continued monitoring of implementation. The NPO leads the programme team in strategic planning and identifies new programme areas while ensuring consistency with UNDAF priorities and creative responses to emerging challenges and opportunities.

The National Programme Officer supervises and leads programme support staff and coordinates activities of the projects staff. She/he works in close collaboration with the operations team, with UN Women/HQ staff, and Government officials, technical advisors and experts, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation.    

Summary of Key Functions:

• Ensuring the strategic direction of UN Women programme
• Management of the CO programme and supervision of the Programme team
• Strategic partnerships and support to resource mobilization
• Provision of top quality policy advice services to the Government and facilitation of knowledge building and management. 

As a member of the CO management team, ensures the strategic direction of UN WOMEN programme focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Identification of strategic programme areas of cooperation.
• CO business processes mapping and establishment of internal Standard Operating Procedures in Results Management, control of the workflows in the Programme Unit.
• Provide strategic advice to the Country Representative regarding national level integration of UN Women programme into socio economic development process through monitoring policy changes and preparing situational analysis reports that serve as the basis for the programme formulation of UN Women in the country.
• Be acquainted with UN Women Strategic Plan (SP) and follow up its application through the implementation of related projects and programmes.
• Provide support to the Country Representative in the decentralization process.
• Take part in country level CCA/UNDAF processes and similar exercises related to the RC system ensuring that gender concerns are clearly reflected and mainstreamed in process. Prepares substantive inputs to CCA/UNDAF and other documents thoroughly analyzing and researching the political, social and economic situation in the region.
• Act as officer in Charge in the absence of the Country Representative, providing overall management of the Country Office and programme including day to day supervision of project offices throughout the country, as well as, representational functions.
• During the absence of the Country Representative, as an Officer in Charge he/she is delegated the authority to sign on documents specifically assigned. Likewise, he/she will be responsible for the overall management of the Office.

Ensures effective management of the CO programme and supervision of the Programme team focusing on quality control of the full cycle of programming from formulation to  implementation achieving the  following results:

• Constant monitoring and analysis of the programme environment, timely readjustment of programme.
• Follow up on audit recommendations. All exceptions are timely reported.
• Design and formulation of CO programme within the area of responsibility, translating UN Women priorities into local interventions. Coordination of programme implementation with the executing agencies.
• Supervise the overall Management of the portfolio of on-going projects in the country through technical monitoring and administrative and financial supervision.
• Prepare analytical and regular progress reports on UN Women´s program experiences to donors, UN Women NY, and the RC system.
• Designing/implementing required research for formulating appropriate interventions, preparing TOR, identifying consultants, and giving them appropriate guidance for project identification, formulation, monitoring, and evaluation missions.
• Ensure the proper application of a monitoring system to track progress on program results and indicators.
• Supervise the application of UN Women Evaluation Policy at country level.

Establishes and maintains strategic partnerships and supports the resource mobilization in cooperation with the Management Support and Business Development Team  focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Implementation of the CO partnerships and resources mobilization strategies to achieve programme outcomes.
• Creation and coordination of partnerships with the UN Agencies, government institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, private sector, civil society etc.
• Determination of programmatic areas of cooperation, based on strategic goals of UN Women, country needs and donors’ priorities.
• Analysis and research of information on donors, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for cost-sharing.
• Review and appraise proposals submitted, to ensure that they meet UN Women´s strategic plan requirements and provide capacity building support to counterparts in projects formulation.
• Follow up in resource on mobilization activities for fund raising for new projects in coordination with the Country Representative.
• Contribute to program/project appraisal and evaluation according to results-based management requirements.
• Liaise with UN Women Project Offices and executing agencies on the management of UN Women projects.

Ensures provision of top quality advisory services and facilitation of knowledge building and management  focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Identification of sources of information related to policy-driven issues. Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned directly linked to programme country policy goals.
• Support the establishment of advocacy networks at national level and linked to international networks. Relevant, high-impact advocacy campaigns are implemented with key partners.
• Organization of trainings for the operations/ projects staff on programme.
• Establish and maintain consultation with governments implementing agencies, womens organization and multi/bilateral donors.
• Formulation of quality project proposals in strategic area for UN Women´s intervention, setting models for achieving aspired results according to clear monitoring and evaluation systems.

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards.
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN Women.
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Functional Competences:

Knowledge Management and Learning

• Promotes knowledge management in UN Women and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example.
• 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 formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects, mobilize resources.

Development and Operational Effectiveness

• Ability to lead strategic planning, results-based management and reporting.
• Ability to lead formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects, mobilize resources.
• Ability to formulate and manage budgets, manage contributions and investments, manage transactions, conduct financial analysis, reporting and cost-recovery.
• Ability to implement new systems and affect staff behavioral/ attitudinal change.
• Ability to lead strategic planning, results-based management and reporting.

Management and Leadership

• 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 good oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.
• Promotes a knowledge sharing and learning culture in the office.
• Ability to advocate and provide policy advice.
• Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more practice areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills.
• Leads  teams effectively and shows conflict resolution skills.
• Builds strong relationships with partners and external actors.
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills.
• Focuses on impact and result for the partners and responds positively to feedback.
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.

Skills

• Professionalism: Knowledge of organizations rules and regulations as they pertain to the incumbent´s area of responsibility.
• Teamwork – Good interpersonal skills; ability in multi- cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• Communication- Ability to speak and write clearly and effectively.
• Planning and Organizing – Uses time efficiently. Ability to prioritize assignments and allocate appropriate time for completing work. Strictly observes deadlines . Work well under pressure. Ability to handle a large volume of work in an efficient and timely manner.
• Programme management: Strong skills in the use of programmatic tools to plan,  monitor and evaluate programmes and projects.
• Commitment to Continuous Learning- Initiative and willingness to learn new skills.
• Technological Awareness – Possesses excellent computer skills to facilitate daily work.
• Trust: Reputation for dealing honestly and openly with staff. Respected by peers , partners and staff.

Education: 

• Masters Degree in Economics, Political Sciences, Social Sciences or related field.

Experience: 

• 5 years relevant experience at the national or international level in development projects providing management advisory services, hands-on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects and establishing inter-relationships among international organization and national governments specifically in the field of gender and human rights  of women.
• Prior experience in the UN System will be an asset.

Language Requirements: 

• Fluency in English, Russian and Tajik.

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.

All online applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from
 http://www.unwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P_11_form_UNwomen.doc.

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.