Historique

The UNIFEM sub regional office (SRO) in Delhi covers the following  countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.  The SRO is the driver of UNIFEM's collaboration with key national and regional partners and a broad range of regional and national women's networks.
The UNIFEM Regional Programme Director (RPD) is the front line contact for UNIFEM. The RPD conceptualizes and oversees all UNIFEM-supported programmes and partnerships. The RPD represents UNIFEM in UN Country teams (UNCTs) in the region, working closely with the UN Resident Coordinators (RC).

Devoirs et responsabilités

Leadership and representation

• Promotes a positive and accurate image of UNIFEM in the region, including through development of regional and national advocacy strategies, engagement in high level policy dialogue and through initiation of and participation in strategic policy and programme fora
• Builds strong partnerships with Governments of countries in the region to support policy formulation and capacity development that will enable them, in line with their national priorities, to implement policy frameworks related to gender equality and women's human rights including the Beijing Platform for Action, CEDAW, Security Council resolution 1325, and the MDGs
• Represents UNIFEM at the Heads of Agency meetings of UN Country Teams and ensures that UNIFEM is able to provide state-of-the-art technical expertise and advice to strengthen the gender equality and women's human rights dimensions of programmes and policies of UNCTs in the region
• Fosters ongoing partnerships and collaboration with bilateral donors, international foundations and the private sector to mobilize resources for gender equality programmes
• Assists in securing voluntary contributions to UNIFEM from countries within their region or sub-region
• Fosters collaboration between Governments , UN organizations, civil society organizations and donor agencies on key and emerging priorities for accelerating progress toward gender equality
• Builds strategic alliances with women's organizations within the region in order to support their work and to create visibility for emerging gender equality issues
• Programme Development and Management
• Leads the development and monitoring of UNIFEM's regional and country strategies to ensure contribution to and alignment with UNIFEM's Strategic Plan 2008 - 2011 and to the key regional priorities for accelerating gender equality and women's human rights
• Oversees the development, implementation and monitoring of UNIFEM's regional, sub-regional and national programmes, ensuring that these are aligned with regional and national priorities and that they contribute to the overall priorities agreed to by UNCTs and with the UN Resident Coordinators
• Promotes and guides the development of effective joint programmes with UN organizations and UNCTs, including to ensure UNIFEM's full contribution to implementation of UN Development Assistance Frameworks and other UN coordination initiatives
• Monitors development trends and issues in the region that have an impact on gender equality and women's human rights
• Prepares, implements and monitors UNIFEM-supported  programmes designed to enhance national capacity to accelerate progress toward gender equality
• Supervises high quality and timely reporting and communications to ensure that information about UNIFEM's work is easily accessible to stakeholders and partners

Managerial Functions

• People Management:  In line with the UN rules and regulations pertaining to human resources management, the RPD ensures effective management, career development, and security of staff in the regional office and country programmes which are under the ambit of the sub-regional office.
• Financial management:  In line with the principles of the delegation of authority , the RPD ensures proper financial management  of and accurate and timely reporting on UNIFEM's  resources
• Strategic management: The RPD ensures effective and efficient management of partnerships with UN, government and NGO partners.

Compétences

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN's values and ethical standards
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNIFEM 
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
• Treats all people fairly without favouritism

Functional:

• Has substantive and demonstrated professional experience and record of accomplishment in the area of gender equality and women's human rights
• Has knowledge of UNIFEM and the UN system
• Has proven ability to advocate and provide policy advice
• Has a successful track record in developing strong partnerships with donors and mobilizing significant resources for development assistance programmes
• Has ability to lead strategic planning, change processes, results-based management and reporting
• Has ability to lead formulation, oversight of implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes

Behavioural

• Leadership and Management Skills: Has strong management skills with a proven record of building and managing teams and creating an enabling work environment, including the ability to effectively lead, develop, mentor, coach and evaluate staff 
• Knowledge Management : Demonstrates ability to use knowledge management strategies to promote effective decision-making, and a coherent approach to policy making, and intra/inter-organizational collaboration, applies knowledge, information, and best practices from within and outside of UNIFEM
• Managing Relationships: Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback
• Displays a high level of respect, diplomacy and tact when dealing with government officials, donors and other stakeholders; Excellent interpersonal skills, able to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment
• Managing Complexity: Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities; Outstanding coordination skills, with ability to manage multiple activities concurrently, works under pressure, and to tight deadlines
• Communication Skills: Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills, including ability to convey complex concepts to different stakeholders in a clear and concise style
  

Qualifications et expériences requises

• Masters Degree in social sciences and /or any relevant disciplines related to international development or international relations, international legal Studies, human rights, gender equality and women's human rights.
• At least ten years of progressively responsible experience in managing development programmes, including at least 8 years of experience in programmes related to gender equality at national, regional and international levels
• At least 5 years of field-based experience with an international organization
• Work experience in and knowlege of the South Asia Region
• Excellent written and spoken English is required. Knowledge of other languages used within the sub-region would be an added advantage.