UN WOMEN Jobs - 59283- Strategic Partnerships Specialist (Open for Nepale

Strategic Partnerships Specialist (Open for Nepalese citizens only)

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UN WOMEN

Lieu :

Kathmandu, NEPAL

Type de contrat :

FTA Local

Date de commencement :

01-Dec-2015

Date limite de candidature :

01-Sep-15 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

NO-C

Durée du contrat initial

1 year

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

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 centre of all its efforts, UN Women is mandated to lead and coordinate United Nations System efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of national priorities and commitments, building effective partnerships with government, civil society and other relevant actors.

In Nepal, UN Women is currently implementing its 2014-17 Strategic Note and Annual Workplan (country programme) which incorporates several thematic areas, including economic empowerment, governance and leadership, ending violence against women and girls, and peace and security. Across all of its work, UN Women applies its normative and coordination mandates, and works through strategic partnerships and on generating knowledge and evidence. UN Women is also engaged in the humanitarian response following the tragic earthquakes of 2015.

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Country Representative, and in close collaboration and coordination with the Deputy Representative and programme unit heads, the Strategic Partnerships Specialist support the strategic planning of UN Women’s partnerships and will develop, implement, monitor and evaluate (and review and revise, as necessary) the office’s partnerships strategy, focusing on civil society, the media and the private sector, in line with the country programme. He/She will provide expert advisory services to promote and leverage key partnerships to advance political and financial support and visibility for gender equality and women’s empowerment in line with UN Women’s focus areas. The Specialist will supervise, mentor and coach the Communications Officer to influence the development agenda, promote public and media outreach and mobilize political and financial support. The Specialist will work in collaboration with the relevant units in the UN Women Regional and HQ offices and in partnership with other UN agencies in Nepal under the UN Development Assistance Framework 2013-17. The Specialist will undertake other relevant tasks as agreed with the supervisor.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Summary of Key Functions:

Provide advisory services including social, political and cultural analyses to guide the development and strengthening of strategic partnerships;
Lead the strategic planning and implementation of UN Women’s partnerships across civil society, the media and the private sector, in both the development and humanitarian contexts;
Design, manage, implement and evaluate a partnerships strategy in support of the UN Women country programme goals and strategic direction;
Explore, foster, develop and manage new and influential partnerships and advocacy campaigns to promote and advance UN Women’s mandate and programmes in support of national priorities and commitments, and to leverage political and financial support;
Represent UN Women, as appropriate, as an advocate of the importance and potential of partnerships to advancing women’s rights and UN Women’s strategic objectives.

Technical advisory services including social, political and cultural analyses to shape the development of programme and project specific partnerships opportunities to advance commitment to women’s rights and gender equality:

Compile and synthesize on a regular basis political, economic and social information that can inform the Representative in his/her functions relating to advocacy and partnerships building;
Advise on entry points for social change programming, including key partners for alliance building to support the UN Women mandate;
Provide constructive and timely advice on inclusion of partnerships components in programme formulations to integrate advocacy and partnerships building strategies into UN Women’s programmes;
Generate strategic partnerships information to support resource mobilization;
Strengthen UN Women’s positioning as the lead UN agency for women’s rights.

Lead the strategic planning and implementation of UN Women’s partnerships across civil society (including the UN Women Nepal Civil Society Advisory Group), the media and the private sector:

Convene, coordinate and facilitate UN Women’s partnerships with civil society and women’s groups, including the UN Women Nepal Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG), as key advocates of women’s rights to advance national priorities and commitments and UN Women’s support to these;
Work with the media to promote consistent and positive discourse and messaging for gender equality and women’s empowerment and to influence the political and financial commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment in Nepal. Leverage the Government’s Right to Information Act to promote sharing of and access to information;
Build and develop partnerships with the private sector, including through the Women’s Empowerment Principles, to leverage their potential for advocacy, gender-responsive practices and investments, and resource mobilization for UN Women’s programmes;
Design and implement partnerships for engaging men and boys and youth, including with the Men Engage Alliance and by leveraging the UN Women HeForShe campaign;
Leverages these partnerships to support other initiatives and campaigns such as the SG’s UNiTE Campaign, 16 Days for Ending Violence Against Women and Girls, Planet 50:50 by 2013, etc.

Design, manage, implement and evaluate a partnerships strategy in support of the country programme goals and strategic direction:

Ensure a clear, coherent and prioritized approach to UN Women’s strategic partnerships building to support the office’s country programme and emerging opportunities;
Monitor the implementation of the strategy and make timely adjustments as necessary.

Explore, foster, develop and manage new and influential partnerships and advocacy campaigns to promote and advance UN Women’s mandate and programmes in support of national priorities and commitments, and to leverage political and financial support:

Keep abreast of developments nationally, regionally and globally to identify new entry points for UN Women’s partnerships with civil society, the media and the private sector;
Anticipate challenges and emerging opportunities for advancing women’s rights in the country and identify potential partnerships to engage in these agendas.

Represent UN Women, as appropriate, as an advocate of the importance and potential of partnerships to advancing women’s rights and UN Women’s strategic objectives:

Promote UN Women’s strategic direction and programme priorities with established and potential partners;
Contribute to UN Women’s reputation as a credible, effective and dependable partner;
Advocate with and influence government and development partners as needed in close coordination with UN Women’s programme teams.

Compétences

Core Values / Guiding Principles:

Integrity:

Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

Professionalism:

Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.

Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:

Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff;
Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Core Competencies:

Ethics and Values:

Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.

Organizational Awareness:

Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.

Development and Innovation:

Take charge of self-development and take initiative.

Work in teams:

Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Communicating and Information Sharing:

Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication.

Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:

Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others.

Conflict Management:

Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.

Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:

Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.

Functional Competencies:

Ability to lead formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of partnerships;
Ability to support strategic planning, results-based management and reporting;
Ability to implement new systems and affect staff behavioral/ attitudinal change;
Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and results for the client and responds positively to feedback;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Ability to advocate and provide required technical advice;
Lead teams effectively and shows conflict resolution skills;
Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills;
Focuses on impact and result for the partners and responds positively to feedback;
Ability to operate and work in resource challenged environments.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

Master's degree (or equivalent) in one or more of the following disciplines: international development, gender, social studies, human rights and other related fields.

Experience:

At least five years of progressively responsible experience at the national or international level in gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Solid understanding and demonstrated knowledge of women’s rights and UN Women’s thematic priorities;
Proven experience with demonstrated results in partnerships building to advance the women’s rights agenda;
Experience in supervising, coaching and mentoring staff and developing capacities;
UN experience is considered an asset.

Language:

Written and oral proficiency in English and Nepali is required.