Antecedentes

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 leads and coordinates 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 Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

The United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) was established through the UN General Assembly Resolution 50/166 in 1996 with UN Women as its Administrator on behalf of the UN system. The UN Trust Fund is a global multi-lateral grant making mechanism supporting national efforts to prevent and end violence against women and girls, one of the most widespread human rights violations in the world. The UN Trust Fund provides technical assistance and funding to advance the development of innovative models and strategic interventions in the area of ending violence against women and girls. To date, the UN Trust Fund has awarded US $103 million to 393 initiatives in 136 countries and territories. Its current portfolio consists of 95 grants in 75 countries and territories.

Deberes y responsabilidades

Under the supervision and guidance of the Chief of UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, the Programme Specialist will coordinate and monitor the regional portfolio of active UN Trust Fund grants in the region and will be responsible for the following main tasks:

Monitoring and Grant-management:

• Oversee  active grants in the region, including via regular process monitoring based on grantee reports, and through liaising with and guiding UN Trust Fund field focal points in monitoring, report review and provision of technical support to grantees;
• Provide technical assistance to grantees including in the design of their Results and Resources Frameworks (RRFs), in collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist;
• Assist grantees in clarifying proposed programmes outcomes, outputs, indicators of success, methods of baseline and data collection, activities and budgets;
• Provide tailored technical support throughout the programme life-cycle, including in design of grantee baseline and end-line data and support in undertaking the final evaluation;
• Review progress reports and provide feedback to grantees as needed to ensure results-based reports and analysis and capturing of data;
• Review financial reports and liaise with UNTF finance analyst at HQ before final approval for grants and subsequent disbursements;
• Monitor and assess progress towards overall results based on results framework and monitoring schedules;
• Undertake monitoring missions and provide ongoing technical accompaniment to grantees;
• Manage and oversee all operational processes related to the grant life-cycle, including budget, completion and review of implementing partner assessments, processing of programme modifications and no-cost extensions, and spearheading grant closures.

Grant-making:

• Participate in annual grantee selection processes including through review and assessment of concept notes and full-fledged proposals, accompanying budgets and monitoring and evaluation frameworks submitted to the UN Trust Fund;
• Prepare application feedback letters and summaries for all shortlisted applicants and grantees for the region and systematically update these summaries based on progress reports and monitoring missions;
• Provide administrative support to ROs and grantees to ensure adherence to UN WOMEN policies, administrative and financial procedures.

Reporting and Knowledge Management:

• Maintain centralized regional portfolio matrix of active grants, and provide quarterly portfolio updates to the UN Trust Fund Chief;
• Prepare written contributions for various purposes, including inputs for the report for the Commission on Status of Women, UNTF annual donor reports, newsletters, fund raising efforts and other reporting needs;
• Contribute to tracking and synthesizing, on an ongoing basis, developments, tools, emerging or good practices in the field of ending violence against women and girls, including capturing findings and lessons learned from evaluations;
• Update and maintain UNTF Grant-making and Knowledge Management Tracking database with relevant grantee information.
• Support the Fund’s Communication Specialist and Report Writer through direct engagement with grant recipients to gather information about the achievements and impact of the grant, knowledge products, media, etc. and ensure communications accurately reflect grant programmes;
• Keep systematic track of noteworthy grantee achievements and communicate to colleagues for possible visibility, such as special features on the website;
• Support and organize knowledge sharing events and identify good and promising models that can be shared widely across grantees and other key stakeholders.

Capacity Development:

• Play a key role in the production of capacity development tools, including training materials and packages, programme guidance notes and other related support in association with to programme baseline, monitoring and reporting;
• Support- and participate in knowledge sharing and capacity development events for grantees, including annual capacity development workshops on evidence-based monitoring and evaluation, in liaison with the M&E Specialist.

Competencias

Core values and 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.

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:

Monitoring, Reporting and Knowledge Management:

• Strong knowledge of planning and monitoring and related development policy and programming issues, including knowledge of results-based management, familiarity with log frames and understanding of baseline data collection and monitoring methodologies;
• Knowledge of women’s organizations and governmental agencies working on women’s empowerment and gender equality in the sub-region;
• Familiarity with UN Women procedures, particularly with regard to project management and more specifically in relation to the development of work plans, budgets, monitoring and reporting plans, purchasing plans and the identification of indicators.

Management and Leadership:

• Ability to manage for results: translate strategy into achievable plans, with established priorities, monitor them, making periodic adjustments as required;
• Ability to effectively represent UN Women in, and contribute to United Nations inter-agency programming monitoring and reporting initiatives;
• Outstanding networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills;
• Capacity to work with diverse partners including governments, civil society and women's groups;
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.

Communication:

• Good interpersonal and diplomacy skills;
• Ability to use critical thinking, conceptualize ideas, and articulate relevant subject matter in a clear and concise way;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and French;
• Working knowledge in national languages spoken in the region is highly desirable;
• Ability to communicate effectively with and relate to people of different cultures, demonstrating an ability to see issues from other perspectives.

Computer Skills:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software;
• Proficiency with online communication, including Skype, etc.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:

• Advanced University degree or equivalent in Political Science, International Development Studies, Gender/Women’s Studies, Economics or Sociology;
• Advanced University degree in Monitoring and Results Based Management considered an asset.

Experience:

• Minimum of five years of relevant national/international working experience in international development, in gender equality and women’s empowerment issues;
• Knowledge and experience working on addressing issues related to violence against women highly desirable;
• Experience with databases and data management a plus;
• Experience in monitoring and reporting on programmes related to gender equality. Experience in monitoring of grant programmes is highly desired;
• Experience in knowledge management and communication – supporting collection and dissemination of lessons learned/best practices;
• Experience working in the field of monitoring: developing plans, tracking results, reporting to different constituencies;
• Experience in results-based management (RBM) an asset;
• Knowledge management and communications experience – supporting collection and dissemination of lessons learned/best practice;
• Experience in the United Nations, a governmental, other multilateral or civil society organization in a developed or developing country highly desirable.

Language:

• Fluency in English and Spanish required;
• Working knowledge of French will be considered an additional asset.

Note:

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 applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment.

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.