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Project Coordinator, Women’s Economic Resilience | |
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Location : | Islamabad, PAKISTAN |
Application Deadline : | 15-Dec-22 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Additional Category : | Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction |
Type of Contract : | Service Contract |
Post Level : | SB-4 |
Languages Required : | English |
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) | 01-Jan-2023 |
Duration of Initial Contract : | 1 year |
Expected Duration of Assignment : | 1 year |
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks. |
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Job Code Title: Project Coordinator, Women’s Economic Resilience Pre-classified Grade: SB 4 Step 3 Supervisor: Programme Specialist, Humanitarian, Recovery and Disaster Risk Reduction Duty Station: Islamabad In the relief to recovery phase, UN Women Pakistan will be implementing the Project titled Women’s Empowerment for Economic Resilience in Pakistan supported by Japan Supplementary Budget (JSB) for the year 2023. UN Women’s support is specifically targeting women and girls in the most affected districts through innovative and sustainable approaches in the form of in-kind support and psycho-social support to women and protection for women in girls in the camps and hosting communities. The support will cater to, protection, needs of the targeted communities for residual needs and recovery. The project will also be adopting a gender transformative approach towards increased engagement of men and boys towards supporting women in all the initiatives proposed under the current project. Also, effort will be made to develop linkage between activities underscoring humanitarian–development nexus because this increasingly brings forward a solution to humanitarian concerns and allows rehabilitation in disasters . Humanitarian assistance can only be fully effective if it is gender-sensitive and responds to the development needs of the population. UN Women seeks to engage Project Coordinator at the national, to manage and execute the activities of the Women’s Empowerment for Economic Resilience project in Pakistan. The Programme Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of project management, including support to planning, budgeting, implementing, monitoring and reporting of project activities as well as managing budgets and personnel/ consultants. The incumbent will ensure strong liaison with UN Women’s Humanitarian and Disaster Risk Reduction interventions at the national and provincial level and provide technical input and advice whenever required. The Programme Coordinator will also be responsible for stakeholders and implementing partner coordination and maintaining strong relationships with external partners. The Programme Coordinator will work in close collaboration with the Operations Unit, Communications Team, and other programme teams in the PCO, under the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist for ensuring smooth implementation of the project activities, managing information and data collection and sharing, and resolving complex project-related issues with guidance from the Portfolio Manager, WEE.
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Duties and Responsibilities |
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Summary of Key Functions:
1. Provides effective support to Implementation of the Women’s Empowerment for Economic Resilience at the national level.
2. Guides coordination with provincial Project Associates, Implementing partners and other stakeholders
3. Supports the monitoring and reporting on the activities under Women’s Empowerment for Economic Resilience
4. Advocate and facilitate knowledge building and management and communication
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Competencies |
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CORPORATE COMPETENCIES:
FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES: Knowledge Management and Learning
Programme Development, Management and Monitoring
Development and Operational Effectiveness
Leadership and Self-Management
DESIRED QUALITIES
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Required Skills and Experience |
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Education: Master’s degree in social sciences, Gender/ Women’s Studies, Law or Development Studies. Experience:
Language Requirement: Fluency in English and Urdu is required. Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset. Application: All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from 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. HEC Attested degrees are a prerequisite for employment at UN. During the recruitment process candidates may be required to present HEC attested degrees. Foreign Qualified Candidates: Foreign degree holders shall be required to (i) Present a verification/certification letter from the university verifying the degree & student enrollment, or (ii) Foreign degree Equivalence Letter from HEC. At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need. If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application. UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.) |
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