Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, 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.

The war in Ukraine has already resulted in significant life loss, unprecedented displacement internally and towards neighboring countries, and devastating destruction of infrastructure. The security situation and the overall operational environment have deteriorated rapidly since the outbreak of the war on 24 February 2022. The updated Ukraine Flash Appeal shows at least 17.7 million people are in immediate need of emergency assistance and protection. According to the latest estimates, over 6.7 million people have already left Ukraine as refugees and over 6.6 million moved within the country, mostly for the eastern and southern oblasts. Many of those displaced are women and children. The ability of local authorities and service providers to sustain a minimum level of services has also been severely hampered in war-affected areas. The forced displacement has placed an additional burden on local service providers in host and transit communities, including administrative services, healthcare, mental health, and social services and those concerned with ensuring access to justice. Provision of assistance to sexual and gender-based violence survivors is a particular concern: rape has emerged as a weapon of war, and a toxic, hyper-masculine environment has led to a sharp increase in the incidence of conflict-related sexual violence, sexual exploitation and abuse and human trafficking. At the same time, domestic violence remains a persistent problem affecting women disproportionately.

To support the strengthened resilience and early recovery of war-affected communities in selected target areas of Ukraine UN Women jointly with UNDP and UNFPA is 

implementing a joint project “EU4Recovery – empowering communities in Ukraine” funded by the European Union. The primary objectives of the joint project are: Objective 1 Target communities have increased access to quality public services that respond to the needs of all population groups, with particular focus on the most vulnerable, and Objective 2: Community security is enhanced and the social fabric is maintained in project target areas. In particular, UN Women will work on community-based prevention of violence against women and girls, including conflict-related violence, by supporting “attitudinal change” to encourage non-violent masculinities, challenges existing gender norms and raise awareness regarding the unacceptability of gender-based violence against women and girls, as well as on enhancing the access to justice of victims/survivors of gender-based violence by legally empowering them and strengthening the capacities of justice sector actors on preventing and combating violence against women and girls using a survivor-centered approach.

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Programme Specialist, Project Assistant contributes to the effective management of the project. The Project Assistant supports the project by performing a variety of standard administrative processes ensuring high quality and accuracy of work. S/he promotes a client-oriented, quality and results-oriented approach.

The Project Assistant works in close collaboration with the programme and project staff and the Operations team to ensure consistent service delivery.

Impact of results:

The key results have an impact on the efficiency of the Programme Unit and success in implementation of programme strategies. Accurate analysis, data entry and presentation of information ensure proper programme implementation.

Duties and Responsibilities

Summary of key functions:

1. Support implementation of operational strategies
2. Provide general contract monitoring support to the project implementation
3. Provision of administrative and logistical support
4. Support to office maintenance and assets management
5. Support to knowledge building and knowledge sharing

Support implementation of operational strategies by:

• Full compliance of administrative activities with UN/UN Women rules, regulations, policies and strategies;
• Provision of inputs to the project’s administrative business processes mapping and implementation of the internal standard operating procedures (SOPs);
• Provision of inputs to the preparation and implementation of administrative team results-oriented work plans.

2. Provide general contract monitoring support to the project implementation in:

• Monitoring the timely submission of deliverables and timely processing of payments under project special service agreements and institutional contracts;
• Regular updating the project main register of contracts and payments;
• Compiling necessary documents for hiring of new or amending contracts of current consultants or companies;
• Gathering necessary documents for creation/amendment of Vendor Profiles, e- requisitions, Purchase Orders, micro-canvass forms, vouchers.

3. Ensure effective provision of administrative and logistical support by:

• Assisting in organization of shipments, customs clearance arrangements, preparation of documents for UN Women shipments (received/sent);
• Support Buyer in preparation of POs by submitting full set of necessary supporting documents;
• Supporting organization of procurement processes including preparation of RFQs, ITBs or RFPs documents, receipt of quotations, bids or proposals, their preliminary evaluation;
• Ensuring that travel arrangements and authorizations, passport and visa requests and extensions, flight bookings and all other matters related to travel of international and national project staff inside and outside Ukraine are properly and timely authorized and processed;
• Providing administrative support to preparation of conferences, workshops, retreats;
• Collection of information for DSA, travel agencies and other administrative surveys, support to organization of common services;
• Providing inputs for preparation of budget, provision of information for audit;
• Participation in data collection, analysis and maintenance of projects related data base and files; maintaining accurate electronic and paper filing, information and records systems ensuring safekeeping of confidential materials;
• Participation in project activities (meetings, round tables, conferences, other public activities) preparation, implementation and follow up, taking meeting minutes;

4. Support to office maintenance and assets management by:

• Maintenance of records  on assets management  and preparation of required reports;
• Provision of support to maintenance of premises and common services;
• Maintenance of files and records relevant to office premises and related maintenance;
• Acting as custodian for management of office stationery supplies including maintenance of stock list of stationery, distribution of stationery as required by staff and keeping a log of distribution.

5. Support to knowledge building and knowledge sharing by:

• Provision of necessary administrative support for effective knowledge management and sharing within the Unit;
• Facilitation/conduction     of     trainings for the operations/projects staff on administration;
• Providing of sound contribution to knowledge networks and communities of practice.

Measurable outputs of the work assignment:

Timely and quality administrative services provided to project and Agency

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR EVALUATION OF RESULTS:

• Quality of work;
• Relations with colleagues and ability to be an effective team player;
• Initiative;
• Technical Skills;
• Knowledge of required procedures;
• Communication and listening skills.

Competencies

Core Values

• Respect for Diversity;
• Integrity;
• Professionalism.

Core Competencies

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Ability to perform a broad range of specialized activities aimed at effective and efficient functioning of the Programme unit including logistical support;
• Ability to provide input to business process re-engineering, elaboration and implementation of new data management systems;
• Creates, edits and presents information in clear and presentable formats, using appropriate IT functionality;
• Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks by establishing priorities;
• Ability to handle a large volume of work possibly under time constraints;
• Ability to establish, build and sustain effective relationships with clients, demonstrating understanding of client's perspective; anticipates client needs and addresses them promptly;
• Ability to administer and execute financial processes and transactions;
• Ability to manage data, documents, correspondence and reports information and workflow.

Required Skills and Experience

All applications must include completed and signed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unwomen.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FHeadquarters%2FAttachments%2FSections%2FAbout%2520Us%2FEmployment%2FUN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK  

Applications without P11 may be treated as incomplete and may not be considered for further assessment..

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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).