Antecedentes

• Violence against women (VAW)
• HIV/AIDS
• Women Economic Empowerment
• Conflict Management and Peace-building
• Women in decision-making

Deberes y responsabilidades

• He/she  will monitor trends and issues  affecting women in Nigeria and  develop strategic responses to opportunities and challenges  including  The formulation  and implementation of  plan, strategies and activities in line with UNIFEM strategic plan 2008-2011;
• He/She  will enhance  UNIFEM's participation in inter-agency and inter-governmental process.  As such he/she will participate in heads of agency meetings as well as in consultation  meetings with donors to  ensure that the principles of Gender Equality and Women Empowerment are integrated in the UN and donors' programs in Nigeria  and  resourced;
• He/She will ensure a better coordination and collaboration of UN country Team on Gender Equality;
• He/She will support synergies between actors working on same issues at national levels building on each one's comparative advantage;
• He/She will position UNIFEM as the leader agency on Gender equality in Nigeria;
• He/she will provide leadership and quality oversight over the efforts to strengthen Government's institutions, especially the Ministry of women to implement national development strategies;
• He/she will also work in developing strong partnerships with a wide range of constituencies, including NGOs and the Women Movement.

• To strengthen donors' confidence in UNIFEM in Nigeria, the Program Manager will lead UNIFEM's efforts to ensure ongoing and substantive communication with current and potential donors.
• He/She will be working in close partnership with donors agencies based in Nigeria to ensure synergy or efforts in line with the Paris declaration Principles

Programme Management

• He/she will provide close guidance and direction to ensure strategic focus, result orientation and effectiveness and efficiency in all aspects of UNIFEM's operations and programs.
• He/she will monitor  ongoing   projects both substantively and financially to ensure efficient and timely delivery and realization of results;
• Provide guidance and advice to the RPD on UNIFEM priorities in Nigeria;
• Work closely with government and national partners to ensure ownership and delivery of programs;
• Manage , coordinate and provide guidance for reporting to ensure efficient implementation and compliance with UNIFEM and donor requirements;
• Develop effective and innovative strategies for resource mobilization , network with other  UN agencies, donors and international organizations working in  and outside Nigeria;
• He/ she will support the documentation of UNIFEM's experience in Nigeria to inform the organization learning challenges.

• He/She will work closely with the National team in the management of the office operations including financial and Human resources management;
• He/she will ensure effective management of programme resources using appropriate financial information system and procedures to track project budgets and expenditures;
• He/she will be responsible for oversights of financial resources management and administrative processes in line with UNDP/UNIFEM;
• Any other duties that support and strengthen UNIFEM's role in Nigeria as assigned by the Regional Program Director.

Competencias

• Strong planning, goal setting and prioritization skills;
• Experience in results based management and in delivering required outputs in accordance with time and budget;
• Ability to lead and inspire staff and partners toward shared goals;
• Good inter-personal and diplomacy skills;
• Capacity to write clearly and concisely;
• Ability to make decisions under pressure and to deal with matters that are politically and culturally sensitive;
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural context and build partnerships to ensure achievement of results in a post conflict environment;
• Proven analytical and problem solving skills.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Academic Background:

• Advanced university degree in social sciences, political or international affairs with emphasis on gender related issues.

Technical Expertise:

• Gender analysis and mainstreaming in programming and implementation, knowledge of legal and policy framework on women's right/roles and analytical skills particularly in post conflict environment and peace building. Knowledge of Nigeria country reality including challenges to gender equality and women empowerment that country.

Work experience:

• At least seven years work experience in any of the following fields: Human rights, humanitarian issues, rehabilitation, gender and development, Economic security, strategic planning with a specific focus on gender, working in countries in post-conflict contexts;
• Experience of having managed an organization in the relevant field an advantage;
• Experience working with UN joint programming frameworks and result-based management systems is a particular advantage;
• Experience with international organizations, the UN system and civil society are particularly desirable.

Language:

• Fluency in English. Knowledge of French is an added advantage