Jobs - 28941- UN Women: National Programme Coordinator

UN Women: National Programme Coordinator - Open to Kyrgyzstan Nationals Only

Location :

Bishkek, KYRGYZSTAN

Type of Contract :

FTA Local

Starting Date :

23-Apr-2012

Application Deadline :

03-Apr-12 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

NO-C

Duration of Initial Contract :

1 year

Languages Required :

English Russian

Expected Duration of Assignment :

1 year, renewable (for the duration of the project)

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.

Background

In response to calls from gender equality advocates for increased accountability for implementation of gender equality commitments in economic policies and financing decisions related to aid and domestic resources, UN Women will be implementing the programme Increasing Accountability in Financing for Gender Equality (2012-2015) funded by the EU and Spain.

The programme aims at increasing the volume and effective use of aid and domestic resources to implement national commitments to gender equality and women's empowerment. It will be implemented in 15 countries (Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, oPt, Senegal, Ukraine, Cameroon, Tanzania, Nepal, Peru, Bolivia and Rwanda) in close partnership with the European Commission (EC), ITC/ILO building on the results of collaboration in the area of gender responsive budgeting and aid effectiveness carried out over the past years.

In Kyrgyzstan the programme will focus on support national efforts on:

Support the efforts of national partners in the development of the Strategy on Gender Equality with defined targets, financing and implementation arrangements aligned with the Medium Term Development Framework;
Strengthening capacities of CSOs, women’s organizations, parliamentarians and the media to participate in planning and monitoring of sectoral budgets, and to demand accountability for gender equality;
Strengthening capacities of government partners and donor organizations on development and aid effectiveness and incorporation gender priorities in sectoral plans and budgets.

Globally, the programme will also support the effective engagement of feminist economists and gender equality advocates’ in contributing to stronger policy coherence on gender equality in economic and development policy and facilitate learning and south-south exchange.

Under the direct supervision of UN Women Country Representative for Kyrgyzstan, the National Programme Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring the overall implementation of the programme at country level, which includes, but not limited to:

Programme planning and implementation;
Technical oversight and support;
Advocacy and partnership building;
Knowledge building and communication.

Duties and Responsibilities

Programme Coordinators’s overall responsibilities will include:

Programme planning and implementation

Facilitating processes for developing strategic planning of the programme (including the preparation of implementation plans and annual workplans) in consultation with national stakeholders.
Advising the UN Women country representative on ways to ensure synergy with UN Women country strategy and United Nations Country Team (UNCT).
Overseeing and ensuring a sound financial and operational management of the programme.
Ensuring timely and effective implementation of programme activities.
Ensuring systematic monitoring and reporting on programme implementation and results at country level.
Participating in the programme mid-term review and the financial programme evaluation (managed globally).

Technical oversight and support

Generating analysis of country context and opportunities and challenges to guide programme implementation and partnerships.
Providing technical guidance to the implementation of programme activities in line with a results-and rights-based framework.
Ensure links with the interventions undertaken under the UN Women programme on GRB Centre of Excellence.
Ensuring quality outputs of analysis and technical assistance generated by the programme (training material, analytical reports, etc.).
Providing technical inputs to global knowledge products and reports, as well as supporting and participating in global activities.

Advocacy and partnership building

Facilitating partnership and collaboration with UNCT to support the achievement of programme results.
Convening, building partnerships and showing leadership in advocating for programme objectives among multiple stakeholders.
Engaging in dialogue and advocacy on financing for gender equality with UN agencies, donors, government and civil society, academia and research institutes.
Setting up a coordination mechanism of programme partners to provide strategic guidance for programme implementation.
Facilitating collaboration and regular communication with EU Delegation and other programme partners.
Assists in resource mobilization efforts.

Knowledge building and communication

Design a communications plan to support advocacy, resource mobilizations, learning, reporting and accountability and ensure its effective implementation based on the EC-UN Joint Visibility Guideline.
Manage the development of knowledge products in close coordination with the SRO.
Ensure that best practices and lessons emerging from the programme are shared with other relevant stakeholders at national level as well as internationally.
Represent the organization as required by the programme and authorized by supervisor UN Gender Theme Group, Donors Coordination, and other platforms.

Competencies

Core Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN's values and ethical standards.
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN Women.
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Treats all people fairly without favoritism.

Technical/Functional:

Substantive knowledge and understanding of gender and development issues and more broadly, economic governance, financing for development and aid effectiveness.
Substantive knowledge and experience in the provision of coordinated support and management of rights based programmes to advance gender equality.
Ability to think conceptually, strategically and analytically.
Ability to carry out research, to contribute to the formulation of policies, procedures and guidelines.

Development and Operational Effectiveness:

Ability to lead strategic planning, change processes, result-based management and reporting.
Ability to lead formulation, oversight of implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects. Strong organizational skills.
Ability to coordinate the work of others, work on tight deadlines and handle multiple concurrent projects/activities. Strong analytical and organizational skills and attention to detail.
Ability to deal with multiple constituencies and represent UN Women to major donors and different government agencies.

Management and Leadership:

Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback.
Excellent leadership, networking and interpersonal skills, including ability to operate effectively across organizational boundaries.
Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills.
Ability to lead effectively, strong facilitation skills as well as conflict resolution skills.
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure.
Ability to make decisions under pressure and to deal with matters that are politically and cultural sensitive.
Good interpersonal and diplomacy skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master degree in Social Sciences- preferably in Economics or Public Administration, or related field.

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in programmes on gender equality and women’s rights in the country
Specific expertise on related issues of financing for gender equality, including Gender Responsive Budgeting and Gender and Aid Effectiveness, and gender and economics.
Experience in results-based and rights-based programming and management of multi-stakeholder programmes.
Strong familiarity working with UN agencies or other agencies in the development sector.
Proven advocacy, analytical and writing skills.

Language Requirements:

English, Russian.

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 online applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/P_11_form_UNwomen.doc.

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.