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.More than ten years after the passage of UN Security Council resolution 1325, there is widespread concern that progress made at the normative and policy levels has not been translated into significant improvements in the lives of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict countries. Both the United Nations and the European Union have committed to closing this implementation gap. To address this, UN Women and UNICEF with funding support from the European Union, will partner in a joint programme that pilots a model for EU/UN collaboration on Women, Peace and Security matters in three states of Northern Nigeria.
Knowledge Management has been identified as key to promoting women’s leadership and participation in peace and security. Under this function the Deputy Programme Manager (Knowledge Management) plays the role of coordinating the development and implementation of a knowledge management strategy for the European Union funded project aimed women’s participation in peace and security in Northern Nigeria. The Deputy Programme Manager (Knowledge Management) provides strategic direction for Knowledge Management, research and gender analysis under the project.
Under the supervision of the Programme Manager, Deputy Programme Manager (Knowledge Management) based in Abuja, will develop and support implementation knowledge management under the project S/he works in close collaboration with the project team in the Abuja and three states of Northern Nigeria, HQs units, and other partners including UN Agencies, Government officials and civil society to successfully deliver services.
Duties and Responsibilities
Summary of Key Functions:- Knowledge management;
- Research and gender analysis in the area of women’s participation in peace and security in Northern Nigeria;
- Data analysis, including review and improvement of gender statistics;
- Practice co-ordination and advocacy.
- Defines and implements a knowledge management approach for the Project aimed at promoting women’s participation in Peace and Security in Northern Nigeria to enhance knowledge sharing and delivering of planned results;
- Ensures editorial management and content scheduling of all online/web spaces (internet, intranet, extranet, etc) for the Project;
- Promotes knowledge sharing within the project team and beneficiaries, including cross-country and cross thematic knowledge sharing through networks and communities of practice;
- Provides guidance to the Project Management Team on how to integrate knowledge management in country level work;
- Keeps up to date on latest developments in all relevant thematic areas and takes advantage of all mechanisms for contextualizing and sharing that knowledge;
- Promote and communicates on new corporate knowledge sharing mechanisms;
- Proactively engages with UN Women clients and partners in developing innovative knowledge-based services and builds capacity of clients to interact with new knowledge-sharing systems and lead knowledge exchanges;
- Innovates and engages on new technology (multi-media) opportunities to receive, capture and share knowledge.
- Initiates and manages internal messaging and public advocacy on knowledge sharing developments and achievements, including by ensuring that content on websites and other communication material is creative and current;
- Addresses impediments to sharing information and the flow of knowledge, facilitate demand and supply of knowledge;
- Develop online tools, surveys and other pilot projects, including those oriented toward collaboration and learning.
- Provides strategic input into development of corporate policies on knowledge building, sharing and networking, in collaboration with the Knowledge Management Team in headquarters;
- Provides advice, technical assistance and backstopping for the improvement of knowledge management between the Country Office, other agencies and with external partners;
- Provides knowledge management training to Project Management Team;
- Coordinates the knowledge management aspects of the project’s knowledge products and services;
- Research and gender analysis in the area of women’s participation in peace and security in Northern Nigeria.
- Identify factors that have a positive or negative impact on women’s rights and women’s participation in peace and security in Northern Nigeria;
- Review contemporary literature on feminist inputs into goal- and target-setting, including academia, women’s organizations and reports/documentation from UN system and special procedures of the Human Rights Council as needed;
- Maintain a ‘watching brief’ of the current debates gender equality and empowerment of women including monitoring consultation processes, the work of High level panels and Working Groups such as the intergovernmental working group and others that will be formed over time;
- Conduct analysis on ways to mainstream gender perspectives in a wide range of areas of development (covering economic, social and environmental aspects);
- Prepare periodic report(s) on the Project: ‘Promoting Women’s Participation in Peace and Security in Northern Nigeria;
- Coordinate research activities of UN Women to ensure quality assurance and link research product to evidence .based advocacy of UN Women and resource mobilization.
- Conduct research on existing qualitative and quantitative gender indicators;
- Develop a set of gender indicators including justification and feasibility;
- Develop proposals for production of crucial baselines to secure the viability of proposed key indicators;
- Conduct background research and analysis, including using statistical modeling and other quantitative techniques;
- Ensure that research and data relevant to the report is compiled, including on the substantive theme and the statistical annexes (including technical notes, statistical references, and definitions and so on);
- Make sure that options for presenting more in-depth technical data for specialist audiences, which may include web-based formats, are scoped;
- Contribute to drafting of a variety of texts, including case studies;
- Identify potential authors of background papers and other research materials for the analytical parts; assist in commissioning and coordinating their work where requested and comment on their draft papers;
- Participate in proof-reading, data-checking and providing comments on draft chapters and sections of the report as required, including, if possible, proof-reading of translated text in languages other than English;
- Collaborate with communications to document research results, facilitate multi-stake holder dialogue on research results and ensure policy recommendations emerging from the dialogues taking forth.
- Build relations with external professionals and institutions, including donors, UN system agencies and civil society organizations, in the substantive areas of UNWOMEN work and in support of knowledge sharing and networking.
- Expands knowledge base by joining other global or regional networks and researching information from other COPs. Sharing relevant developments, innovations, best practices, lessons learned and content developed with the community when relevant;
- Builds awareness through research and outreach on practice areas of work;
- Supports the Country Office in communications and advocacy efforts.
The key results have an impact on the overall effectiveness of the Country Programme implementation and on the efficiency and effectiveness of the use of corporate resources, knowledge management and best practices of UN Women. The key results also impact on the image of the organization and its ability to deliver on its mandate.
Competencies
Core/Values/Guiding Principles- Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
- Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.
- 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.
Ethics and Values:
- Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.
- Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.
- Take charge of self-development and take initiative.
- Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
- Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication.
- Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others.
- Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.
- Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.
- Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.
- Ability to lead strategic planning and reporting;
- In-depth substantive knowledge of Knowledge Management and Development Policy issues, particularly in the area of gender equality and empowerment of women;
- Solid familiarity with current Knowledge Management technologies, including social media-based systems.
- Demonstrated capacity to strongly promote knowledge sharing and knowledge products and systems;
- Ability to provide advocacy, outreach and capacity development on knowledge management;
- Ability to undertake policy research and prepare quantitative studies, utilizing statistical methodologies, knowledge of database applications for statistical analysis;
- Good knowledge of gender issues and women’s empowerment issues;
- Ability to organize and complete multiple tasks by establishing priorities;
- Establishes, builds and sustains effective relationships with clients, demonstrating understanding of client’s perspective; anticipates client needs and addresses them promptly;
- Model and promote transparency, honesty and openness;
- Lead teams effectively, demonstrating emotional intelligence and good judgment. Good mentoring as well as conflict resolution skills;
- Demonstrate understanding of client’s perspective.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in International Development, Law or in the field of social science or other relevant field.
- 5 years of relevant experience in international development work, preferably focused on or strongly involving gender equality at national, regional and international levels;
- Experience in the field of communication, research and electronic knowledge network;
- Experience in working in a multicultural and web-based environment;
- Experience in project management.
- Fluency in English is required;
- Working knowledge of French is an asset.
Additional Information:
A service contract (SC) is a non- staff contract modality used for hiring individuals working in a project or performing non-core functions.
The UN 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.