UN WOMEN Jobs - 47562- Senior Advisor, Policy and Strategic Planning( Nat

Senior Advisor, Policy and Strategic Planning( Nationals of Tanzania Only)

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UN WOMEN

Location :

Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA

Type of Contract :

Service Contract

Starting Date :

01-Aug-2014

Application Deadline :

08-Jul-14 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

SB-5

Duration of Initial Contract :

One year

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

One 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.

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. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

The UN Women Tanzania Country Programme is part of United Nations Delivering as One and included as part of the UN Development Assistance Programme 2014-2016.
In the UNDAP, UN Women is appointed the Lead agency on Gender. UN Women also leads and holds the Secretariat for the Development Partner Group on Gender and co-chairs the high level Macro Policy Working Group on Gender together with the Ministry of Community Development Gender and Children.
The Senior Advisor, Policy and Strategic Planning supports the organization’s efforts to advance gender-responsive national governance and accountability frameworks that focus on public sector functions related to priority setting in service delivery and investment (planning and budgeting), focuses on national policy as articulated in national development strategies, and sector and local plans; institutions and systems of public administration and transparent and adequate financing. The work also supports the coordination and generation of the necessary evidence base for this planning and budgeting including gender profiles and gender statistics. Furthermore, the senior advisor supports coordination and strategic planning of country office engagement in global and regional initiatives and campaigns.

Under the overall guidance of the Representative, he/she provides technical and policy advice at country level, through strategy development, thematic reviews, tools for capacity building and channels for knowledge sharing and prepares documentation for effective participation of UN Women CO as well as the government of Tanzania and CSOs in UN normative intergovernmental processes on gender and women’s rights; prepares studies, reports and content for policy advocacy, feeding into both the national processes and the regional and global processes, including for example the national Post MDG Dialogue, the Beijing plus 20 campaign coordination, AU, SADC and ICGLR processes.
She/he works in close collaboration with the Deputy Representative and the Team Leader on Democratic Governance as well as communications and programme staff in the UN Women Tanzania country office. She/he liaises effectively with UN Women Regional and HQ advisors as well as other UN colleagues and senior government officials and with NGOs in Tanzania

Duties and Responsibilities

Summary of key functions:

Substantive input and coordination of support to national policy development and financing for GEWE, including to intergovernmental processes and global/regional initiatives and campaigns;
Support UN system and DP partnerships and alliances at country level and lead the Country Office Coordination and Programme Support Unit;
Strategic planning, knowledge generation and capacity building.

Substantive input and coordination on support to national policy development and financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women, including to intergovernmental processes and global/regional initiatives and campaigns on GEWE:

Provide strategic guidance regarding UN Women support to national policy development on GEWE and gender responsive budgeting;
Conduct and lead the analysis of data and provide evidence to build the case for policies and interventions on gender equality and the empowerment of women;
Support and or commission research and country profiles and develop policy papers, practice notes/concepts and other knowledge based-tools for discussion in global, regional or national fora to influence/advance policy dialogue;
Prepare briefing materials for the CR on issues to be discussed in the UN and broader DP group and other related events and meetings. Alert CR on critical issues for action to be addressed;
Substantive support to Country Office, Government and NGO involvement in intergovernmental processes and global/regional initiatives on GEWE.

Support UN system and DP partnership and alliances at country level and lead the Country Office Coordination and Programme Support Unit:

Contribute substantively to the development of strategic approaches to policy dialogue, resource mobilization, partnerships, advocacy and outreach;
Provide technical and policy leadership when UN Women participates in, convenes, or leads UN interagency groups and DP groups on policy related areas, including technical support on gender responsive budgeting to the DPG Gender and the Budget Support Group/Development Partners;
Strategic advisory support to the IAGG and the Development Partner Group on Gender as well as UN engagement in the Gender Mainstreaming Working Group on Macro Policy;
Team leader of the UN Women Country Office Unit on UN Coordination and Programme Support and ensure substantive and technical quality according to standards and goals for each thematic area of the UN Women Country Programme;
Provide guidance to UN Women Tanzania Country Office on UNDAP programming modalities and strategies in support of GEWE to devise improved strategies for ensuring that UN Women‘s investment in coordination processes is yielding results in support of gender equality and women’s human rights;
Oversee, develop proposals and manage projects/studies with respect to thematic gender equality policies and programmes or other relevant interventions at national or regional/international level.

Strategic planning, knowledge generation and capacity building:

Establish and nurture relationship with academia, research institutes, civil society and experts to expand and share knowledge, exchange views on latest findings, incorporate cutting-edge thinking in UN work;
Collect and share lessons learned on coordination and UN system programming and contribute to development of knowledge management products and tools in UN Women and IAGG;
Provide strategic guidance and technical support to the development, monitoring and reporting on the UN Women Stratgic Note/UNDAP and Annual Work Plans;
Contribute substantive content to the preparation of UN Women country office/joint UN reports and advocacy material;
Participate in global practice network on coordination, sharing and learning best practices to keep abreast of and/or to contribute to ongoing debates and strategic thinking and to exchange experience and/or seek support on coordination issues affecting UN Women and UN system programmes and operations;
Ensure the use of evaluation findings to feed into knowledge management and decision making at the country level;
Design and implement capacity development activities to enhance skills and knowledge on request;
Any other tasks within the mandate of UN Women, as requested by the Country Representative.

Impact of Results

The successful management of coordination activities will facilitate and enhance the ability of the Country Representative to work effectively within the context of UN system priorities in the country and support coherent UN response and implementation in line with national strategies and priorities.

The key results also impact on the success of the UN Country Team activities, strengthening of overall coordination capacity, design, implementation and operations of UN activities, and creation of strategic partnerships in support of national priorities and financing for gender equality. Support to strategic planning and management will improve focus of UN Women programming, its alignment with clear national and corporate objectives, and better results reporting.

Competencies

Integrity:

Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

Professionalism:

Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.

Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:

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.

Core Competencies:

Ethics and Values:

Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity.

Organizational Awareness:

Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.

Development and Innovation:

Take charge of self-development and take initiative.

Work in teams:

Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Communicating and Information Sharing:

Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication.

Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:

Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others.

Conflict Management:

Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.

Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:

Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.

Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:

Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.

Functional Competencies:

Substantive knowledge and experience related to current policies and practices on GEWE including regional and global frameworks and processes;
Ability to conceptualize and convey strategic vision from the spectrum of development to experience;
Strong communications and presentation skills, with proven expertise in writing cogent and convincing policy and programme documents for development practitioners;
Effectiveness in establishing and fostering good relations with government counterparts, UN agencies, donors, and NGO partners;
Knowledge of the Tanzanian Development Cooperation Framework and Dialogue mechanisms and national coordination processes;
Effectiveness and pro-activity;
Ability to lead in formulating, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects and research and familiarity with results-based programme planning and management;
Well-developed coordination and people management skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master degree (or equivalent) in development related disciplines, gender issues, economics, public policy, law or other social science fields.

Experience:

At least 5 years of extensive development experience that combines intellectual, strategic and managerial leadership in development, policy analysis, gender equality in national or international contexts, of which at least seven years are in the area of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment;
Familiarity with and experience of National, Regional and International Policy processes on GEWE;
Coordination and networking experience in the area of GEWE;
Proven leadership and management experience.

Language:

High level of proficiency in written and spoken English;
Knowledge of another UN language is an added advantage