UN WOMEN Jobs - 71381- Consultant - Operations Analyst (Open to Indian Na

Consultant - Operations Analyst (Open to Indian Nationals Only)

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

New Delhi, INDIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-Apr-2017

Application Deadline :

29-Mar-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

1 April 2017 to 31 May 2017 (20 working days per month)

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

1 April 2017 to 31 May 2017 (20 working days per month)

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.

Within the overall context of its Strategic Plan, UN Women launched a Global Programme on Women’s Sustainable Energy, Entrepreneurship, and Access with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at the Paris Climate Conference (COP 21) in six countries. Other five countries are Bolivia, Indonesia, Morocco, Myanmar and Senegal.

The Programme is in line with the Government of India’s national priorities and international commitments towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically on Gender Equality (SDG5) and Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG7) as well as the United Nations Framework on Climate Change.

The objective of the Programme is to identify and remove fundamental gender-specific barriers facing women entrepreneurs, women’s productive use of sustainable energy, and women’s involvement and leadership in gender-sensitive energy policy-making.

In India, the Programme will be implemented in partnership with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in select states of Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

The Programme focusses on:

Building leadership and entrepreneurial skills of women in non-gender stereotypical domains using access to energy;
Enhancing access to sustainable energy for women through energy entrepreneurship;
Mainstreaming gender in energy discourse and policies.

The expected outcomes for the five year Programme are:

Energy planning and policy development is gender inclusive, participatory and responsive;
Skills, information and social norms barriers are removed and equal opportunities are created for women’s decent employment in the sustainable energy sector;
Access to finance for sustainable energy is increased for women;
Women’s productive use of sustainable energy is promoted and time dedicated to unpaid care and domestic work is reduced.

UN Women Multi Country Office in India is working towards designing National (consolidated) and state specific Programme design and implementation roadmap documents for the implementation of the Programme in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in line with the Global Programme. Towards this end, UN Women will be working with multiple partner organizations and experts in undertaking gender sensitive review of women’s energy needs, opportunities, risks and barriers for women’s entrepreneurship and leadership in renewable energy.

Under the guidance of Operations Manager, the Operations Analyst will be a team member of the Operations Unit and will be responsible for effective delivery of the operational services. This includes efficient procurement, logistical services, ICT and common services consistent with UN Women rules and regulations. The main role is to support the procurement and general administration, ensuring smooth functioning of the CO/programmes/ projects operations, consistent services delivery and constant evaluation and readjustment of the administration to take into account changes in the operating environment as and when needed.

Under the overall supervision of the Operations Manager, the Operations Analyst guides the procurement and administrative team and fosters collaboration within the team, India MCO staff and with other UN Agencies in a client-oriented approach. The Operations Analyst works in close collaboration with programme and project teams in the CO, operations staff in other UN Agencies, UN Women HQs staff and Government officials to successfully deliver administrative services.

Duties and Responsibilities

Support recruitment processes in accordance with UN Women rules and regulations;
Technical support in contract management including appropriate use of different contractual modalities, and effective timely contract management. Ensure timely recruitment by good human resource planning and a proactive approach to ensuring the Office is fully staffed at all times;
Oversight of procurement processes and logistical services in accordance with UN Women rules and regulations;
Technical support in identification and promotion of different systems and applications for optimal content management, knowledge sharing, information provision and learning including e-registry, web-based office management system, etc.;
Technical support in identification of opportunities and ways of converting business processes into web-based systems to address the issues of efficiency and full accountability;
Technical support in establishment of common services, maintenance of coordinating machinery to ensure integrated activities on common services and implementation of the UN reform;
Organization of the operations staff trainings;
Synthesis of lessons learnt and best practices;
Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.

Deliverables:

Efficient technical coordination with procurement and HR units;
Ensure efficient logistical services of the general administration team;
Ensure successful Information and communication management;
Ensure provision of technical inputs for establishment of common services organization and management, establishment of partnerships with other UN Agencies;
Facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing by organising trainings to operations teams;
Submission of monthly report with progress on activities.

Competencies

Core Values / Guiding Principles:

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 organisation 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.

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.

Functional Competencies:

Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills;
Focuses on impact and result for the partners and responds positively to feedback.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s Degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Business Management, Public Administration, Finance, Economics or related field.

Experience:

7 years of relevant experience at the national or international level in providing management advisory services and/or managing staff and operational systems. Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems and ERP systems, preferably PeopleSoft.

Language:

Fluency in the UN and national language of the duty station.

Application:

Interested applicants should apply to this announcement through UNDP jobs site: jobs.undp.org

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs

Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment, please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment;
Applications received after the close date will not be accepted;
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Evaluation and Selection Criteria

Criteria for shortlisting of CVs will be based on the following assessment:

Required Degree and Qualification (5 points);
Minimum Experience relevant to the assignment (5 points);
Working knowledge and experience in Operations & Management (5 points);
Working knowledge and use of computers and its programmes / applications. Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and advance knowledge of spread sheet and database packages (5 points)

The evaluation process for selection of the candidate will be based on the following assessment:

Interview (100 points)

Note:

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.