Background
As part of a global joint initiative involving seven countries, launched by the Executive Heads of UN Women, FAO, IFAD, and WFP in October 2012, the project “Acceleration of Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment” focuses on rural women’s economic empowerment in the Kyrgyz Republic. The Programme uses a Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) modality to ensure transparency, accountability and efficiency.
This partnership between UN Women, FAO, IFAD and WFP is to generate synergies that capitalize on each agency’s mandate, comparative advantage and institutional strength to generate more lasting and wider scale results.
Project Objectives: promoting rural women’s economic empowerment in the Kyrgyz Republic corresponds with the Global Programme goal to secure rural women’s livelihoods and rights in the context of sustainable development and the SDG agenda. The agencies aim to provide a harmonized, political, and institutional framework for complex programme interventions aiming at overcoming deep-rooted inequalities in rural areas. The current programme is premised on the experience of a successful partnership between UN Women, FAO and WFP from previous joint projects.
JP RWEE will promote rural women’s economic empowerment in the Kyrgyz Republic through securing rural women’s livelihoods and rights in the context of sustainable development and the post-MDGs agenda. Programme is designed around the following three outcome areas: (i) increased income opportunities and food security for rural women; (ii) enhanced leadership and participation of rural women in decision-making processes at the local and national levels; and (iii) a more gender responsive policy environment in the country. The agencies will ensure a harmonized, political, and institutional framework for complex programme interventions aiming at overcoming deep-rooted inequalities in rural areas.
Since 2014, in Kyrgyzstan the Joint Programme has directly benefitted over 3,000 rural women across 73 villages in five provinces, and has indirectly improved livelihoods of additional 8,400 rural residents in Kyrgyzstan. An external evaluation is concluding in May 2018 to review progress, learn lessons from the strategies and approaches employed in the JP and inform the design of the JP activities in the next phase consolidating results and guiding on an exit strategy in communities previously involved in the programme.
The programme has been supported by the Governments of Sweden and Norway.
Duties and Responsibilities
Scope of work
The Programme Manager will be working under the direct supervision of the Representative of UN Women as Lead Agency for this programme. The Representative will act also on behalf of UN FAO, WFP and IFAD when directing the incumbent. The position is physically based in the UN Women Kyrgyz Republic Country Office. Duties and Responsibilities:
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Competencies
Corporate Competencies:
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN's values and ethical standards;
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the United Nations and the four participating agencies;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality, and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Functional Competencies:
Knowledge Management and Learning
- Shares knowledge and experience;
- Actively works towards continuing personal learning, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills;
- Ability to analyse complex situations from a position of impartiality;
- Ability to concisely and to the point document information and findings, targeting a specific audience.
Development and Operational Effectiveness
- Ability to perform a variety of specialized tasks related to Results Management, including support to design, planning and implementation of the projects, managing data, reporting;
- Ability to provide input to business processes re-engineering, implementation of new system including new IT based systems;
- Good knowledge of Results Management Guide and Toolkit.
Leadership and Self-Management
- Focuses on result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
- Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure, uses skills of diplomacy;
- Ability to prioritize and manage competing priorities, grasping the situation quickly;
- Ability to conduct advocacy on sensitive issues, not avoiding but processing conflict.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Master’s Degree in Development Studies, Gender, Political Science, Social Sciences or another field relevant to the nature of the programme.
Experience:
- At least two years of documented experience in project and/or programme management and implementation of development projects preferably in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment;
- Good knowledge of gender and women issues in Kyrgyzstan, key players both at the institutional as well as grassroots levels;
- Understanding of development challenges in Kyrgyzstan as well as substantive technical knowledge related to the nature of the programme;
- Demonstrated skills in results-based programme planning and management;
- Self-starter and proactive;
- Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills;
- Strong software application skills including MS Word, Excel and Outlook;
- Previous work experience with UN Agencies, government agencies and international development partners – highly desirable.
Languages:
- Fluency in English and Russian language;
- Working level knowledge of Kyrgyz.
Note:
Applications without the completed P-11 form will not be considered for further assessment.