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Project Officer: Project on Enhancing Women’s Leadership and Empowerment in Oromia Regional State

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

09-Apr-21 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

11 Months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

11 Months

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 is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls worldwide. One of the programme priorities of UN Women is ensuring that women lead and participate in leadership and decision making at all levels. In this area, UN Women at the global level works to build capacity of women leaders, sensitize the public on gender equality and the rights of women to have equal share in leadership positions and encourage constitutional reforms to ensure that women enjoy their political rights in equal footing with men.

Similarly, UN Women Ethiopia Country Office (ECO) launched its first comprehensive program on Women in Leadership and Governance in the year 2017 with specific work dedicated to contribute to the overall goal of increasing the effective participation and representation of women in leadership in Ethiopia, particularly focusing on the legislative and executive branch of the Government. Under this programme, since 2019, UN Women has partnered with Oromia Bureau of Women, Children and Youth (BoWCYA) on a project titled “Enhancing Women’s Leadership and Empowerment in Oromia Regional State” One of the strategies adopted by the program is to cultivate transformative women leaders from all walks of life and create a pool of interested and able women leaders in the region by availing a sustainable transformative leadership and mentorship programme in the region.

In 2021, considering an increased project intervention and implementation arrangement and major management and operational issues and the need to strengthen existing partnership with Oromia BoWCYA and other partners in the region, including Oromia State Leadership Academy, the project calls for comprehensive and coordinated approach for project implementation. UN Women is therefore seeking to recruit a Project Officer that will be seconded to Oromia BoWCYA. The Project officer is responsible for providing leadership, coordinating, and technically supporting Oromia BOWCYA and UN Women under the project titled “Enhancing Women’s Leadership and Empowerment in Oromia Regional State”. The Officer will ensure concrete results are achieved, quality monitoring and reporting are done, and finances are utilized for the intended purpose.

Duties and Responsibilities

II. DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

Under the overall oversight of Bureau Head of the Oromia BoWCYA, and direct supervision of UN Women Ethiopia and, the Project Officer will:

Support the delivery of Oromia BOWCYA’s and UN Women’s project on “Enhancing Women’sLeadership and Empowerment in Oromia Regional State”
Support the implementation of the Oromia BoWCYA annual work plan under the project “EnhancingWomen’s Leadership and Empowerment in Oromia Regional State”

Establish systems for project planning, implementation, and monitoring, in collaboration with partners, and expenditures status reports
Develop individual work plan and monthly targets for delivery of program activities in line with the annual work to be approved by Oromia BOWCYA and UN Women for timely program delivery and results

Provide gender mainstreaming and research assistance support throughout the implementation of activities under the above-mentioned project
Provide coordination and liaison support between Oromia BoWCYA and UN Women, and other partners including Oromia State Leadership Academy within the project in the implementation of activities
Coordinate and technically support the organization of major advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products
Assist in planning, coordinating and documenting of regular and follow up meetings related to the implementation of project activities
Record and maintain documents on relevant project activities, issues, risks and share to responsible personnel in time
Support Oromia BOWCYA in documenting the results for donor reporting and knowledge management at every level of activity implementation
Contribute to the exchange of information and provide inputs to the development of knowledge products internally and externally of the project
Coordinate sharing of good practices and dissemination of lessons learned
Avail technical and other relevant support to the Oromia BOWCYA and UN Women as might be required for the successful implementation of the project
Participate in office staff meetings and joint activities with other colleagues in Oromia BOWCYA
Undertake any other relevant duty as may be required.

Competencies

III. Corporate 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 favouritism

Knowledge Management and Learning:

Promotes knowledge management in UN Women and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example
Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more Practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills

Development and Operational Effectiveness:

Ability to lead strategic planning, results-based management and reporting
Ability to mobilize resources, lead formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects,
Ability to formulate and manage budgets, manage contributions and investments, manage transactions, conduct financial analysis, reporting and cost-recovery
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
Strong IT skills
Knowledge of financial rules and regulations, accounting

Leadership and Self-management:

Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities
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.

Technical/Functional:

Substantive knowledge and understanding of gender, development and governance issues
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.

Key Performance Indicators:

Timely and quality technical advice and support
Leadership in area of expertise in the region
Quality reports and other strategic documents drafted and submitted in a timely manner
Strong relationships with various partners and stakeholders
UN Women and Oromia BOWCYA is well represented in important meetings on topics related to expertise
Timely and quality knowledge products.

Required Skills and Experience

Education

Master’s degree or above in the field of Gender and Development, Governance and Development, Gender Studies, Development Studies, Human Rights, Political Science and International Relation, Law and other related social science fields.

Experience and Skills

Four years or above relevant experience at the national level in programme implementation, with specific emphasis on women’s rights, gender, human rights and governance/leadership, a minimum of five years of experience with a bachelor’s degree
Hands-on experience in implementation and evaluation of development projects and programmes will be an advantage
Knowledge of the governance context in Ethiopia and experience working with government partners
Experience in results-based and rights-based development approaches and management of multi-stakeholder programmes.
Good interpersonal, networking and communication skills
Proven advocacy, analytical and writing skills
Computer skills (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, social media, and others)

Language

·Fluency in English, Amharic and Afan Oromo.

Application procedure

The following documents should be submitted as part of the application:

Cover letter to include a brief overview about which of your previous experiences makes you the most suitable candidate for the advertised position.
P11 including past experience in similar assignments; can be downloaded at https://www.unwomen.org/-

/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un -women -p11 -personal history -form.doc?la=en&vs=558 .