Historique

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.

In 2015, on 25 September, the United Nations General Assembly adopted unanimously the Resolution 70/1 Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Gender equality and women’s empowerment is at the heart of the agenda, as numerous goals and targets address structural barriers to achieve equal rights and opportunities between women and men, girls and boys.

One of the key areas of concern is the economic empowerment of women. It is expressed in targets and indicators of SDG 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls) and SDG 8 (Promote inclusive and sustainable development, decent work and employment for all). Progress toward it depends not only on the adoption of a set of public policies by governments, but also on the existence of an enabling environment and active engagement of the corporate sector. This is also relevant to the achievement of SDG 17 (Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development).

About 90 per cent of jobs in the world are in the private sector. This represents a huge potential to implement transformative actions in the world of work and social responsibility in favour of women, benefiting the whole society. There is an increasing consciousness, interest and commitment of private and public sector companies on the value and benefits of gender equality and the economic empowerment of women and its role to achieve it.

UN Women - in partnership with ILO and European Commission - is proposing the regional programme “Win-Win: Gender Equality Means Good Business” to contribute to the economic empowerment of women, recognizing them as beneficiaries and partners of growth and development, by increasing commitment of private companies to gender equality and women´s empowerment and strengthening companies’ capacities to implement these commitments. The action will ultimately contribute to the achievement of gender equality through enabling women’s labour force participation, entrepreneurship, economic empowerment and thus their full and equal participation in society.

The guiding platform will be the Women’s Empowerment Principles. The WEPs are a set of Principles for business offering guidance on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community. Coordinated by UN Women and the UN Global Compact, the Principles emphasize the business case for corporate action to promote gender equality and women's empowerment and are informed by real-life business practices and inputs gathered from across the globe.

Targeting women led enterprises and networks, multi-national companies, and relevant stakeholders in Europe and selected Latin American and Caribbean countries, the project will promote business links, joint ventures and innovation between women from both regions, while supporting inter-regional dialogue and exchange of good practices to increase the capacity of the private sector more broadly in the implementation of gender equal business.

It thus aims to support businesses, employers, workers and trade unions to address gender inequality faced by women in the working environment. Where relevant, the programme will adopt the intersectionality perspective to address specific challenges faced by afro descendant and indigenous women. Special attention will be given to identify opportunities to increase the economic empowerment of migrant and refugee women.

The programme will be implemented in 6 Latin American and Caribbean countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Uruguay. It will also have a regional component under the responsibility of UN Women Brazil CO.?

Reporting to the LAC Deputy Director, Multi Country Deputy, CO Representatives, Programme Presence National Officers, the National Private Sector Specialist is responsible for the coordination and implementation of the regional programme at country level. S(he) will work in close coordination with partner agencies and EU delegations, which will guide and provide input for the performance of the programme at country level. National Specialists will inform UN Women supervisors at country level about Programme implementation in order advise with them on synergies to be built with other relevant initiatives implemented by relevant stakeholders. ?

Devoirs et responsabilités

1 - Lead at country level the “Win-Win: Gender Equality means Good Business” Regional Programme ?

• Support the analysis and research of the political, social and economic situation in the country to identify opportunities and partners to advance in regional programme strategic planning;
• Elaborate and implement country level work plan of the regional programme, as per the approved programme document and in close dialogue with the Brazilian Private Sector Specialist;
• Identify key partners and organize inception workshops to engage them in the programme and get inputs to finalize country level workplan;
• Prepare country level inputs for elaboration of documents to be consolidated by the Regional Programme Coordination and presented to management instances (Executive Steering Committee, Regional Technical Advisory Group, ILO programme Unit, National Technical Advisory Group),
• Prepare country periodic narrative progress reports;
• Record and maintain documents on relevant Programme activities, issues, risks and risk mitigation plans
• Participate in the design and formulation of programme initiatives, translating UN Women’s and EU Delegation regional programme`s priorities into local interventions and ensuring substantive rigor in the design and application of proven successful approaches;?
• Facilitates the collaborative relationships with EU Delegation, Global Compact, IDB and ILO at country level, government partners, NGOs, experts, ensuring timely and efficient delivery of activities and organizes periodic consultations with key stakeholders and women leaders to gather inputs on programme design, as necessary;
• Finalize country strategy documents, proposals, briefs, policy dialogue and other documents related to the project; Provides programme development advisory services related to women’s economic empowerment (WEE), serves as an expert resource to partners and identify programmatic areas for support and interventions;
• Outreach private sector companies and employers` organizations to promote WEPs signature and reporting and identify HeforShe champions at country level;
• Support the strengthening of National women’s machineries capacities to convene private sector and other partners at the national level ;
• Contribute to guide the research agenda and the elaboration of training materials for the country avoiding all duplication of efforts and to catalogue, leverage and promote existing quality research;
• Manage the implementation of programme activities through monitoring and reporting according to Results Based Management requirements (RMB) and in accordance to the Programme Operations Manual (POM);
• Identify key partners to co-finance and co-organize workshops and trainings based on methodologies and tools developed by the regional programme at country level;
• Organize National Technical Advisory Committee meetings, in coordination with ILO and EU Delegation at country level, aligned to the Regional Technical Advisory Committee
• Elaborate ToRs for hiring consultants and other services.

2 Outreach and build partnerships with country key stakeholders

• Provide inputs for the Regional Coordination to develop a win-win partnerships strategy involving private sector companies, finance institutions, multilateral organizations, businesswomen, entrepreneurs, relevant national authorities and sub-national governments and implement it;
• Engage in high level dialogue at country level with private sector companies, finance institutions, multilateral organizations and its networks to create and/or strength commitment regarding corporate practices on gender equality;
• Provide inputs for mapping activities and to connect and match business interests of European and LAC networks of women entrepreneur and business women to exchange experiences and strength each other business;
• Develop strategy, build partnerships and coordinate efforts to design and put in place the impact investment facility;
• Develop and implement partnership and resource mobilization strategy to build and sustain the impact investment facility, based on existing experiences and guaranteeing its innovative aspect;
• Provide inputs for the development of methodologies, tools and knowledge products to strength companies´ capacities to implement WEPs and create a non-discriminatory workplace;
• Provide inputs to the Regional Coordination to determine programmatic areas of cooperation, based on strategic goals of UN Women, EU Delegation and ILO country and region needs and priorities and develop the relevant partnerships;

• Build partnerships at country level and provide information on private companies engaged in the programme to identify possible areas of cooperation, especially potential contributions to the impact investment facility.
• Develop resource mobilization materials, such as concept notes and project profiles for to promote social impact facility and other initiatives proposed in the scope of the programme.

3 Advocacy support and facilitation of knowledge building and management

• Lead advocacy and knowledge building at country level
• Manage advocacy strategies and supports relevant, high-impact advocacy activities and campaigns with key partners and their implementation.
• Collects knowledge on current and emerging trends by gathering relevant information on programme, projects, strategies, approaches and ongoing experience for lessons learned, best practices.
• Contributes to accomplish an updated databased of relevant women’s business networks after the initial mapping;
• Contributes to knowledge networks and communities of practice, facilitating the Knowledge exchange of companies to take up effective gender equitable business practices and guide development of? incentives for companies to enjoy recognition of their advances.
• Represent the project in meetings and policy dialogues on issues related to WEE;
• Coordinate exchange of information and knowledge products internally and externally of the programme at country level;
• Provide inputs and build partnerships at local level to the communications associate in the organization of major advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products.
• Contribute for the elaboration and implementation of knowledge management strategy
• Contribute to organization of activities to promote exchange of experiences between national and regional corporate commercial associations, chambers and networks and advocate for implementation of WEPs
• Build partnerships and provide technical support for the organization of EU/LAC bi-regional policy dialogues on gender sensitive private sector in close dialogue with EU Delegation, ILO and connecting to G7 proposal and other EU initiatives.

Key Performance Indicators

• Timely and quality implementation of Programme at country level against set workplans, timelines and budgets, in line with the programme document
• Quality and timely reporting
• Excellent relations with partners and stakeholders
• Regular and timely monitoring of activities?
• Enhanced best practices and lessons learned documented and circulated
• Increase in resources mobilized to co-finance programme activities and to fund the impact investment facility
• Increase awareness of UN Women and European Union at country level

Compétences

Core Values:

• 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

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:

http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf.

Functional Competencies

• Ability to support design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects.
• Knowledge of Results Based Management principles and approaches.
• Ability to maintain networks and partnerships with UN agencies and other international partners to promote partnership and build alliances to advance organizational interests and competencies. ?
• Demonstrated good oral and written communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of UN and EU programme management systems
• Strong knowledge in gender equality, women`s economic empowerment and private sector management,? policies and environment

   

Qualifications et expériences requises

• Applicant must be able to submit receipts as university professional or as indivicual company.

• The person to be hired must be a Uruguayan citizen (natural or legal), or foreigner with legal residence and domicile and wish to remain in the territory of the Uruguay for the entire time that the tasks involved in the contract requires it.

• Applicant cannot be a public?servant from the State, Departmental Government, State?Entity and Decentralized services,?whatever the nature of the link (paid or not), or hired under any modality by said state public persons. It is permissible to be a teacher of public education.
  
  Application:

• Applications?will be received at UN Women offices, Treinta y Tres 1356 2nd floor, until Dec. 28th at 17:00hs (Uruguay)from 9:00 to 17:00 from Monday to Thursday; and 9:00 to 12:00 on Fridays), making reference to the position.?

• The following documentation must be presented: CV, copy of ID and UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from?http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment?Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form and/or the requested documentation will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.