Antecedentes

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. For a seventh consecutive year, Afghanistan remains among the deadliest places in the world to be a civilian and faces an emerging level of human rights violation.

The Taliban takeover of Kabul on 15 August 2021 has had a seismic impact on Afghanistan. With the shift in political power, the future of women from all walks of life who have shaped the fabric of the country over the past 20 years, is unknown. The conflict dynamics in the country are multi-layered, and Afghanistan’s people are facing the devastating effects of a protracted conflict, increasing poverty and natural disasters, all of which are amplified by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are some 5.5 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Afghanistan, and approximately 80 percent of nearly a quarter of a million Afghans forced to flee since the end of May are women and children 2021 has to date been one of the deadliest years for Afghan women and girls, with more women and more children killed and injured than ever before recorded by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for the first half of any calendar year. More than 18 million people – fully half of the country’s population – are in need of humanitarian assistance, and almost a third of the country is facing emergency levels of food insecurity compounded by severe drought.

Amidst a rapidly evolving political, security and COVID-19 situation, the UN Women Afghanistan Country Office (ACO) is working on consolidating its programming under the humanitarian-peace-development nexus, anchored in its country Strategic Note (2018-2022). The key priorities for the next 6 months are  i) Protection services to women survivors of violence; ii) Cash Based Initiatives, including cash for work and non -conditional cash grants; iii) rolling out Multipurpose Women Protection Centres to respond to humanitarian needs and iv) Strengthening protection Women Human Rights Defenders.

UN Women Afghanistan focuses on reaching women who are most at risk and marginalized populations, in particular gender-based violence survivors, female headed households, women IDPs and returnees, women with disabilities, older women and adolescent girls.

Women, who comprise more than half of the population in Afghanistan have been hit hard by this crisis, especially women who are unemployed, women suffering from poverty, women-headed households and women in rural areas who’s their livelihoods and income generation activities have been disrupted or lost. These women will be supported through provision of cash-based interventions

Cash-Based Initiatives (CBIs):

UN Women Afghanistan will roll out unconditional emergency cash-based transfers and Cash for Work programmes as a key priority over the next 6 months. UN Women will support women in target areas, including in host communities and informal settlements, to secure alternative sources of income through provision of Cash for Work opportunities and development of capacities and skills. This will provide women with emergency livelihood protection and support—urgently needed given a looming economic collapse and associated crisis in the formal banking sector. This is in addition to unconditional cash transfers that will be considered for specific groups of women depending on the extent of needs mainly women- headed households across locations.

The CBIs aim for:

• Provide immediate resources to women to cover immediate basic needs (e.g. healthcare, rent, food);
• Foster women’s engagement in the economy (i.e. by helping beneficiaries build an employment history);
• Enable women’s access to spaces outside their homes;
• Provide women with opportunities to engage with peers outside the home; and
• Offer skill-building experiences on the job.

While CBI can range between cash for work to non-conditional cash grants for those in dire need especially in crisis-affected countries, this shall be formulated and implemented based on the localized province and district specific needs.

There is an urgent need for an Analyst position related to cash-based programming modalities as UN Women initiates its cash based interventions in Afghanistan. The support is envisioned to operationally provide assistance in coordination of activities, administrative activities during implementation, and monitoring of CBIs in targeted province/ provinces.

Deberes y responsabilidades

Objective

Reporting to the Programme Manager/ Women’s Economic Empowerment, the Cash-based Interventions (CBI) Analyst (National Consultant) exercises overall responsibility by providing administrative support during implementing, travel to field offices, attend distribution of cash, and monitoring from UN Women’s cash-based interventions from both non-conditional cash grants and conditional cash for work activities. The Cash-based Interventions (CBI) Analyst works in close collaboration with the Humanitarian portfolio and Women Economic Empowerment teams in central level and field offices in regional level, both internally. The successful candidate will have the overall responsibility for the coordination and monitoring of U Women Afghanistan's cash-based assistance processes, implementation activities, and tools.

Project Implementation/Coordination

• Contribute to the implementation of UN Women's cash-based interventions 
• Perform day-to-day oversight and management of all cash-based interventions and coordinate activities with regional coordinators/field offices including ensuring implementation and monitoring of activities using cash and voucher modalities in the country.
• Assist Operations/ Programme in managing the beneficiary databases ensuring UN Women’s data-privacy protocols in transferring data to third parties/ financial service providers;
• Liaise closely with different UN Women field support offices, different units at the Country office (CO) level including logistics, Finance, and Procurement for the implementation of CBIs and to ensure proper implementation of activities.
• Coordinate with the regional coordinators of any bottlenecks that may impede the timely delivery of CBI to beneficiaries and take action to resolve problems.
• Draw up plans for timely delivery of CBIs in coordination with regional coordinators and relevant da facto authorities.

Monitoring

• Assist in processing and analysis of data related to needs assessments, baseline, end line and post-distribution monitoring surveys for all individual programmes.
• Closely coordinate with M&E unit to ensure the appropriateness of the transfer modality choice.
• Undertake and oversee visits to view project sites and meet beneficiaries in order to ensure that progress is made in the achievement of project objectives.
• Identify and suggest mechanisms to mitigate any risks posed by cash distribution and/or unintended harmful consequences, such as an increase in intimate partner violence, the inability to use and control cash distributed and /or the security threats due to the modality of distributions.
• Provide inputs and feedback and coordinate it accordingly with field offices to support the implementation of the overall UN Women response.

• Provide inputs and support in the preparations of M&E as well as progress reports
• Perform other related duties as required.

Competencias

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Competencies

• Ethics and Values: Demonstrate and promote ethics and integrity by creating organizational precedents
• Organizational Awareness: Build support for the organization and ensure political acumen
• Work in teams: Build and promote effective 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.
• Communication and Information Sharing: Create and promote an environment for open and 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.

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the United Nations' values and ethical standards;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the UN and UN Women;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Ability and willingness to work as part of a team to meet tight deadlines and produce high quality work.

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

• Strong background in project implementation, coordination and monitoring
• Strong understanding and knowledge of humanitarian programming
• Strong programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills
• Ability to synthesize programme performance data and produce analytical reports to inform management and strategic decision-making
• Excellent coordination and communications skills
• Ability to think and work logically and work precisely with attention to detail;
• Initiative, sound judgment and demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with staff members of different national and cultural backgrounds;
• Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines in a high-pressure environment.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas