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. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women Jordan has been at the forefront of the UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign, focusing on enhancing cooperation with the Government and civil society partners, as well as various NGOs and sister UN agencies, to abolish customs and practices that constitute discrimination against women in both the private and public spheres. 

Against this background, UN Women Jordan’s Violence Against Women Unit focuses on enhancing coordination between stakeholders, building the capacity of local service-providers and increasing victims' and survivors’ access to life-saving protection and legal services and through raising public awareness on this grave violation of human rights. The EVAW unit also works towards creating an enabling legislative and policy environment on eliminating gender based violence and on improving women and girl’s quality of life through the creation of safe cities and communities free of gender based violence. Finally, the EVAW unit focuses on strengthening the capacities of national data collection systems through various methodologies and sources to better document incidents of VAW.

Under the overall guidance of UN Women Representative and the direct supervision of the Programme Analyst, the EVAW Programme Officer will be responsible for planning, implementing, and managing UN Women interventions under his/her portfolio.  She/he will work in close collaboration with the programme and operations teams, UN Women HQ and RO staff, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation under the portfolio.    

Deberes y responsabilidades

Provide strategic support to the formulation of EVAW programme strategies.

• Provide support to the design and formulation of programme proposals and initiatives; identifying programmatic areas for support and interventions.
• Contribute to the development of technical documents for projects, such as concept notes, and clear action plans for each project activity; prepare terms of reference, memoranda of understanding, project cooperation agreements, and letters of agreement with government and non-governmental partners.
• Provide support in organizing periodic consultations with key stakeholders, women leaders, human rights experts and UN partners to gather inputs on programme design, as necessary.
• Identify sources, and gather and compile data and information for the preparation of documents, guidelines and position papers related to Ending violence against women.

Guide and support the management and implementation of EVAW programme

• Support the implementation of the EVAW programme as per agreed upon workplans.
• Ensure timely implementation of projects activities and monitor the proper use of funds according to signed agreements and work plans.
• Regularly review planned activities, and make necessary modifications/ratifications when needed in response to any emerging circumstances.
• Regular monitoring and control of project expenditures on Atlas ensuring that all transactions are correctly recorded and posted in Atlas.
• Monitor the work of partner organizations and consultants contracted under projects through conducting regular meetings, field visits and workshops to ensure open channels of communication and cooperation, as well as timely submission of quality progress reports and agreed deliverables.
• Manage the process of monitoring the programme/ project implementation of activities and finances using results based management tools.
• Finalize quarterly reports and donor reports.
• Keep a proper control of the supporting documents.
• Prepare regular financial reports for the assigned Projects.
• Prepare procurement plans for the assigned project(s), support their implementation monitoring and ensure full compliance of procurement activities with UN/UN Women rules, regulations, policies and strategies.

Oversee technical assistance and capacity development to programme partners

• Provide technical advice to partners as needed.
• Build, manage, and expand relationships with national partners to support implementation and expansion of the programme; responding to emerging challenges.

Lead advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts

• Support synthesis of lessons learnt and best practices related to programme management.
• Support synthesis of lessons learned and best practices in programme finance.
• Represent UN Women in meetings and policy dialogues on issues related to EVAW.
• Support office communication and advocacy efforts.
• Provide feedback and support to the development of knowledge products.
• Participate in inter-agency UN coordination fora as needed.

Build partnerships and support in developing resource mobilization strategies

• Support the implementation of partnership and resource mobilization strategies.
• Support partnership building efforts with national and international partners including the donors.
• Support donor relations and identify potential opportunities for resource mobilization.

Competencias

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.

Respect for 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.

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills.
• Ability to develop detailed operational plans, budgets, and deliver on them for development results
• Excellent knowledge of Results Based Management.
• Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports in order to inform management and strategic decision-making.
• Excellent knowledge in gender equality, violence against women and women’s rights.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to pay close attention to details.
• Ability to lead formulation of strategies and their implementation.
• Strong networking skills.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education and certification:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/women's studies, international development, or related fields

Experience:

• Over 5 years of relevant work experience at the national or international level in design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects.
• Strong technical knowledge of gender equality including access to justice and ending violence against women.
• Prior working experience with the UN will be highly considered.
• Experience in results-based management (RBM). RBM experience as specifically applied in the UN Women context an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English language is required;
• Arabic language is a must.