Background
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 (UNW) is implementing a project on economically empowering and addressing violence against vulnerable women and youth in host communities in Lebanon. The project seeks to:
- Empower economically vulnerable women and youth through income generation activities to enable them support their livelihoods;
- Address violence against women and youth and support women’s meaningful participation in community decision making processes.
Under the direct supervision of the Programme Manager based in Beirut, the Field Officer (FO) will be responsible for supporting in the programme implementation process to achieve programme results. More specifically, the FO will have the following responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Summary of Key Functions:
- Support the Implementation of project activities;
- Facilitate of knowledge building and management;
- Support in creation of strategic partnerships and implementation of the resource mobilization initiatives;
- Creation of strategic partnerships and implementation of the resource mobilization initiatives.
Description of Functions:
1. Implementation of project activities
- Coordinate activities of the project staff, experts and consultants working as part of the technical assistance team;
- Support in the timely preparation and quality control of all substantive technical reports, briefs and required documents;
- Support timely production and submission of all partial and/or progress reports by all members of the project team, contractors and project partners;
- Organize meetings with implementing partners, project review and/or evaluation meetings. Prepare background document, briefs, issues papers, progress reports for the PSC meetings and for donor reporting;
- In collaboration with UN Women Regional Office for Arab States, initiate procurement of goods and services including preparation of equipment specifications, TORs and RFPs, managing process for the selection of suppliers, contractors and partners;
- Conduct field visits to supervise, coordinate and monitor field level activities of the project;
- Support in monitoring results of the IPs to ensure that the project achievements are in line with target indicators;
- Maintain records of all target achievements / indicators to monitor progress.
2.Provision of top quality advisory and project development services
- Support in collection of background documents related to the political, social and economic situation in the country and preparation of substantive inputs to the UNW Lebanon office project planning;
- Identify areas for support and interventions within the thematic/sectoral areas assigned.
3.Facilitation of knowledge building and management
- Identify sources of information related to policy-driven issues. Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learnt directly linked to project country policy goals;
- Support development of policies and institutions that will address the country problems and needs in collaboration with the Government and other strategic partners;
- Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice;
- Organization of trainings for the operations/ projects staff on project issues.
4.Creation of strategic partnerships and implementation of the resource mobilization initiatives
- Support in the development of partnerships with the UN Agencies, IFI’s, government institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, private sector, civil society in the specific thematic areas based on strategic goals of UNDP, country needs and donors’ priorities;
- Support the analysis and research of information on donors, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for initiation of new projects, active contribution to the overall office effort in resource mobilization.
Impact of Results:
- The key results have an impact on the corporate image of the Lebanon office and the success of project initiatives. In particular, they will have an impact on the design, operation and programming of activities, creation of strategic partnerships with other donors as well as reaching resource mobilization targets.
Competencies
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:
Advocacy/Advancing A Policy-Oriented Agenda;
Preparing information for advocacy:
- Identifies and communicates relevant information for a variety of audiences for advocating UNW’s mandate.
Results-Based Programme Development and Management;
Contributes into results through primary research and analysis:
- Assesses project performance to identify success factors and incorporates best practices into project work;
- Researches linkages across programme activities to identify critical points of integration;
- Monitors specific stages of projects/programme implementation;
- Analyzes country situation to identify opportunities for project development;
- Participates in the formulation of project proposals and ensures substantive rigor in the design and application of proven successful approaches and drafts proposals accordingly.
Building Strategic Partnerships;
Maintaining a network of contacts:
- Maintains an established network of contacts for general information sharing and to remain up-to-date on partnership related issues;
- Analyzes and selects materials for strengthening strategic alliances with partners and stakeholders.
Innovation and Marketing New Approaches;
Enhancing processes or products:
- Generates new ideas and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things;
- Documents and analyses innovative strategies/best practices/new approaches.
Resource Mobilization;
Providing inputs to resource mobilization strategies:
- Analyzes information/databases on potential and actual donors;
- Develops a database of project profiles. Identifies opportunities for project proposals for presentation to donors.
Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing;
Basic research and analysis:
- Generates new ideas and approaches, researches best practices and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things;
- Documents and analyzes innovative strategies and new approaches.
Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise;
Fundamental knowledge of own discipline:
- Understands and applies fundamental concepts and principles of a professional discipline or technical specialty relating to the position;
- Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work tasks;
- Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date through self-directed study and other means of learning;
- Demonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments;
- Demonstrates in-depth understanding and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and utilizes these regularly in work assignments.
Client Orientation;
Establishing effective client relationships:
- Researches potential solutions to internal and external client needs and reports back in a timely, succinct and appropriate fashion;
- Organizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines;
- Anticipates client needs and addresses them promptly.
Core values and Guiding principles:
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.
Required Skills and Experience
Education and Certification:
- Bachelor in social sciences, economics, law, public or business administration and related subjects.
Experience:
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in the area of governance and/or private sector development. Specific experience in gender-related initiatives is an asset. Prior working experience in the UN system and/or in the EU or other international organizations is required. Familiarity with the various donor project cycles is an added bonus.
Language Requirements:
- Fluent oral and written English as well as Arabic is required.