UN WOMEN Jobs - 77724- UN Women: Programme Analyst

UN Women: Programme Analyst – Results Management

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type of Contract :

TA International

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

20-Mar-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

P-2

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

9 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, 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.

The Strategic Planning, Programme and Effectiveness Unit (SPPEU) within the Programme Division is responsible for supporting strategic planning and for monitoring and corporate reporting for the Strategic Plan (SP), ensuring the application of results-based management (RBM) in these and related processes.

UN Women has started the implementation of its new Strategic Plan 2018-2021 and SPPEU will continue to provide support to the field and HQ on ensuring alignment of office strategic notes and AWPs to the SP.

Under the overall supervision of the Programme Specialist, the Programme Analyst will be responsible for supporting SPPEU in ensuring the quality of plans, programmes and reports from the RBM perspective. Particularly, the Programme Analyst will support SPPEU in the provision of substantive advice and support on strategic planning and programming; support the development of programme guidance in order to increase corporate capacity in Results Based Management and; contribute to the provision of substantive support to corporate reporting and learning from programming.

Duties and Responsibilities

Facilitate and technically contribute to strengthening results-based management practices across the organization:

Coordinate Programme Appraisal meetings, ensure completeness of submitted documentation, provide input for PAC review, draft PAC minutes and maintain the online repository of PAC meetings;
Provide technical inputs to updating guidance and improving processes on the preparation of Strategic Notes and Annual Work Plans;
Provide technical input to the review of the programming component of the Programme and Operations Manual (POM);
Provide quality assurance support by reviewing of results framework and monitoring plan according to management’s recommendation.

Provide technical support to corporate planning, reporting and learning from programming:

Synthesize and analyze monitoring data from countries from the RMS Monitoring Module, and draft management briefs to inform decision-making;
Collect data, aggregate and analyze data and make information from programme available to draw recommendations for the overall programme and project quality improvement.

Provide technical inputs to the capacity development of UN Women staff on applying principles of good programming, including identification of gaps in programmatic capacity:

Schedule training sessions for offices on development of new strategic notes and annual work plans;
Provide technical support for organization of Peer Review meetings for quality assurance of strategic notes and annual work plans;
Organize webinars and training sessions for offices on annual report preparation.

Provide technical inputs to knowledge management and development:

Maintain and update the network of regional planning and coordination community of practice;
Synthesize and analyze monitoring data from countries from the RMS Monitoring Module, and draft management briefs to inform decision-making;
Update SPPEU’s internal webpage as required;
Draft communication to disseminate good practices on field level monitoring and reporting.

Provide any other support as requested by supervisor.

Key Performance Indicators:

Quality assistance to programme development and Annual Work Plans;
Quality assistance to programme monitoring and results reporting;
Quality assistance into trainings and tools to increase programme capacity of field offices on RBM;
Quality support on RMS provided.

Competencies

Core values:

Integrity;
Professionalism;
Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
Accountability;
Creative Problem Solving;
Effective Communication;
Inclusive Collaboration;
Stakeholder Engagement;
Leading by Example.

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:

Good knowledge and understanding of RBM;
Good communication skills; fluency in oral/written English;
Ability to draft reports;
Good Organizational skills, ability to organize meetings;
Ability to link key institutional processes to promote overall organizational effectiveness;
Understanding of database systems and statistical analysis software;
Ability to go beyond established procedures and practices.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Advanced university degree (at least a Master’s degree) in social development, gender and development, international affairs and development, economics, business, or other related field.

Experience:

At least 2 years professional experience related to international development, including gender and development and other related areas;
Experience in programming and programme management;
Experience in RBM application in strategic planning, programming, monitoring, and reporting; Familiarity with results management system an asset;
Experience in working with development institutions, e.g., UN agencies, multilateral/bilateral development institutions, etc.
Communication skills; fluency in oral/written English;
Ability to draft reports;
Organizational skills, e.g., organize meetings.

Languages:

Fluency in English is required;
Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset.

Application:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed 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 will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.