Background

In September 2015, governments united behind the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which features 17 new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets that aim to end poverty, combat inequalities and promote prosperity by 2030 while protecting the environment.

The 2030 Agenda sets out a historic and unprecedented level of ambition to “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by 2030” (SDG 5) as well as including 37 gender-related targets in 10 other SDGs. It commits to addressing core issues of gender equality such as increasing women’s participation in decision-making, eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, eradicating discriminatory laws and constraints on sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recognizing and valuing unpaid care and domestic work.

To successfully track the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, a robust and equally ambitious monitoring framework is needed.

Significant investments in gender statistics are necessary to ensure that evidence-based policies are devised, the impacts of these policies are assessed and the accountability of policymakers and governments to deliver on these commitments is promoted. Robust indicators and quality data are of critical importance and will determine whether policy efforts are marshalled and whether the goals and targets are achieved or missed.

UN Women, is the United Nations’ agency for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment. It supports the UN member states to implement the 2030 Agenda.

As part of this support, UN Women’s Flagship Programme Initiative “Making Every Woman and Girl Count” aims to effect a radical shift in the production, availability, accessibility and use of quality data and statistics on key aspects of gender equality and women’s empowerment.

In Morocco, UN Women has concluded a 2-years partnership with the High Commissioner for Statistics on three areas:

i.             Putting in place an enabling environment for gender-responsive localization and effective monitoring of national and international policy commitments;

ii.            Filling gender data gaps by ensuring that quality and comparable gender statistics are produced regularly; and

iii.           Ensuring that data is accessible and used to plan, monitor and evaluate gender sensitive and responsive public policies and budgets.

Under the overall guidance of the MCO Representative and the direct supervision of the Programme Management Specialist, the Programme manager  ensures effective and efficient management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the “Making Every Woman and Girl Count” Programme in Morocco.

Duties and Responsibilities

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

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

Functional Competencies

• Knowledge of programme management;
• Ability to create, edit and present information in clear and presentable formats;
• Ability to manage data, documents, correspondence and reports information and workflow;
• Good financial and budgeting skills;
• Good IT skills.
• Creative thinking, problem solving and results driven mindset
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to contribute to team success and cooperation
• Ability to prioritize, work under pressure with colleagues at all levels, and deliver tasks on time
• Timely and quality of programme delivery in line with the programme action plan
• Timely and quality monitoring and evaluation of programme 
• Tangible impact on UN-Women MCO’s partnership strategy implementation, including:
  • Relations with partners and stakeholders
  • Regular communication with other agencies and partners
  • Quality of advocacy and communication initiatives

Tangible impact on UN-Women MCO’s Knowledge Management

Required Skills and Experience