The
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.
UN Women will provide support to Member States' efforts and priorities
in meeting their gender equality goals and for building effective
partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
Placing
women's rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women will lead
and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments
on gender equality translate into action. UN Women supports improved
UN coordination and accountability mechanisms, and up-scaling of the
quality of support provided to Member States in addressing national
gender equality priorities. UN Women's coordination work is supported at
the regional level by its Regional Centres - working with the UNDG
Regional Groups and the Regional Coordination Mechanisms. At the country
level UN Women supports and works within UN Country Teams.
UN
Women has placed emphasis on improving its planning and results based
management as an organization. The Regional Centres (RC) will support
and provide guidance to UN Women country presence in planning and
results based management.
The Coordination and Planning
Specialist reports to the Regional Director (RD) in Cairo who provides
overall strategic guidance and direction to UN Women's work in the Arab
States region. In carrying out the functions, she/he will work closely
with the relevant units in headquarters such as Programme and
Coordination Divisions. The Coordination and Planning Specialist
supports the Regional Director, who is a member of the Regional
Director's Team (RDT) to:
a) manage and implement activities to enhance system wide coherence on gender equality and the empowerment of women;
b)
support UN Women country presences on the ground in their coordination
roles with the UNCTs in the identification of technical expertise, the
implementation of corporate-level accountability tools;
c)
provide support to UN Women country presences to ensure high quality
planning and programming processes at regional and country level,
including through application of results-based programme planning and
formulation; and d) support regional programme formulation and
management.
Duties and Responsibilities
Summary of key functions:
Support to the Regional Director on UN programming and coordination at the Regional level and support to country-level work;
Support UN system partnership and alliance building at the Regional level;
Support
enhanced results-based management practices at the country level to
ensure more coherent and coordinated UN Women commitments within the
UNDAFs.
Knowledge management and capacity building
Support to the Regional Director on UN programming and coordination at the Regional Level and support to country-level work:
Support
the Regional Director in his/her participation in the UNDG Regional
Team and related technical bodies as well as the Regional Coordination
Mechanism;
Support UN Women country presences in the
development of gender-specific country programming processes and
products, including the preparation of UNDAF and other UN system joint
programming documents, in close collaboration, with UNCT members, and
other development partners to ensure that a gender perspective is
mainstreamed.
Ensure effective knowledge management and
capacity development of UN Women in the region in rolling out and
support system-wide tools on gender equality.
Provision of guidance to UN Women in the Region on joint programming modalities and strategies;
Prepare
briefing materials for the RD on issues to be discussed in the UN and
other events and meetings. Follow up on required action/outstanding
issues and report on outcome/result. Alert RD on critical issues for
action to be addressed.
According to the results
envisioned in the Management Results Framework in UN Women's Strategic
Plan, periodically review and assess UN Women's engagement in
inter-agency processes and joint programmes in the field and in New York
to devise improved strategies for ensuring that UN Women's investment
in coordination processes is yielding results in support of gender
equality and women's human rights. Additionally, in coordination with
regional evaluation specialists, promote UN Women's engagement in joint
evaluations on gender equality and women's empowerment.
Support UN system partnership and alliances at the Regional and Country level:
Support
work within the UN System at the Regional and Country level in managing
activities and other promotional events to engage bilateral and
multilateral institutions/donors, private sector and civil society to
expand and/or sustain interest and resources for UN Women programs and
joint UN system programs.
Participate in global practice
network on coordination, sharing and learning best practices to keep
abreast of and/or to contribute to on going debates and strategic
thinking and to exchange experience and/or seek support on coordination
issues affecting UN Women and UN system programs and operations.
Support
enhanced results-based management practices at the country level to
ensure more coherent and coordinated UN Women commitments within the
UNDAFs:
Technical support to regional and country level colleagues in the development and monitoring of work planning processes
Provide
capacity development support to regional and country level colleagues
on results based programme planning, formulation and management.
Ensure
quality of regional and country level planning instruments, promoting
application of good practice in the development, design, monitoring and
reporting of results.
Collaborate with Regional Evaluation
Specialists and country M&E focal points to ensure that findings
and lessons from evaluations are reflected in strategic planning
processes and RBM and training on results based management.
Knowledge management and capacity building:
Analyze
global practice and lessons learned on coordination and advise the
Regional Director and internal and external partners to enhance
knowledge and build capacity.
Collect and share lessons
learned on coordination and UN system programming and development and to
contribute to development of knowledge management products and tools in
UN Women.
Ensure the use of evaluation findings to feed into knowledge management and decision making at the regional level.
Design
and implement capacity building training activities to enhance skills
and knowledge On request, make accessible to national partners, RCs and
UNCTs, a comprehensive roster of highly experienced and technically
qualified professionals that are gender experts in a range of fields.
Impact of Results:
The
successful management of coordination activities will facilitate and
enhance the ability of the Regional Director to work effectively within
the context of UN system priorities in the region and support coherent
UN response and implementation in line with national strategies and
priorities.
The key results also impact on the success of the UN
Country Team activities, strengthening of overall coordination
capacity, design, implementation and operations of UN activities,
creation of strategic partnerships in support of regional and national
priorities. Support to results based programme planning and management
will improve focus of UN Women programming, its alignment with clear
national and corporate objectives, and better results reporting.
Competencies
CORE VALUES / GUIDING PRINCIPLES:
Integrity:
Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN
Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
Cultural
Sensitivity/Valuing diversity: Demonstrating an appreciation of the
multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its
staff. Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences
in values and learning from cultural diversity.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
Ethics and Values:
Promoting Ethics and Integrity/Creating Organizational Precedents
Organizational Awareness:
Building support and political acumen
Developing and Empowering People / Coaching and Mentoring:
Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation
Working in Teams:
Building and promoting effective teams
Communicating Information and Ideas:
Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication
Self-management and Emotional intelligence:
Creating an emotionally intelligent organization
Conflict Management / Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements:
Leveraging conflict in the interests of the organization & setting standards
Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning:
Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning
Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:
Fair and transparent decision making; calculated risk-taking
Functional Competencies:
Substantive experience in the area of development and or gender equality and women's empowerment issues.
Knowledge of UN system and understanding of inter-agency coordination processes
Ability to conceptualize and convey strategic vision from the spectrum of development to experience
Demonstrated negotiating, cultural sensitivity and diplomatic skills
Familiarity
with results-based programme planning and management, and the ability
to clearly communicate and explain RBPPM approaches
Well-developed people management skills
Effectiveness and pro-activity
Ability
to leverage information technology, executive information systems,
management techniques and tools for optimal office performance
Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
Good planning, goal-setting and prioritization and organizational skills
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Master`s degree or equivalent in
development related disciplines, international relations, development
studies or other social science fields.
Experience:
At
least 7 years of experience that combines strategic and managerial
leadership in development cooperation, international relations, public
administration or other related field, some of which should be in the
area of gender equality and women's rights at the international level,
preferably in developing countries within the UN system, Agencies, Funds
or Programs.
Familiarity and experience with UN inter-agency coordination processes and or results based management would be an asset.
Language Requirements:
Written and oral proficiency in English is required. Knowledge of Arabic is an asset.
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.
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.
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