Background
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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 co-funding with the European Union (EU) a regional project
“Spring Forward: Regional Programme for the Economic and Political
Empowerment of Women in the Southern Mediterranean Region”. The project
works at multiple levels aiming at: 1) empowering women politically in
order to assure women's active engagement in decision making spaces; 2)
empowering women economically; 3) enhancing regional knowledge and
experience-sharing on women's political and economic rights.
The
regional project will be implemented in a number of countries,
including Jordan. In this respect, the project coordinator (PC), to be
based in Amman, will be responsible, under the direct supervision of the
UNW country representative for Jordan and Syria, for project
implementation and achievement of project results.
More specifically, the PC will have the following responsibilities:
- Exercise
overall responsibility for planning, implementation, management,
monitoring and coordination aspects of the project operations and
personnel.
- Assist the UNW country Representative in programme development and resource mobilization in specific thematic areas.
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Duties and Responsibilities
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Summary of Key Functions:
- Implementation of project activities
- Provision of top quality advisory and programme development services
- Facilitation of knowledge building and management
- Creation of strategic partnerships and implementation of the resource mobilization initiatives
Description of Functions:
Implementation of project activities:
- Exercise
overall responsibility for planning, implementation, management,
monitoring and coordination aspects of the project operations and
personnel.
- Manage the recruitment of
project team, local consultants and support staff, as well as in
identifying short-term international experts.
- Coordination
and supervision of the activities of the project staff, experts and
consultants working as part of the technical assistance team.
- Be
responsible for the timely preparation and quality control of all
substantive technical reports, briefs and required documents.
- Ensure
timely production and submission of all partial and/or progress reports
by all members of the project team, contractors and project partners.
- Effective application of RBM tools and monitoring achievement of results.
- Organize
PSC, project review and/or evaluation meetings. Prepare background
document, briefs, issues papers, progress reports for the PSC meetings
and for donor reporting. Follow-up on the implementation of PSC
decisions and recommendations.
- In
collaboration with project support, 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.
Provision of top quality advisory and programme development services
- Thorough
analysis and research of the political, social and economic situation
in the country and preparation of substantive inputs to the UNW country
office programme planning.
- Identification of areas for support and interventions within the thematic/sectoral areas assigned.
- Design
and formulation of project initiatives within the area of
responsibility, translating UNW’s priorities into local interventions.
Facilitation of knowledge building and management
- Identification
of sources of information related to policy-driven issues.
Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learnt
directly linked to programme country policy goals.
- Support
to 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 programme issues.
Creation of strategic partnerships and implementation of the resource mobilization initiatives
- 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.
- 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.
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Competencies
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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:
- 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.
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 analyses 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
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Required Skills and Experience
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Education:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, economics, law, public or business administration and related subjects.
Experience:
- Minimum
of 5 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 is required. Familiarity with the EU project cycle is
an added bonus.
Language Requirements:
- Fluent oral and written English as well as Arabic is required.
Applications from women is strongly encouraged.
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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.
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