Deputy Representative

Contract

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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.

UN Women MCO-Caribbean (MCO) covers 22 English and Dutch speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean. The MCO maintains a physical presence in five (5) countries but there remains high and consistent demand for the exercise of UN Women’s integrated mandate across the 22 countries and territories.

The programme focus for 2018 -2021 built on the strengths and lessons learned by focusing on the programme areas in which the MCO has a comparative advantage and which have demonstrated the most return on investment. The lynch pin of the programmatic focus is to use Caribbean government development priorities and UN Women’s strengths to demonstrate how gender equality and women’s empowerment tools and programmes are critical to achieving their development priorities.

The MCO Caribbean 2022 -2025 programme builds on the works of the 2017-2021 Strategic Note with a focus on the Normative Framework (Proposed Outcome 1), Women’s Economic Empowerment (Proposed Outcomes 2 and 3), Ending Violence against Women and Girls (Proposed Outcome 4) and Climate Change and Disaster Risk Resilience (Proposed Outcome 5). All the Outcomes like the SDGs are interconnected and interrelated. The MCO will focus on Governance and Participation in Public Life across all Outcome Areas and Peace and Security within the context of Outcomes 4 and 5. The programme will be implemented both at the regional and multi-country level.

Reporting to the MCO Caribbean Representative, the Deputy Representative is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Multi Country Office (MCO). The incumbent is responsible for substantially contributing to the design, implementation, management and oversight of the country programme and to the operations supporting its implementation to ensure effective and efficient delivery of results as planned in UN Women’s Strategic Plan and the CO plans.

Duties and Responsibilities

Manage the programme team

• Manage the day-to-day work of the programme teams, including finalizing the team’s annual workplan;
• Manage the process of programme conceptualization, planning, implementing and monitoring; and the management of material and financial resources;
• Lead the process of preparing programme implementation progress reports and identifying areas for UN Women Representative’s action and/or decision;
• Technically support the development of the Office security strategy and plan, as required.

Provide advisory and specialized technical support on the strategic direction of the office

• Advise and guide the MCO Representative on strategic areas;
• Provide specialized technical and strategic support in managing all aspects of the programme design and related activities and for ensuring compliance and accountability in programme monitoring, reporting and evaluation;
• Develop policy documents, briefs and other strategic papers/materials for use in the development and presentation of innovative and coherent policy and programmatic positions;
• Serve as a senior member of the management team.

Represent UN Women in UN system coordination, with a focus on programming

• As delegated by the UN Women MCO Representative, represent UN Women in the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and/or the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) to collaborate with the Resident Coordinator and UN system on interagency coherence, collaboration, cooperation, resource mobilization, advocacy, common services, and operations;
• Ensure UN Women’s participation in UN system thematic and other working groups to advance UN Women’s mandate.

Provide technical support in creation of strategic partnerships and resource mobilization strategies

• Provide substantive research and inputs in the formulation and implementation of the country resource mobilization strategy;
• Establish and maintain relations with government, partners, stakeholders and donors to achieve active collaboration, cooperation and alliances on programme development and implementation and resource mobilization.

Represent UN Women and support advocacy strategies

• Represent and advocate for UN Women in organizational, regional, global, public information/ relations events and key meetings, as delegated;
• Develop and implement advocacy and public communication strategies.

Facilitate knowledge management, innovation and capacity building

• Manage the process of collecting and sharing lessons learned on gender equality and women’s empowerment to build knowledge and capacity of partners and stakeholders;
• Oversee the design and implementation of capacity building training activities to enhance skills and knowledge.

Manage personnel under supervision

• Manage the performance of personnel under supervision; provide managerial direction, guidance and leadership to staff and provide performance feedback and coaching to personnel supervision, ensure performance assessment are implemented on time and ensure personnel are fully aware of UN Women workplace relations policies;
• Create an enabling work environment;
• Identify learning and development opportunities

Key Performance Indicators:

• Timely and quality provision of strategic support and advise to the MCO Representative
• Timely and quality delivery of the programme teams
• Regular interaction and establishment of joint activities and programmes with other agencies and partners
• Quality of inputs provided in formulation and implementation of the country resource mobilization strategy
• Quality and number of knowledge management and advocacy initiatives undertaken
• Quality mentoring, training, coaching which affects performance of personnel, inclusive workplace environment
• UN Women is seen as a reliable and trustworthy partner, providing substantial inputs to progress UN women’s mandate

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

Functional Competencies

• Excellent programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills
• Ability to develop detailed operational plans, budgets, and deliver on them
• Ability to provide policy advice and support to partners
• Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports to inform management and strategic decision-making
• Strong leadership skills, ability to create and enabling work environment
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent knowledge of Results Based Management
• Strong knowledge of the UN system
• Strong knowledge of local country context
• Strong negotiation skills

Required Skills and Experience

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree in international development, public administration, public policy or other relevant social science fields is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A project/programme management certification (such as PMP®, PRINCE2®, or MSP®) would be an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience that combines strategic and managerial leadership in development programmes with a strong focus in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment at the national or international level, preferably in the Global South within the UN system, Agencies, Funds or Programmes;
• Field based experience working with multi-cultural teams;
• Experience in a multi-country context is an asset;
• At least 2 years’ experience in the Caribbean is preferred;
• Experience in leading a team.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required;
• Knowledge of Spanish would be an asset.