Programme Specialist, Women, Peace & Security/Humanitarian (WPS-H)

Contract

This is a P-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 104,807 USD and 137,237 USD.

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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 Iraq Yemen cluster Office (IYCO) is a cluster covering both countries, Iraq, and Yemen. Main office is based in Baghdad with field presences in Sanaa, Erbil, Aden, and Amman. IYCO programming focuses on four main strategic goals including women political participation, humanitarian action, economic empowerment and Women, Peace, and Security (WPS). IYCO aims to strengthen the UN response in addressing priorities for gender equality and women empowerment by developing and implementing innovative approaches and providing support to governments and civil society organizations.

Since 2014, UN Women in Yemen has been providing support to women displaced by the conflict, while advocating for greater women’s engagement in the ongoing political process within WPS efforts. To this end, UN Women utilizes a multi-sectoral approach that contributes to achieving the following results as part of all stakeholder’s collective response to Yemen crisis:

• Enhancing access to life saving support to women and youth through protection and economic empowerment.
• Strengthening the humanitarian – development – peace nexus efforts in Yemen.
• Supporting women and youth advocates participate and lead in multi-track peacebuilding processes and governance structures.

If renewed, the truce, which expired in Oct 2022 while political efforts to reinstate it continue, presents an exceptional opportunity to facilitate the integration of human security and GEWE principles across the humanitarian – development – peace nexus (HDPN), contributing to a more long-term peaceful, inclusive and gender equal society, that cannot be missed; otherwise, new threats are poised to derail decades of progress for women, girls, men, and boys.

UN Women has also been working in close collaboration with the Resident Coordinator and the broader UN system to provide coordination, normative and programme support that strengthens gender equality and women’s empowerment efforts. UN Women has been implementing a variety of projects related to supporting women’s rights actors working for peace and strategically, it has outlined three priority areas:

• Women, Peace, and Security (WPS): Increase women’s leadership and inclusion in peace process as well as enhance gender in peacebuilding in support of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325).
• Gender mainstreaming in humanitarian response: Provide capacity building support to leaders, networks, civil society, and UN agencies on gender mainstreaming in humanitarian programming.

Humanitarian action: Address the needs of vulnerable women and girls to ensure those affected by the crisis can participate in, are empowered by and benefit from response and recovery efforts.

Serving governments, CSOs, UN Country Teams/Humanitarian Country Teams (UNCTs/HCTs), and UN Women country offices, UN Women provides policy advisory services, creates, and disseminates knowledge, evidence and data on gender equality, and advances coherence for gender in humanitarian action/refugee response, including through gender mainstreaming and the coordination of humanitarian/refugee response spaces/structures/platforms on gender equality at regional and country level.

Reporting to the Country Representative, the Programme Specialist exercises overall responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing UN Women interventions under their portfolio. The Programme Specialist works in close collaboration with the programme and operations team, UN Women HQ staff, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation under portfolio.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Design and develop programme strategies in the area of WPS & Humanitarian response.

• Design and formulate programme/ project proposals and initiatives.

• Draft inputs to country strategy documents, briefs, policy dialogue and other documents related to WPS & Humanitarian response.

  2. Manage the implementation and management of the WPS & Humanitarian programme.

• Finalize the annual workplan and budget and manage their implementation.

• Manage the technical implementation of the programme/project; ensure synergies with other teams.
• Manage the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports.
• Provide guidance to personnel and partners on Results Based Management tools and performance indicators.

• Organize Project Steering Committee, project review and/or evaluation meetings, as needed.

  3. Manage technical assistance and capacity development to project/programme partners.

• Manage the implementation of technical advice and guidance. Develop and implement technical tools, and initiatives.

• Build and manage relationships with national partners to support implementation and expansion of the WPS and Humanitarian programme; respond to any potential problems.

• Identify capacity building needs of partners and lead the coordination of technical assistance, mentoring, training and capacity development initiatives to partners.

  4. Manage the monitoring and reporting of the programme/ project.

• Manage the monitoring of programme/ project implementation and finances using results-based management tools.

• Oversee field missions and review reports on monitoring missions.
• Write quarterly reports and donor reports, focusing on results, output, and outcomes.

• Contribute to office donor and UN Women reports.

  5. Manage the people and financial resources of the WPS & Humanitarian programme.

• Manage the programme budget and draft financial reports.

• Supervise Programme Analysts and Technical Specialists; Mentor and coach personnel and conduct performance assessments.

• Oversee recruitment processes, as necessary.

  6. Build partnerships and support in developing resource mobilization strategies.

• Develop and implement partnerships and resource mobilization strategies.

• Finalize relevant documentation on donors and potential opportunities for resource mobilization.

• Analyze and research information on donors, prepare substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for cost sharing.

  7. Contribute to inter-agency coordination on WPS & Humanitarian response to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with other partners in Iraq.

• Provide technical support to the Representative and Deputy Representative on inter-agency coordination related activities by attending meetings, events, and participating in groups and committees as needed.

• Coordinate with other UN agencies, government departments, donors and NGOs to ensure the projects’ capacity development programme is harmonized and aligned with other in-country efforts.

  8. Manage advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts.

• Develop and review background documents, briefs and presentations related to the WPS & Humanitarian response.

• Represent UN Women in meetings and policy dialogues on issues related to WPS & Humanitarian response as necessary.
• Develop advocacy strategies and oversee their implementation.
• Identify best practices and lessons learned to guide programme improvement and strategy planning.
• Develop knowledge management strategies, products, and methodologies on WPS & Humanitarian response.
• Perform any other duties as assigned.

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

• Strong programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills.
• Strong knowledge of Results Based Management.
• Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports to inform management and strategic decision-making.
• Strong knowledge of WPS & Humanitarian response.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities, and threats to fundraising and develop strategies.

Required Skills and Experience

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/women's studies, international development, or a related field 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.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible work experience at the national or international level in design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects.
• Technical experience in WPS & Humanitarian response.
• Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is an asset.
• Experience working in the UN System is an asset.
• Experience in leading/managing a team is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required. Arabic 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: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc. 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.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Very important note:

In accordance with the UN Staff Regulation 4.5 (b) A temporary appointment does not carry any expectancy, legal or otherwise, of renewal. A temporary appointment shall not be converted to any other type of appointment. This temporary appointment is budgeted for a maximum term of 364 days.