UN Women: Programme Coordinator

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Background

The duration of the assignment is 364 days. Whereas an external candidate will be offered a temporary appointment; subject to release agreements, staff members in UN Women may be administered as a temporary assignment and staff members in the UN Common system may be administered under a loan arrangement.

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.

Care is vital for the wellbeing of society and economies, yet the undervaluing and unequal social organization of care is a systemic driver of gender inequality. Unpaid and paid care work is undervalued, unrecognized and highly gendered. Globally, women provide nearly three times as much unpaid care work as men, limiting their time, choice and opportunities for education, decent paid work, and political participation; a reality that is especially true for women and girls in low-income and rural households and from racialized and migrant groups.

In response to that, the TransformCare initiative aims to transform the undervaluing and gendered division of care and improve the lives of women and girls across 30 countries and six regions. It will do this by supporting inclusive and equitable comprehensive care systems that have the potential to benefit 300 million women and girls in all their diversity, release one billion hours of women and girls’ time, and create 40 million low-carbon decent jobs. This ambitious initiative will work with partners, including UN Agencies, national and local governments, civil society, unions, academia, private sector and the media, to support a whole-of-society approach to addressing care inequalities.

Within this framework, UN Women develops and implements multiple programmes and projects covering different countries and regions. One of them is the phase II of the programme ‘Transformative approaches to recognize, reduce, and redistribute unpaid care work in women’s economic empowerment programming’ programme (“3R Programme in Rwanda and Senegal”) which has a global policy component and is also being implemented at national level in Rwanda and Senegal.

The overarching goal of the programme is to remove the structural barriers to women’s full and equal participation in the economy by recognizing, reducing, and redistributing unpaid care work. The program does this through the achievement of three interconnected outcomes.

1. National and local governments develop/strengthen laws, policies and services that recognize and address the disproportionate share of unpaid care work by women and girls.

2. Women’s cooperatives and other organizations provide transformative care services in rural and/or urban areas to reduce and redistribute unpaid care work.

3. National governments and relevant ministries (ex: sectoral and finance) scale-up investments in care service provision.

In particular, the programme complements existing successful UN Women programmes: the first phase of the 3R programme implemented in 3 countries whose aim was to recognize, reduce and redistribute women’s unpaid care and domestic workloads and overall time poverty, and the UN Women-ILO Joint Programme “Promoting Decent employment for women through inclusive growth policies and investments in the care economy” for the global component.

Reporting to the Policy Advisor, Macroeconomics and Global Lead on Care, the Programme Coordinator exercises overall responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing the setting up for the TransformCare initiative. The programme coordinator will be responsible to ensure programme management functions and coordination of other programmatic interventions established within the overall framework of the initiative including the coordination of the of the 3R programme (Global component, the Rwanda and the Senegal projects as well as the financial management of the overall programme). The Programme Coordinator provides overall guidance to the National Coordinators in pathfinder countries on programme management working in close collaboration with colleagues in the Economic Empowerment Global care&macro team, regional offices as well as key partners and stakeholders. The Programme Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the results-based monitoring and reporting.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Coordinate the implementation and management of the 3R programme

• Coordinate the overall 3R Programme including work plans development, implementation, evaluation and closure according to approved programme document.
• Liaise with the Programme Board, national counterparts, donors, UN Women and partners to ensure the Programme results are achieved and resources are managed.
• Prepare and present work-plans, periodic narrative progress reports and expenditures status reports to the Programme Board and UN Women.
• Provide overall programmatic oversight to ensure timely disbursements of funds, as well as adherence to policies and procedures.
• Coordinate and draft final donor reports and monitor the disbursement of donor funds.
• Coordinate monitoring of annual targets, monitoring of budget implementation and make budget realignments/ revisions, as necessary.
• Convene the Steering Committee/Programme Board, presents implementation status, draft relevant minutes, and report back (as needed).
• Advise on relevant decision points to the attention of partners and ensure timely recording and needed follow up.
• Draft Terms of References and provide support during recruitment of personnel, procurement processes, and partners selection.
• Provide advisory service to the supervisor on UN Women internal programmatic procedures.
• Record and maintain documents on relevant programme activities, issues, and risks, and escalate accordingly to set tolerances.

2. Set up programme management arrangements and systems for the TransformCare initiative.

• Develop a programme documents and complementary documentation needed for the approval of the Programme Appraisal Committee (PAC).
• Design and implement programme management arrangement of the proposals formulated under the initiative.
• Ensure programme management functions of other programmatic interventions established within the overall framework of the initiative.
• Manage and follow up on partners engagements in support of the initiative.
• Manage and coordinate engagements with country and regional offices to develop and implement programmatic proposals in the framework of the Initiative.
• Desing and coordinate the setting and implementation of monitoring and reporting systems of the Programmes under the initiative.

3. Build partnerships and support resource mobilization efforts on the TransformCare Initiative

• Provide technical support to the development of partnerships and resource mobilization strategies within the framework of the TransformCare Initiative.
• Identify potential programmatic areas of cooperation, based on strategic goals of UN Women, country needs and donors’ priorities and develop the relevant partnerships.
• Maintain regular communications with European partners and donors, including the EU Institutions (DG INTPA), identifying potential support for the TransformCare Initiative and synergies with other Projects and programmes supported by them.
• Facilitate the work of the Policy Advisor and the Chief of Section in identifying potential programmatic areas of cooperation, based on donors’ interest, and in line with recent UN-wide approach on transforming care systems, the TransformCare Initiative, the UN Women Strategic Plan and the Economic Empowerment strategy.
• Support the partners engagement plan, facilitating partnership dialogues and monitoring commitments to support the TransformCare Initiative and the scale-up of existing programmatic interventions, such as the 3R programme.

4. Manage monitoring and reporting on the Programmes

• Gather and compile all information necessary for monitoring and reporting on the programmes from the planning to the evaluation stages.
• Monitor the implementation of activities and the expenditure of funds, providing technical, programmatic and operational support for timely implementation and monitoring of country-level projects related to the programme, including reviewing, and monitoring of work plans to ensure timely implementation.
• Provide programmatic and technical support to national project coordinators and conduct regular monitoring visits, as required.
• Write annual and quarterly reports; review and coordinate the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports.
• Provide inputs from the programme activities and results for Country Offices and/or Regional Offices reporting.
• Establish tracking systems for smooth project planning, implementation, and monitoring, in collaboration with programme stakeholders (if necessary) to facilitate monitoring and reporting.

5. Manage financial resources of programmes

• Coordinate development and preparation of financial resources of the Programmes including budgeting and budget revisions, and expenditure tracking and reporting.
• Oversee and monitor the allocation and disbursement of funds to participating partners.

6. Coordination with national and international partners and other stakeholders

• Coordinate relationships with the donors, Responsible Partners, Country Offices, and relevant HQ departments to support implementation of the Programmes, raise potential problems and suggest solutions.
• Identify capacity building needs and support partners/country offices to find the relevant technical assistance, coordinate training and capacity development initiatives, as needed.
• Provide guidance to partners on establishment of performance indicators, and monitoring achievement of results.
• Provide inputs to the development of partnerships and resource mobilization strategies at country and regional levels.

7. Advocate and contribute to knowledge building, visibility, and communication of the Programmes

• Ensure documentation of programme implementation processes and products, collect and embed lessons learned from previous work.
• Contribute to the exchange of information and knowledge products and lessons learned internally and externally of the programmes, through the Community of Practice and other relevant platforms.
• Liaise and support effective communication with Donor(s).
• Organize global and regional consultations and thematic meetings, advocacy campaigns, events, including facilitation of trainings, workshops.
• Provide substantial input to knowledge products on the care economy, including background notes and talking points.
• Work with the National project Coordinators to identify best practices and lessons learned to guide programme improvement and strategy planning.
• Coordinate programme communication and visibility strategies including through overseeing social and multi-media communications.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

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

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:

https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process#_Values

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Excellent programme coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills
• Good budget and finance skills
• Good knowledge of Results Based Management
• Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings and recommendations
• Good analytical skills
• Knowledge of UN programme management procedures and systems

Required Skills and Experience

Education and Certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Social Sciences, Economics, International studies, International Development, gender/women's studies, 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.
• A project/programme management certification (such as PMP®, PRINCE2®, or MSP®) would be an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience at the international level in complex and multi-country programmes, including programme management and support, with at least 2 related to the thematic area.
• Experience in coordinating, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating development programmes and projects is required.
• Experience in coordinating with different departments and collaborating and supporting field offices is required.
• Work Experience in the UN system and working knowledge of programme and project management in UN Women is desirable.
• Knowledge of UN Women programmatic and operational procedures is desirable.
• Experience in creating and managing a community of practice and in Capacity building initiatives related to programme/Programme management is desirable.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of the other UN official working language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

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.

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