UN Women: Programme Manager - Field Engagement Specialist

Contract

This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 131,997 USD and 170,183 USD.

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Background

The duration of the assignment is until 31 August 2022. 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.

In this role as the global voice and advocate for gender equality and the empowerment of women, UN Women must deliver to an ambitious agenda as a centre of excellence on knowledge, partnerships, advocacy, and social mobilization, as well as a convener, thought leader and champion of gender equality and women’s empowerment.

UN Women’s Civil Society Division plays a key role in helping to drive commitment and action on gender equality, women’s rights and women’s empowerment through its partnership and engagement with civil society across the globe. The crucial contribution of civil society organizations in the advancement of gender equality, women’s empowerment and women’s rights, the role of civil society and the women’s movement as partners, supporting UN Women’s leadership, is seen as fundamental in the full realization of gender equality, women’s rights and women’s empowerment. UN Women has a unique and critical role in engaging civil society and partnership building with women’s organizations as stakeholders to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment and the Civil Society Division helps drive this partnership.

UN Women’s Civil Society Division works to strengthen civil society’s historically crucial role in leading global action on gender equality including promoting reform, influencing policies, monitoring and upholding accountability of duty bearers.

Under the guidance and supervision of the Deputy Director – Civil Society Division, the Programme Manager- Field Engagement Specialist the is responsible for providing strategic support to ensure movement building and civil society support with UN Women field offices. The Programme Manager will manage and implement the overall stakeholder engagement strategy for movement building and sustainability efforts; both with external actors and internal UN Women colleagues, with the aim of building an extensive network of civil society supporters and allies. The Programme Manager will support the transformative programming of movement building and civil society at the field level.

The Programme Manager is an HQ function operating from Istanbul and will work closely with all UN Women Regional Offices and in full coordination with UN Women’s relevant HQ Divisions, including Programme, Policy & Intergovernmental Division (PPID), Strategic Partnerships Division (SPD), UN System Coordination Division and Executive Director Office (EDO).

Duties and Responsibilities

Manage the development and implementation of the Civil Society Division’s Movement Building strategy:

• Manage the development and implementation of an inclusive engagement strategy of relevant stakeholders including Member States, civil society, UN System, private sector, donor community, academic and influencers to support to the successful implementation of the Division’s Movement Building stakeholder engagement and expansion strategy.
• Identify relevant actors, and mapping touchpoints for strategic engagement, in close collaboration with UN Women’s relevant Divisions including Programme, Policy & Intergovernmental Division (PPID), Strategic Partnerships Division (SPD), Coordination Division and the Executive Director Office (EDO).
• Develop tailored narratives for engaging different stakeholders; with specific focus on underrepresented regions, outlining their opportunities for engagement to support consensus building efforts aligned with Agenda 2030 and in line with the Secretary General’s Common Agenda.
• Partner with feminist civil society including youth for deeper engagement in inter-governmental processes through the multi-stakeholder approach, including in UN General Assembly (UNGA), Human Rights Council (HRC), High Level Political Forum (HLPF) among others.
• Strengthen programming capacities of field colleagues to better co-create transformative programming with civil society partners.

Provide programmatic and coordination support to support expansion of UN Women’s engagement with civil society at the field level:

• Develop initiatives to create an enabling environment and develop a programming strategy to create the eco-system of movement growth and sustainability, including through knowledge sharing and best practices with coordination of Regional Focal Points.
• Provide substantive and coordination support to Regional Offices to initiate political dialogues and regional convenings with key stakeholders in support of expanding UN Women’s partnership with civil society; ensuring a co-created approach at the regional and country level; including through engagement of regional commissions.
• Provide substantive support to UN Women colleagues and Regional Focal points to support their understanding and engagement of work with civil society actors, including by delivering webinars, on-line and face-to-face sessions, and coordinating the production of tools and materials as needed.

Provide substantive and coordination support to internal and external mechanisms to expand and scale Civil Society’s partnership with UN Women:

• Manage the provision of substantive and technical support on issues as appropriate, to facilitate UN Women representation with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide substantive inputs and write briefing notes, talking points, presentations, and other briefing materials for senior management meetings, and events.
• Provide coordination support on key consultations to internal and external stakeholders, including donors, members of the Senior Management Team and others (eg. ED’s meetings with civil society at regional levels).
• Coordinate preparations for the CSD Director’s participation in meetings and missions/key events.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Timely, quality, consistent, transparent, and effective engagement with civil society actors.
• Strengthened capacity of civil society partners and UN Women colleagues of work with civil society.
• UN Women colleagues (regional civil society focal points) are equipped with the necessary knowledge and tools about Civil Society to be effective ambassadors and allies to support the expansion of the engagement strategy with civil society.
• Quality and timeliness of technical inputs on documents as requested.
• Strong collaboration with other offices.

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.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competencies:

• Strong planning, goal-setting, prioritization and organizational skills;
• Excellent knowledge of gender equality, women's empowerment, women's rights and international development cooperation;
• Demonstrated negotiating, cultural sensitivity and diplomatic skills;
• Strong analytical and information management skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• Well-developed people management skills;
• Ability to provide information, tools, resources to support work achievement;
• Ability to leverage information technology, executive information systems, management techniques and tools for optimal office performance;
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral;
• Strong drafting skills with the ability to edit and clear reports, speeches and correspondences;
• Ability to Work in a highly pressured environment;
• Strong sense of responsibility, confidentiality and accountability.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in one of the following disciplines: social sciences, political science, international relations, business administration or management, public administration, or other related fields.
• 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 7 years of progressively responsible varied experience with international organizations.
• Experience in or with the United Nations system.
• Experience working with Civil Society and UN partnership required.
• Previous experience in supporting multi stakeholders’ engagement, strategic planning and coordination functions will be considered as assets.
• Experience working with civil society at the field level is an asset.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of the other UN official working language 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.)