Programme Specialist, Women’s Economic Empowerment – UN Women (Re – advertisement)

Programme Specialist, Women’s Economic Empowerment: UN Women (Re – advertisement)

Deadline: 21 April 2022

About

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.

Reporting to the Deputy 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

Design and develop programme strategies in the area of Women’s Economic Empowerment

Design and formulate programme/project proposals and initiatives; Draft inputs to country strategy documents, briefs, policy dialogue and other documents related to Women’s Economic Empowerment.

Manage the implementation and management of the Women’s Economic Empowerment 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.

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 Women’s Economic Empowerment 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.