Programme Analyst, Women, Peace, Security, and Humanitarian Action - IPSA-9

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 is mandated by the UN Security Council to lead on UN system-wide coordination on Women, Peace and Security, and to this end, UN Women has been working with governments, UN partners and civil society in the region to support women’s participation and influence at all levels of decision-making to prevent and resolve conflict. Additionally, UN Women is committed to ensuring equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of humanitarian action, and that humanitarian action seeks to promote gender equality and more just societies. To this end, UN Women works in crises prevention, preparedness and response to reduce vulnerabilities, address risks, promote resilience and leverage women’s leadership.

In the Arab States region, UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS), with support from the Government of Germany, contributes toward building sustainable peace by enhancing women’s leadership in fragile contexts in the region (Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen). This is being done through the following three outputs:

1. Women peace actors have strengthened knowledge, capacity and technical expertise, and ability to influence peace processes and political and decision-making processes

2. International, regional, and national stakeholders have improved information-sharing, dialogue and cross-fertilization towards inclusive peace and political processes.

3. Peace process actors have increased access to systemized evidence-based knowledge that documents women's participation and influence and disseminate good practices and policies

In addition, UN Women ROAS also contributes to strengthening resilience of women impacted by conflict, crises, displacement, and disasters, by ensuring enhanced coordination on Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) in the region, with support from the Government of Japan.

Reporting to the Regional Crisis Response Specialist and working closely with the regional WPSHA Programme Specialist, the WPSHA Programme Analyst will provide substantive support the planning, implementation, and management of UN Women interventions under the regional WPS and HA programmes. The WPSHA Programme Analyst works in close collaboration with the WPS/HA programme and ROAS operations team, respective country offices and UN Women HQ staff, regional stakeholders, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society to ensure successful UN Women programme implementation under the WPS/HA portfolio.

Scope of Work:

Contribute technically to the development of programme strategies in the area of Women, Peace, Security, and Humanitarian Action

• Provide substantive inputs to the design and formulation of programme/ project proposals and initiatives; and
• Identify areas for support and intervention related to the programme.

Provide substantive technical support to the implementation and management of the Germany and Japan funded programmes

• Provide technical inputs to the annual workplan and budget;
• Lead the implementation of programme activities; specifically regional and Syria specific events, workshops and consultations;
• Lead the coordination of the call/request for proposals, including the organization of technical review committees, and capacity assessment of partners;
• Review, coordinate and monitor the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports; and
• Train partners on Results Based Management and monitor implementation.

Provide technical assistance and capacity development to project/programme partners

• Coordinate and provide technical support in the implementation of programme activities with partners;
• Develop technical knowledge products;
• Maintain relationships with national partners to support implementation and expansion of the Japan and Germany programmes;
• Identify opportunities for capacity building of partners and coordinate and facilitate technical/ programming support and trainings to partners, as needed.

Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the Germany/Japan programmes

• Monitor progress of implementation of activities, results, indicators and finances using results based management tools;
• Draft reports on monitoring missions, programme results s, outputs and outcomes;
• Provide substantive inputs to the preparation of quarterly reports, donor and UN Women reports on outputs, results, outputs, and outcomes.
• Monitor the implementation of proposals by responsible partners.

Provide substantive technical inputs to the management of people and finances of the Japan/Germany programmes

• Monitor budget implementation and programme activity expenditures and make budget re-alignments/ revisions, as necessary;
• Provide substantive inputs to financial reports.

Provide substantive inputs to building partnerships and resource mobilization strategies

• Provide substantive inputs to resource mobilization strategies; analyze and maintain information and databases for potential funding opportunities in WPSHA;
• Prepare relevant documentation such as project concept notes, programme documents, project summaries, meeting reports, conference papers, briefing notes, talking points, speeches, donor profiles, and activity concept notes;
• Participate in donor meetings and public information events, as delegated.

Provide technical support to inter-agency coordination on Gender in Humanitarian Action to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with other partners in the region

• Provide secretariat functions for the Regional Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group;
• Provide substantive technical support on inter-agency coordination related activities by drafting background reports and briefs.

Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts on WPSHA

• Develop background documents, briefs and presentations related to UN Women WPSHA portfolio;
• Coordinate and organize advocacy activities, campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products;
• Coordinate the development of knowledge management methodologies, and products on WPSHA, with particular focus on women’s participation in peace and transition processes regionally, and in Syria.

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

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: N/A

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.

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Functional Competencies:

• Good programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills
• Good knowledge of Results Based Management
• Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings and recommendations
• Good analytical skills
• Good knowledge of women peace and security and gender in humanitarian action, particularly on women’s participation in peace, political, and transition processes.
• Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising
• Good organizational and coordination skills

Minimum Qualifications

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.
• A project/programme management certification (such as PMP®, PRINCE2®, or MSP®) would be an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least 2 years of progressively responsible work experience in development programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building is required.
• Experience in Women Peace and Security and Gender in Humanitarian Action is desirable.
• Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is desirable.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.
• Experience in the use of a modern web-based ERP System, preferably Oracle Cloud, is desirable.
• Experience working in the Arab States Region is desirable.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (Arabic and/or French)

Statements :

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:

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