Programme Assistant

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The Morocco Country office (CO) works with national partners to promote the leadership and political participation of women and support the adoption of legislations, strategies and policies that promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, and for the translation of Constitutional provisions into organic and ordinary laws.

In addition, the Morocco office supports the development and implementation of gender-sensitive strategies and public policies. It fosters the production and dissemination of accurate sex-disaggregated and gender-based data to strengthen the monitoring and evaluation of progress in terms of gender equality, women's empowerment and the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. Another important focus of the Office consists of improving the entrepreneurial capacities of women, with the goal to enhance their sustainable livelihoods and resilience though securing their access to, control over and use of productive resources.

In this context, UN Women Morocco Country office is recruiting a Programme Assistant to support the implementation of the programme “Support to gender equality in Morocco”, funded by the French Development Agency which aims at (i) reinforcing Gender Sensitive Budgeting as tool to allocate and track gender sensitive public ressources at central and local level and (ii) supporting the Care economy through reinforcing the access to quality services for elderly people.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Programme Analyst, the UNV Programme Assistant will:

• Support the planning, organization and monitoring of programmatic activities;
• Provide programmatic support in the preparation of programmatic work plans, budgets, and project/programme proposals.
• Support the monitoring of the achievement of programme results and the collection of information;
• Support effective coordination of institutional partners, civil society, and the United Nations system
• Support the preparation of high-level meetings and meetings, consultations, and any other national or regional events.
• Identify sources and gather and compile data and information for the preparation of documents, guidelines, speeches and position papers. 
• Undertake all logistical, administrative and financial arrangements for organization for meetings, workshops, events, and missions;   
• Support the preparation, consolidation, and maintenance of programme and financial information, including activity tracking matrices, financial monitoring tables, basic dashboards, and contribute to the preparation of periodic programme and financial reports;
• Create projects in Quantum system, prepare budget revisions, revise project awards and status; and determine unutilized funds and the operational and financial close of a project.
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:
• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
• Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities.
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.


Results/expected outputs:
• As an active UN Women Morocco Country Office team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to the Morocco CO and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including:
o Support provided for the implementation, monitoring, and reporting of programme activities, including contributions to quarterly internal reports and donor reports.
o Project documents, work plans, and programme records are prepared, maintained, and updated in a timely manner.
o Programme results, achievements, and activities are documented and communicated through regular progress updates and reporting.
o Knowledge products, lessons learned, and good practices are compiled, organized, and shared with relevant stakeholders.
o Seminars, meetings, training workshops, and other programme events are effectively coordinated and supported.
o Meeting minutes are prepared in a timely manner, and follow-up on agreed actions is supported.
o Administrative, logistical, and coordination support is provided to ensure the smooth implementation of programme activities.
• Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment
• A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed