Technical Task Leader/ Women’s Economic Empowerment in South Caucasus
Yerevan
- Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- Location: Yerevan
- Grade: Consultancy - SB-4 (SC8/SC9), Service Contract, Local Contractors Agreement
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Occupational Groups:
- Economics
- Poverty Reduction
- Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
- WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
- Closing Date: Closed
Background
Duties and Responsibilities
- Jointly with the Programme Manager ensure that progress is made in achieving goals and objectives of the project;
- Supervise and support timely implementation of the Project activities;
- Provide substantive technical inputs to the annual workplan and budget; work towards its timely implementation with project partners and beneficiaries; monitor budget implementation and make budget re-alignments/ revisions as necessary;
- Work towards safeguarding, monitoring and facilitating quality assurance of all the project activities as spelled out in the project document;
- Monitor progress of implementation of activities and finances using the results-based management tools; Ensure effective information flow and exchange within the team;
- Contribute to the selection of international and national consultants/companies and preparation of procurements and contracting packages in line with the work plans and UNDP rules and guidelines;
- Organize and attend field missions and draft reports on monitoring missions;
- Draft and coordinate the call/request for proposals, including the organization of technical review committees, and capacity assessment of partners; Identify capacity development needs of stakeholders;
- Keep updated a mapping of main stakeholders/ partners in the field in the Project target regions;
- Coordinate and organize advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products;
- Coordinate the development/ expansion of knowledge management strategies, methodologies, and products on women economic empowerment;
- Identify and synthesize best practices and lessons learned that are directly linked to the implementation of the Project and contribute to their dissemination;
- Provide substantive inputs to resource mobilization strategies, analyzing and maintaining information and databases on donors and developing database of project profiles for presentation to donors;
- Prepare relevant documentation such as project summaries, conference papers, speeches, donor profiles, and participating in donor meetings and public information events;
- Ensure proper maintenance of the documentation and filing system;
- Manage the Project contracts outsourced to third parties to ensure timely and due quality of delivery of products and services;
- Perform financial certification function and provide oversight over the Project transactions;
- Confirm receipt of goods and services procured, authorize payments from the Project funds, monitor financial status of the Project;
- Provide support in identification and procurement of services and equipment;
- Acts as Project asset custodian․
- Support transfer of technical assistance and substantive advice to the working groups and beneficiary institutions in relevant sectors;
- Assess the situations and propose improvements based on best practice;
- Promote networking and experience sharing between the Project stakeholders and target groups;
- Contribute to raising gender awareness of the beneficiaries during interviews, workshops, training events, and conferences;
- Advise the beneficiaries throughout the Project implementation period;
- Liaise and establish proper professional relationship with the authorities on national, regional and local level.
- To ensure Project visibility through preparation and implementation of a communication strategy:
- Foster due coordination and linkages of the parallel UNDP projects on women with relevant programmes in Armenia, particularly with activities of other programmes funded by international organization, and other stakeholders;
- Ensure coordination with Project partners for timely and successful implementation of the planned interventions;
- Ensure due information and communication flows for all stakeholders, promote networking and experience sharing between Project stakeholders and target groups;
- In absence of Programme Manager represent the Project on behalf of UNDP and the UN Women as required, vis-à-vis the authorities, and other international and local organizations;
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as required.
Competencies
- Demonstrates commitment to UN and UNDP’s mission, vision and values.
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
- Knowledge Management and Learning
- Shares knowledge and experience
- Actively works towards continuing personal learning, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills.
- Ability to perform a variety of specialized tasks related to Results Management, including support to design, planning and implementation of programme, managing data, reporting.
- Ability to provide input to business processes re-engineering, implementation of new system, including new IT based systems.
- Proficiency in professional writing and reporting;
- Focuses on result for the client and responds positively to feedback
- Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
- Remains positive and composed even under pressure
- Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.
Required Skills and Experience
- High level of integrity and professionalism. Demonstrated initiative, tact and high sense of responsibility and discretion.
- Ability to handle big volume and scope of simultaneous tasks, as well as work under the pressure and in circumstances of diverse interests.
- Demonstrated strong team spirit.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Result-orientation.
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