Programme Specialist - National Planning and Budgeting

Addis Ababa

Organization: UNWOMEN - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Location: Addis Ababa
Grade: Mid level - NO-C, National Professional Officer - Locally recruited position
Occupational Groups:
- Operations and Administrations
- Administrative support
- Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
- Project and Programme Management
- UNW Finance
- NATIONAL PLANNING AND BUDGETING
Closing Date: Closed

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 ECO Strategic Notes (SN) and Annual Work Plan 2017 (AWP) focuses on supporting the development objectives of the Ethiopia Growth and Transformation Plan (2010/11-2014/15) in relation to Pillar 8 on equity and empowerment as well as being aligned with United Nations Development Assistance Framework (2016 – 2020). The strategic approach and attendant workplan includes UN Women ECO's core principles in leading and promoting coherence within UN system work and supporting regional initiatives given the presence of UN ECA and African Union in Ethiopia. The Country Programme Division under the leadership of the Deputy Country Representative manages the Programme support to Ethiopia including the Joint Programme on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women working with the government of Ethiopia in 9 Regions and the 2 City Administration, partnerships with donors and UN agencies through the Donor Group on Gender Equality and different UN Theme Groups to enhance gender equality and empowerment of women in Ethiopia. In its work for 2017-2020, UN Women ECO is focusing on four main development result areas (DRF) namely: 1) Women supported to lead and participate in decision-making at all levels; 2) Women, especially the poorest and most excluded, are economically empowered and benefit from development; 3) Women and girls live a life free from violence; and 4) Governance and national planning fully reflect accountability for gender equality commitments and priorities. To enhance operational efficiency and organisational effectiveness (OEEF) the SN provides guidance and priorities for its coordination mandate both at regional and country-level by prioritising the following Clusters of the corporate OEEF: 1) To drive more effective and efficient United Nations system coordination and strategic partnerships on gender equality and women’s empowerment; 2) To institutionalize a strong culture of results-based management, reporting, knowledge management and evaluation; 3) To enhance organizational effectiveness, with focus on a robust capacity and efficiency at country and regional levels; and 4) To leverage and manage resources.

Anticipating the increased focus of the UN system on Peace and Security and Humanitarian efforts, UN Women ECO in 2017 furthermore started intensifying its engagement with the humanitarian community present in Ethiopia to ensure that the humanitarian relief delivered in the country is sensitive and responsive to the needs of women and girls in humanitarian situations.

UN Women uses GRB globally to promote accountability for gender equality. Accordingly, one of the key priorities of UN Women Ethiopia is ensuring that there is a national Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting System in Ethiopia. For this reason, UN Women Ethiopia has been working with MoFEC and the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs since 2012 in promoting GRB through the programme “Increasing Accountability in Financing for Gender Equality” through which remarkable results have been achieved with potential for upscaling and replication.

In the National Planning impact area of the Strategic note for 2017-2020, UN Women aims to contribute to the institutionalization and securing of predictable and sustainable financing for GEWE to ensure that the GEWE commitments are achieved within GTP II, and the SDGs. The Program will support strengthening of systems and accountability mechanisms to track financing, monitoring and reporting on GEWE Goals. Working with Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, select Sector Ministries and Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, focus areas of work will include; institutionalization of the Gender Levelling Tool, institutionalizing gender responsive public finance management; strengthening capacities on gender responsive planning and budgeting, enhancing capacity of National Women Machinery to track and report on GEWE Goals at national, and global levels, promoting South-South cooperation and exchange of knowledge and best practices, strengthening capacity of the Central Statistical Agency to collect and analyze data from a gender perspective, and supporting the National Planning Commission to lead and coordinate the domestication and popularization of the SDGs. CSOs will be supported to provide to strengthen their oversight roles in ensuring local level budgeting and planning responds to the needs of rural women.

As part of the National Planning Impact area, UN Women Ethiopia has developed a four years programme on “Transformative Financing for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment’’ and is thus seeking to hire a Programme Specialist to lead the roll out and implementation of the programme and related programmes in the national planning impact area.

Reporting to Deputy Country Representative, the Programme Specialist exercises overall responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing UN Women interventions under his/her portfolio. She/he 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

1.Design and develop programme strategies in the area of National Planning and Budgeting:

Design and formulate programme/ project proposals and initiatives;
Draft inputs to country strategy documents, briefs, policy dialogue and other documents related to [National Planning and Budgeting.

2.Manage the implementation and management of the National Planning and Budgeting 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 staff and partners on Results Based Management tools and performance indicators;
Organize Project Steering Committee, project review and/or evaluation meetings, as needed.

3.Manage technical assistance and capacity development to project/programme partners:

Build and manage relationships with national partners to support implementation and expansion of the National Planning and Budgeting 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.

4.Manage the monitoring and reporting of the programme/ project:

Manage the monitoring of programme/ project implementation and finances using results based management tools;
Oversee field missions and review reports on monitoring missions;
Write quarterly reports and donor reports, focusing on results, output and outcomes;
Contribute to office donor and UN Women reports.

5.Manage the people and financial resources of the [National Planning and Budgeting programme:

Manage the programme budget and draft financial reports;
Supervise Programme Analysts and Technical Specialists; Mentor and coach staff and conduct performance assessments;
Oversee recruitment processes, as necessary.

6.Build partnerships and support in developing resource mobilization strategies:

Develop and implement partnerships and resource mobilization strategies;
Finalize relevant documentation on donors and potential opportunities for resource mobilization;
Analyze and research information on donors, prepare substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for cost sharing.

7.Contribute to inter-agency coordination to achieve a coherent and aligned presence for National Planning and Budgeting in the country:

Provide technical support to the Representative and Deputy Representative on inter-agency coordination related activities by attending meetings, events, and participating in groups and committees as needed;
Coordinate with other UN agencies, government departments, donors and NGOs to ensure the projects’ capacity development programme is harmonized and aligned with other in-country efforts.

8.Manage advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts:

Develop and review background documents, briefs and presentations related to the National Planning and Budgeting;
Represent UN Women in meetings and policy dialogues on issues related to National Planning and Budgetinga as necessary;
Develop advocacy strategies and oversee their implementation;
Identify best practices and lessons learned to guide programme improvement and strategy planning;
Develop knowledge management strategies, products and methodologies on National Planning and Budgetinga.

Competencies

Core Values:

Respect for Diversity;
Integrity;
Professionalism.

Core Competencies:

Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
Accountability;
Creative Problem Solving;
Effective Communication;
Inclusive Collaboration;
Stakeholder Engagement;
Leading by Example.

Functional Competencies:

Strong programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills;
Strong knowledge of Results Based Management;
Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports to inform management and strategic decision-making;
Strong knowledge of National Planning and Budgeting;
Strong analytical skills;
Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising and develop strategies.

Required Skills and Experience

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.

Experience:

At least 5 years of progressively responsible work experience at the national or international level in design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects;
Technical experience in National Planning and Budgeting;
Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is an asset;
Experience working in the UN System is an asset;
Experience in leading/managing a team is an asset.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English and xx is required;
Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.

Disclaimer

UNWOMEN is committed to achieving diversity within its workforce, and encourages all qualified applicants, irrespective of gender, nationality, disabilities, sexual orientation, culture, religious and ethnic backgrounds to apply. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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