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Planning and Coordination Consultant

Nairobi

  • Organization: UNWOMEN - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
  • Location: Nairobi
  • Grade: Consultancy - National Consultant - Locally recruited Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Operations and Administrations
    • Managerial positions
  • 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 East & Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) maintains a large presence in the Eastern and Southern Africa region, covering 22 countries, with country offices in 12 countries and a Programme Presence in Somalia.

Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, the UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.  UN Women supports improved UN coordination and accountability mechanisms, and up-scaling of the quality of support provided to Member States in addressing national gender equality priorities. UN Women’s coordination work is supported at the regional level by its Regional Offices – working with the UN Development Group (UNDG) Regional Groups and the Regional Coordination Mechanisms. At the country level UN Women supports and works within UN Country Teams (UNCT).

UN Women has placed emphasis on improving its planning and results-based management as an organization. The Regional Offices support and provide guidance to UN Women Country and Programme Presence Offices in planning and results-based management.

Duties and Responsibilities

Objectives of the assignment:

  • To provide support to the CISPP unit on strategic planning, knowledge management, operations, partnership building, coordination as well as advocacy and communication;
  • To coordinate the ESARO Youth engagement work.

Scope of Work:

Reporting to the Regional Planning and Coordination Specialist, the consultant will work in the CISPP unit providing support on strategic planning, knowledge management, operations, partnership building, coordination as well as advocacy and communication.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate the collation of comments from Regional Office reviews of Strategic Notes for 2 country offices;
  • Review program and project proposals sent for the Regional Level Project Approval Committee’s processing;
  • Convene at least 2 youth Community of Practice meetings and follow up the agreed on actions;
  • Finalize the regional Youth Engagement Strategy and coordinate its dissemination to RO and M/Cos;
  • Coordinate the establishment of the ESA regional Youth Steering Committee;
  • Ensure the Unit’s Q3 RMS reports include work on youth engagement;
  • Update unit budgets, liaising with Finance colleagues to ensure all new funds are reflected in ATLAS;
  • Provide logistical support for meetings the unit leads on including but not limited to: the Regional Gender Working Group (RGWG) work planning meeting; Regional Office Q3 review and planning meeting;
  • Contribute content on youth engagement to proposal documents and briefing notes on request.

Deliverables (A clear and unequivocal definition of the final product)

  • A final Youth Engagement Strategy;
  • Minutes of the Youth Community of Practice meetings;
  • Draft workplan of the Youth Steering Committee and meeting minutes;
  • Results of Youth initiatives reflected in Q3 RMS reports;
  • Practices from ESA included in monthly global UN Coordination Community of Practice newsletters;
  • Q3 review and planning meeting notes;

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.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competencies:

  • Good knowledge of gender equity and women’s empowerment issues;
  • Good knowledge of UN system and understanding of inter-agency coordination processes;
  • Good knowledge of results-based programme planning and management;
  • Ability to promote and monitor inclusion of gender-specific objectives, indicators, targets and activities in the UN agencies programmes;
  • Good analytical skills;
  • Ability to provide advice and support.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in international development, public administration, public policy, or other relevant social science field is required;
  • A project/programme management certification (such as PMP®, PRINCE2®, or MSP®) would be an added advantage.

Experience:

  • At least 6 years of progressively responsible experience working with inter-agency coordination and strategic programme planning processes; 
  • Experience in the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of programmes;
  • Experience working in gender equality and women’s rights at the international level is an asset;
  • Experience working in developing countries within the UN system, Agencies, Funds or Programs is an asset.

Language Requirements:

  • Fluency in English is required;
  • Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset.

Reservation:

UN Women reserves the right to discontinue the recruitment due to any unforeseen circumstances. The output of this assignment shall belong to UN Women and Partners.

Note:

Please note that applications without a completed and signed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

UN Women Personal History form (P-11) can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need. 

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

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