Programme Assistant, Gender in Humanitarian

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Mission and objectives

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. As part of its flagship program on Women, Peace and Security, (WPS) UN Women is currently supporting the Government of Nigeria to meet its commitments on UNSCR 1325 through the development and implementation of Nigeria’s National Action Plan (NAP) and State Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security. With support from the Governments of Norway and Germany, UN Women is implementing WPS Programme in some states of Nigeria, designed to enhance women participation in conflict prevention, resolution, mediation and peacebuilding processes, at all levels; improve public perception on the role of women in peace and security; and enhance the capacity of government institutions, legislature, judiciary and security agencies to implement and institutionalize provisions of UNSCR 1325 in policies and operational procedures. Moreover, several local structures were also established to contribute to the WPS agenda in target areas. These include SAP Implementation Committees, Women Mediation Networks, HeForShe Networks and WPS Media networks.

Context

The objective of UN Women programs in the Northeast is to ensure protection for vulnerable women and girls as well as their equitable safe access to humanitarian and recovery assistance. The programs also promote women’s meaningful participation and leadership in humanitarian and recovery processes. In this regard, UN Women, with funding support from the Government of Japan, is implementing a project on Empowering Women and Girls for Enhanced Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response in Borno and Yobe States. The project is designed to contribute to reducing the spread of COVID-19 through support for women’s leadership and participation in preventing and responding to gender-based violence while expanding access to economic empowerment opportunities.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of Programme Manager, Gender and Humanitarian/Officer-in-Charge, the UN Volunteer will: Provide program and administrative support to Northeast programs for the implementation of UN Women Country Strategy and Annual Work Plan focusing on Women Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action. 1. Contribute technically to the development of programme strategies in the area of humanitarian action in Nigeria • Provide substantive inputs to the design and formulation of programme/project proposals and initiatives • Provide advice on contextualizing/ localizing programme documents, country strategies, and knowledge products • Identify areas for support and intervention related to the humanitarian programme 2. Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the humanitarian programme • Monitor progress of implementation of activities and finances using results-based management tools • Undertake field visits to monitor performance of commitments by implementing partners and ensure programme objectives are being met • Draft reports on monitoring missions, programme results, outputs and outcomes • Provide substantive inputs to the preparation of donor and UN Women reports relating to humanitarian action • Monitor budget implementation and make budget re-alignments/revisions, as necessary 3. Provide support to inter-agency coordination on humanitarian action to systematically integrate gender and social inclusion • Provide substantive technical support to the GiHA Programme Manager on inter-agency coordination related activities • Represent UN Women in inter-agency coordination related activities by attending meetings/events, participating in groups and committees, as needed • Advocate for the engagement and participation of local organizations and civil society networks in humanitarian coordination mechanisms 4. Provide inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts • Contribute to background documents, briefs and presentations related to gender in humanitarian action • Support to coordinate and organize advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products • Contribute to the development of knowledge management strategies, methodologies, and products on gender in humanitarian action • Support the development of advocacy strategies and oversee their implementation • Support UN Women’s participation in policy dialogues on issues related to humanitarian action as necessary • Identify best practices and lessons learned to guide programme improvement and strategy planning • 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 online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever possible. Results/expected outputs: • UN Women programmes in the Northeast implemented effectively. • Implementing partners satisfied with UN Women support • Good quality research and analytical documents that contribute to policy advocacy. • Good quality reports and briefs that contribute to knowledge sharing. • The development of capacity through coaching, mentoring and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-) governmental counterparts, including Implementing Partners (IPs) • 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