Civil Society Support Officer
Port-Vila
- Organization: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- Location: Port-Vila
- Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
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Occupational Groups:
- Administrative support
- Civil Society and Local governance
- Closing Date: Closed
- A human-rights based approach
- The “Leaving No One Behind” principle, and
- National ownership
As part of the on-going to work under the Spotlight initiative under Pillar 6, UNDP is seeking to recruit a Civil Society Organization Support Officer to work closely with the Spotlight Initiative Grantees in Vanuatu and support their implementation of grants, movement building and core institutional strengthening.
- Work closely with grantees and national partners in the implementation of Spotlight Initiatives Projects Vanuatu
- Coordinate monitoring of activities and reporting of progress
- Provide technical advice on sexual and gender-based violence
- Actively engage with CSOs, other UN Agencies and support/ collaborate in movement building initiatives in Vanuatu
- Produce periodic progress reports of all activities by grantees and national partners
Work closely with grantees and national partners in the implementation of Spotlight Initiatives Projects
- Provide technical support to CSO grantees in the development of activity plans and implementation of projects providing quality support.
- In close collaboration with the grantees, lead in the holding of capacity assessments as recommended in the Mid-Term Review, develop implementation action plans and support their implementation
- Hold regular progress review meetings and develop strategy for expedited implementation
Coordinate Monitoring, Data Collection, and Reporting for the Spotlight Initiative
- Design and disseminate monitoring and evaluation resource materials, templates, and guidance documentation to CSO Grantees as relevant.
- Support inter-agency efforts on results and progress monitoring and reporting on the Spotlight Initiative.
- Support field visits to ensure the quality and accuracy of collected or reported data.
- Document progress of Spotlight Programme against project implementation plans, results matrix, milestones and targets.
Provide technical advice on sexual and gender-based violence
- Review work of grantees and PP for SGBV technical compliance with Spotlight Initiative guidance
- Provide timely strategic strong technical advice and guidance for interventions and projects activities for the regional and Vanuatu Projects
- Attend field missions and provide technical guidance and support
- Provide guidance to CSO grantees as required including knowledge sharing and information exchange on good practices with other UN and development partners supported SGBV projects in Vanuatu
Actively engage with CSOs, other UN Agencies and support/ collaborate in movement building initiatives in Vanuatu
- Attend CSO and women’s rights meetings activities in Vanuatu and make contributions
- Make linkages of the work of the grantees with other key work on women’s rights being implemented in Vanuatu
- Connect grantees to opportunities and spaces working on addressing structural and societal and deeply imbedded aspects of patriarchy and link with the greater work on women’s sights and gender equality
- Provide support to the Civil Society Reference Group as required
Produce periodic progress reports of all activities by grantees and national partners
- Meet regularly with partners and produce monthly update progress reports on activities and outputs with clear analysis and data
- Produce UNDP Spotlight periodic reports as required
Core
Achieve Results: LEVEL 2: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in doing work
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 2: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate systemic/integrated thinking
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 2: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in change process
Act with Determination: LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 2: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain coalitions/partnerships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making
People Management
UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site.
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
- Gender: Sexual Gender-based violence (SGBV)
- Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights: Access to Justice
- A Master’s degree in social sciences, women’s rights, international studies, law or any other related discipline or relevant social science OR A relevant Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with two additional years of qualifying experience.
- At least 2 years of progressively responsible professional experience in working sexual and gender-based violence, gender equality and human rights including hands-on experience in implementing and reporting of development projects with a Master’s degree OR At least 4 years of progressively responsible professional experience in working sexual and gender-based violence, gender equality and human rights including hands-on experience in implementing and reporting of development projects with a Bachelor’s degree.
- Experience of programming on SGBV
- Experience of working in development context
- Experience of programming on SGBV in the Pacific context an advantage
- Spotlight Initiative Experience an advantage
Required Language(s):
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Fluency of English language is mandatory and Fluency in Bislama is an advantage
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