Violence Against Women Prevention Specialist

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Mission and objectives

UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls worldwide.

Context

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. The UN Women South Africa Multi-Country Office (SAMCO), represents five countries of the Southern African Customs Union(SACU): Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa (where the office is located.) These five countries are all members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

Task description

Within delegated authority and under the supervision of Programme Specialist Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW), Women, Peace and Security (WPS) or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the VAW Prevention Specialist will: 1. Programme Support • Provide substantive inputs to the design and formulation of programme/ project proposals and initiatives; • Support in tracking all follow-ups required on resource mobilizations and partnership opportunities; • Identify areas for support and interventions related to the EVAW programme; • Provide support to the implementation and management of EVAW Programme; • Provide technical and administrative support in the preparation of Annual Work Plans (AWPs), programme work plans, budgets, and proposals on programme implementation arrangements, including tracking the delivery of funds; • Support in the implementation of programme activities on EVAW; • Support the coordination of the request for proposals, evaluations, and capacity assessment of partners. 2. Partner Support • Review, feedback and monitor the submission of implementing partners’ financial and narrative reports; • Provide technical assistance and capacity development to EVAW programme partners; • Maintain relationships with national partners implementing EVAW programme; • Participate in capacity assessment to identify capacity building needs of stakeholders and partners; • Provide technical inputs to the monitoring, learning, and reporting of the EVAW programme; • Regularly monitor progress of implementation of activities including conducting field visits; • Develop reports on monitoring missions, programme results, outputs, and outcomes. 3. Knowledge generation and commemoration of international events • Support and track Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE) related international celebrations to alert communications and coordination colleagues ahead of time; • Organize celebrations and activities to commemorate international normative events International Women’s Day (IWD), 16 Days, Commission on the Status of Women etc.; • Identify sources, gather, and compile data and information for the preparation of documents, guidelines, Talking Points, and position papers, in collaboration with the Programme team; • Organize and coordinate campaigns, events, trainings, workshops, and knowledge products. 4. Administrative Support • Provide administrative support to the financial management of the EVAW Programme Unit; • Provide administrative support in monitoring and preparation of budget and the finances of programmes/projects, and in the preparation of FACE forms; • Provide administrative support to Local Project Appraisal Committee (LPAC) meetings preparation and review of required documents and follow-ups with programme teams for timely disbursements to partners. 5. Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.