UN WOMEN Career Jobs - Gender and Humanitarian Project Officer
The 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. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women leads and coordinates the United Nations system-wide efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action. It provides strong and coherent leadership and technical advice in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.Gender perspective in humanitarian action is vital to understanding the different needs of women, girls, boys and men in order to generate positive and sustainable outcomes. In times of crisis gender roles and dynamics change, women often resort to negative coping mechanisms and GBV becomes more prevalent. It is essential to capture these issues in Uganda’s humanitarian response, both at the individual programming level in project design and in programme analysis and development.In recent months there has been a sudden increase in the humanitarian crisis in Uganda. Insecurity in neighbouring countries, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, has led to an increase of refugees to Uganda. In addition, food insecurity and malnutrition has risen. The aim of the project is to safeguard Gender Equality in all humanitarian action interventions and coordination mechanisms and ensure women's rights advocates are empowered to voice their needs in humanitarian crisis and beyond. Job Summary: The UN WOMEN Gender and Humanitarian Specialist analyzes political, social and economic trends and supports formulation, management, operation, humanitarian partner support and evaluation of program activities within his/her portfolio and provides advisory services to partners in local government, UN and CSOs in West Nile and Northern Uganda. Through the Gender and Humanitarian Specialist, provides analysis for formulation of strategies and briefings to senior management. The incumbent will be responsible for the administration and implementation of humanitarian programmes, processes and procedures. He / she will also offer financial, administrative and monitoring and evaluation support to Humanitarian programmes. The Gender and Humanitarian Specialist will also provide advocacy support and facilitation of knowledge building and management.Key Duties and Responsibilities: Under the guidance of the supervisor, supports the organisation, coordination, monitoring and support to the activities of UN Women Humanitarian Projects in West Nile and Northern Uganda and partners in relation to the administrative implementation of the project;Participates in the formulation, design, implementation, monitoring and reporting of UN Women Humanitarian Programmes in West Nile and northern Uganda;Offer technical guidance and support to implementing partners and to apply lessons learnt and recommendations from project evaluation;Ensure quality and timely implementation of the programme, including documentation of good practices, success stories as well as high quality and timely reporting for results;Work in liaison with partners, monitor programme delivery and take timely corrective action as necessary, in line with UN Women policies and procedures;Maintain budget awareness and ensure funds are utilised in line with agreed plan and budgets. Entering projects into Atlas, finalization of contribution agreements; determination of required revisions; coordination of the mandatory and budget re-phasing exercises, closure of projects through review;Financial and substantive monitoring and evaluation of the projects, identification of operational and financial problems, development of solutions;Maintain awareness of contractual obligations with donors and ensure full compliance of reporting requirements;Carry out environmental policy scanning on a continuous basis for West Nile and Northern Uganda and regularly update and advise the head office accordingly.Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting:In collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, – collect, compile, analyse and share periodic data/ information on programme performance to inform continued programme efficiency and effectiveness;Ensure effective application of RBM tools, establishment of management targets (BSC) and monitoring achievement of results, in close collaboration with the M&E Specialist;Ensure that aggregate reports are regularly prepared and submitted on time.Administrative and Miscellaneous Duties:Ensure all travel undertaken complies with all requirements for travel and is approved in line with the travel plan;Assist in writing program proposals;Perform any other duties as required.Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The ideal candidate for the aforementioned United Nations Career opportunity should hold a Master’s Degree or equivalent in Law, Economics, Humanitarian Affairs, Political Sciences, Public Administration, Social Sciences, especially in gender studies or related field.Five or more years of relevant experience at the national or international level in gender equality and women’s empowerment programming and implementation as well as providing management advisory services, hands-on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects;Proven analytical and advocacy skills on gender equality, women’s rights and empowerment of women issues especially with regard to policy advocacy in line with security council resolution 1325, CEDAW and BFPA;Familiarity and experience with UN inter-agency coordination processes and or results based management for advancing gender equality and women’s rights would be an asset;Strong links with national networks on gender equality and women’s rights in Uganda;Past experience in capacity building, gender mainstreaming and gender auditing required;Significant experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, experience in handling of web based management systems.Language: Fluency in written and spoken English. Advanced spoken level of local languages in West Nile and Northern Uganda and basic working knowledge in any of the UN working languages in Uganda.Acting as a team player and facilitating team work;Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively;Creating synergies through self-control;Managing conflict;Informed and transparent decision making.Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others;Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity;Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment;Self-development, initiative-taking;Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member.All interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document:Duly completed Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP (Annex II); Download HerePersonal CV or P11, Download Here, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and, telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment;A methodology, on how they will approach and complete the assignment.Indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided (Annex II): Download HereAll documents should be uploaded at the web link belowFor More Ugandan Jobs, Please Visit http://www.theugandanjobline.com or find us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UgandanJobline
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