Gender and Humanitarian Project Officer In Uganda (UN Women) - 2015

Responsibilities: 

Technical Support:

• 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: 

• 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;


• Experience in capacity building, gender mainstreaming and gender auditing required;


• 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.

Personal Competencies:

Functional Competencies:

• 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.

Corporate Competencies:

• 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.

To Apply: 

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 Here


• Personal 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.

Technical proposal:

• 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.

Financial proposal:

• Indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs, as per template provided (Annex II): Download Here

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