UNWOMEN | Programme Analyst

Programme Analyst, Women’s Access to Justice - Jerusalem

Application Type : External Vacancy
Job ID/Title :     921 - Programme Analyst, Women’s Access to Justice
Brand : UNWOMEN
Application Deadline :     17-Mar-17
Duty Station :     Jerusalem
Type of Contract : Service Contract
Starting Date :(date when the selected canditate is expected to start)     01-May-17
Duration of Initial Contract :     12 Months

Background:

The UN Women (UNW), 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 center of all its efforts, the UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women plays an innovative and catalytic role in the State of Palestine since its inception in 1997 as UNIFEM. UN Women focuses its activities on one overarching goal, namely to support the implementation at the national level of existing international commitments to advance gender equality in line with the national priorities. In support of this goal and thoroughly taking into consideration the specificities of the context in Palestine, UN Women concentrates its efforts and interventions toward the realization of five strategic goals: Engendering governance, peace and security; Supporting women's economic security and rights; and Promoting women’s rights and protection against violence.


Reporting to the Programme Specialist for the Rule of Law, Joint Programme, the Women’s Access to Justice Analyst contributes to the effective implementation of the Rule of Law Joint Programme by providing substantive inputs and technical expertise to programme design, formulation, implementation and evaluation.  S/he guides and facilitates the delivery of UN Women activities with the High Judicial Council, Ministry of Justice, Family Courts and other justice sector actors.  She/he works in close collaboration with rule of law team, government officials in the justice sector, and civil society ensuring successful programme implementation.    

Description of Responsibilities:

Under the overall guidance of UN Women Special Representative and the direct supervision of the Rule of Law “Joint Programme” Programme Specialist, the Programme Analyst (Women Access to Justice) is expected to perform the following tasks, duties and responsibilities through timely and quality substantive inputs to programme strategies and activities; timely and quality substantive inputs to workplans; adherence to UN Women standards and rules; timely monitoring and tracking of results; relationship with partners and stakeholders; timely organization of events; and  quality of
knowledge and advocacy products as follows:

- Contribute technically to the development and implementation of programme strategies in the area of women’s access to justice
- Provide substantive technical support to the implementation of the rule of law/women’s access to justice programme
- Provide technical assistance and capacity development to project/programme partners
- Provide technical inputs to programme/ project activities through monitoring and reporting
- Provide substantive inputs to building partnerships
- Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts
Contribute technically to the development and implementation of programme strategies in the area of women’s access to justice

- Provide technical expertise to the design, formulation and implementation of programme initiatives;
- Identify areas for support and intervention related to the programme.
- Assume the role of general user in Atlas
- Creating e-requisitions in Atlas for the programme and register of goods receipt in Atlas;

Provide substantive technical support to the implementation of the rule of law/women’s access to justice programme

- Provide technical inputs to the annual workplan;
- Lead the implementation of programme activities with the High Judicial Council, Ministry of Justice and Family Courts and other justice sector actors;
- Monitor implementation according to principles of results based management.
Provide technical assistance and capacity development to project/programme partners
- Coordinate and provide technical support in the implementation of programme activities;
- Maintain relationships with national partners to support implementation and expansion of the rule of law/women’s access to justice programme;
- Identify opportunities for capacity building of partners and facilitate technical/ programming support and trainings to partners, as needed.
Provide technical inputs to programme/ project activities through monitoring and reporting
- Monitor progress of implementation of activities using results based management tools;
- Draft briefings on monitoring, programme results, outputs and outcomes;
- Provide substantive inputs to the preparation of donor and UN Women reports.
Provide substantive inputs to building partnerships
- Prepare relevant inputs to documentation such as project summaries, conference papers, speeches, presentations, briefing notes and talking points as requested by Programme Specialist;
- Participate in public information events, as delegated by Programme Specialist.
Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts

- Coordinate and organize advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products;
- Coordinate the development of knowledge management methodologies, and products on rule of law/women’s access to justice.

Competencies :

CORE VALUES / GUIDING PRINCIPLES:
- Integrity: Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct;
- Cultural Sensitivity/Valuing diversity: Demonstrating an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

- Ethics and Values: Demonstrating / Safeguarding Ethics and Integrity;
- Organizational Awareness: Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment;
- Developing and Empowering People / Coaching and Mentoring: Initiative-taking; coaching and mentoring ability;
- Working in Teams: Acting as a team player and facilitating team work;
- Communicating Information and Ideas: Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively;
- Self-management and Emotional intelligence: Creating synergies through self-control.
- Conflict Management / Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements: Managing conflict;
- Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning: Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of other.

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

- Build strong relationships with partners, focusing on impact and results for the partners and responds positively to feedback
- Ability to work under pressure and with multi-disciplinary and multicultural teams and processes
- Good programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills
- Good knowledge of Results Based Management
- Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings and recommendations
- Good knowledge of technical area
- Good organizational skills and ability to pay close attention to detail
- Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising
- Excellent interpersonal skills

Qualifications :

Education:

- Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/women's studies, International development, or a related field is required
Experience:
- At least 4 years of progressively responsible work experience in development programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building;
- Experience in women’s access to justice services is required;
- Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies in the justice and/or security sector is an asset,
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written);
- Excellent computer skills and strong knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Previous experience with the United Nations or another multilateral or international organization is an added advantage

Language Requirements:

- Excellent communication and drafting skills in both English and Arabic (written and spoken).
 

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