Programme Manager

Job ID/Title :Programme Manager for the Increasing Accountability in Financing for Gender Equality Programme
Category :Social & Human Development Unit
Brand : UNWOMEN
Application Deadline :13-Dec-13
Duty Station :Ministry of Women Affairs/ Ramallah
Type of Contract :Service Contract
Languages Required :Arabic, English,   
Duration of Initial Contract :     1 Year with possible extension
Expected Duration of Assignment :    

Background:
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 center of all its efforts, 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 Palestine since its inception in 1997. 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 oPt context, UN Women concentrates its efforts and interventions toward the realisation of following strategic goals: Engendering governance, peace and security; Supporting women's economic security and rights; and Promoting women’s rights and protection against violence. In response to calls from gender equality advocates for increased accountability for implementation of gender equality commitments in economic policies and financing decisions related to aid and domestic resources, UN Women will be implementing the programme Increasing Accountability in Financing for Gender Equality (2012-2015) funded by the EU and Spain. The programme aims at increasing the volume and effective use of aid and domestic resources to implement national commitments to gender equality and women's empowerment. It will be implemented in 15 countries in close partnership with the European Commission (EC), International Training Centre/International Labour Organization (ITC/ILO) building on the results of collaboration in the area of gender responsive budgeting and aid effectiveness carried out over the past years. The programme in the occupied Palestinian territory is twofold: (1) to achieve Gender Responsive Planning, Programming and Budgeting within the PA in such a way that Palestinian women and men benefit more equally from national public policies, and related aid and domestic resources, and (2) to enhance effectiveness of aid resources in relation to the advancement of national GE/WE priorities through building capacity for mainstreaming gender equality within aid coordination management and structures, and stepping up accountability for implementation of funding modalities used by donors. The Programme will focus on: donor performance with regard to gender equality and women’s empowerment content, including donor allocations and expenditures; development and implementation of a set of indicators to measure progress of the 5 principles of the Paris Declaration as a means to promote gender equality within the PA and donor key stakeholders in aid coordination, as well as with Local Aid Coordination Structure (LACS) staff; engagement in the national Public Finance Management system with regard to its responsiveness to gender equality; building capacities and resources of key institutions within the Palestinian Government and CSOs, as well as gender advocates and donors in gender responsive planning, budgeting and aid effectiveness; and, mainstreaming gender equality and women´s rights in aid coordination structure with regard to gender equality and women’s empowerment. The specific programme objectives are: 1. To strengthen national action plans for gender equality so that they have defined targets, financing and implementation arrangements line with national planning and budgeting processes. 2. To strengthen capacity and accountability of national governments to implement gender equality commitments and address women’s priorities in national planning, budgeting systems and programming. 3. To strengthen capacity and accountability of donors and stakeholders in aid coordination mechanisms to achieve commitments towards gender equality in stable and fragile countries. Globally, the programme will also support the effective engagement of feminist economists and gender equality advocates’ in contributing to stronger policy coherence on gender equality in economic and development policy for a and facilitate learning and south-south exchange.

Description of Responsibilities:
Under the direct supervision of UN Women’s Special Representative and in coordination with the Country Programmes Coordinator, the Programme Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring the overall implementation of the programme at country level, which includes: - Programme planning and implementation - Technical oversight and support - Advocacy and partnership building - Knowledge building and communication - Coordination with other country programme managers to ensure achievements of the overall goals and outcomes. Programme planning and implementation - Facilitating processes for developing strategic planning of the programme (including the preparation of implementation plans and annual work plans and budget revisions) in consultation with national stakeholders. - Advising the country representative on ways to ensure synergy with UN Women country strategy and United Nations Country Team (UNCT). - Managing all project procurement activities, including preparation of an annual procurement plan for the programme, and complete submission of LAMRC and contracts. - Management of various contracts issued to ensure timely work completion per schedule and disbursements. - Regular monitoring and control of project expenditures on Atlas ensuring that all transactions are correctly recorded and posted in Atlas. - Timely initiation of project budget revisions to ensure availability of funds, in close coordination with OPT and ASRO teams. - Ensuring timely and effective implementation of programme activities. Monitoring and Evaluation - Ensuring systematic monitoring and reporting on programme implementation and results at country level. - Finalize and implement a monitoring and evaluation action plan in coordination with HQ programme monitoring expert. - Follow up on performance indicators/ success criteria, targets and milestones - Participating in the programme mid-term review and the financial programme evaluation (managed globally). - Preparing programmatic reports, input to annual report and any other reports as requested. - Follow-up financial expenditures, disbursements, budgets and work plans and ensure compliance with agreed budgets and targets. Technical oversight and support - Generating analysis of country context and opportunities and challenges to guide programme implementation and partnerships. - Providing technical guidance to the implementation of programme activities in line with a results-and rights-based framework. - Ensuring quality outputs of analysis and technical assistance generated by the programme (training material, analytical reports, etc.). - Providing technical inputs to global knowledge products and reports, as well as supporting and participating in global activities. Advocacy and partnership building - Facilitating partnership and collaboration with UNCT and Gender Task Force to support the achievement of programme results. - Convening, building partnerships and showing leadership in advocating for programme objectives among multiple stakeholders; - Engaging in dialogue and advocacy on financing for gender equality with UN agencies, donors, government and civil society, academia and research institutes. - Setting up a coordination mechanism of programme partners to provide strategic guidance for programme implementation. - Facilitating collaboration and regular communication with EU Delegation and other programme partners - Assisting in resource mobilization efforts in accordance to country resource mobilization plan. - Researching and presenting of information on donors, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for initiation of new projects, active contribution to the overall office effort in resource mobilization. Knowledge building and communication - Design a communications plan to support advocacy, resource mobilizations, learning, reporting and accountability and ensure its effective implementation. - Manage the development of knowledge products. - Ensure that best practices and lessons emerging from the programme are shared with other relevant stakeholders at national level as well as internationally. - Represent the organization as required by the programme and authorized by supervisor. - Other tasks as requested by the Country Representative.

Competencies :
-Ethics and Values: Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity •Organizational Awareness: Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment •Development and Innovation: Take charge of self-development and take initiative •Work in teams: Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds. •Communicating and Information Sharing: Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication •Self-management and Emotional Intelligence: Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others •Conflict Management: Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution. •Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing: Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge •Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making: Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making

Qualifications :
Education:Minimum a bachelor degree in Economics, Management Public Finance, Business Administration, Development Studies or related field. Experience: •Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in programmes on macro-economics, Good Governance, aid management and coordination, public finance or related field. •Proven experience in programmes on gender equality and women’s empowerment. •Specific expertise on related issues of financing for gender equality, including Gender Responsive Budgeting and Gender and Aid Effectiveness, and gender and economics. •Experience in results-based and rights-based programming and management of multi-stakeholder programmes. •Previous experience working with UN agencies or other International Agencies in the development sector is an asset. Language Requirements:Fluency (oral and written) in English and Arabic is an essential.
 

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