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.
The UN Women Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS) located in Cairo, is leading and supporting the roll out of several programmes on ending violence against women in the region. These programmes fall under the triple mandate of UN Women and provide support at the normative, coordination and operational level to ensure women and girls in the region live a life free from violence.
Reporting to Deputy Regional Director and work in close collaboration with the Progrmamme Management Support Specialist in a multi-disciplinary EVAW team. the EVAW Programme Specialist Consultant will support the effective development of key documents to further support the implementation of UN Women EVAW programmes in the ROAS by contributing in the programme design, formulation and drafting of a situational analysis, a programme document (proDoc) and a resource mobilization strategy and implementation. In addition, S/he supports the delivery of UN Women programmes by analyzing results achieved during implementation and supporting appropriate application of systems and procedures. She/he works in close collaboration with the programme and operations team, UN Women HQ staff, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation under portfolio.
Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work
Develop a programme document on EVAWG in the Arab States:
- Undertake a regional situation analysis with regards to EVAWG in the region both in development and humanitarian context, which should include a synthesis of best practices and lessons learned to feed into EVAW programming;
- Based on situation analysis document, prepare a detailed outline of the project document, following the UN Women template in line with the UN Women ROAS strategic note as well as UN Women’s strategic plan;
- Develop a theory of change around key outcomes, outputs and activities ensuring alignment ROAS strategic note theory of change and results framework;
- Develop the ProDoc based on the situation analysis document, in consultation with the UN Women ROAS as well as Country Office team including a budget estimate and timeline for each activity;
- Consult and collect comments and suggestions on the project document from UN Women colleagues and key partners at the drafting stage;
- Revise and finalize the project document based on comments received.
Develop a resource mobilization plan and a mapping of potential partners
This will involve mapping potential donors for ROAS (national and developing a resource mobilization strategy for funding on EVAW in line with their programmatic interests)
- Prepare a detailed outline of the resource mobilization plan, in line with the recommendations made in the situation analysis (prioritization of needs, mapping of EVAW funding);
- Consult and collect comments and suggestions on the resource mobilization plan from colleagues UN Women ROAS during the drafting phase;
- Revise and finalize the resource mobilization plan based on the feedback received.
Provide substantive thematic technical support to the implementation of the Ending Violence against Women & Girls (EVAWG)
- Contribute to regional communication activities related to EVAW (16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence as part of the UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign)
- Prepare briefing notes, talking points, background papers, and presentations as requested;
- Contribute and provide support to other tasks that may be assigned.
Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel
This is a home-based consultancy assignment.
As part of this assignment, periodic travel to the Arab States region may be required.
Competencies :
Core Values:
- Integrity;
- Professionalism;
- Respect for Diversity.
Core Competencies:
- Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
- Accountability;
- Creative Problem Solving;
- Effective Communication;
- Inclusive Collaboration;
- Stakeholder Engagement;
- Leading by Example.
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Functional Competencies:
- Ability to perform a broad range of administrative activities related to operations resources management and services;
- Ability to extract, analyze data and resolve operational problems;
- Focuses on result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
- Good organizational skills;
- Ability to research, select relevant information, and maintain accurate records and database; Knowledge of administrative rules and regulations;
- Good application skills of IT tools and management systems;
- Knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages.
Required Qualifications
Education:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/ women’s studies, international development, or a related field is required;
- A First-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
- A minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience at the national or international level in design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of development projects is required;
- Technical experience in ending violence against women and girls (EVAWG)is required;
- Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is desirable;
- Experience working in the UN System is desirable.
Languages:
- Fluency in English is required;
- Knowledge of Arabic and French is an asset.
Required attachments
- A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page)
Statements :
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.
Diversity and inclusion:
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