UN WOMEN REPRESENTATIVE (OPT)
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 will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. The scope of work of the Programme Manager requires experience and in-depth understanding of gender equality and women’s empowerment issues, as well as management and programming expertise, to translate UN Women's strategic plans into effective development initiatives and results. It also requires developing mutually reinforcing partnerships with relevant Government counterparts, UN organizations, CSOs, and with bilateral and non-traditional donors in order to promote inter-agency partnerships, support for UN reform, and mobilization of visibility and resources to advance gender equality and women's empowerment. UN Women’s work in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) began in 1996, in follow-up of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the Beijing Platform for Action. Through the years and functioning in a very volatile environment, this experience was consolidated and eventually led in 2004 to the development of a larger programme catering to the specific political and operational context of the oPt. This programme adopted a bottom-up approach and focused on community-based initiatives tackling various thematic areas, including leadership, political participation, economic security, protection and advocacy. Due to its specific nature, characterized by a chronic conflict interspersed with periods of intense and often, geographically specific conflict, the UN Women programme in the oPt tackles both development work and humanitarian assistance. Within the last decade UN Women in the oPt has made significant progress towards mobilizing the resources and efforts of national and international partners around the promotion of gender equality and women's human rights within the framework of national priorities. A holistic approach to programming and close links with national partners from policy to community levels enabled UN Women to provide meaningful and when needed, rapid response. Over time and in order to address institutionalization of gender equality, UN Women in the oPt has been working closely with Government, humanitarian actors, civil society, UN agencies and donors, with a focus on coordination. The UN Women Programme Manager for the oPt is responsible for ensuring effective execution of UN Women's mandate and responsibility with respect to the advancement of women in the oPt. The Programme Manager will provide technical and programme support services ensuring project/programme delivery, high quality outcomes and outputs, as well as efficiency and consistency of work, in line with national priorities and UN Women’s strategic vision. S/he is the first line of contact between UN Women and its partners and clients, and will work in close collaboration with the UN Women regional architecture as well as UN Women units and sections in HQ.
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Key Functions:
Under the supervision of the Regional Director, the Programme Manager has the following key functions: Strategic Pogramme Development and Advocacy
Programme Management and Oversight
Representation and Partnership Building
Knowledge Management and Reporting
Impact of Results: The PM impact on success of the efforts to formulate and implement the UN Women Programme Strategy at the national level to promote and advance gender equality and women’s empowerment issues.
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Core Values and 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: Promoting Ethics and Integrity/Creating Organizational Precedents Organizational Awareness: Building support and political acumen Developing and Empowering People / Coaching and Mentoring: Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation Working in Teams: Building and promoting effective teams Communicating Information and Ideas: Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication Self-management and Emotional intelligence: Creating an emotionally intelligent organization Conflict Management / Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements: Leveraging conflict in the interests of the organization & setting standards Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning: Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making: Fair and transparent decision making; calculated risk-taking Functional Competencies
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Note: 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. All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment | |
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UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. |
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