Location :

New Delhi, INDIA

Application Deadline :

21-Dec-16(Midnight New York, USA)

Additional Category :

Gender Equality

Type of Contract :

Service Contract

Post Level :

SB-4

Languages Required :

English

Starting Date :

(date when the selected candidate is expected to start)

02-Jan-2017

Duration of Initial Contract :

One Year (Renewable - subject to availability of funds)

Expected Duration of Assignment :

One Year (Renewable - subject to availability of funds)

Background

UN Women is the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.UN Women is dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.

All human development and human rights issues have gender dimensions. UN Women focuses on priority areas that are fundamental to women’s equality, and that can unlock progress across the board. Five focus areas include violence against women, economic empowerment, leadership and participation, peace and security and national planning and budgeting. UN Women’s Multi-Country Office, (UN WOMEN MCO) based in New Delhi, India, covers countries of the region, i.e., Bhutan, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka.

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the, Head, Strategic Partnerships, Policy Impact and Public Relations the Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Analyst will support the unit in the overall effort to Monitor and Evaluate the UN Women’s Flagship Programme Initiative (FPI) on “Women’s Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Energy” (Energy FPI). The Analyst will implement and improve upon the existing Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) strategy and develop new tools and procedures, take a lead in donor intelligence and facilitate in further developing the programme and building strategic partnerships with bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors.

Duties and Responsibilities

Summary of Key Functions:

• Improves and implements the programme’s strategies related to M&E;

• Improves and implements the programme’s strategies related to partnerships building;

• Facilitate knowledge building and knowledge sharing.

Improves and implements the programme’s strategies related to M&E, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Manage the M&E activities and reporting process for the UN Women Flagship Initiative (FPI) on Women’s Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Energy;

• Support and facilitate the implementation of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Plan of the programme;

• Manage the evaluations and quality assure the researches under the programme;

• Support the research process through preliminary research and policy briefs and draft the Terms of Reference for the research studies;

• Facilitate the programme’s Annual Work Planning process;

• Monitor and report the progress of the programme against the programme’s log frame;

• Facilitate and manage the Quarterly and Annual Reporting process of the programme;

• Facilitate capacity building of the programme staff and partners on M&E.

Improves and implements the programme’s strategies related to partnerships building:

• Facilitate the development of the programme and implementation of a donor intelligence strategy, Resource Mobilisation (RM) strategy, Client Relationship Management strategy under the supervision of direct supervisor;

• Drafting and revision of agreements with donors. Monitoring of overall implementation of agreements;

• Support the donor reporting for the programme in coordination with the programme team

• Collaborate with the communications unit on advocacy initiatives for strategic positioning of the programme in the donor community.

Facilitate knowledge building and knowledge sharing as required by the organization, focusing on the following results:

• Identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned;

• Contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice;

• Drafts, develops and tailors materials, publications, brochures, targeted at specific audiences, to support the programme;

• Drafts speeches & presentations for senior management to be delivered to a range of audiences.

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;

• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN Women.

Development and Operational Effectiveness:

• Ability to successfully implement strategies;

• Excellent drafting and presentation skills;

• Excellent Result Based Management and Proposal Development Skills;

• Ability to plan and organize work programme;

• Ability to work with minimum supervision;

• Ability to apply M&E, RM and partnerships building theory to the specific country context;

• Strong IT skills.

Management and Leadership:

• Focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to critical feedback;

• Encourages risk-taking in the pursuit of creativity and innovation;

• Leads teams effectively and shows conflict resolution skills;

• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;

• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills;

• Willing to work as a team, and promote a learning environment and a focus on results-based management;

• Builds strong relationships with clients and external actors.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, Gender Studies, International Development, Public Administration, Economics, Political Sciences or related field.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience at the national or international level with preferably 2 years of relevant experience in Monitoring and Evaluation;

• Relevant experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects;

• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems and advanced programs for data analysis.

Language:

• Fluency in English and working knowledge of the language of the duty station.

Application Information:

Interested applicants should apply to this announcement through UNDP jobs site: jobs.undp.org

• All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded fromhttp://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;

• UN Women will only be able to respond to those applications in which there is further interest.

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.