UN Women,Representative Jobs in Rwanda

Closing date:
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Re-advertisement
– UN Women: Representative
Advertised
on behalf of
United
Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Location
:

Kigali, RWANDA
Application
Deadline :

29-Jun-16 (Midnig

ht New York, USA)

Type
of Contract :

FTA International
Post
Level :

P-5
Languages
Required :

English
Duration
of Initial Contract :

1 year
Background
This
is a re-advertisement. Candidates who applied earlier do not need to re-apply.
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.
Under
the general direction and guidance of the Regional Director, East &
Southern Africa UN Women Representative is responsible for leading and managing
the Rwanda Country Office (CO) portfolio and for translating the UN Women’s
Strategic Plan (SP) in line with regional and national priorities, into
development initiatives and results by developing, implementing and managing
programs and projects for each country under the Rwanda CO; and developing
effective partnerships with Government counterparts, UN system agencies and
organizations, civil society organizations, 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.
Duties
and Responsibilities
Provide
strategic country programme planning and development
  • Identify
    development planning and programme needs, opportunities and approaches to
    strengthen UN Women country presence and relevance;
  • Lead
    the design, planning, formulation, preparation and development of the
    Country Strategic Note;
  • Participate
    in the region’s UN Women programme strategy and provide advice to the Executive
    Director, Regional Director and Senior Management on the strategy,
    direction and planning of programmes and projects;
  • Manage
    and ensure the quality of results-based and rights-based programming
    through the formulation of programme goals and objectives, the development
    of strategies and implementation of frameworks in line with corporate
    guidelines and consistent with corporate policies and strategies;
  • Monitor
    the use of results-based management approach to programme planning and
    design.
Lead
the management of the Rwanda Country
Office
  • Lead
    the office in the delivery of operational goals;
  • Lead
    the preparation, submission of the Annual Workplan and budget and oversee
    the implementation, including providing direction, guidance and technical
    support;
  • Oversee
    and approve programme work plans and monitor the overall progress and
    compliance of the Rwanda CO;
  • Approve
    the optimum and appropriate allocation and use of resources;
  • Lead
    and manage the preparation of UN Women mandated country reports;
  • Manage
    the CO collaboration with audit review and timely response to audit
    reports;
  • Supervise
    the development and implementation on CO communication plans, based on UN
    Women’s communication strategy;
  • Manage
    the performance of staff under his/her supervision; provide managerial
    direction, guidance and leadership to staff and provide performance
    feedback and coaching to staff under supervision;
  • Maintain
    and update CO security strategy, plan, and measures to ensure full
    compliance with UN security policies, procedures and requirements.
Participate
in UN system coordination
  • Serve
    as member of the UN Country Team and support UNCT programming and advocacy
    to ensure gender equality and women’s empowerment issues are fully
    integrated into UN programming processes, including the Comprehensive
    Country Assessment (CCA) and UNDAF;
  • Provide
    leadership and guidance to the UNCT in supporting enhanced response to
    national partners in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment and
    UN reform;
  • Support
    the coordination and promotion of accountability with the UN Resident
    Coordinator System to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment and
    UN reform;
  • Advise
    the UNCT on the implementation of key policy commitments to gender and
    women’s rights;
  • Partner
    with RC and UN system partners to strengthen UN system interagency
    coherence, collaboration, cooperation resource mobilization, advocacy,
    common services, and operations;
  • Actively
    seek out participation of UN Women in UN system thematic and other working
    groups to establish effective networks and keep abreast of ongoing debates
    and thinking on development;
  • Facilitate
    joint programming and promote UN competencies to advance gender equality
    and women’s human rights.
Represent
UN Women and lead advocacy strategies
  • Represent
    UN Women in intergovernmental forums, public information/relations events
    and key meetings, participate in policy dialogue; discuss policy
    initiatives, report on progress achieved and/or present policy
    papers/ideas;
  • Meet
    with high level and senior government officials as well as multi-lateral,
    bi-lateral agencies and NGOs;
  • Participate
    in regional, country and other critical meetings and events to evaluate
    the impact and efficacy of UN Women policies and programmes and provide
    input in strategic discussions;
  • Lead
    and support advocacy for gender equality and women’s empowerment to ensure
    that UN support towards realization of the national plans and priorities
    are done in a gender responsive manner, and within agreed international
    frameworks that promote and protect gender equality.
Create
strategic partnerships and lead resource mobilization strategies
  • Lead
    the conceptualization, design and implementation of CO resource
    mobilization strategies;
  • Establish
    and maintain relations with government, partners, stakeholders and donors
    to achieve active collaboration, cooperation and alliances on programme
    development and implementation and resource mobilization;
  • Maximize
    partnership opportunities to mobilize resources;
  • Review
    donor reports for quality assurance and compliance;
  • Establish
    a reporting accountability framework to ensure that donors are duly
    informed on a timely basis;
  • Negotiate
    and/or approve cost-sharing agreements with donors.
Knowledge
management, innovation and capacity building
  • Promote
    critical thinking and innovative approaches and good practices in Rwanda
    CO programming and operations to maximize efficiency and achieve concrete
    and sustainable results;
  • Approve
    the implementation of innovation and best practices in the Rwanda MCIOCO
    to ensure optimum efficiency and efficacy in programming and operations;
  • Promote
    learning and development by providing opportunities for training and
    capacity guiding to enhance the competencies/productivity of staff members;
  • Lead
    the production of knowledge products.
Key
Performance Indicators
The
successful performance of the UN Women Representative of the key functions
directly result in effective and strategic development, implementation and
management of high quality CO programs and projects and achievement of quality
results which in turn directly impact on the credibility and image of UN Women
as an effective and efficient partner and as the leading knowledge-based
technical and advocacy organization for gender equality and the empowerment of
women.
  • Timely
    and quality implementation of the Country Strategic Note and AWP;
  • Timely
    submission of UN Women Country Reports and responses to audits;
  • Security
    Plans are in place and up to date;
  • UN
    Women is seen as a reliable and trustworthy partner, providing substantial
    inputs to progress UN women’s mandate;
  • Timely
    development and implementation of CO resource mobilization strategy;
  • Timely
    and quality donor reporting;
  • Office
    produces quality knowledge products;
  • Performance
    of staff.
Competencies
Core
values and Guiding principles:
Integrity
  • Demonstrate
    consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions
    and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
Professionalism
  • Demonstrate
    professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive
    areas of work.
Cultural
sensitivity and valuing diversity
  • Demonstrate
    an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the
    diversity of its staff;
  • Demonstrate
    an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning
    from cultural diversity.
Core
Competencies:

Ethics and Values
  • Demonstrate
    and promote ethics and integrity by creating organizational precedents.
Organizational
awareness
  • Build
    support for the organization and ensure political acumen.
Development
and innovation
  • Support
    staff competence development, and contribute to an environment of
    creativity and innovation.
Work
in teams
  • Build
    and promote effective 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.
Communication
and information sharing
  • Create
    and promote an environment for open and 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
  • Share
    knowledge across the organization and build a culture of knowledge sharing
    and learning.
Appropriate
and transparent decision making
  • Ensure
    fair and transparent decision making processes and manage risk.
Functional
Competencies
  • Ability
    to manage and empower people to work effectively together in reaching
    results;
  • Outstanding
    leadership skills;
  • Substantive
    knowledge of programme management and results-based management;
  • Outstanding
    negotiation, advocacy and interpersonal skills;
  • Expertise
    in writing coherent and convincing documents;
  • Outstanding
    communications and public speaking skills;
  • Excellent
    planning, goal-setting and prioritization skills;
  • Ability
    to establish and maintain broad strategic networks and partnerships with
    UN agencies and other international partners to promote partnership and
    build alliances to advance organizational interests and competencies;
  • Ability
    to go beyond established procedures and practices, introduce new
    approaches and strategic innovations;
  • Strong
    knowledge of women’s empowerment and gender equality in the country;
  • Strong
    knowledge of UN system;
  • Outstanding
    resource mobilization skills.
Required
Skills and Experience
Education
  • Master’s
    degree or equivalent in development related disciplines, economics or
    public policy or other social science fields.
Experience
  • A
    minimum of 10 years of extensive development experience that combines
    strategic and managerial leadership in aid development cooperation, some
    of which in gender and women’s issues programming, at the international
    level, preferably in developing countries within the UN system, Agencies,
    Funds or Programs or UN Mission;
  • Field
    based experience working with multi-cultural teams;
  • Experience
    in leading a team.
Languages
  • Written
    and oral proficiency in English is required;
  • Working
    knowledge of another UN official language will be an asset.
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. Please combine all your documents into one
(1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one
document.
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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