UN Women,Representative Jobs in Rwanda

ht New York, USA)

• 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 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Demonstrate
  consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions
  and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

• Demonstrate
  professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive
  areas of work.

• 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.

• Demonstrate
  and promote ethics and integrity by creating organizational precedents.

• Build
  support for the organization and ensure political acumen.

• Support
  staff competence development, and contribute to an environment of
  creativity and innovation.

• 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.

• Create
  and promote an environment for open and effective communication.

• Stay
  composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations
  with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others.

• Surface
  conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings
  and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution.

• Share
  knowledge across the organization and build a culture of knowledge sharing
  and learning.

• Ensure
  fair and transparent decision making processes and manage risk.

• 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.

• Master’s
  degree or equivalent in development related disciplines, economics or
  public policy or other social science fields.

• 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.

• Written
  and oral proficiency in English is required;
• Working
  knowledge of another UN official language will be an asset.