UN Women – United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Programme Analyst, Democratic Governance, Dar es Salaam

scrimination 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.

• Support the implementation of programme
  strategies;
• Support to management of the projects under
  thematic area of Democratic Governance, as part of the UN Governance
  Programme Working Group;
• Creation of strategic partnerships and implementation
  of the resource mobilization strategy;
• Provision of quality programme support services
  and facilitation of knowledge building and management.

• Thorough analysis and research of the political,
  social and economic situation in the country;
• Preparation of substantive inputs to the
  programmes and partnerships under Democratic Governance thematic area, and
  other relevant documents and processes;
• Identification of areas for support and
  interventions within the thematic area;
• Any other related assignment on the request of
  the Country Representative.

• Effective application of Results Based Management
  (RBM) tools and monitoring achievement of results;
• Support to the design and formulation of country
  office programme within the area of responsibility, translating UN Women’s
  priorities into local interventions. Coordination of programme
  implementation with the executing agencies. Introduction of performance
  indicators/ success criteria, cost recovery, targets and milestones;
• Initiation of a project, presentation of the
  project to PAC, entering project into Atlas, finalization of contribution
  agreement; determination of required revisions; coordination of the
  mandatory and budget re-phasing exercises, closure of projects through
  review.
• Financial and substantive monitoring and
  evaluation of the projects, identification of operational and financial
  problems, development of solutions. Participation in audit of implementing
  partners and projects;
• Follow up on audit recommendations and all
  exceptions are timely reported.
• Aggregate reports are regularly prepared on
  activities, outputs and outcomes including preparation of results based
  high quality donor reports for approval by Senior Management.

• Development of partnerships with the UN Agencies,
  government institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, private
  sector, civil society in the specific thematic area based on strategic
  goals of the UNDAP PWG Governance and UN Women, country needs and donors’
  priorities;
• Analysis and research of information on donors,
  preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation,
  identification of opportunities for initiation of new projects, active
  contribution to the overall office effort in resource mobilization.

• Identification of sources of information related
  to policy-driven issues. Identification and synthesis of best practices
  and lessons learnt directly linked to programme policy goals;
• Support to development of policies and
  institutions that will address the country problems and needs in
  collaboration with the Government and other strategic partners;
• Sound contributions to knowledge networks and
  communities of practice/knowledge gateways;
• Support the organization of trainings or study
  tours for projects staff and implementing partners;
• Any other tasks within the mandate of the
  organization as requested by the Country Representative.

• 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 safeguard ethics and integrity.

• Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound
  judgment.

• Take charge of self-development and take
  initiative.

• Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural,
  multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with
  people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

• Facilitate and encourage open communication and
  strive for 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.

• Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge.

• Demonstrate informed and transparent decision
  making

• Identifies and communicates relevant information
  for a variety of audiences for advocating UN Women’s mandate;
• Assesses project performance to identify success
  factors and incorporates best practices into project work;
• Researches linkages across programme activities
  to identify critical points of integration;
• Monitors specific stages of projects/programme
  implementation;
• Participates in the formulation of project
  proposals and ensures substantive rigor in the design and application of
  proven successful approaches and drafts proposals accordingly;
• Analyzes country situation to identify
  opportunities for project development;
• Analyzes and selects materials for strengthening
  strategic alliances with partners and stakeholders;
• Documents and analyses innovative strategies/best
  practices/new approaches;
• Develops a database of project profiles.
  Identifies opportunities for project proposals for presentation to donors;
• Generates new ideas and approaches, researches
  best practices and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things;
• Understands and applies fundamental concepts and
  principles of a professional discipline or technical specialty relating to
  the position;
• Possesses basic knowledge of organizational
  policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them
  consistently in work tasks ;
• Ability to draft and edit policy papers,
  speeches, briefings and talking points.
• Demonstrates in-depth understanding and knowledge
  of the current guidelines and project management tools and utilizes these
  regularly in work assignments.

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in Law, Political
  Science, Social Sciences or related field.

• At least 2 years of relevant experience at the
  national or international level in gender programming, policy research and
  gender analysis or women’s rights;
• Experience in design, budgeting, monitoring and
  evaluation of development projects;
• Experience in the usage of computers and office
  software packages, experience in handling of web based management systems;
• Previous experience with the UN system a strong
  advantage.

• Written and oral proficiency in English is
  required;
• Knowledge of another UN official languages is
  desirable.