UN WOMEN ,Gender and Humanitarian Project Officer Jobs in Uganda

Job Title: Gender and
Humanitarian Project Officer

Organization: UN WOMEN

Duty Station: Gulu, Uganda

About UN WOMEN:

The 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 leads and coordinates the United Nations system-wide
efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming
translate into action. It provides strong and coherent
leadership and technical advice in support of Member States’ priorities and
efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant
actors.

Gender
perspective in humanitarian action is vital to understanding the different
needs of women, girls, boys and men in order to generate positive and
sustainable outcomes. In times of crisis gender roles and dynamics change,
women often resort to negative coping mechanisms and GBV becomes more
prevalent. It is essential to capture these issues in Uganda’s humanitarian
response, both at the individual programming level in project design and in
programme analysis and development.

In recent months
there has been a sudden increase in the humanitarian crisis in Uganda.
Insecurity in neighbouring countries, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, has led to an
increase of refugees to Uganda. In addition, food insecurity and malnutrition
has risen. The aim of the project is to safeguard Gender Equality in all
humanitarian action interventions and coordination mechanisms and ensure
women’s rights advocates are empowered to voice their needs in humanitarian
crisis and beyond.

Job Summary: The UN WOMEN Gender and Humanitarian
Specialist analyzes political, social and economic trends and supports
formulation, management, operation, humanitarian partner support and evaluation
of program activities within his/her portfolio and provides advisory services
to partners in local government, UN and CSOs in West Nile and Northern Uganda.
Through the Gender and Humanitarian Specialist, provides analysis for
formulation of strategies and briefings to senior management. The incumbent
will be responsible for the administration and implementation of humanitarian
programmes, processes and procedures. He / she will also offer financial,
administrative and monitoring and evaluation support to Humanitarian programmes.
The Gender and Humanitarian Specialist will also provide advocacy support and
facilitation of knowledge building and management.

Key Duties and
Responsibilities:

Under
the guidance of the supervisor, supports the organisation, coordination,
monitoring and support to the activities of UN Women Humanitarian Projects
in West Nile and Northern Uganda and partners in relation to the
administrative implementation of the project;
Participates
in the formulation, design, implementation, monitoring and reporting of UN
Women Humanitarian Programmes in West Nile and northern Uganda;
Offer
technical guidance and support to implementing partners and to apply lessons learnt and
recommendations from project evaluation;
Ensure
quality and timely implementation of the programme, including
documentation of good practices, success stories as well as high quality
and timely reporting for results;
Work in
liaison with partners, monitor programme delivery and take timely corrective
action as necessary, in line with UN Women policies and procedures;
Maintain
budget awareness and ensure funds are utilised in line with agreed plan
and budgets. Entering projects into Atlas, finalization of contribution
agreements; 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;
Maintain
awareness of contractual obligations with donors and ensure full
compliance of reporting requirements;
Carry
out environmental policy scanning on a continuous basis for West Nile and
Northern Uganda and regularly update and advise the head office
accordingly.
Planning,
Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting:
In
collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, –
collect, compile, analyse and share periodic data/ information on
programme performance to inform continued programme efficiency and
effectiveness;
Ensure
effective application of RBM tools, establishment of management targets
(BSC) and monitoring achievement of results, in close collaboration with
the M&E Specialist;
Ensure
that aggregate reports are regularly prepared and submitted on time.
Administrative
and Miscellaneous Duties:
Ensure
all travel undertaken complies with all requirements for travel and is
approved in line with the travel plan;
Assist
in writing program proposals;
Perform
any other duties as required.

Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:

The
ideal candidate for the aforementioned United Nations Career opportunity
should hold a Master’s Degree or equivalent in Law, Economics,
Humanitarian Affairs, Political Sciences, Public Administration, Social
Sciences, especially in gender studies or related field.
Five or
more years of relevant experience at the national or international level
in gender equality and women’s empowerment programming and implementation
as well as providing management advisory services, hands-on experience in
design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects;
Proven
analytical and advocacy skills on gender equality, women’s rights and
empowerment of women issues especially with regard to policy advocacy in
line with security council resolution 1325, CEDAW and BFPA;
Familiarity
and experience with UN inter-agency coordination processes and or results
based management for advancing gender equality and women’s rights would be
an asset;
Strong
links with national networks on gender equality and women’s rights in
Uganda;
Past
experience in capacity building, gender mainstreaming and gender auditing
required;
Significant
experience in the usage of computers and office software packages,
experience in handling of web based management systems.

Language: Fluency in written and spoken English.
Advanced spoken level of local languages in West Nile and Northern Uganda and
basic working knowledge in any of the UN working languages in Uganda.

Personal
Competencies:

Functional
Competencies:

Acting
as a team player and facilitating team work;
Facilitating
and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively;
Creating
synergies through self-control;
Managing
conflict;
Informed
and transparent decision making.

Corporate
Competencies:

Learning
and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others;
Demonstrating/safeguarding
ethics and integrity;
Demonstrate
corporate knowledge and sound judgment;
Self-development,
initiative-taking;
Promoting
learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each
staff member.

How to
Apply:

All interested
individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to
demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document:

Duly
completed Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the
template provided by UNDP (Annex II); Download Here
Personal
CV or P11, Download Here, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well
as the contact details (email and, telephone number) of the Candidate and
at least three (3) professional references.

Technical
proposal:

Brief
description of why the individual considers him/herself as the most
suitable for the assignment;
A
methodology, on how they will approach and complete the assignment.

Financial
proposal: