Reporting to the Country Program Manager, the Programme Specialist exercises overall responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing UN Women interventions under their portfolio. The Programme Specialist works in close collaboration with the programme and operations team, UN Women HQ staff, Government officials, multi and bilateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementati portfolio.
Responsibilities:
Finalize the annual workplan and budget and manage their implementation.
Manage the technical implementation of the programme/project; ensure synergies with other teams.
Manage the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports.
Provide guidance to personnel and partners on Results Based Management tools and performance indicators.
Organize Project Steering Committee, project review and/or evaluation meetings, as needed.
Manage the implementation of technical advice and guidance. Develop and implement technical tools, and initiatives.
Build and manage relationships with national partners to support implementation and expansion of the WPS programme; respond to any potential problems.
Identify capacity building needs of partners and lead the coordination of technical assistance, mentoring, training and capacity development initiatives to partners.
Manage the monitoring of programme/ project implementation and finances using results-based management tools.
Oversee field missions and review reports on monitoring missions.
Write quarterly reports and donor reports, focusing on results, output and outcomes.
Contribute to office donor and UN Women reports.
Develop and implement partnerships and resource mobilization strategies.
Finalize relevant documentation on donors and potential opportunities for resource mobilization.
Analyze and research information on donors, prepare substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for cost sharing.
Education:
Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/women's studies, international development, or a related field is required.
A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage.
Work Experience:
At least 5 years of progressively responsible work experience at the national or international level in design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects is required.
Technical experience in WPS is required.
Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.
Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is desirable.
Experience working in the UN System is desirable.
Languages:
Fluency in English is required.
Fluency in Somali is desirable.
Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable.
