Programme Specialist, Women Peace and Security

6 months ago

Pretoria, South Africa United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Full time

**LOCATION**:
Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA

**TYPE OF CONTRACT**:
TA International

**STARTING DATE**:
**APPLICATION DEADLINE**:
11-Jun-24 (Midnight New York, USA)

**POST LEVEL**:
P-3

**DURATION OF INITIAL CONTRACT**:
**TIME LEFT**:
7d 7h 53m

**LANGUAGES REQUIRED**:
English

**EXPECTED DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT**:
364 Days

**Background**:
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.

The UN Women South Africa Multi-Country Office (SAMCO) works in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa.

Reporting to Deputy Country Representative, South Africa Multi Country Office, 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 bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation under portfolio. As the Team Lead for the Women's Peace & Security and Gender in Humanitarian Action (WPS-GiHA) programmes, the Programme Specialist also provides guidance, technical, oversight and strategic support for the effective team management of the WPS-GiHA Team, particularly in, but not limited to intergovernmental processes, the UN System, Implementing Partners and UN Women personnel working at national and sub national levels on issues of gender equality and women's empowerment in peace, security, disaster risk reduction/preparedness, emergency response and recovery.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Design and develop programme strategies in the area of **W**omen, Peace and Security (WPS)**:

- Design and formulate programme/ project proposals and initiatives, in close cooperation with relevant government counterparts and civil society partners;
- Undertake ongoing research and analysis to inform refinement of programme strategies;
- Draft inputs to country strategy documents, briefs, policy dialogue and other documents related to Women, Peace and Security.

**Manage the implementation and management of the **W**omen, Peace and Security **programme**:

- 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 technical assistance and capacity development to project/programme partners**:

- Build and manage relationships with national partners to support implementation and expansion of the women, peace and security 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;
- Ensure systematic partner engagement.

**Manage the monitoring and reporting of the programme/ project**:

- Manage the monitoring of programme/ project implementation and finances using results based management tools;
- Oversee field missions and review reports on monitoring missions;
- Write briefing notes; speeches tailored to various audiences/forums; quarterly reports and donor reports, focusing on results, output and outcomes;
- Contribute to office donor and UN Women reports.

**Manage the people and financial resources of the** **women, peace and security programme and provide oversight for the WPS-GiHA Unit**:

- Manage the programme budget and draft financial reports;
- Supervise the Women, Peace and security and humanitarian team; Mentor and coach staff and conduct performance assessments;
- Ensure effective Team-Leadership and overall direction and management of the WPS-GiHA portfolio and provide cross-cutting advice on coherence with other programmes;
- Oversee recruitment processes, as necessary.

**Build partnerships and support in developing resource mobilization strategies including for the WPS-GiHA Unit**:

- 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.

**Contribute to inter-agency coordination (of state and non-state actors) on women, peace and security and Humanitarian Action, to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes w

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