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In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In doing so, UN Member States took an historic step in accelerating the Organization’s goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda,...
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Post Level: SB-3
Type of Contract: Service Contract
Additional Category: Gender Equality
Languages Required: English
Duration of Initial Contract: 1 year.
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. In Nigeria, UN Women works to support the Government’s national development agenda, which prioritizes the empowerment of women and girls and their contribution to all areas of economic, political, and social development.
- Women’s leadership and political participation is one of UN Women’s primary areas of work as mandated in its inception, recognizing the integral role of women in strong and stable democratic processes. Through its Leadership and Governance pillar, UN Women’s programmes are guided by a history of international commitments to women’s representation. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women upholds women’s right to participate in public life, while the Beijing Platform for Action calls for removing barriers to equal participation. The Millennium Development Goals measure progress towards gender equality in part by the proportion of women in parliamentary seats.
- In the area of Women’s Political Empowerment, Nigeria has ratified most of the international and regional instruments on women’s rights. However, critical challenges remain in the application and domestication of these frameworks, causing Nigerian women to be underrepresented and marginalised from political decision-making processes. Currently, women’s political representation in Nigeria is abysmally low in the legislative, executive, and judicial powers due to different gendered social norms. Young women in particular experience a double jeopardy because of gender and because young people are equally marginalized in politics.
- Under the funding of the Government of Canada, UN Women will implement a programme to the women’s political leadership and participation, as well as gender-sensitive reforms to ensure that affected communities, especially marginalized women and persons with disabilities are fully engaged to advocate and participate in the development of policies/legislations, in elections and other political processes affecting them. Priority areas of the programme include:
- Legal Frameworks/Policies and Institutional Reform with a view to influence gender-responsive legislations that will create an enabling environment for women aspiring for political offices.
- Women’s Participation and Leadership through supporting capacity-building trainings for women candidates to boost their campaign strategies, including training and mentoring young women
- Coordination among partners and engagement with key stakeholders by building on the Working Group on Women’s Political Empowerment and engaging communities on advocacy for gender transformation as well as preventing violence among women in politics.
- UN Women seeks to recruit a Programme Finance Associate to support the implementation of the next phase of the WPE programme in Nigeria. Reporting to the WPE Programme Manager, and in close cooperation with the Operations Manager in the Country Office, the Programme Finance Associate works with and provides support to the members of the WPE and other programme teams in the development and implementation of effective programmes consistent with UN Women rules and regulations. She/he contributes to the research, financial management, and programme implementation including providing necessary operational, administrative, and programmatic support.
- The Programme Finance Associate will also support activities of the wider CO operations and programme teams as required.
Duties and Responsibilities
Provide financial support to the management of the Programme in full compliance of UN Women rules, regulations, policies, and recording and reporting systems:
- Review and verify financial transactions, activities, and documentation; taking corrective actions as needed and reporting any unusual activities;
- Monitor financial exceptions reports for unusual activities or transactions, investigate anomalies and report to the supervisor conclusions and/or present recommendations for actions/decisions;
- Create project in Atlas, prepare budget revisions, revise project awards and status; and determine unutilized funds and the operational and financial closure of projects;
- Provide administrative support in monitoring the preparation of programmes/projects budgets and finances; including the finalization of FACE forms;
- Review financial reports
- Prepare information for the audit of programmes and support the implementation of audit recommendations.
Prepare and administer Programme budgets in full compliance with UN Women rules, regulations, policies, and recording and reporting systems:
- Formulate the budget, control allotments, monitor expenditures, and prepare revisions according to the needs of the programme;
- Track the appropriate and timely use of financial resources; implement and maintain control mechanisms for the programme through monitoring budgets preparation and modifications and budgetary status;
- Collect, verify and present information and data for use in the planning of financial resources and the formulation of the programme work plans, budgets, proposals on implementation arrangements and execution modalities;
- Provide assistance in Annual Work Plan entry in the Results Management System (RMS) as required;
- Undertake corrective actions on un-posted vouchers, including vouchers with budget check errors, match exceptions and unapproved vouchers. Respond to RO/HQ requests to resolve financial data issues.
Provide administrative and logistical support to the formulation and management of the programme:
- Provide administrative support in the preparation of programme work plans, budgets, and proposals on programme implementation arrangements;
- Provide technical guidance to the CO and executing agencies on routine delivery and reporting of programme supported activities and finances;
- Undertake all logistical, administrative, and financial arrangements for organizing meetings, workshops, events and missions;
- Make travel arrangements for the Programme Team, including travel requisitions and claims;
- Prepare public information materials and briefing packets;
- Assemble briefing materials and prepare power-point and other presentations;
- Identify sources. gather and compile data and information for the preparation of documents, guidelines, speeches and position papers.
Provide administrative support to Resource Mobilization:
- Compile and process information from donors, CO, and programme team, as inputs to various databases and documents;
- Prepare drafts for cost sharing agreements including conditions of contributions within resource mobilization efforts, adhering to standard agreements where possible. Follow up on contributions within the CO resource mobilization efforts;
Facilitate knowledge building and knowledge sharing:
- Provide administrative support synthesis of lessons learnt and best practices related to programme management and finance;
- Collect and compile lessons learned and best practices in financial management and services;
- Conduct training and/or helping organize training events and activities; as well as participate in trainings;
- Contribute to financial business operational practices and management innovations;
- Disseminate to clients and stakeholders as appropriate to build capacity and knowledge
Key Performance Indicators
- Timely and accurate support to events, workshops, and missions;
- Full compliance of administrative activities with UN Women rules, regulations, policies and procedures;
- Timely recording of the WPS Programme finances;
- Timely and accurate tracking of data for CO management and donor purposes;
- Quality maintenance of internal systems.
Required Skills and Experience
Education and certification:
- Completion of Secondary Education required;
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Public Administration is an asset
Experience:
- At least 6 years of progressively responsible experience in administration or programme management/support;
- Experience in working in a computer environment using multiple office software packages;
- Experience in the use of ATLAS is an asset;
- Experience in supporting programme teams
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English is required
- Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.
Competencies
Core Values:
- Respect for Diversity
- Integrity
- Professionalism
Core Competencies:
- Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
- Accountability
- Creative Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Inclusive Collaboration
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Leading by Example.
Functional Competencies:
- Good knowledge of programme management;
- Ability to administer and execute administrative processes and transactions;
- Ability to create, edit and present information in clear and presentable formats;
- Ability to manage data, documents, correspondence and reports information and workflow;
- Strong financial and budgeting skills;
- Strong IT skills.
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Post Level: SB-3
Type of Contract: Service Contract
Additional Category: Gender Equality
Languages Required: English
Duration of Initial Contract: 1 year.
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. In Nigeria, UN Women works to support the Government’s national development agenda, which prioritizes the empowerment of women and girls and their contribution to all areas of economic, political, and social development.
- Women’s leadership and political participation is one of UN Women’s primary areas of work as mandated in its inception, recognizing the integral role of women in strong and stable democratic processes.
- Through its Leadership and Governance pillar, UN Women’s programmes are guided by a history of international commitments to women’s representation. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women upholds women’s right to participate in public life, while the Beijing Platform for Action calls for removing barriers to equal participation.
- The Millennium Development Goals measure progress towards gender equality in part by the proportion of women in parliamentary seats.
- In the area of Women’s Political Empowerment, Nigeria has ratified most of the international and regional instruments on women’s rights. However, critical challenges remain in the application and domestication of these frameworks, causing Nigerian women to be underrepresented and marginalised from political decision-making processes.
- Currently, women’s political representation in Nigeria is abysmally low in the legislative, executive, and judicial powers due to different gendered social norms. Young women in particular experience a double jeopardy because of gender and because young people are equally marginalized in politics.
- Under the funding of the Government of Canada, UN Women will implement a programme to the women’s political leadership and participation, as well as gender-sensitive reforms to ensure that affected communities, especially marginalized women and persons with disabilities are fully engaged to advocate and participate in the development of policies/legislations, in elections and other political processes affecting them. Priority areas of the programme include:
- Legal Frameworks/Policies and Institutional Reform with a view to influence gender-responsive legislations that will create an enabling environment for women aspiring for political offices.
- Women’s Participation and Leadership through supporting capacity-building trainings for women candidates to boost their campaign strategies, including training and mentoring young women
- Coordination among partners and engagement with key stakeholders by building on the Working Group on Women’s Political Empowerment and engaging communities on advocacy for gender transformation as well as preventing violence among women in politics.
- To implement this programme, UN Women seeks a recruit Project Officer to facilitate the field implementation of the project (to serve as a focal point for states in the states in the South of Nigeria).
- Under the overall supervision of UN Women Deputy Representative, and direct supervision of the Programme Manager, the incumbent exercises responsibility for supporting the planning, implementation, and management of the UN Women’s programme on Women’s Political Participation in Nigeria.
- She/he works in close collaboration with the WPE team, other programme and operations teams, UN Women staff and substantively and technically support state-level implementation of the programme, including providing guidance to implementing partners in respective states.
- The Programme Officer will be expected to spend a lot of time in the target states under their respective supervision and provide first-hand information necessary to draw and collate lessons learning and sharing.
Duties and Responsibilities
Implementation support:
- Ensure timely and effective implementation of the UN Women’s project on Women’s Leadership and Political Participation
- Ensure that all partners work together to deliver concrete results in compliance with the work plan and the Results Framework
- Facilitate the delivery of the project by leading and promoting a coordinated approach to delivery across different outcomes/outputs
- Support all partners in the implementation of the project through direct assistance and technical/operational advice
- Assist in the systematic monitoring and reporting on project implementation and results
- Participate in the project mid-term review and evaluation in collaboration with relevant stakeholders
- Assist in managing financial resources for achieving results in line with the outputs and activities outlined in the project document and the Annual Work Plan (AWP)
- Support the delivery of results and ensure efficient and effective use of resources
- Prepare annual and quarterly progress reports and organize technical meetings for the project
- Actively participate at the regular Technical Working Group (TWG) meetings and assist in organizing meetings of the TWG of the project
- Support the preparation of inputs for different fora, as required
- Identify and support partners engaged in governance and democratization with a view to increase the participation and leadership of women
- Assist in the provision of support to women political candidates and help them build their capacities
- Share lessons learned from different Country Offices (COs) of UN Women on election, political participation and leadership of women
- Identify and support entities that provide voter and civic education and sensitization campaigns on gender equality
- Provide support to gender equality advocates that make calls for political parties, governments and others to do their part in empowering women in politics and leadership
- Encourage young men and women to engage in advocacy around making gender equality measures central to public policy making
- Support advocacy efforts and undertake initiatives for legislative reforms to ensure women’s fair access to political spheres—as voters, candidates, elected officials and civil service members
- Collaborate and liaise with other UN Country teams and CSOs in undertaking tasks related to women’s leadership and political participation
- Support the project team in facilitating knowledge building and information sharing under the different outcome areas of the project.
Reporting:
- Maintain the quality of reports, particularly ensuring that progress reports are based on RBM principle
- Promote the substantive quality of all knowledge products, reports and services, and ensure effective integration and compatibility with other result areas
- Contribute to the production of reports and publications, and serve as peer reviewer
- Forge links with other initiatives to identify good practices and share lessons
- Provide technical support and guidance to implementing partners on timely and quality narrative and financial reporting
Monitoring and follow up:
In collaboration with the WPE team and the M&E Specialist:
- Prepare results frameworks for each output and establish performance and impact assessment indicators and systems
- Draft the project monitoring plan with detailed activities and ensure implementation in conformity with the plan
- Ensure the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation plan is carried out in a participatory manner
- Support partners in preparing contributions to, and compile narrative and financial reports for UN Women and submit to the TWG for inputs, before submission
- Play the lead role in the preparation of project’s reviews and monitoring visits
- Ensure that the activities are implemented in conformity with UN Women and donor requirements, and that support and advice from partners are fully utilized
- Support the WPE Communications Officer in identifying good practices and lessons learned and documenting this knowledge
- Promote the substantive quality of all knowledge products, reports and services, and ensures effective integration and compatibility with other results areas
- Contribute to the production of reports and publications, and serve as peer reviewer
- Forge links with other initiatives to identify good practices and share lessons
- Follow up and provide technical support to ensure quality service provision to identified target groups
- Support the WPE team and partners in ensuring the delivery of the expected results of the project and ensure cascading of the standard accountability tools developed over the years by different Implementing partners.
Key Performance Indicators
- Timely and quality programme design and inputs to Strategic Note;
- Timely and quality of programme delivery in line with budget and workplans, and in line with all UN Women operational rules and regulations, including security;
- Timely and quality monitoring and evaluation of programmes;
- Relations with partners and stakeholders;
- Quality reports and timely submission.
- Regular communication with other agencies and partners;
- Quality of advocacy and communication initiatives.
Required Skills and Experience
Education and certification:
- 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.
- Project management certification would be an added advantage.
Experience:
- A minimum 4 years of relevant work experience, six years with B.A/B.Sc. Degree, in the area of human rights, governance or development of which at least two years of professional experience in program/project implementation
- Experience in the implementing programmes for women’s political empowerment is a strong advantage
- Experience in implementing multi-partner programmes, and proven experience in partnership building and networking
- Strong facilitation, training, and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of M & E of programmes, proven advocacy, analytical and writing skills.
Competencies
Core Values:
- Respect for Diversity
- Integrity
- Professionalism
Core Competencies:
- Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
- Accountability
- Creative Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Inclusive Collaboration
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Leading by Example
Functional Competencies:
- Substantial previous experience in working with government organs, donors, civil societies, and women’s rights organizations
- Demonstrated strong co-ordination and facilitation skills
- Strong communication skills (oral and written)
- Results oriented, flexible, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrates substantive knowledge and understanding of women’s political empowerment issues
- Demonstrates substantive knowledge and experience in the provision of coordinated support and management of rights-based programmes aiming to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment
- Demonstrate ability to think conceptually and analytically
- Ability to assess knowledge needs, prepare learning plan and guide application of newly acquired skills
- Commitment and skills in promoting national ownership of programming
- Ability to guide partners in planning, results-based management and reporting
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English is required
- Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset.
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Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Post Level: SB-3
Type of Contract: Service Contract
Additional Category: Gender Equality
Languages Required: English
Duration of Initial Contract: 1 year.
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. In Nigeria, UN Women works to support the Government’s national development agenda, which prioritizes the empowerment of women and girls and their contribution to all areas of economic, political, and social development.
- Women’s leadership and political participation is one of UN Women’s primary areas of work as mandated in its inception, recognizing the integral role of women in strong and stable democratic processes.
- Through its Leadership and Governance pillar, UN Women’s programmes are guided by a history of international commitments to women’s representation. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women upholds women’s right to participate in public life, while the Beijing Platform for Action calls for removing barriers to equal participation.
- The Millennium Development Goals measure progress towards gender equality in part by the proportion of women in parliamentary seats.
- In the area of Women’s Political Empowerment, Nigeria has ratified most of the international and regional instruments on women’s rights. However, critical challenges remain in the application and domestication of these frameworks, causing Nigerian women to be underrepresented and marginalised from political decision-making processes.
- Currently, women’s political representation in Nigeria is abysmally low in the legislative, executive, and judicial powers due to different gendered social norms. Young women in particular experience a double jeopardy because of gender and because young people are equally marginalized in politics.
- Under the funding of the Government of Canada, UN Women will implement a programme to the women’s political leadership and participation, as well as gender-sensitive reforms to ensure that affected communities, especially marginalized women and persons with disabilities are fully engaged to advocate and participate in the development of policies/legislations, in elections and other political processes affecting them. Priority areas of the programme include:
- Legal Frameworks/Policies and Institutional Reform with a view to influence gender-responsive legislations that will create an enabling environment for women aspiring for political offices.
- Women’s Participation and Leadership through supporting capacity-building trainings for women candidates to boost their campaign strategies, including training and mentoring young women
- Coordination among partners and engagement with key stakeholders by building on the Working Group on Women’s Political Empowerment and engaging communities on advocacy for gender transformation as well as preventing violence among women in politics.
- To implement this programme, UN Women seeks a recruit Project Officer to facilitate the field implementation of the project (to serve as a focal point for states in the states in the South of Nigeria).
- Under the overall supervision of UN Women Deputy Representative, and direct supervision of the Programme Manager, the incumbent exercises responsibility for supporting the planning, implementation, and management of the UN Women’s programme on Women’s Political Participation in Nigeria.
- She/he works in close collaboration with the WPE team, other programme and operations teams, UN Women staff and substantively and technically support state-level implementation of the programme, including providing guidance to implementing partners in respective states.
- The Programme Officer will be expected to spend a lot of time in the target states under their respective supervision and provide first-hand information necessary to draw and collate lessons learning and sharing.
Duties and Responsibilities
Implementation support:
- Ensure timely and effective implementation of the UN Women’s project on Women’s Leadership and Political Participation
- Ensure that all partners work together to deliver concrete results in compliance with the work plan and the Results Framework
- Facilitate the delivery of the project by leading and promoting a coordinated approach to delivery across different outcomes/outputs
- Support all partners in the implementation of the project through direct assistance and technical/operational advice
- Assist in the systematic monitoring and reporting on project implementation and results
- Participate in the project mid-term review and evaluation in collaboration with relevant stakeholders
- Assist in managing financial resources for achieving results in line with the outputs and activities outlined in the project document and the Annual Work Plan (AWP)
- Support the delivery of results and ensure efficient and effective use of resources
- Prepare annual and quarterly progress reports and organize technical meetings for the project
- Actively participate at the regular Technical Working Group (TWG) meetings and assist in organizing meetings of the TWG of the project
- Support the preparation of inputs for different fora, as required
- Identify and support partners engaged in governance and democratization with a view to increase the participation and leadership of women
- Assist in the provision of support to women political candidates and help them build their capacities
- Share lessons learned from different Country Offices (COs) of UN Women on election, political participation and leadership of women
- Identify and support entities that provide voter and civic education and sensitization campaigns on gender equality
- Provide support to gender equality advocates that make calls for political parties, governments and others to do their part in empowering women in politics and leadership
- Encourage young men and women to engage in advocacy around making gender equality measures central to public policy making
- Support advocacy efforts and undertake initiatives for legislative reforms to ensure women’s fair access to political spheres—as voters, candidates, elected officials and civil service members
- Collaborate and liaise with other UN Country teams and CSOs in undertaking tasks related to women’s leadership and political participation
- Support the project team in facilitating knowledge building and information sharing under the different outcome areas of the project.
Reporting:
- Maintain the quality of reports, particularly ensuring that progress reports are based on RBM principle
- Promote the substantive quality of all knowledge products, reports and services, and ensure effective integration and compatibility with other result areas
- Contribute to the production of reports and publications, and serve as peer reviewer
- Forge links with other initiatives to identify good practices and share lessons
- Provide technical support and guidance to implementing partners on timely and quality narrative and financial reporting
Monitoring and follow up:
In collaboration with the WPE team and the M&E Specialist:
- Prepare results frameworks for each output and establish performance and impact assessment indicators and systems
- Draft the project monitoring plan with detailed activities and ensure implementation in conformity with the plan
- Ensure the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation plan is carried out in a participatory manner
- Support partners in preparing contributions to, and compile narrative and financial reports for UN Women and submit to the TWG for inputs, before submission
- Play the lead role in the preparation of project’s reviews and monitoring visits
- Ensure that the activities are implemented in conformity with UN Women and donor requirements, and that support and advice from partners are fully utilized
- Support the WPE Communications Officer in identifying good practices and lessons learned and documenting this knowledge
- Promote the substantive quality of all knowledge products, reports and services, and ensures effective integration and compatibility with other results areas
- Contribute to the production of reports and publications, and serve as peer reviewer
- Forge links with other initiatives to identify good practices and share lessons
- Follow up and provide technical support to ensure quality service provision to identified target groups
- Support the WPE team and partners in ensuring the delivery of the expected results of the project and ensure cascading of the standard accountability tools developed over the years by different Implementing partners.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Timely and quality programme design and inputs to Strategic Note;
- Timely and quality of programme delivery in line with budget and workplans, and in line with all UN Women operational rules and regulations, including security;
- Timely and quality monitoring and evaluation of programmes;
- Relations with partners and stakeholders;
- Quality reports and timely submission.
- Regular communication with other agencies and partners;
- Quality of advocacy and communication initiatives.
Required Skills and Experience
Education and certification:
- 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.
- Project management certification would be an added advantage.
Experience:
- A minimum 4 years of relevant work experience, six years with B.A/B.Sc. Degree, in the area of human rights, governance or development of which at least two years of professional experience in program/project implementation
- Experience in the implementing programmes for women’s political empowerment is a strong advantage
- Experience in implementing multi-partner programmes, and proven experience in partnership building and networking
- Strong facilitation, training, and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of M & E of programmes, proven advocacy, analytical and writing skills.
Competencies
Core Values:
- Respect for Diversity
- Integrity
- Professionalism
Core Competencies:
- Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
- Accountability
- Creative Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Inclusive Collaboration
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Leading by Example
Functional Competencies:
- Substantial previous experience in working with government organs, donors, civil societies, and women’s rights organizations
- Demonstrated strong co-ordination and facilitation skills
- Strong communication skills (oral and written)
- Results oriented, flexible, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrates substantive knowledge and understanding of women’s political empowerment issues
- Demonstrates substantive knowledge and experience in the provision of coordinated support and management of rights-based programmes aiming to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment
- Demonstrate ability to think conceptually and analytically
- Ability to assess knowledge needs, prepare learning plan and guide application of newly acquired skills
- Commitment and skills in promoting national ownership of programming
- Ability to guide partners in planning, results-based management and reporting
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English is required
- Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset.
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Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Post Level: SB-5
Type of Contract: Service Contract
Additional Category: Gender Equality
Languages Required: English
Duration of Initial Contract: 1 year.
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.
- In Nigeria, UN Women works to support the Government’s national development agenda, which prioritizes the empowerment of women and girls and their contribution to all areas of economic, political, and social development.
- The objective of building and sustaining peace and security across the country is critical for Nigeria, which faces several security challenges including the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast, the Farmers / Herders conflict in the Middle Belt, and conflicts over natural resources in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.
- Ongoing efforts to address these conflicts often overlook women’s role and contributions. Women are often seen only as victims of conflicts that need to be protected rather than agents of change for peace. This leaves untapped, the potential and capacities of women whose contributions can be harnessed to promote transformative change and sustainable peace.
- Through the previous phase of the Women Peace and Security (WPS) Programme, UN Women enhanced the effective participation of women in conflict prevention and peacebuilding and improved the public perception on the role of women in peace and security at the national level and in the target states of Bauchi and Benue.
- The Programme registered significant achievements against its set results framework, including developing State Actions Plans and Women Mediators Networks in the target States, the development of a Legislative Guide on Women, Peace, and Security and capacity enhancement of legislators in the State Houses of Assembly, among others.
- The Programme has also created the conditions for related WPS programming on the security sector, Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act (VAPP) implementation, and women's mediation capacities and utilization.
- The next phase of the programme starting in 2022 will also include women’s leadership and political participation, particularly in relation to peace and security concerns. As a follow-on programming for Phase II, interventions will include:
- Support to the development of Nigeria's 3rd National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security, including mechanisms to enhance coordination in implementation, monitoring and reporting;
- Enhanced legislative engagement and actions on Women, Peace, and Security;
- An enabling secured environment for women’s leadership and participation in politics
- Support to women mediation capacities, networks, and actions for conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
- UN Women seeks to recruit a National Programme Officer to support the field implementation of the next phase of the WPS programme in Nigeria in the target states. Under the strategic guidance of the Country Representative, and with day-to-day reporting to the UN Women Deputy Representative, the Programme Officer exercises overall responsibilities for planning, implementing, and managing UN Women interventions under the WPS thematic area.
- She/he works in close collaboration with the programme and operations team, UN Women HQ staff, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society to ensure the sound coordination of activities’ implementation at the field level, facilitate the smooth and effective implementation of the Programme in the target states, and provide continuous supervisory and coaching support to implementing partners in the target states
Duties and Responsibilities
In collaboration of the overall WPS National Programme Officer, the field-level National Programme Officer will perform the following specific tasks:
Implementation Support:
- Ensure timely and effective field implementation of the WPS Programme
- Ensure that all partners work together to deliver concrete results in compliance with the work plan and the Results Framework
- Facilitate the delivery of the project by leading and promoting a coordinated approach to delivery across different outcomes/outputs
- Support all partners’ in the implementation of the project through direct assistance and technical/operational advice
- Assist in the systematic monitoring and reporting on project implementation and results
- Participate in the project mid-term review and evaluation in collaboration with relevant stakeholders
- Assist in managing financial resources for achieving results in line with the outputs and activities outlined in the project document and the Annual Work Plan (AWP)
- Support the delivery of results and ensure efficient and effective use of resources
- Prepare annual and quarterly progress reports and organize technical meetings for the project
- Actively participate at the regular Technical Working Group (TWG) meetings and assist in organizing meetings of the TWG of the project
- Support the preparation of inputs for different fora, as required
- Identify and support partners engaged in governance and democratization with a view to increase the participation and leadership of women
- Assist in the provision of support to the beneficiaries of the Programme and help them build their capacities
- Share lessons learned from different Country Offices (COs) of UN Women on WPS, UNSCR and women’s involvement in peace and mediation processes
- Identify and support entities that promote women’s participation in peace building, conflict resolution and mediation processes
- Provide support to gender equality advocates that make calls for different actors to advance the WPS agenda
- Encourage young men and women to engage in advocacy around making gender equality measures central to public policy making
- Support advocacy efforts and undertake initiatives for legislative reforms to ensure women’s fair access to decision-making in the context of WPS
- Collaborate and liaise with other UN Country teams and CSOs in undertaking tasks related to WPS
- Support the project team in facilitating knowledge building and information sharing under the different outcome areas of the project.
Reporting:
- Maintain the quality of reports, particularly ensuring that progress reports are based on RBM principle
- Promote the substantive quality of all knowledge products, reports and services, and ensure effective integration and compatibility with other result areas
- Contribute to the production of reports and publications, and serve as peer reviewer
- Forge links with other initiatives to identify good practices and share lessons
- Provide technical support and guidance to implementing partners on timely and quality narrative and financial reporting
Monitoring and follow up in collaboration with the WPS team and the M&E Specialist:
- Prepare results frameworks for each output and establish performance and impact assessment indicators and systems
- Draft the project monitoring plan with detailed activities and ensure implementation in conformity with the plan
- Ensure the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation plan is carried out in a participatory manner
- Support partners in preparing contributions to, and compile narrative and financial reports for UN Women and submit to the TWG for inputs, before submission
- Play the lead role in the preparation of project’s reviews and monitoring visits
- Ensure that the activities are implemented in conformity with UN Women and donor requirements, and that support and advice from partners are fully utilized
- Support the Communications Officer in identifying good practices and lessons learned and documenting this knowledge
- Promote the substantive quality of all knowledge products, reports and services, and ensures effective integration and compatibility with other results areas
- Contribute to the production of reports and publications, and serve as peer reviewer
- Forge links with other initiatives to identify good practices and share lessons
- Follow up and provide technical support to ensure quality service provision to identified target groups
- Support the WPS team and partners in ensuring the delivery of the expected results of the project and ensure cascading of the standard accountability tools developed over the years by different Implementing partners.
Provide support to the implementation of other WPS projects in the Northeast in collaboration with WPS team and UN Women sub-office in Maiduguri, the NPO will provide substantive support in the implementation of the security sector project, especially on:
- Routine field implementation of the Security Sector project
- Reporting
- Field monitoring
- Collection of lessons learned and documentation
- Field level coordination of interventions and partnerships
- Any other duties that may be assigned on the Security Sector project
Key Performance Indicators:
- Timely and quality programme design and inputs to Strategic Note;
- Timely and quality of programme delivery in line with budget and workplans, and in line with all UN Women operational rules and regulations, including security;
- Timely and quality monitoring and evaluation of programmes;
- Relations with partners and stakeholders;
- Quality reports and timely submission;
- Regular communication with other agencies and partners;
Required Skills and Experience
Education and certification:
- Master's Degree or equivalent in Social Sciences, Human Rights, Gender / Women's Studies, International Development, or a related field is required;
- A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage.
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;
- Technical experience in WPS
- Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is an asset;
- Experience working in the UN System is an asset;
- Experience in leading/managing a team is an asset.
- Awareness and sensitivity regarding gender issues
- Strong IT Skills. Experience in the use of computers applications and software packages (MS Word, Excel, , etc.).
Competencies
Core Values:
- Respect for Diversity
- Integrity
- Professionalism.
Core Competencies:
- Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
- Accountability
- Creative Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Inclusive Collaboration
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Leading by Example.
Functional Competencies
- Strong programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills;
- Strong knowledge of Results Based Management;
- Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports to inform management and strategic decision-making;
- Strong knowledge of WPS;
- Strong analytical skills;
- Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising and develop strategies.
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English is required
- Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset;
- Knowledge of a Nigeria Language (Hausa /Tiv / Idoma / Igede is an asset.
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