UN Women: Programme Specialist – Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement , Home-Based, I-PPSA 10, International Partner Personnel Service Agreement
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We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them as lists or paragraphs.
We need to be careful not to omit any substantive info. That's a lot. We'll need to capture the mission description, Afghanistan context, program priorities, responsibilities (scope of work list), supervisory responsibilities, competencies (core values, core competencies, functional competencies), qualifications (education, experience, languages), statements (maybe we can include as part of About the role or separate? The statements include UN Women creation, diversity, zero tolerance, background checks, note about application. Those are substantive but maybe they belong to "About the role" or "Requirements"? They are more about organization policies. Could be placed under "About the role" as additional info. But we must not repeat duplicated lines. The background paragraph appears twice; we should include only once.
We need to avoid including boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning. The statements include diversity and inclusion, zero tolerance, background checks, note about application. Those are not boilerplate? They are part of the job posting but could be considered legal/EEO. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The statements include diversity and inclusion (EEO), zero tolerance (legal), background checks (legal), note about application (application instructions). So we should remove those. So we should not include the "Statements :" section. Also remove duplicated lines.
Thus we keep: mission background, Afghanistan context, program priorities, responsibilities (scope of work + supervisory), competencies (core values, core competencies, functional competencies), qualifications (education, experience, languages). Possibly also "Project/programme management certification would be an added advantage" under qualifications.
We need to ensure we preserve all substantive info from those sections.
Let's extract:
Mission: "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."
Afghanistan context: "Afghanistan is one of the world’s most complex emergencies, and the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Afghan people are grappling with the impact of conflict, poverty, economic decline, and natural disasters. In this context, Afghan women and girls face unique vulnerabilities and require urgent support as gender inequality is interwoven with conflict dynamics and humanitarian needs. UN Women has been in Afghanistan for two decades. UN Women’s programming approach is informed by analysis of the political, economic and humanitarian situation, risks to and capacities of partner organizations, and needs of Afghan women and girls. UN Women Afghanistan currently has five key program priorities: (1) Integrated Programming and Localization, (2) Women’s movement building through core grant making; 3) Policy and Research; 4) Economic Resilience & Empowerment and 5) Coordination, Access and Humanitarian Response. UN Women Afghanistan operates through its main office in Kabul and five suboffices located in the provinces of Balkh, Bamyan, Herat, Kandahar and Nangarhar."
Responsibilities: Under Policy & Research portfolio: "Reporting to the Programme Manager Policy & Research, the Programme Specialist exercises overall responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing UN Women interventions under their portfolio. The Programme Specialist leads strategic and sensitive partnerships with select civil-society organizations; designs and implement a comprehensive M&E system to track results and monitor risks across the women’s leadership portfolio; builds partner capacity and establish secure information-protection protocols (“firewalls”); and trains and mentors national Policy & Research staff and volunteers to ensure they can manage partnerships safely and effectively. 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 implementation under portfolio."
Then Scope of Work (III.) list many items. We need to capture each bullet as list items.
Let's list them:
- Design and develop programme strategies in the area of Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement
- Design and formulate programme/ project proposals and initiatives;
- Draft inputs to country strategy documents, briefs, policy dialogue and other documents related to Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement.
- Manage the implementation and management of the Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement portfolio under the overarching Policy & Research unit
- 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; and
- Organize Project Steering Committee, project review and/or evaluation meetings, as needed.
- Manage technical assistance and capacity development to sensitive project/programme partners
- 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 Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement programme; respond to any potential problems; and
- Identify capacity building needs of partners and lead the coordination of technical assistance, mentoring, training and capacity development initiatives to partners.
- Manage the monitoring and reporting relating to Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement
- 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; and
- Contribute to office donor and UN Women reports.
- Manage the people and financial resources of the Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement portfolio under the overarching Policy & Research unit
- Manage the programme budget and draft financial reports;
- Supervise Programme Analysts and Technical Specialists;
- Mentor and guide personnel and conduct performance assessments; and
- Oversee recruitment processes, as necessary.
- Build partnerships and support in developing resource mobilization strategies, with a particular focus on women’s human rights
- Develop and implement partnerships and resource mobilization strategies;
- Finalize relevant documentation on donors and potential opportunities for resource mobilization; and
- 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 on Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement, including specific workstreams relating to Climate, Peace and Security, to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with other partners in the country
- Provide technical support to the Representative and Deputy Representative on inter-agency coordination related activities by attending meetings, events, and participating in groups and committees as needed; and
- Coordinate with other UN agencies, government departments, donors and NGOs to ensure the projects’ capacity development programme is harmonized and aligned with other in-country efforts.
- Manage advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts
- Develop and review background documents, briefs and presentations related to women’s leadership; women human rights defenders; WPS; and, climate, peace and security;
- Represent UN Women in meetings and policy dialogues on issues related to women’s leadership; women human rights defenders; WPS; and, climate, peace and security as necessary;
- Develop advocacy strategies and oversee their implementation;
- Identify best practices and lessons learned to guide programme improvement and strategy planning; and
- Develop knowledge management strategies, products and methodologies on women’s leadership; women human rights defenders; WPS; and, climate, peace and security
Then Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: "The incumbent will be expected to supervise a team of three personnel, including project associates (one G7, one NPSA-6 and one NUNV). Supervision of additional contractors may occur."
Competencies: Core Values: Integrity; Professionalism; Respect for Diversity. 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 Women, Peace and Security; women’s human rights; and, climate, peace and security.; Strong analytical skills; Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising and develop strategies
Minimum Qualifications 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. 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 is required. Experience working in the UN System is required. Experience working with Women Human Rights Defenders, including strong knowledge of protection approaches, digital security and data management is required. Technical experience in Women Peace and Security is required. Experience on partnership-related work with women human rights defenders in Afghanistan is desirable. Experience on gender-responsive approaches to Climate, Peace and Security is desirable. Experience coordinating and liaising with international-bilateral and multilateral partners, and/or donors is desirable. Experience in leading/managing a team is desirable"
Languages: "Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish)."
We need to decide sections: About the role (mission + Afghanistan context + program priorities). Responsibilities (scope of work + supervisory). Requirements (maybe experience? but we have Qualifications for education/experience). The instruction: Use sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly.
We can treat:
- About the role: mission description, Afghanistan context, program priorities.
- Responsibilities: all duties from Scope of Work and supervisory.
- Requirements: maybe the mandatory requirements (education, experience, languages) that are required? But we also have Qualifications section for education/experience? Actually the headings are separate: Requirements and Qualifications. Usually Requirements are mandatory, Qualifications are preferred? But we can decide: Requirements: mandatory experience, education, languages? Qualifications: desirable items, certifications, etc. However we must not invent filler. We need to allocate content logically.
Let's parse: The posting has
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them as lists or paragraphs. We need to be careful not to omit any substantive info. That's a lot. We'll need to capture the mission description, Afghanistan context, program priorities, responsibilities (scope of work list), supervisory responsibilities, competencies (core values, core competencies, functional competencies), qualifications (education, experience, languages), statements (maybe we can include as part of About the role or separate? The statements include UN Women creation, diversity, zero tolerance, background checks, note about application. Those are substantive but maybe they belong to "About the role" or "Requirements"? They are more about organization policies. Could be placed under "About the role" as additional info. But we must not repeat duplicated lines. The background paragraph appears twice; we should include only once. We need to avoid including boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning. The statements include diversity and inclusion, zero tolerance, background checks, note about application. Those are not boilerplate? They are part of the job posting but could be considered legal/EEO. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The statements include diversity and inclusion (EEO), zero tolerance (legal), background checks (legal), note about application (application instructions). So we should remove those. So we should not include the "Statements :" section. Also remove duplicated lines. Thus we keep: mission background, Afghanistan context, program priorities, responsibilities (scope of work + supervisory), competencies (core values, core competencies, functional competencies), qualifications (education, experience, languages). Possibly also "Project/programme management certification would be an added advantage" under qualifications. We need to ensure we preserve all substantive info from those sections. Let's extract: Mission: "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." Afghanistan context: "Afghanistan is one of the world’s most complex emergencies, and the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Afghan people are grappling with the impact of conflict, poverty, economic decline, and natural disasters. In this context, Afghan women and girls face unique vulnerabilities and require urgent support as gender inequality is interwoven with conflict dynamics and humanitarian needs. UN Women has been in Afghanistan for two decades. UN Women’s programming approach is informed by analysis of the political, economic and humanitarian situation, risks to and capacities of partner organizations, and needs of Afghan women and girls. UN Women Afghanistan currently has five key program priorities: (1) Integrated Programming and Localization, (2) Women’s movement building through core grant making; 3) Policy and Research; 4) Economic Resilience & Empowerment and 5) Coordination, Access and Humanitarian Response. UN Women Afghanistan operates through its main office in Kabul and five suboffices located in the provinces of Balkh, Bamyan, Herat, Kandahar and Nangarhar." Responsibilities: Under Policy & Research portfolio: "Reporting to the Programme Manager Policy & Research, the Programme Specialist exercises overall responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing UN Women interventions under their portfolio. The Programme Specialist leads strategic and sensitive partnerships with select civil-society organizations; designs and implement a comprehensive M&E system to track results and monitor risks across the women’s leadership portfolio; builds partner capacity and establish secure information-protection protocols (“firewalls”); and trains and mentors national Policy & Research staff and volunteers to ensure they can manage partnerships safely and effectively. 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 implementation under portfolio." Then Scope of Work (III.) list many items. We need to capture each bullet as list items. Let's list them: - Design and develop programme strategies in the area of Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement - Design and formulate programme/ project proposals and initiatives; - Draft inputs to country strategy documents, briefs, policy dialogue and other documents related to Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement. - Manage the implementation and management of the Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement portfolio under the overarching Policy & Research unit - 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; and - Organize Project Steering Committee, project review and/or evaluation meetings, as needed. - Manage technical assistance and capacity development to sensitive project/programme partners - 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 Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement programme; respond to any potential problems; and - Identify capacity building needs of partners and lead the coordination of technical assistance, mentoring, training and capacity development initiatives to partners. - Manage the monitoring and reporting relating to Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement - 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; and - Contribute to office donor and UN Women reports. - Manage the people and financial resources of the Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement portfolio under the overarching Policy & Research unit - Manage the programme budget and draft financial reports; - Supervise Programme Analysts and Technical Specialists; - Mentor and guide personnel and conduct performance assessments; and - Oversee recruitment processes, as necessary. - Build partnerships and support in developing resource mobilization strategies, with a particular focus on women’s human rights - Develop and implement partnerships and resource mobilization strategies; - Finalize relevant documentation on donors and potential opportunities for resource mobilization; and - 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 on Women’s Leadership and Civic Engagement, including specific workstreams relating to Climate, Peace and Security, to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with other partners in the country - Provide technical support to the Representative and Deputy Representative on inter-agency coordination related activities by attending meetings, events, and participating in groups and committees as needed; and - Coordinate with other UN agencies, government departments, donors and NGOs to ensure the projects’ capacity development programme is harmonized and aligned with other in-country efforts. - Manage advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts - Develop and review background documents, briefs and presentations related to women’s leadership; women human rights defenders; WPS; and, climate, peace and security; - Represent UN Women in meetings and policy dialogues on issues related to women’s leadership; women human rights defenders; WPS; and, climate, peace and security as necessary; - Develop advocacy strategies and oversee their implementation; - Identify best practices and lessons learned to guide programme improvement and strategy planning; and - Develop knowledge management strategies, products and methodologies on women’s leadership; women human rights defenders; WPS; and, climate, peace and security Then Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: "The incumbent will be expected to supervise a team of three personnel, including project associates (one G7, one NPSA-6 and one NUNV). Supervision of additional contractors may occur." Competencies: Core Values: Integrity; Professionalism; Respect for Diversity. 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 Women, Peace and Security; women’s human rights; and, climate, peace and security.; Strong analytical skills; Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising and develop strategies Minimum Qualifications 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. 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 is required. Experience working in the UN System is required. Experience working with Women Human Rights Defenders, including strong knowledge of protection approaches, digital security and data management is required. Technical experience in Women Peace and Security is required. Experience on partnership-related work with women human rights defenders in Afghanistan is desirable. Experience on gender-responsive approaches to Climate, Peace and Security is desirable. Experience coordinating and liaising with international-bilateral and multilateral partners, and/or donors is desirable. Experience in leading/managing a team is desirable" Languages: "Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish)." We need to decide sections: About the role (mission + Afghanistan context + program priorities). Responsibilities (scope of work + supervisory). Requirements (maybe experience? but we have Qualifications for education/experience). The instruction: Use sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly. We can treat: - About the role: mission description, Afghanistan context, program priorities. - Responsibilities: all duties from Scope of Work and supervisory. - Requirements: maybe the mandatory requirements (education, experience, languages) that are required? But we also have Qualifications section for education/experience? Actually the headings are separate: Requirements and Qualifications. Usually Requirements are mandatory, Qualifications are preferred? But we can decide: Requirements: mandatory experience, education, languages? Qualifications: desirable items, certifications, etc. However we must not invent filler. We need to allocate content logically. Let's parse: The posting has