Background:

Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between all genders as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action, and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates the efforts of the United Nations System to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of national priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with government, civil society, and other relevant actors. In Nepal, UN Women, with an overarching five-year Strategic Note (SN) 2023 – 2027, aims to support the national stakeholders in advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women in line with internationally agreed normative standards that contribute to four outcome areas of the UNSDCF 2023 – 2027. 

Under the framework of the current UN Women Nepal Country Office (NCO) Strategic Note 2023-2027, UN Women in Nepal continues its work to strengthen women’s leadership and participation in national and local level decision-making processes,  empower women economically by supporting women, especially those from the most vulnerable and excluded groups1, promote environmental sustainability, climate and disaster resilience and transform gender discriminatory social norms and end harmful practices for inclusive and transformative human development.  

Under its Strategic Note 2023–2027, UN Women Nepal is advancing Climate Resilient Women’s Economic Empowerment (CR-WEE) to address the structural barriers that limit women’s access to resources, markets, finance, and decision-making—barriers that are further intensified by climate change and economic shocks. Recognizing that women’s entrepreneurship is both a driver of inclusive growth and a pathway to resilience, the programme seeks to strengthen women-led MSMEs, promote green and climate-smart enterprises, and enhance women’s participation across value chains. This includes addressing systemic constraints such as limited access to capital, technology, markets, and business development services, while fostering enabling policy and institutional environments that integrate gender-responsive and climate-responsive approaches.

Building on its engagement with the private sector through the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) framework, UN Women Nepal aims to deepen partnerships with financial institutions, corporates, business membership organizations, and impact investors to move from commitment to measurable action. Advancing women’s entrepreneurship requires not only enterprise-level support, but also ecosystem-level transformation, unlocking gender-smart capital, promoting supplier diversity, strengthening gender-responsive procurement, and incentivizing private sector leadership on inclusive and climate-resilient growth. By strategically integrating WEPs implementation with targeted support to women-led MSMEs, UN Women seeks to catalyze scalable models that align profitability with social impact, positioning women entrepreneurs as key agents of climate resilience and economic transformation in Nepal. In Nepal, the Country Office recognizes the transformative change that can be established through private sector partnership, and therefore from 2024 on, started exploring the possibilities of expanding its engagement in a strategic manner through country level Private Sector Engagement Strategy. This will be implemented through ongoing women’s economic empowerment programme supported under SN 2023-27, including Joint Programme titled Empowered Women, Prosperous Nepal. 

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Reporting to Programme Specialist, Climate Resilient WEE, the Programme Analyst is responsible for coordinating the women enterprise development and private sector engagement under Climate Resilient WEE Portfolio which includes coordinating relationships with national partners, private sectors and other relevant stakeholders, and the monitoring and reporting, and the finances and personnel of the portfolio. 

1. Coordinate Enterprise Development and Private Sector Engagement interventions under Climate Resilient WEE  Programme/Portfolios 

• Coordinate the overall enterprise development and private sector engagement programme and its work plan development and implementation according to Strategic Note/ programme document;
• Gather inputs and coordinate the preparation of workplans, periodic narrative progress reports and expenditures status reports to the Portfolio and UN Women;
• Establish systems for project planning, implementation and monitoring, in collaboration with partners; and
• Record and maintain documents on relevant Programme activities, issues, and risks.

2. Guide coordination with national partners, private sectors, WEPs signatories and other stakeholders 

• Coordinate relationships with national partners, government and private sectors, entrepreneurial eco-system actors to support implementation and expansion of the Enterprise Development and Private Sector Engagement programme interventions, raise potential problems and suggest solutions; and
• Identify capacity building needs and support partners through technical assistance, mentoring, training and capacity development initiatives, as needed.
• Deepen coordination and partnerships with financial institutions, corporates, business membership organizations, and impact investors to move from commitment to measurable action.

3. Coordinate the monitoring and reporting on the Enterprise Development and Private Sector Engagement Programme/Portfolios

• Gather and compile all information necessary for monitoring and reporting on programmes and projects from the planning to the evaluation stages to advance women-led MSMEs, promote green and climate-smart enterprises, and enhance women’s participation across value chains;
• Monitor the implementation of activities and the expenditure of funds; conduct regular monitoring visits, as required;
• Draft and provide inputs to annual and quarterly reports; coordinate the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports; and
• Provide inputs from Climate Resilient Women’s Economic Empowerment programme activities and results to Country Office/Multi Country Office/Regional Office reporting.

 4. Manage people and finances of the thematic area programme 

• Coordinate development and preparation of financial resources of the programme including budgeting and budget revisions, and expenditure tracking and reporting;
• Monitor the allocation and disbursement of funds to participating partners; and
• Supervise Programme Associates and Assistants and consultants as applicable.

5. Build partnerships and support in developing resource mobilization strategies

• Provide inputs to the development of partnerships and resource mobilization strategies for the women led MSMEs programmes as well as private sector engagement.

6. Advocate and facilitate knowledge building, management and communication

• Document the programme implementation process and products on enterprise development and private sector engagement;
• Contribute to the exchange of information and provide inputs to the development of knowledge products internally and externally of the programme; and
• Coordinate the organization of major advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products on enterprise development and private sector engagement.

7. The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation.

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.

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FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Good programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills
• Good budget and finance skills 
• Good knowledge of Results Based Management
• Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings and recommendations
• Good analytical skills
• Knowledge of UN programme management systems

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Certification: 

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Economics, Business Administration, Development Studies, gender equality, management, social sciences or other related areas 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 (such as PMP®, PRINCE2®, or MSP®) would be an added advantage.

Experience: 

• At least 4-5 years of progressively responsible experience in managing complex and multi-component programme interventions with national partners, private sectors on enterprise development, MSME eco-system strengthening, private sector engagement and partnership building
• Strong understanding of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment programming, including expertise on financial inclusion and impact investment.
• Demonstrated experience working with private sector companies, business associations, impact investors, financial institutions, women led MSMEs etc.
• Proven ability to design and manage partnerships with private sectors, government and entrepreneurial eco-system institutions 
• Experience in coordinating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating development programmes and projects on enterprise development, private sector engagement is desirable.
• 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.

Languages: 

• Fluency in English is required.
• Fluency in Nepali is required.

Statements :

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need. 

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Note: Applicants must ensure that all sections of the application form, including the sections on education and employment history, are completed. If all sections are not completed the application may be disqualified from the recruitment and selection process.