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 Tunisia and Libya, UN Women Cluster Office collaborates with national and international partners through four strategic areas: (i) women’s participation in governance and public life; (ii) women’s economic empowerment including the transformation of discriminatory social norms and the unequal distribution of unpaid care and domestic work; (iii) the elimination of gender-based violence including emerging and intersecting forms of violence facilitated by digital technologies; and (iv) the promotion of women’s roles in peace, security, mediation and the prevention of violent extremism.

Ending Violence against Women (EVAW) is a strategic priority of UN Women in Tunisia and Libya. In Tunisia, UN Women focuses on a comprehensive approach to EVAW that addresses legislation and policies, prevention, services for survivors, research and data, creating safe public spaces both physical and digital in different settings and strengthening women’s rights movements to EVAW.. This approach integrates the analysis of harmful social norms and gender inequalities as structural drivers of violence. UN Women supports governments, CSOs, international organizations, philanthropies and the private sector to deliver transformational progress towards the elimination and prevention of violence against women through four concrete actions: (1) Creating enabling policies, legal and resource environments in EVAW and integrated action on safe physical and digital public spaces (2) Scaling up evidence driven prevention programming that addresses social norms, unpaid care responsibilities, and online and offline forms of violence (3) Scaling up comprehensive, accessible and quality services for survivors, and (4) Enabling and empowering autonomous girl-led and women’s rights organizations to exercise their expertise. In Libya, conflict, political instability and weakened rule of law significantly increase women’s exposure to violence, including domestic violence, sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence in public spaces, and technology-facilitated violence, while stigma, insecurity, lack of trust, limited services and fragmented legal frameworks limit prevention and access to support. Unsafe urban environments and the absence of gender-responsive planning further restrict women’s mobility and participation in public life exacerbated by restrictive social norms and the disproportionate burden of unpaid care work borne by women and girls. In this context, UN Women focuses on strengthening coordination, generating evidence, expanding access to quality services, preventing violence through social norm change, and supporting women-led and women’s rights organizations as key agents of change.

Under the supervision of Programme Management specialist (Head of Programmes), and under the overall guidance of the Representative, the Programme Coordination Specialist is responsible for providing substantive technical and coordination support, results-based monitoring, reporting and knowledge management to ensure appropriate programme management of EVAW interventions in physical and digital public spaces including those addressing social norms and care economy-related dimensions. The role includes putting in place processes to monitor results, capture and document promising and good practices as well as to ensure opportunities for learning and exchanges. As required, the Programme Manager contributes to advocacy-related activities and Strategic events.

The Programme Coordination Specialist contributes to the effective management of UN Women programmes in the Country Cluster Office by providing substantive inputs to programme design, formulation, implementation, evaluation and resource mobilization with a focus on EVAW programming. The Programme Manager guides and facilitates the delivery of UN Women programmes by monitoring results achieved during implementation, ensuring the appropriate application of systems and procedures, and developing improvements when necessary. The Programme Manager works in close collaboration with the programme and operations teams, UN Women HQ/RO personnel, government counterparts, multi- and bilateral donors, and civil society partners to ensure the successful implementation of the programme portfolio.

Key Functions and Accountabilities:

Coordinate the EVAW Programme/Portfolio

• Provide substantive inputs to the design and formulation of programme/project proposals and initiatives;
• Identify areas for support and intervention related to the programme, including those addressing the links between care responsibilities, women's mobility, access to services, and exposure to violence;
• Provide technical inputs to the annual workplan and budget;
• Support the implementation of programme activities;
• Lead the coordination of the call/request for proposals, including the organization of technical review committees and capacity assessment of partners with attention to partners' expertise on EVAW;
• Identify, research, analyze, prepare and/or organize information and briefing materials for the Country Representative to facilitate her engagement in events and meetings on EVAW and Safe Public Spaces both physical and digital, including emerging issues related to care responsibilities and technology-facilitated violence.

Guide Coordination with National Partners and Other Stakeholders

• Maintain relationships with national partners to support implementation and expansion of the EVAW programme;
• Review, coordinate and monitor the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports;
• Identify opportunities for capacity building of partners and facilitate technical/programming support and training sessions to partners as needed, including training partners on Results Based Management, and monitor implementation.

Coordinate the Monitoring and Reporting on the EVAW Programme/Portfolio

• Monitor progress of implementation of activities and finances using results-based management tools;
• Establish effective mechanisms for monitoring programme implementation, including criteria and other indicators for measuring compliance with UN Women's EVAW policies, procedures and systems;
• Draft reports on monitoring, programme results, outputs and outcomes;
• Provide substantive inputs to the preparation of donor and UN Women reports, including as part of global initiatives on EVAW and Safe Public Spaces, covering emerging issues related to care economy dynamics and technology-facilitated violence.

Build Partnerships and Support in Developing Resource Mobilization Strategies

• Identify key opportunities for resource mobilization, including funding streams related to EVAW, prevention through social norm change, and care economy interventions;
• Provide technical support to the development of partnerships and resource mobilization strategies aligned to UN Women strategic priorities and donor landscapes.

Advocate and Facilitate Knowledge Building, Management and Communication

• Prepare social media assets and support increased visibility of UN Women's work on social media channels, in close collaboration with the Communications Specialist;
• Draft related communications/social media documents and messages as needed, ensuring survivor-centred, gender-responsive and rights-based messaging;
• Develop background documents, briefs and presentations related to EVAW and safe public spaces both physical and digital;
• Coordinate and organize events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products;
• Coordinate programme implementation meetings and knowledge exchanges to facilitate knowledge management.

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

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: 

Supervise personnel as needed.

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 knowledge of ending violence against women (EVAW), safe public spaces and/or gender mainstreaming ;
• Strong writing skills;
• Strong organizational and planning skills;
• Good research and analytical skills (including the ability to succinctly summarize research findings in written briefs, reports, etc.;
• Good programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills;
• Good understanding of communications, partnership development and outreach;
• Capacity to build and foster teamwork;
• Good knowledge of Results Based Management;
• Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to programme implementation and to propose corrective measures.

Recruitment Qualifications

Education and Certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in international relations, social sciences, human rights, gender/women's studies, international development, or a related field is 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 experience working on development programme/project design, implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building, including programmes addressing violence against women and its structural drivers, such as social norms and unpaid care work is required;
• Experience in the area of ending violence against women both in physical and digital spaces is desirable
• Experience of developing knowledge management tools and products is desirable;
• Experience coordinating and liaising with civil society organizations, women’s rights organizations, public institutions and donors is required
• Experience in monitoring and reporting for projects and programmes is required;
• Experience in coordinating advocacy and communications initiatives an asset;
• Experience working on partnerships and communications in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment 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;
• Experience in the use of a modern web-based ERP System, preferably Oracle Cloud, is desirable.

Languages

Fluency in English, French and Arabic 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:

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