UN Women: Private Sector Development Analyst – Surging Women’s Employment, (Duty Station: Amman, Jordan) NOB(TA), Local for Nationals of Jordan

Background:

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

The UN Women Jordan Country Office is one of four countries alongside Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia that constitute the first cohort that will implement The Surging Women’s Employment Flagship Initiative (SWEI) Programme. The programme aims at increasing women’s employment by 5% by 2030 through innovative and collaborative approaches across governments, international financial institutions, the private sector, UN agencies, NGOs, and media with focus on the Green, STEM, and Care Economies (SWEI). The Private Sector Development Analyst will contribute to the effective management and implementation of the flagship initiative, by focusing on increasing decent employment opportunities for women through improving gender responsive workplaces and transformative partnerships with the private sector.

The work of the Private Sector Development Analyst is to scale the foundational work achieved in Jordan on the Women’s Empowerment Principles and ensure UN Women’s engagement on the WEPs implementation in the MENA region is further aligned with SWEI’s 5% employment goal. This includes defining a partnership approach that moves from transactional (activity-based) partnerships towards value-creating and innovative partnership approaches with the private sector, leveraging critical partners working towards similar goals. It also includes a strong, gender responsive private sector development approach to support companies in achieving a sustained increase in women’s employment before 2030.
Reporting to the WEE/SWEI Programme Specialist, the Private Sector Development Analyst contributes to the effective management of UN Women SWEI initiative by providing substantive inputs to programme design, formulation, implementation and evaluation. The Private Sector Development Analyst guides and facilitates the delivery of UN Women’s work with the private sector by monitoring results achieved during implementation and ensuring appropriate application of systems and procedures and develops enhancements if necessary. The Private Sector Development Analyst works in close collaboration with the programme and operations team, UN Women HQ personnel, the UN Women Regional Office for Arab States, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors, private sector and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation under portfolio.

Key Functions and Accountabilities:

1. Contribute technically to the development of programme strategies in the area of engagement with the private sector

• Provide substantive inputs to the design and formulation of programme/ project proposals and initiatives;
• Identify areas for support and intervention related to the programme.
   

2. Provide substantive technical support for the implementation and management of programmes and interventions for the engagement with the private sector programme and WEPs signatories

• Provide technical inputs to the annual workplan and budget;
• Lead 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;
• Review, coordinate and monitor the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports;
• Train partners on Results Based Management and monitor implementation.

3. Provide technical assistance and capacity development to project/programme partners for the engagement with the private sector to enhance women’s economic empowerment and participation in the labour market:

• Coordinate and provide technical support in the implementation of programme activities; Develop technical knowledge products
• Maintain relationships with national partners to support implementation and expansion of engagement with the private sector in general and with the WEPs signatories in specific;
• Identify opportunities for capacity building of partners and facilitate technical/ programming support and trainings to partners, as needed.

4. Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the programme and interventions for the engagement with the private sector and WEPs singatories

• Monitor progress of implementation of activities and finances using results-based management tools;
• Draft reports on monitoring missions, programme results s, outputs and outcomes;
• Provide substantive inputs to the preparation of donor and UN Women reports.

5. Provide substantive technical inputs to the management of people and finances of the engagement with the private sector programme

• Monitor budget implementation and make budget re-alignments/ revisions, as necessary;
• Provide substantive inputs to financial reports;

6. Provide substantive inputs to building partnerships and resource mobilization strategies

• Provide substantive inputs to resource mobilization strategies; analyze and maintain information and databases;
• Prepare relevant documentation such as project summaries, conference papers, briefing notes, speeches, and donor profiles;
• Participate in donor meetings and public information events, as delegated.

7. Provide technical support to inter-agency coordination on engagement with the private sector to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with other partners in the country

• Provide substantive technical support to the Programme Sepcialist for Surging Women’s Employment on inter-agency coordination related activities by drafting background reports and briefs.

8. Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts
 

• Develop background documents, briefs and presentations related to engagement with the private sector and WEPs signatories
• Coordinate and organize advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products on engagement with the private sector and WEPs signatories;
• Coordinate the development of knowledge management methodologies, and products on

9.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: N/A

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 Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment including women’s economic empowerment;
• Demonstrated experience working with the private sector on CSR and gender equality
• Demonstrated strong network of contacts within the private sector and the CSR world in Jordan.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports to inform management and strategic decision-making.
• Strong networking skills.
• Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities, and threats to fundraising.
• Strong knowledge of the Arab Region.
• Ability to write policy papers, speeches, and briefings.

Recruitment Qualifications:
 

Education and Certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in economics, business administration, business relations, social sciences, or other relevant fields.
• 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 2 years of progressively responsible work experience in development programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building is required.
• Experience in development and implementation, monitoring, and reporting on programmes related to gender and the private sector are required.
• Experience in providing advisory support to the private sector on women’s economic empowerment is required.
• Experience working with the UN is desirable.
• Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors 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 and Arabic is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French,).

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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