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Data: 16/09/2010
4. Provide advice and support to UNIFEM SRO management, Programmes and Projects focusing on achievement of the following results:
- Providing quality analysis and inputs to the UNIFEM strategic plan, UNDAF and other strategic documents
- Facilitating policy dialogue on good governance with the government, donors, and the civil society leading to the development of relevant policies
- Engaging in political dialogues with regional bodies like the SAARC to support governance at the local level
5. Provide top quality and innovative policy advocacy and promotion of UNIFEM’s vision and goal on good governance focusing on achievement of the following results:
- Sound policy advocacy for UNIFEM SRO vision and goals on good governance by participating in relevant forums, conferences and trainings
- Producing high quality research papers for UNIFEM presentation at international workshops and conferences
- Ensuring the visibility of UNIFEM’s work on women in governance by engaging actively but appropriately with media organizations
- Organizing substantive meetings of the steering committee and the advisory committee and ensuring sound guidance and advice to these mechanisms
- Orchestrating dialogues between the various stakeholders of the project in keeping with the principle of participatory development Education: Masters in political or social sciences, Politics and/ or international affairs i.e. international development studies, gender/women’s studies, political science and good governance, human rights, development planning, or related technical field. Capacity to analyze quantitative data is an advantage. Ph.D is desirable Education: 3 to 5 years of relevant experience at the national or international level especially on women’s political participation, human rights, gender and development, gender and good governance. Experience in programme and policy analysis, strategic planning and field experience in conflict situations. Experience with women’s organizations or women in politics internationally and in the field desirable. 3-5 years of experience on professional project management
and monitoring and evaluation.
Language Requirements: Fluency in the UN and national language of the duty station.
- Provide strategic and substantive leadership and manage the Women in Local Governance Programme effectively to ensure that progress is made in achieving its goals and objectives in line with its strategic and operational plans,.
- Collaborate with specialist research institutions across the globe as and when needed.
- Build strategic partnerships with government and civil society partners, donors, the media and the private sector
- Provide advice and support to UNIFEM SRO management, programmes and projects
- Provide top quality and innovative policy advocacy for promotion of UNIFEM’s vision and goal on good governance among critical stakeholders
- Lead and supervise the Governance team
1. Provide strategic and substantive leadership and manage the Women in Local Governance Programme effectively to ensure that progress is made in achieving its goals and objectives in line with its strategic and operational plans by:
- Leading and supervising a team of experts, consultants and project staff
- Supporting the partner training institutes to develop capacity building tools that empower women elected leaders to assert their rights individually and collectively ensuring that the training curriculum and tools are demand-driven and respond to the needs of the elected women representatives at the local governance level
- Orchestrating capacity building workshops/exercises at all levels of grassroot governance ensuring quality of content and expanse of outreach
- Supporting and strengthening linkages with existing women’s coalitions for becoming pressure groups and demanding accountability for incorporation of women’s needs
- Building capacity support for the UNIFEM team and government officials on issues related to good governance
- Setting up a monitoring and evaluation framework along with a learning and dissemination system for the programme
- Orchestrating timely delivery and quality assurance
2. Collaborate with specialist research institutions in the region and internationally with the objective of:
- Building research capabilities and creating a body of knowledge on promoting women’s political participation for gender-responsive governance
- Expanding, updating and maintaining a data base (qualitative and quantitative) on good governance and women’s leadership for use by a broad range of partners to strengthen women’s leadership capacity in the region
- Creating an evidence-based advocacy through research in governance
- Guiding the partners undertaking empirical research and analysis under the project to produce sound and credible data that can inform and improve project activities,
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