Coordination and Knowledge Management Analyst

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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. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations System efforts 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 Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
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. It is essential that Afghan women and girls can continue to shape the development of their country, and that their gains are protected. UN Women remains fully committed to supporting Afghan women and girls and to putting them at the center of the global response to the crisis in Afghanistan.
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 four key programme priorities: (1) Gender in Humanitarian Action, (2) Ending Violence Against Women, (3) Women’s Economic Empowerment, and (4) Women, Peace and Security.
The UN Women Afghanistan Country Office Programme Management Support Unit (PMSU) thereby supports the effective management of the UN Women programme portfolio in Afghanistan, including programme planning and development, monitoring, reporting and evaluation, and programme coordination based on agreed annual work plans and partner and donor agreements; knowledge management; and compliance with UN Women programme policies, guidance and procedures.
Under the direct supervision of the Monitoring and Reporting Specialist, and the overall guidance of the Deputy Country Representative, the Coordination and Knowledge Management Specialist will provide support to the coordination of cross-thematic knowledge management efforts.
Duties and Responsibilities:

Facilitate knowledge building and management and coordination of Knowledge Management efforts across thematic areas
Support the development and implementation of a knowledge management plan/strategy for the UN Women ACO aimed at enhancing knowledge sharing and delivery of planned results;
Contribute to the development of knowledge products and their internal and external dissemination;
Collaborate with other UN Women Country/Regional Offices to strengthen existing synergies and promote knowledge sharing across thematic areas at country office, regional, and global levels;
Keep up to date on latest developments in all relevant thematic areas and takes advantage of all mechanisms for contextualizing and sharing that knowledge;

Capacity building and technical support:

Identify capacity building needs and support partners/country offices through technical assistance, mentoring, training and capacity development initiatives in collaboration with the Programme leads;
Proactively engages in the organization and delivery of substantive trainings/learning sessions for the partners;
Advise the country programme on the efficient and effect ways to share learning with partners and staff in the country and with others in the region;
Identify scale up/optimization opportunities in projects/ programmes and share them with staff and the Head of the Office to inform adaptation of ongoing programmes, development of new component in the projects and/or inform new programmes/activities;

Support partnership building:

Provides coordination support and facilitates discussions and platforms on ACO programme learning;
Promotes and communicates on new corporate knowledge sharing mechanisms, and actively manages the existing community of practice;
Collaborates with the UN Women Communication Team to enhance, update, and assist in the external dissemination of the ACO programme results/events;
Build relations with external professionals and institutions, including donors, UN system agencies and civil society organizations, in the substantive areas of ACO programme in support of knowledge sharing and networking;

Manage data and information systems across the UN Women Afghanistan Country Office:

Develop tools/systems and for the systematic documentation and storage of information and data on programme and operational implementation processes and products;
Provide technical support to the Country Office teams in the systematic implementation of such tools, to facilitating the capture, storage and dissemination of information on processes and results;
Update the Country Office’s SharePoint filing system, and work with Programme and Operations Team to keep corresponding platforms up to date;

Key Performance Indicators:

Quality development of knowledge product publications.
Timely and quality coordination and dissemination of lessons and best practices.
Quality and timely reporting.
Strong relations with partners and stakeholders.
Regular and timely monitoring of activities.

Required Skills and Experience:
Education and certification:

Master’s degree or equivalent in International Development, gender/women’s studies or a related field is required.
A first-level university degree in combination with 5 additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

At least 2 years of progressively responsible work experience in the international level, including on policy development, knowledge product creation and dissemination on gender equality and women empowerment.
Experience in collaborating with different countries, departments, and donors/partners.
Work Experience with/in the UN system and working knowledge of the principal UN initiatives would be an advantage.
Experience in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating policy lessons and good practices and drafting reports/publications.
Experience in actively managing a community of practice, and in Capacity building initiatives related to women empowerment would be an advantage.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English is required.
Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset;
Knowledge of Dari and/or Pashto is an asset.

Source: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=115061

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