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 Bolivia UN Women Country Office has prioritized three strategic areas in its Strategic Note 20223 – 2027 for contributing to gender equality and women’s economic empowerment: Political Participation and Governance; Economic Empowerment; and, Eradication of Violence Against Women (EVAW).
Regarding the EVAW area, Bolivia country office includes a broad portfolio of articulated actions aiming to contribute to prevent the violence against women and girls, to improve the essential services to address on violence against women and girls, and to promote new social behavior to respond to VAW. This objective includes developing efficient actions to contribute to improve the government, civil society, academy and private sector knowledge, sensitivity, and skills to the legislation enforcement; it includes developing proposals and measures to contribute to articulate these social and political actors to converge their efforts towards the same direction. Although this area address on the 16 types of violence in the country, the Strategic Note emphasizes on domestic, public and digital violence.
This position requires a professional with deep knowledge and extensive experience on programs and processes to eradicate gender violence. For this position, the experience of working with partners of different origins is relevant, as well of the ability to articulate several actors around the same objective. The position requires a professional with the ability to innovate based on knowledge of the successful and failed initiatives in the country.
Reporting to the Programme Specialist, the Programme Analyst provides programme support to the effective management of UN Women programmes in the country office by contributing in the programme design, formulation, implementation and evaluation. The Programme Analyst works in close collaboration with the programme and operations team, UN Women HQ personnel, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation under portfolio.
Duties and Responsibilities
1.) Contribute technically to the development of programme strategies in the EVAW area.
Provide substantive inputs to the design and formulation of programme/ project proposals and initiatives related to:
- Strengthening the national institutional mechanisms for EVAW in the country.
- Strengthening institutional capacities to respond to EVAW within the different stages of the EVAW strategy: prevention, attention, sanctions and restitution of the violated rights.
- Establishing wide agreements to design and to implement a coherent and comprehensive narrative to EVAW from key social and government actors.
- Applying the interagency strategy to contribute to prevent VAW.
- Developing a strategy to mobilize resources for the programme of this area in coordination with the Programme Specialist. It includes identifying donors and developing comprehensive proposals aligned to the Strategic Note.
- Identify areas for support and intervention related to the programme.
2.) Provide substantive technical support to the implementation and management of the EVAW area.
- 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.
- 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 the EVAW programme.
- 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/ project.
- 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 EVAW area.
- Monitor budget implementation and make budget re-alignments/ revisions, as necessary.
- Provide substantive inputs to financial reports.
- Supervise Programme Associates and Assistant.
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 EVAW to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with other partners in the country.
- Provide substantive technical support to the Representative and Programme Specialist 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 EVAW.
- Coordinate and organize advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products.
- Coordinate the development of knowledge management methodologies, and products on EVAW.
Competencies
Core Values
- Respect for Diversity
- Integrity
- Professionalism
Core Competencies
- Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
- Accountability
- Creative Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Inclusive Collaboration
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Leading by Example
Functional Competencies
- Good programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills.
- Good knowledge of Results Based Management.
- Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings and recommendations.
- Good analytical skills.
- Good knowledge of technical area.
- Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising.
- Knowledge on national legislation.
- Knowledge on the government national and sub-national structure to enforce the EVAW legislation.
- Experience on analyzing and overcoming EVAW strategies bottlenecks.
Required Skills and Experience
Education and certification:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, law or psychology 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.
- Studies on human rights, gender/women’s studies, international development, or a related field is required.
- A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage
Experience:
- With master’s degree, at least 2 years of progressively responsible work experience in development programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building.
- With a first-level university degree, at least 4 years of progressively responsible work experience in development programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building.
- Experience in the EVAW is an asset.
- Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors is an asset.
- Experience coordinating and liaising with government in the UN is an asset.
- Work experience in development programme/project implementation in the UN Women is an asset.
Languages:
- Fluency in English and Spanish is required.
- Knowledge of another UN official working language is an asset (French, Arabic, Chinese or Russian).
- Knowledge of one of indigenous language in Bolivia is an asset.
Note:
In accordance with the UN Staff Regulation 4.5. ( c ) A fixed term appointment does not carry any expectancy, legal or otherwise, of renewal or conversion, irrespective of the length of service. This fixed-term appointment is budgeted through 31 December 2024.
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