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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.
UN Women has placed emphasis on improving its strategic planning, reporting, and managing for results by applying Results-Based Management (RBM) throughout all the work of UN Women. This requires dedicated efforts to strengthen the results culture in the organization. In order for UN Women to communicate impact stories on women and girls with aggregated results and financial data across all the countries and regions, strategic planning with a strong emphasis on results management is pre-requisite to facilitate systematic and effective results monitoring and reporting during the implementation.
Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Deputy Regional Director, the Regional Strategic Planning Specialist is responsible for leading the strategic planning and results management (monitoring and reporting) work in the Arab States Region. The Regional Strategic Planning Specialist provides strategic guidance and technical support to the RO and Country Offices (COs) to ensure high-quality strategic planning documents at regional and country levels, ensuring the alignment with UN Women Strategic Plan and the corporate standard on RBM. They lead the preparation of the Strategic Note and work plan of the RO in close collaboration with RO colleagues and COs in the respective region. The Regional Strategic Planning Specialist also provides guidance, technical support, and quality assurance to Country Offices (COs) associated with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCFs), Strategic Notes, and work plans from the strategic planning and RBM perspectives. They also contribute to HQ-led corporate-level initiatives in the areas of Strategic Planning and RBM.
In addition, she/he oversees the results monitoring and reporting work in the RO, including the mid-term review of SNs, and annual reporting work in the region. The Regional Strategic Planning Specialist also oversees and coordinates the overall regional Results Management Management (KM) She/he will support the development of the KM strategy and oversee its effective implementation.
The Regional Strategic Planning Specialist works closely with the Regional Programme Leads, Regional Coordination Specialist, the Regional Monitoring Specialists and project focal points, and the Regional Operation Manager, as well as the rest of RO colleagues and CO colleagues in the region. They also coordinate with other Regional Strategic Planning Specialists in other ROs to facilitate cross-regional learning and peer-to-peer support mechanisms. In carrying out the functions, they coordinate and collaborate closely with relevant HQ Divisions and units, including the Strategy, Planning, Resources, and Effectiveness Division (SPRED) and the Policy, Programme, and Inter-Governmental Division (PPID), in order to ensure the implementation of corporate policy, procedures, guidance and systems associated with the strategic planning and results management in their respective region.
Duties and Responsibilities
Provide strategic planning , reporting and RBM-related guidance and technical support to the UN Country Teams (UNCTs) and UN Women COs in the region for development of UNSDCFs through the inter-agency regional mechanism, such as Peer Support Group (PSG), in close collaboration with Regional Coordination Specialist
Provide strategic guidance, technical support and quality assurance to UN Women COs in the areas of strategic planning, reporting, RBM and UN Women Result Management System (RMS)
Lead and coordinate the strategic planning, reporting processes at the regional level
Contribute to HQ-led corporate initiatives in the areas of Strategic Planning, reporting and RBM in close collaboration with HQ to ensure the field perspectives and needs are reflected in those corporate initiatives
Oversee documentations in the areas of strategic planning and RBM within the Regional Office and contribute to audits and evaluations
Lead data, trends analysis, monitoring and results management within the regional office
Provide coordination support to GEWE intergovernmental and normative work at regional level
Lead and manage personnel under their supervision
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: The incumbent is part of the Planning, Data and Results Management Team of ROAS. The team, reporting to the DRD, currently consists of a Monitoring Specialist working on TrackIT! and data collection and analysis in humanitarian emergencies, a Gender Statistician and a Data and results management associate. The incumbent supports and guides planning, monitoring and reporting focal points across the region. The P4 may in future supervise staff.
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Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf
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Application:
All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc. Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.
Note:
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:
At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.
If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.
UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)
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Macro-area: Middle East and Northern Africa
Level of experience: Senior Professional, more than 5 years
Area of work Definition: Monitoring and Evaluation, Results-based Management
Type of organisation: Multilateral Organisations
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