Project Officer, Women, Peace and Security at UNDP

The United Nations Development Programme is hiring a Project Officer, Women, Peace, and Security, for Beira in Sofala.

Summary of Key Functions

Lead Project Implementation in Northern Region of Mozambique

Ensures timely and effective implementation of the project’s activities in accordance with the annual work plan and towards achieving the project outputs and outcomes;
Ensures regular follow up with national experts/consultants and civil society groups/think tanks involved in the implementation of project activities, including revision of their deliverables and results;
Maintaining regular communication and extend technical support to women, peace and security initiatives conducted by women and gender-equality organizations;
Provide guidance and support to UN Women implementing partners/responsible parties, carrying specific activities within the project;
Serve as UN Women focal person in the provinces;
Give inputs to quarterly progress reports and contribute to the drafting of Annual and Final project report.

Monitoring and Knowledge Production & Management

Conducts systematic monitoring and reporting on project implementation in the 3 provinces;
Contributes to the preparation and consolidation of quarterly progress and financial reports;
Maintains close communication with project beneficiaries, consultants, responsible partners and institutional contractors to monitor the project implementation against the baseline and targets;
Contributes to synthesizing, documenting, and developing project activities, success stories and lessons learned;
Contributes to and participate in the project evaluations in collaboration with local partners and relevant stakeholders.

Support coordination activities

Coordinates with the Programme Officer and Programme Specialist on implementation of the country component of the women, peace, and security (and other relevant UN Women priority areas);
Ensure continuous coordination with all project parties and partners involved in project implementation;
Participate at the meetings of the UN Result group on gender equality and humanitarian action and prepare minutes, including preparation of background documents for the meetings;
Organizes key advocacy/awareness raising events in coordination with relevant colleagues at the country office.

Core Values / Guiding Principles

Integrity: Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct;
Professionalism: Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work;
Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity: Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Core Competencies

Ethics and Values: Demonstrate and safeguard ethics and integrity;
Organizational Awareness: Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment;
Development and Innovation: Take charge of self-development and take initiative;
Work in teams: Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds;
Communicating and Information Sharing: Facilitate and encourage open communication and strive for effective communication;
Self-management and Emotional Intelligence: Stay composed and positive even in difficult moments, handle tense situations with diplomacy and tact, and have a consistent behavior towards others;
Conflict Management: Surface conflicts and address them proactively acknowledging different feelings and views and directing energy towards a mutually acceptable solution;
Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing: Encourage learning and sharing of knowledge;
Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making: Demonstrate informed and transparent decision making.

Functional Competencies

Development/programming skills particularly those that are pertinent to UN Women strategic priorities on gender issues and women’s rights;
Ability to support formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects;
Knowledge of Results Based Management principles and approaches;
Ability to maintain networks and partnerships with UN agencies and other international partners to promote partnership and build alliances to advance organizational interests and competencies;
Demonstrated good oral and written communication skills;
Knowledge of and experience in gender mainstreaming is an asset;
Experience in working and collaborating with governments;
Initiative and strong leadership skills;
Result and client-orientations;
Willingness to travel as appropriate.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in in Peace and Security, Gender and Human Rights, Political Science, Social Sciences, or related 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

Minimum 3 years of relevant experience at the national and/or international level with development programmes and projects;
Relevant experience working peace and security and gender related issues such as women’s political participation, ending violence against women, economic empowerment or similar;
Experience of working with multiple stakeholders from government and other development actors preferably on issues related to gender equality and women’s empowerment. Working Experience with the UN an asset;
Solid understanding of results-based management approaches;
Knowledge of policy frameworks related to gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Good knowledge programme/project related monitoring and reporting;
Experience developing programme/project related knowledge products, including project briefs, success stories, human-interest stories, etc.

Language Requirements

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Project Officer, Women, Peace and Security Full-Time