Location: New York
Description
Organization: UN Population Fund
Closing date: 21 Aug 2013
How to apply:
Closing date: 21 Aug 2013
We are pleased to announce the following vacancy:
VACANCY NO: Job ID 2297
CLOSING DATE: 21 August 2013
POST TITLE: Technical Specialist
CATEGORY: ICS-10 (P-3)
POST NUMBER: New
DUTY STATION: New York
POST TYPE: Rotational
DURATION: One year (renewable)
ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT: Gender, Human Rights and Culture Branch, Technical Division
UNFPA Objectives The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports programme countries, through its Country Offices, in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA makes critical contributions to promoting the broader gender equality agenda at global, regional and country levels using ICPD as the entry point. ICPD provides UNFPA with a particular responsibility for some specific aspects of gender equality and given the Fund's expertise in this area in a number of countries, and within the context of the United Nations system collaboration and partnerships, UNFPA will continue making a significant contribution to furthering the human rights of women and girls, with specific focus on reproductive health and rights, within the areas of its comparative advantages and in response to country priorities and specificities. Organizational Setting
The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) work jointly towards actively contributing to the accelerated abandonment of FGM/C, in specific areas of implementation within 17 countries, by 2012. The focus of the joint programme is to leverage social dynamics towards abandonment within selected communities that practice FGM/C. In December 2012, the 67th UN General Assembly adopted a new resolution, Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations. The resolution calls for a common coordinated approach that promotes positive social change at the community, national, regional and international levels and, in line with this, also calls for the international community to strongly support, including through increased financial support, a second phase of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme. A Phase 2 of the Joint Programme will actively contribute to further scaling up the implementation and sustainability of the common coordinated approach that is yielding results toward ending the practice. The Joint Programme is seeking candidates, with the appropriate profile, for a position in New York. The position will be for 1 year fixed term, commencing January 2011.
The position is located in the Gender, Human Rights and Culture Branch of the Technical Division at UNFPA headquarters, and report directly to the Joint Programme on FGM/C Coordinator. The incumbent provides technical guidance to the FGM/C Programme in all activities related to Monitoring and evaluation, knowledge development and sharing, publications, financial and substantive monitoring of the FGM/C programme and reporting.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Strategic Results Support
- Provide substantive guidance and technical support on issues of gender equality and women's human rights in the context of sexual and reproductive health within UNFPA as well as outside;
- Provide substantive guidance and technical support in the implementation of the resolution at global, regional and country level;
- Provide technical support to the country offices FGM/C focal point in the development of annual work plans to ensure the adequacy of both the hierarchy of results of programmes, and their use of performance and impact measurement methods and indicators;
- Support the development and utilization of programme indicators and indicator databases and update the database.
- Make recommendations for improving the monitoring and evaluation practices.
- Provide technical support for knowledge development, management and sharing activities;
- Capacity Development
- In collaboration with the FGM/C Coordinator contribute to the development of a comprehensive and integrated capacity building strategy for M&E
- Build capacity of the programme staff in the adoption and use of results-based management, planning and reporting techniques and tools.
- Evidence, Knowledge Development & Dissemination
- Manage communication activities related to the FGM/C programme, including updating and informing UNFPA and UNICEF staff at HQ, regional and country levels on the programme's activities and knowledge products, while also identifying innovative ways to communicate and disseminate newly created tools and resources to staff and relevant partners;
- Responsible for synthesizing and documenting the joint programme on FGM/C experiences, including through direct communication with regional and country offices, to feed into ECOSOC and General Assembly reports, as well as the reports of the Secretary General;
- Manage the editing and distribution process for the Joint Programme on FGM/C publications
- Administration
- Undertake all logistical, administrative and financial arrangements required for the organization of technical workshops, inter-agency meetings, panel discussions, roundtables, steering committee and other events organized by the Joint Programme;
- Draft for internal and external reporting processes, while working directly with IERD and outside partners, including for drafting, synthesizing as well as analyzing FGM/C annual reports as needed.
- Use Atlas to monitor the financial and substantive progress of projects under the Joint Programme ceiling, and maintain and update data on the Joint programme as input to the Branch's project database;
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Commitment to UNFPA's values and guiding principles
- Developing People, Fostering Innovation and Empowerment, Performance Management
- Team Work, Communication, Self-Management
- Strategic Thinking, Results Orientation and Commitment to Excellence
- Knowledge Sharing, Continuous Learning
FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES
- Conceptual innovation in the provision of technical expertise
- Job Knowledge, Technical Expertise
- Logistical support
- Managing data, information and reports
- Planning, organizing and multi-tasking
- Managing financial processes
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED 1. Post-graduate university degree or equivalent in public health, social science, demography, gender, economics, international development. The graduate or post graduate degree should preferably include credits in the principles and practice of monitoring and evaluation. 2. 5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in gender, public health or social sciences. 3. Recognized expertise in monitoring and evaluation. 4. Proven ability to produce demonstrable results. 5. Strong verbal and written communications skills in English. 6. Field experience is a strong asset. 7. Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of another official UN language is desirable.
How to apply:
How to apply:
UNFPA has established an electronic application management system. This allows applicants to create a candidate profile, which can be updated regularly and submitted for more than one vacancy. Download the Step by Step Guide to Applying in the E-Recruit System of UNFPA at http://www.unfpa.org/employment/
Please print out the Guide for your reference during the registration and application process.
Notice: There is no application, processing or other fee at any stage of the application process. UNFPA does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
- This is a project funded post.
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