Deputy Country Representative, Islamabad, Pakistan, NOD, Fixed-Term Appointment

UN Women: Deputy Country Representative, Islamabad, Pakistan, NOD, Fixed-Term Appointment

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UN Women: Deputy Country Representative, Islamabad, Pakistan, NOD, Fixed-Term Appointment

Join to apply for the UN Women: Deputy Country Representative, Islamabad, Pakistan, NOD, Fixed-Term Appointment role at UN Women

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.

Job Description

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 launched its programme in Pakistan in 2007 (at that time UNIFEM) following a request by the Government and the UN and is now strategically positioned in this regard at both the national and provincial level, post devolution. In moving towards realization of gender equality and women's empowerment, UN Women provides support to innovative initiatives that promote women's human rights, with a special focus on their economic security, governance/political participation, freedom from violence, as well as preparedness and responding to humanitarian crises.

UN Women Pakistan works to create an enabling environment where women and girls are empowered and reach their fullest potential and their human, social, economic, cultural and political rights are fully protected and upheld; through the following key outputs:

• Normative frameworks and data
• Inclusive gender financing
• Protection against harmful practices
• Awareness, voice, agency and leadership
  
  

Reporting to the Country Representative, Pakistan, the Deputy Country Representative (DCR) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Country Office (CO). The incumbent is responsible for substantially contributing to the design, implementation, management and oversight of the country programme and ensure effective and efficient delivery of results as planned in UN Women's Strategic Plan and the CO plans. In close collaboration with the Operations Manager, the DCR ensures the integration and coordination of the programming and operations functions of the office to maximize efficiency and promote teamwork in achieving the CO goals and objectives.

Key Functions and Accountabilities:

• Manage the programme team
• Manage the day-to-day work of the programme teams, including finalizing the team's annual workplan;
• Manage the process of programme conceptualization, planning, implementing and monitoring; and the management of material and financial resources;
• Lead the process of preparing programme implementation progress reports and identifying areas for UN Women Country Representative's action and/or decision;
• Technically support the development of the Office security strategy and plan, as required.
• Provide advisory and specialized technical support on the strategic direction of the office
• Advise and guide the Country Representative on strategic areas;
• Provide specialized technical and strategic support in managing all aspects of the programme design and related activities and for ensuring compliance and accountability in programme monitoring, reporting and evaluation;
• Develop policy documents, briefs and other strategic papers/materials for use in the development and presentation of innovative and coherent policy and programmatic positions;
• Serve as a senior member of the management team.
• Represent UN Women in UN system coordination, with a focus on programming
• As delegated by the UN Women Country Representative, represent UN Women in the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and/or the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) to collaborate with the Resident Coordinator and UN system on interagency coherence, collaboration, cooperation, resource mobilization, advocacy, common services, and operations;
• Ensure UN Women's participation in UN system thematic and other working groups to advance UN Women's mandate.
• Provide technical support in creation of strategic partnerships and resource mobilization strategies
• Provide substantive research and inputs in the formulation and implementation of the country resource mobilization strategy;
• Establish and maintain relations with government, partners, stakeholders and donors to achieve active collaboration, cooperation and alliances on programme development and implementation and resource mobilization.
• Represent UN Women and support advocacy strategies
• Represent and advocate for UN Women in organizational, regional, global, public information/ relations events and key meetings, as delegated;
• Develop and implement advocacy and public communication strategies.
• Facilitate knowledge management, innovation and capacity building
• Manage the process of collecting and sharing lessons learned on gender equality and women's empowerment to build knowledge and capacity of partners and stakeholders;
• Oversee the design and implementation of capacity building training activities to enhance skills and knowledge.
• Manage personnel under supervision
• Manage the performance of personnel under supervision; provide managerial direction, guidance and leadership to staff and provide performance feedback and coaching to personnel supervision, ensure performance assessment are implemented on time and ensure personnel are fully aware of UN Women workplace relations policies;
• Create an enabling work environment;
• Identify learning and development opportunities
• Integration of Programs and Operations:
• In close collaboration with the Operations Manager, ensure the integration and coordination of the programming and operations functions of the office to maximize efficiency and promote teamwork in achieving the CO goals and objectives.
• Promote the effective and efficient use of the office's resources towards the delivery of planned results.
• Ensure compliance of activities according to rules, regulations, processes and procedures and UN Women's accountability framework.
• 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 leads a team of roughly 50 personnel, including 8 direct reports (including 1 international and 7 national staff) as well as over 40 affiliate personnel (SC, consultants and UNV volunteers)

Competencies :

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.
  
  

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.
  
  

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women's Values and Competencies Framework:

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills
• Ability to develop detailed operational plans, budgets, and deliver on them
• Ability to provide policy advice and support to partners
• Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports to inform management and strategic decision-making
• Strong leadership skills, ability to create and enabling work environment
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent knowledge of Results Based Management
• Strong knowledge of the UN system
• Strong knowledge of local country context
• Strong negotiation skills
  
  

Recruitment Qualifications

Education and certification:

• Master's degree in international development, economics, gender studies, public administration, public policy or other relevant field 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.
• A project/programme management certification (such as PMP, PRINCE2, or MSP) would be an added advantage.
  
  

Experience:

• At least 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience that combines strategic and managerial leadership in development programmes with a strong focus in the area of gender equality and women's empowerment at the national and/or international level, preferably in developing countries within the development sector, UN system, Agencies, Funds or Programmes is required.
• Field based experience working with multi-cultural teams is required.
• Experience leading and coaching staff is required.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.
• Experience in the use of a modern web-based ERP System, preferably Oracle Cloud, is desirable.
  
  

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in both English and Urdu is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language is an asset (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).
  
  

Statements :

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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