Programme Analyst, EVAWG USAID

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.

Ending gender-based violence against women and girls, including harmful practices, has been a clear and committed priority of the Government of Egypt. There have been gains in terms of gradually evolving legislative frameworks and increased national-level awareness about the prevalence of gender-based violence and the legislative provisions to protect individuals from harm. The most significant gains in recent years have been the establishment of core essential services for women and girls escaping violence. These gains and investments are important, but so are the demands.

Building on over 20 years of investments, partnerships and technical expertise, UN Women Egypt Country Office (ECO)’s Portfolio works with national stakeholders in strengthening the capacity of duty-bearers to provide quality essential services for survivors of violence in an integrated and coordinated manner. In this regard, UN Women supports the provision of shelters, legal aid, and psycho-social support for survivors of violence. UN Women also supports advancing positive social norms, attitudes, and behaviors at the individual and community level; and establishing and operating safe and economically viable public spaces for women and girls who are empowered to access and use them.

In partnership with the Government of Egypt,  UNFPA, and funded by USAID, UN Women is launching a new five-year Programme with two main components a) strengthening the enabling environment for the prevention of all forms of gender-based violence against women and girls; and b) adapting and supporting the scale up of proven national and local services and interventions that prevent, protect, and respond to violence against women and girls through a coordinated response and integrated quality of care under the existing national referral pathways. Under the two components of the Programme, priority will be given to local-level capacity strengthening through national-to-local partnerships between and among the Government of Egypt, civil society organizations and community-based organizations.

Reporting to the Programme Specialist heading the UN Women ending violence against women and girls portfolio and working closely with the Programme Analyst supporting essential services, the Monitoring and Outreach Programme Analyst contributes to the effective monitoring of the UN Women components’ impact, and expanding the buy-in and partnerships particularly around local level partnerships in prevention (component 1) and around social norm change.    

Objective

The Program Analyst will be responsible for ensuring a strong monitoring and evaluation of the impact of UN Women’s work under the overall Programme, including supporting the capacities of implementing partners’ in the area of results-based management, alongside other technical capacity development needs; and for expanding and managing UN Women’s partnerships on prevention (component #1) at the local level, particularly with private sector and social enterprises in the area of prevention and tackling social norm change. She/he will provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts and develop background documents, briefs and presentations related to ending gender-based violence against women and girls. In cooperation with the Government of Egypt, UNFPA and USAID, she/he will also support the coordination and organization of advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops, and knowledge products. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide technical guidance and backstopping to the monitoring and reporting of the UN Women component of the Programme:

• Monitor and report on progress in the implementation of UN Women actions under the Programme, using results-based management tools and systems of UN Women, and in accordance with UN Women and USAIDs agreed-upon corporate M&E requirements;
• Establish clear baselines and means of verification for the UN Women components of the Programme, in cooperation with UNFPA;
• Support the capture of Programme impact through human interest stories;
• Draft and contribute towards monitoring tools under the Programme, including progress reports, mission reports;
• Build the capacity of UN Women’s implementing partners to effectively monitor for results and capture impact;
• Contribute to identifying and documenting good practices and lessons learned and establishing appropriate execution and monitoring mechanisms;
• Contribute to shaping the UN Country Team’s plans to develop methodology for assessing impact of social norm change work.

Enhance UN Women partnerships around prevention at the local and national level:

• Day-to-day responsibility for implementation of UN Women key actions under Prevention/component 1 of the Programme;
• With national-level Programme stakeholders, enhance local and national level partnerships in support of prevention of gender-based violence against women and girls, with particular emphasis on mobilizing private sector;
• Support national-to-local peer mentoring and support around prevention – including social norm change - in close coordination with the Programme’s main stakeholders.

Provide technical and operational support to the implementation of UN Women’s prevention work under the Programme, including social norm change:

• Support the joint UN Women/UNFPA social norm change work which will be carried out with the Government of Egypt and local level stakeholders;
• Provide substantive technical support to the implementation and management of the UN Women-related work under the prevention component of the USAID-supported Programme, in coordination with UNFPA;
• Support the implementation of sound technical and financial project management standards, based on UN Women’s regulations, including project initiation, entering projects into Quantum, supporting the identification, and contracting and monitoring of Implementing Partners, preparation of budgets and budget revisions, and coordination of project evaluations and audits and project closers;
• Provide technical inputs to the development of annua workplans and budgets;
• Lead the implementation of prevention activities in line with the set work plan;
• Prepare Terms of Reference for consultants;
• Lead the coordination of requests for proposals, including the organization of technical review committees and capacity assessment of partners;
• Identify and support capacity development of partners and facilitate technical/programming support and training to partners, as needed;
• Review, coordinate and monitor the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports;
• Provide technical support to UN Women’s inter-agency coordination on GBV against women and girls so as to achieve coherence and alignment within the UN Country Team and other development partners;
• Ensure reporting under the USAID-supported Programme is well captured within the broader UN reporting under the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF 2023-2027).

Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts:

• Develop background documents, briefs and presentations related to EVAWG;
• Coordinate and organize advocacy campaigns, events, training, workshops, and knowledge products;
• Ensure compliance with donor visibility guidelines and communication of results.

Competencies

Key Performance Indicators:

• Timely and quality inputs to Programme design.
• Timely and quality input to work plans and budgets.
• Adherence to UN Women standards and rules.
• Timely monitoring and tracking of Programme results and finances.
• Timely organization of events.
• A number of knowledge products developed.

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.

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%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competencies:

• Knowledge of results-based management including Programme formulation, monitoring and measuring implementation and evaluation;
• Knowledge of women’s empowerment in Egypt and of strategies and approaches on preventing gender-based violence against women and girls;
• Good communication and outreach skills;
• Good analytical skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education and Certification

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/ women’s studies, international development, or a related 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 minimum five years of progressively responsible work experience in development Programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building, required.
• Experience in coordinating and liaising with national partners at policy making and/or implementation level, including government, civil society, and academia in the area of ending violence against women and girls and/or women’s empowerment overall, required.
• Practical experience in work in Egypt on advancing women’s empowerment and/or in ending gender-based violence against women and girls, required.
• Previous experience working in the UN system is an asset.
• Previous experience working on USAID funded programs is an asset.

Language Requirements

• Fluency in English and Arabic is required;
• Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset.

Application: Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification. 

Interested Individual Candidate must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• ((ESSENTIAL)) Completed and Signed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment; make sure that you provide a valid email address for future communications, and
• A cover letter with a brief presentation explaining your suitability for the vacancy;

The above-mentioned documents MUST BE merged in a standalone file including all them, since the online application submission does only permit to uploading one file per application.

You can merge your documents by using Online resources. 

Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification. Make sure that you provide a valid email address for future communications.

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