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.

Aligned with Mali’s Strategic Framework for Economic Recovery and Sustainable Development (CREDD) adopted in 2019 and the new United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), UN Women has developed a 5-year Strategic Plan (2020-2024) focusing on the following strategic outcome areas: 1) women’s leadership and political participation; 2) women’s economic empowerment; 3) ending violence against women; 4) women, peace and security and humanitarian action, and 5) gender-sensitive planning and budgeting.

UN Women’s strategic approach puts emphasis on the creation of partnerships between Government, civil society, women’s movement, traditional leaders, private sector, academia, international development partners and other entities of the UN system, innovative approaches and solutions and on the principle of Leave No One Behind to achieve the results fixed in the UNSDCF.

UN Women will use its triple mandate normative, coordination and operational to contribute to the overall implementation of international and national frameworks such as SDG, CEDAW, Beijing Platform, Resolution 1325 and at the national level CREDD and UNSDCF.

Reporting to the Country Representative, [Mali], the Deputy Country Representative is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Mali CO. The incumbent is responsible for substantially contributing to the design, implementation, management and oversight of the country programme and to the operations supporting its implementation to ensure effective and efficient delivery of results as planned in UN Women’s Strategic Plan and the CO plans.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1.       Manage the programme team

• Manage the day-to-day work of the programme team, 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;
• Manage the performance of staff under supervision; provide managerial direction, guidance and leadership to staff and provide performance feedback and coaching to staff under supervision, ensure performance assessment are implemented on time and ensure staff members are fully aware of UN Women workplace relations policies;
• Technically support the development of the Office security strategy and plan, as required.

 2.   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.

3.  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), the Programme Management Team (PMT) and 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.

4.   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.

5.   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.

6.  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.

7.   Manage personnel under supervision

• Supervise coach and guide personnel,
• Ensure all personnel align to UN Women performance management policy;
• Create an enabling work environment;
• Identify learning and development opportunities

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

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

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Education and Certification:

• Master’s degree in international development, public administration, public policy or other relevant social science fields 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 or international level, preferably in developing countries within the UN system, Agencies, Funds or Programmes;
• Field based experience working with multi-cultural teams;
• Experience in leading a team.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in French and English is required;
• Knowledge of another UN working language will be an asset.

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