New Job United Nations at UN Women Tanzania – Gender Equality Coordination Specialist
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Jobs in Tanzania 2021: New Job Opportunities at UN Women Tanzania, 2021
Job Description
Agency UN Women
Title Gender Equality Coordination Specialist
Job ID 34472
Practice Area – Job Family Management – GENDER EQUALITY, UNW Fund for Gender and Equali – GENDER EQUALITY COORDINATION SPECIALIST
Vacancy End Date (Midnight New York, USA) 08/01/2021
Duty Station Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of
Education & Work Experience I-Master’s Level Degree – 5 year(s) experience
Languages Required: English
Desired: Swahili
Grade SB5
Vacancy Type Service Contract (SC)
Posting Type External
Bureau Africa
Contract Duration One Year with Posibility of Renewal
Open for Tanzanian Nationals Only
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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 Tanzania is implementing its Strategic Note (2017-2021), the
successful achievement of which requires strategic support for
programmatic level coordination on several key areas.
UN Women
has the mandate to lead, coordinate and promote the accountability of
the United Nations system in its work on gender equality and the
empowerment of women at the corporate, regional, and country team
levels. In Tanzania, UN Women is working together with other UN Agencies
to implement the United Nations Development Assistance Plan 2016-2021
(UNDAP II) to support the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania
to achieve its national development objectives and plans as well as the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Under UNDAP II, UN Women leads and
coordinates gender mainstreaming responsibilities of the UN Country
Management Team (UNCMT) and the functions as the Secretariat of the
Gender Coordination Mechanism for GEWE, including through implementation
of the UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard for enhanced coherence
accountability in the work of the UN system on Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of Women in Tanzania. In addition, the UN Tanzania COVID-19
Coordination Framework was established early in the pandemic and
includes three pillars: Public Health, Socio-Economic Impact and Leaving
No One Behind (LNOB). Each pillar is co-led by two UN Agencies, with UN
Women and UNFPA leading the LNOB pillar. The framework was designed to
secure a comprehensive overview of all related activities within the
UNDAP II structure, as well as coordinate short-term and longer-term
response and recovery efforts. To date this has included drafting an
Emergency Appeal and developing a Socio-Economic Response Framework
(which is currently ongoing) and will continue with other upcoming
strategic opportunities.
Under its Women’s Leadership Program, Wanawake Wanaweza II, UN Women also supports two essential coordination mechanisms:
The Steering Committee with representation of Development Partners
including the project donors, the National Gender Machinery and
Implementing Partners, and it provides strategic direction to the
project;
The Technical Committee which is composed of technical
staff from implementing partners with the aim of enhancing collaboration
and synergies. Additionally, within the UNDAP II, UN Women leads the
Outcome Group on Women’s Leadership and Political Participation within
the Thematic Results Group on Governance, Human Rights and Gender
Equality.
UN Women also provides advisory and technical support
to government institutions including the Ministry of Health, Community
Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC) and the Ministry of
Labour, Empowerment, Women, Youth, Senior Citizen and Children
(MLEWYSC&C) Development In Zanzibar as well as sectoral Ministries
with a view to strengthening national ownership and mechanisms for
policy dialogue on gender and the gender mainstreaming architecture. As
part of implementing this mandate, UN Women co-chairs the Gender
Mainstreaming Working Group – Macro Policy (GMWG-MP) together with the
MoHCDGEC and provides similar support to the Gender Mainstreaming
Technical Working Group (GMTWG) in Zanzibar.
Under the overall
guidance of the Country Representative, and dual supervision of the
WLPP Programme Manager, the Gender Equality Co-ordination Specialist
will be responsible for strengthening accountability of results for
gender equality and women’s empowerment, enhancing efficiencies,
improving UN system-wide coherence on GEWE, and joint action through
better coordination between UN agencies, WLPP Project, the government
and development partners.
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Duties and Responsibilities
Lead and provide technical support to inter-agency coordination mechanisms:
- Participate in UNDAP Outcome Results Group (ORG) on Women’s Leadership
and Political Participation (WLPP) and ensure gender equality and
women’s rights are mainstreamed in processes and documents, as delegated
and under the guidance of the Country Representative and WLPP Programme
Manager; - Participate and provide technical inputs in the LNOB
Pillar of UN Tanzania Coordination Framework to ensure effective
integration of UN Women contributions; - Provide technical
support to macro-level government and donor gender¬ coordination
structures, including institutional capacity development and strategic
planning; - Provide strategic inputs to the planning,
implementation, and monitoring of the UNCT Gender Scorecard, including
through the development of annual work plans, in line with the
UNDAP/UNSCDF guidelines; - Provide technical inputs, including
background notes, as the Secretariat of the WLPP ORG, the UNCMT Gender
Equality Coordination Mechanism, PSEA Network, and the LNOB Taskforce
under the guidance of the Country Representative and Programme Manager
WLPP; - Provide technical support to joint inter-agency UN planning processes and similar exercises;
- Oversee the monitoring and annual reporting of the implementation
UNCT-SWAP gender equality scorecard action plan and recommend to the
RCO, UN Women and UNCMT on achievement of UNSDG minimum gender
requirements.
Provide programme support to Coordination functions and priorities:
- Contribute to CO’s annual work planning and reporting processes,
ensuring that Coordination is clearly visible in annual workplans and
budgets and preparation of inputs for results-based budgeting; - Assist in the selection, orientation and supervision of consultants, and interns to the Coordination team;
- Collaborate with other UN Women Program and Operations Team in the
dissemination of information and results from the implementation of the
UN system-wide accountability frameworks on gender mainstreaming; - Contribute to Country Office priorities, events, and activities such as
International Women’s Day, Beijing plus 25, Rural Women’s Day, 16 Days
of Activism, preparations for CSW and other relevant inter-divisional
and inter-agency task forces, as required; - Provide substantive support to policy papers, briefing notes and talking points as required;
- Represent UN Women at briefings and external meetings as required;
- Participate and represent the Country Office in the UN Women Community
of Practice of Interagency Coordination and share knowledge and best
practice; - Ensure effective participation in UNDAP II Outcome
Group on WLPP, TRG Governance, HR and GE discussions, and integration of
WLPP contributions in UNDAP/UNSDCF planning, reporting, review, and
evaluation processes; - Ensure efficient preparations of the WLPP
Project Steering Committee and Technical Committee meetings, as well as
UNDAP II Outcome Group on WLPP including planning of meetings,
communication, information sharing, development of workplans and
reporting in line with WLPPP II project and UNDAP II.
Contribute to the development of strategic partnerships and resource mobilization efforts:
- Identify potential opportunities for mobilization of resources for UN
Women’s Gender Coordination functions and mandate, including Joint UN
system programming for GEWE; - Represent UN Women in the Development Partner Group for Gender Equality;
- Provide technical inputs to strengthening strategic partnerships and
coordination for GEWE within the UN System and with external partners,
including government and development partners through the Gender
Mainstreaming Working Group Macro-Policy, in close collaboration with
Inter-governmental Specialist; - Prepare background documents and
analysis to forge and implement strategic partnerships and to increase
outreach and visibility on UN Women’s coordination work in country, in
collaboration with Communications Team; - Identify effective strategies for UNCMT to engage with Women Civil Society Organizations.
Provide advocacy and communication support:
- Support greater visibility to GEWE normative and operational aspects of
the UNCMTs work, in close collaboration with the UN Program Management
Team, UN Operational Management Team, the UN Communication Group and the
UNCMT Gender Coordination Mechanism for GEWE and other structures, as
needed; - Support awareness raising and sensitization efforts
around GEWE normative frameworks for technical staff in strategic UNCMT
coordination mechanisms and structures in Tanzania; - Participate in and contribute to policy dialogues around gender equality and the empowerment of women, as necessary;
- Organize and provide technical inputs to a series of trainings for
relevant UNDAP/UNSDCF management structures, including sensitizing UN
Women staff, the Gender Coordination Mechanism for GEWE and others.
Facilitate knowledge building and sharing:
- Lead and coordinate the UNCMT annual reporting process on SWAP Gender
Equality Scorecard, for the Secretary-General Report on Gender
Mainstreaming in the UN System; - Provide support to the development and dissemination of good practices and lessons learned within UN Women and for UN System;
- Liaise with UN Women Regional and HQ Coordination Division on new
developments, best practices and lessons learnt and knowledge generation
in strengthening delivery of UN Women’s coordination mandate; - Contribute to capacity building exercises, as necessary.
Key Performance Indicators
- Timely and quality contributions to the CO’s coordination efforts;
- Timely coordination and monitoring of gender coordination strategies and activities;
- Quality inputs and technical support provided to UN agencies, as necessary;
- Quality inputs to planning processes and reports, and quality support to the Country Representative;
- Increased awareness of UN Women’s coordination mandate and functions;
- Increased resources mobilized and interest in GEWE among partners and donors.
Competencies
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
Functional Competencies
- Good knowledge of gender equity and women’s empowerment issues;
- Good knowledge of UN system and understanding of inter-agency coordination processes;
- Excellent drafting, editing and oral presentation skills and ability to write and advocate succinctly;
- Strong planning and organizing skills;
- Good knowledge of results based programme planning and management;
- Ability to promote and monitor inclusion of gender-specific objectives,
indicators, targets, and activities in the UN agencies programmes; - Good interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to communicate
effectively with all stakeholders and to present ideas clearly and
effectively; - Good analytical skills;
- Demonstrated
skills in organizing large inter-agency/inter organization meetings,
preparing reports, keeping records, follow-up etc.; - Familiarity with financial tracking mechanisms, pooled funding, and gender budgeting tools;
- Ability to provide timely and high-quality technical advice and support.
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Required Skills and Experience
Education and certification:
- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in one or more of the following
disciplines: gender issues, social sciences, economics, or another
related field.
Experience:
- At least 5 years of professional experience, focusing on gender equality and women’s empowerment issues in Tanzania ;
- Experience in research and report writing, evaluative gender assessments and analysis of accountability frameworks;
- Demonstrated experience in supporting inter-agency bodies and
coordination mechanisms to advance gender equality and the empowerment
of women required; - Demonstrated experience supporting capacity-building related to gender mainstreaming required;
- Familiarity with gender responsive financial tracking mechanisms,
financial targeting, or implementation of pooled funding across the UN
system for advancement of gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English and Swahili is required;
- Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset
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Vacancy End Date (Midnight New York, USA) 08/01/2021
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