Deadline: 22 February 2016
UN Women is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Coordination and Partnership Specialist in Dakar, Senegal. The duration for the post is of 10 months.
UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Coordination and Partnership Specialist will perform the following functions-
- Support to UN Women Country Office to effectively undertake and realize its UN system coordination role on Gender and Women’s Empowerment.
- Support to Government, UN System, Development Partners and Civil Society to bring coherence in the implementation and delivering on SDG 5 (Gender Equality) at policy and programme implementation and reporting at country and regional levels.
- Focal Point and Liaison with UN Women Regional Offices for west and central Africa in all programme related activities.
- Facilitate the effective tracking of the implementation of and reporting on UN Women CO Annual Work Plan commitments and UNDAF Results.
- Provide technical and logistical support to the UN Women Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) in order to generate coherence in UN Women partnerships/coalitions at country and regional level on SDGs with particular attention to SDG5.
- Facilitate the effective channeling of adequate technical support, coordination and donor reporting functions of UN Women and its implementing partner’s programmes and results.
- Support UN Women Country Office in related technical coordination, partnership collaboration bodies and Mechanisms.
- Ensure effective knowledge management and capacity development of UN Women in the region in rolling out and support system-wide tools on gender equality.
- Provision of guidance to UN Women in the country on joint programming modalities and strategies.
- Assists in resource mobilization efforts.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Gender, Social Sciences, Political Science, Development, Law.
- 7 years of experience in programme/ project management and design essential.
- Significant progressively responsible experience in gender related programme management and gender mainstreaming required.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Working knowledge of another UN official language especially French is an asset.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit UN Women.
