Deadline: 17 February 2016
UN Women is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Programme Officer in Sanaa, Yemen.
The Programme Officer will be responsible for planning, implementing, and managing UN Women interventions.
UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Programme Officer will perform the following functions-
- Provision of top quality advisory and programme development services.
- Management support of the CO programme and supervision of the Programme team.
- Inter-agency Coordination Support.
- Strategic partnerships and resource mobilization Support.
- Advocacy support and Knowledge building and management.
- Thorough analysis and research of the political, social and economic situation in the country related to the thematic/sectorial areas assigned and preparation of substantive inputs to the UN Women country office programme planning in those areas.
- Constant monitoring and analysis of the programme environment, timely readjustment of programme interventions.
- Identification of areas for support and interventions within the thematic/sectorial areas assigned.
- Design and formulation of programme initiatives within the area of responsibility, translating UN Women’s priorities into local interventions.
- Provision of programme advisory support to the Office Management within the thematic area/portfolio assigned.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in Political Science, International Development, Gender, Human Rights, Applied Anthropology, or in other related Social Sciences.
- 5 years of progressively responsible experience at the national or international level in design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects and establishing inter-relationships among international organization and national governments, preferably in the field of gender and human rights of women.
- Experience in designing and implementing joint programming or a joint project (if not a joint programme), preferably in a UNCT context.
- Experience providing advisory services in the area of gender equality, coordinating programmes with multiple actors in an international context.
- Proven management experience, preferably within one or more of the partner UN entities, with sound knowledge and experience in all aspects of project cycle (design, implementation, monitoring & evaluation) and project operations (including finance, procurement, reporting, and human resources).
- Experience in the use of computers and office software.
- Prior experience in the UN System will be an asset.
- Fluency in English and Arabic is required.
- Working knowledge of another UN official language is an asset.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit UN Women.
