Employment Nigeria 01-Jan-1970 NIGERIA , NIGERIA ,
UN WOMEN VACANCY FOR PROJECT CORDINATOR
Title Of Post: Project Coordinator
Post Level: Sc
Duty Station: Abuja
Type Of Contract: Service Contract
Duration: The consultancy will cover a period of 12 month, commencing June 2011
Responsibilities
-Fund Management
-Ensure and coordinate the provision of technical guidance to grantees with UN Womens gender equality and HIV/AIDS Section and Africa Region as requested
-Create and maintain complete set of files for each grantee, Including proposal, grant agreement, performance monitoring frameworks, monitoring reports, progress and financial reports, as well as key communications.
-Review reports and identify appropriate and timely follow up support
-Provide relevant research coordination and logistical support to evaluation team
Knowledge Management and Communications
-Liaise with and coordinate communications with sub-regional Offices (SROs) and Country Office (Cos) on other request for assistance and follow up
Monitoring & Evaluation
-Coordinate with sub-regional M&E officers and country offices the provision of technical assistance to grantees for the development of project-level performance monitoring frameworks
-Review grantees project-level performance monitoring frameworks to ensure alignment with guidelines and programme-level framework
-Establish a roster of regional technical experts and consultants in the area of WPIR and HIV to support grantees programme implementation
-Coordinate closely with sub-regional HIV/AIDS focal points, operation manager and finance officers to ensure efficient disbursement and to track funds for all grantees
-Coordinate with relevant Country Office focal persons to monitor progress of grantees and to ensure grantee activities and outputs are in line with agreed work plans and programme outcomes.
-Ensure at least one monitoring visit to each grantees and timely submission of monitoring reports by Country Offices.
-Work closely with UN Womens Gender Equality and HIV/AIDS Section to strengthen information-sharing and organizational learning among and between grantees, SROs, COs, UN Women and external partners
-In collaboration with Gender Equality and HIV/AIDS Section, explore and identify appropriate and relevant platforms of knowledge exchange as an opportunity for grantees to share project achievements, challenges and lessons learned with each other and to enable UN Women to provide substantive technical support
-Take the lead in initiating and facilitating lessons learning among grantees
-Contribute to the development of knowledge products.
-Provide and analyze quantitative evidence to demonstrate impact of grantee projects to UN Womens various stakeholders to stimulate learning about effective fir advancing womens legal empowerment in the context of HIV/AIDS policy and progammes
-Coordinate project visibility initiatives, including identify appropriate forums for UN Women and/or grantees, providing support for their substantive participation, and conducting publicly and media outreach at national, regional and global levels in conjunction with gender Equality and HIV/AIDS section, African Region and HQ
Communications
-Donor Reporting
Aggregate grantees result and draft comprehensive mid-term and final narrative donor reports for submission to Gender Equality and HIV/AIDS Section, liaising as necessary with country offices and/or grantees.
-Develop result-based reporting template and guidelines and disseminate to grantees via UN Women Country Offices.
-Work closely with country offices to ensure timely submission of grantees progress and financial mid-term and final reports.
Competencies
Corporate Competencies:
-Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN values and ethical standards
-Promotes the vision, mission and strategic goals of UNIFEM
-Display cultural, gender, religion, race, nationally and age sensitivity and adaptability
Treats all people fairly without favoritism
Functional Competencies:
-Strong planning, goal setting and prioritization skills
-Results based management and quality delivery of outputs in accordance with time and budget
-Ability to lead and mobilize staff and partners towards shared goals
-Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with partners at all levels
-Strong interpersonal and diplomatic skills
-Proven analytical and problem-solving skill and capacity to write clearly and concisely
-Solid IT skills
-Familiarity with UN Women and broad knowledge and understanding of the UN systems
Vacancy Qualifications:
-Advance university degree in Political Science, International Development Studies, Law and/or Gender/Womens Studies
Experience
-Minimum of 2 years of professional experience, including experience in formulation, management and evaluation of programmes in developing with a gender approach
-Experience in coordinating donor projects and working with multiple implementing partners
-In-depth knowledge of programming on gender quality and HIV
-Familiarity with bilateral and multilateral donor organizations and civil society organizations
-Excellent organizational, process management and coordination skills
-Proven experience in financial and administrative management functions
-Superior writing and communication skills
Language:
-Fluency in English required
-Proficiency in French preferred
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates should forward their updated CV and a short covering letter to unwomen.ng@unwomen.org (with subject line titled WPIR-HIV Coordinator)
CLOSING DATE: 16th May, 2011
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.