Programme Advisor, Ending Violence Against Women and Girls

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UN Women

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 10+ years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 29/01/2024
  • Location: Fiji
Gender-based violence (GBV)
Provide programme development advisory services and manage the UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office, Flagship Programme, Ending Violence Against Women and Girls in the Pacific
  • Working under the guidance of the MCO Representative to provide high-level substantive technical leadership to UN Women’s EVAW Programme portfolio which includes the Pacific Partnership Programme and Spotlight Programmes.  
  • Identify and strategically position work in new/cutting-edge areas including through the initiation and/or developing regional modalities to support the scale-up of national initiatives when relevant, lead in the development of regional concept proposals. 
 
Monitor the implementation and management of the Fiji MCO EVAWG programme, and the overall coordination and management of the Pacific Partnership Action.  
  • Manage development and implementation of Annual Workplans and budget for the EVAWG portfolio.
  • Manage and oversee high-quality monitoring and evaluation, annual donor reporting, and agency annual reporting.
 
Manage the people and financial resources of the EVAWG programme portfolio.  
  • Ensure that the EVAWG Programme, and its projects, has the human and financial resources and capacities needed to respond to requests for technical assistance and to deliver on programme commitments.
  • Lead and supervise the programme teams (Pacific Partnership and Spotlight), and ensure all team members align to UN Women performance management systems.
 
Lead advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts in relation to the UN Women EVAWG programme.
  • Represent UN Women at EVAWG-specific policy and programming technical and advocacy fora as requested by the Representative.
  • Participate in international, regional or national meetings and provide programmatic/substantive expertise on the issue of prevention and response to VAWG. 
 
Establish partnerships, donor liaison and resource mobilization in relation to the UN Women EVAWG programme.
  • Identify, develop and follow-up on strategic opportunities for resource mobilization to allow for EVAW Programme expansion.
  • Liaise with donor partners to ensure clear communications and timely, high-quality programme reporting in line with contractual agreements.
 
Lead interagency coordination on EVAWG to achieve a coherent an aligned presence for EVAWG in the Pacific region.
  • Provide substantive technical support to the Fiji MCO Representative and Coordination Specialist on EVAWG inter-agency coordination related activities by attending meetings, events, and participating in groups and committees.
  • Coordinate with the CROP agencies, UN agencies, government departments, donors and NGOs to ensure the projects’ capacity development programme is harmonized and aligned with other regional efforts.
 
Profile
  • Master’s degree (or equivalent) in social work or development related disciplines, gender issues, economics, public policy, law, sociology, or other social science fields.
  • 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 would be an added advantage.
  • At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in the prevention and response to violence against women and girls, including in the context of development, policy analysis, research or related areas.
  • Fluency in English is required.

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