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UN Women Project Management Advisor Myanmar UN Women Jobs 2024
UN Women looking for “Project Management Advisor”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 10-Jul-24.
The UN Women has published a job vacancy announcement on 02/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Project Management Advisor to be based in Yangon , Myanmar. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org
Company Name: UN Women
Job Title: Project Management Advisor
Duty Station: Yangon , Myanmar
Country: Myanmar
Application Deadline: 10-Jul-24
Responsibilities:
Under the overall guidance of the UN Women Country Representative a.i., the Project management advisor: Gender based violence prevention and response (PMA GBV) and in direct collaboration with implementing partners, UNFPA and UN inter-agency coordination mechanisms on GBV, the PMA GBV will lead on the preparation and launch of a new programme on GBV prevention and response on behalf of UN Women.
1. Manage the preparation and launch of the GBV prevention and response programme on behalf of UN Women:
- Finalise the Programme document, the Programme Results Framework and the M&E plan.
- Provide overall programme advisory support to the programme, including the launch of the programme Steering Committee and the launch and management of the calls for proposals;
- Provide strategic and specialized technical advice on the development of systems, processes and mechanisms to support programme planning, implementation, monitoring and progress reporting.
- Review and evaluate proposals by implementing partners;
2. Manage the monitoring and reporting for the programme jointly with the M&E officer:
- Recommend and establish programme monitoring standards, criteria, and other indicators for measuring and assessing progress/results;
- Manage the monitoring of progress by civil society partners against mutually agreed results frameworks and performance indicators;
- Gather information and prepare report on progress of programme implementation for programme Steering Committee; prepare semi-annual report;
3. Provide technical support to the implementation of the programme:
- Organize periodic meetings with UNFPA and implementing partners.
- Analyze and ensure alignment of IP budgets with logical framework matrices and work plans;
- Ensure programme quality control with partner civil society organizations and identification of potential challenges.
4. Develop and maintain partnerships and provide technical advice on gender mainstreaming and GBV in inter-agency GBV coordination mechanisms
- Participate in GBV inter-agency coordination mechanism (protection cluster, GBV technical working groups)
- Strengthen collaboration and partnership with other UN agencies and facilitate access to UN Women capacity
development initiatives.
- Provide knowledge management knowledge sharing between different partner civil society organizations and contribute to their dissemination (with the communication officer).
5. Perform other duties as deemed needed by UN Women:
Requirements:
Education and Certification:
- Master’s degree in social sciences with a focus on gender, health, development studies or a related field is required, 5 years of relevant work experience with at least 4 focused on GBV, humanitarian assistance or livelihood provision.;
Experience:
- At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in designing and managing GBV programmes, with a particular focus on gender and protection in emergencies;
- Technical experience in humanitarian inter-agency coordination;
- Experience working on durable solutions to displacement is an asset;
- Experience working with, and building partnerships with governments, donors and civil society organizations internationally and in the field;
- Experience of working with UN Agencies, especially UN Women, will be an asset
- Excellent reporting skills, knowledge of RBM and result-based reporting
Languages:
- Fluency in Myanmar and in English is required;
- Knowledge of an additional Myanmar local language is an asset.