Background

Background/Context

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, it was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.

The UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) addresses gender equality and women’s empowerment challenges in the Asia-Pacific region, including deeply embedded discriminatory social norms and practices that perpetuate inequalities based on gender and other intersectional identities (e.g. ethnicity, class, region, age, disability, migratory status, and sexual orientation and gender identity, among others). The Regional Office works across the following areas: Governance and Inter-governmental support (including on Gender Statistics); Women’s Economic Empowerment (including Migration, Ending Violence Against Women; Women, Peace and Security; Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Humanitarian Action. Covering 42 countries within Asia and the Pacific, it exercises its triple mandate and functions i.e. Normative, Coordination and high-quality programming at a regional level and in support of UN Women’s offices and UN Country Teams in 24 countries across the region. The UN Women Asia Pacific Regional Office also oversees and manages programming in programme presences.

Planning, Monitoring and Reporting Unit is leading planning, and monitoring and reporting of the implementations of multi-year business plans and annual work plans of the regional office and country offices and provide support for them in effectively conduct planning as well as strengthening monitoring and reporting. Also, the unit spearheads oversight and quality assurance of donor reports and donor agreements.

The Planning, Monitoring and Reporting consultant works with and provides support to the members of the Planning, Monitoring and Reporting Unit in quality assurance for the development, monitoring and reporting of multi-year plans as well as donor reports and donor agreements, consistent with UN Women rules and regulations.

Duties and Responsibilities

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:

https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process#_Values

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Excellent analytical skills.
• Strong knowledge of UN Women processes and systems.
• Strong networking skills.
• Strong inter-personal skills, communicate effectively with staff at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work in a highly pressured environment.

Required Skills and Experience

Required Qualifications

Education and Certification:

• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Law, Political Science, Development, Public Administration, or another relevant field, is required.
• A first-level university degree in Social Sciences, Law, Political Science, Development, Public Administration, or another relevant field in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in a relevant area supporting project management, monitoring and reporting including donor reporting or donor agreements and ideally planning.
• Experience working with the United Nations, or a similar international organization context is an asset.
• Experience in the Asia and the Pacific region is an asset.
• Must be capable of effectively using MS Word and Excel.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.

Evaluation:

Applications will be evaluated based on the technical qualification.

Evaluation criteria:

The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:

How to Apply

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit electronic application, P 11 and updated CV.

• P11 (P11 can be downloaded from) https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc)

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits employ, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity, and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.