Background:

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, women’s overall empowerment and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

In support of the Arab Republic of Egypt’s Vision 2030 and the National Strategy for the Empowerment of Egyptian Women (NSEEW), the work of the UN Women Egypt Country Office (ECO) is grounded in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA).

Under the Egypt/UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF 2023-2027) and the Entity’s five-year portfolio therein, UN Women implements its triple mandate of supporting normative standard-setting to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment, implementing national programmes grounded in international norms and best practices in partnership with national stakeholders, and strengthening UN system coordination.

Since 2020, with the support of the European Union and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, through UN Women’s “Women’s Financial and Economic Inclusion Programme”, UN Women has partnered within the Government of Egypt’s national programme on women’s digital financial inclusion entitled “Ta7wisha” (“Savings”). UN Women’s contributions to the Government’s national programme will eventually reach 160,000 women across ten governorates in Upper Egypt by 2025. The goal of the nationally-led programme is to enable rural women – in part through their participation in women-led digital savings groups – to open bank accounts, access personal savings and micro-loans, increase their financial and digital literacy, advance greater economic engagement, and integrated into the formal economy.

UN Women’s partnership under the nationally led Ta7wisha programme focuses primarily in supporting the women-led digital savings groups. By substituting the tin box that was originally used by rural women to pool their savings under the classical version of Savings Groups, the digital SGs now enable rural women to individually and collectively onboard (or “be banked”) and track their personal savings and individual and group loans through the “Ta7wisha” mobile phone application developed in 2021. Further, the national programme supports women’s access to national ID cards and provides technical and market-focused support to the women-led digital savings groups to deepen their economic opportunities. The nationally led “Ta7wisha” programme builds upon a previous partnership between UN Women, the National Council for Women, and the CBE (2013-2017), in which by the end of the EU-supported project, rural women had increased their personal savings by no less than 3 – 4 times and reported use of such savings as a buffer against hardships, such as illness and family loss of income.

Women who are financially excluded lack access to basic financial services, which in turn has an impact on their access to household expenditures (for food, health, education, etc.) and expenditures for business. Many therefore, depend on informal sources of finance, generally at unfairly high interest rates. It is in this context that financial inclusion initiatives aimed at women and managed by women assume greater importance.

To support the effective implementation of the Women’s Financial and Economic Inclusion in Rural Egypt Programme, UN Women Egypt Country Office Launched and implementing a financial inclusion Programme, supported by funds from the EU and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Programme will be recruiting a National Programme Assistant.

Reporting to the National Programme Analyst – Women’s Financial Inclusion and under the overall supervision of the Deputy Country Representative, the Programme Assistant works with and provides support to members of the Programme team in the development and implementation of effective programmes consistent with UN Women rules and regulations.

The Programme Assistant contributes to the effective follow-up and coordination of the above work. S/he facilitates the delivery of UN Women Programme field related activities by contributing to achieving results and providing advice for enhancements as necessary. She/he works in close collaboration with the UN Women Egypt Country Office team to ensure successful achievement of the objectives of UN Women’s work.

Under the overall supervision of the Programme Analyst, the Programme assistant will be responsible for the following:

• Programme implementation and management support
• Administrative and financial management support

Support in Programme implementation and management ensuring the following:

• Provide support in the preparation of Program work plans, budgets and proposals for program implementation arrangements.
• Assemble briefing materials and stories for the Programmes’ visibility and outreach.
• Provide support in following-up  up with partners on the day-to-day implementation of the programmes.
• Provide support in the preparations of request for proposals, request for quotations, events, field visits, etc.
• Provide support in establishing and maintaining contact with different partners.
• Support the UN Women team in the implementation of the control mechanisms through monitoring of budgets including unutilized/ uncommitted funds and to keep abreast the Programmes’ KPIs/ indicators to ensure thorough follow up for the Programmes’ monitoring frameworks (PMF).
• Provide administrative support or audit purpose and support implementation of audit recommendations.
• Organize, compile, and process documentation and information form donors, and programme team as inputs to various databases and documents.
• Undertake all logistical, administrative and financial arrangements for organization for meetings, workshops, events, and missions;
• Make travel arrangements for the Programme Team, including travel requisitions and claims;
• Draft minutes in meetings, as delegated;

Administrative and Financial Management Support

• Take timely corrective actions on un-posted vouchers, including the vouchers with budget check errors, match exceptions, unapproved vouchers.
• Create requisitions in Quantum with all supporting documents for PO creation and processing of invoices in a timely manner.
• Ensure organized filing for following UN Women’s regulations in this regard, ensuring clear and transparent availability of documentation for donors.
• Provide administrative support in the preparation of Programme work plans, and proposals on Programme implementation arrangements;
• Provide support in project creation in Quantum system, prepare budget revisions, revise project awards and status; and determine unutilized funds and the operational and financial close of a project;
• Provide administrative support in monitoring and preparation of budget and the finances of programmes/projects, and in the preparation of FACE forms;
• Prepare non-PO vouchers for development projects;
• Process payment for consultants, as delegated;
• Create requisitions in Quantum system for development projects; register good receipts in Quantum system.

Competencies :

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

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 Values and Competencies Framework:

Functional Competencies:

• General knowledge of programme management;
• Ability to administer and execute administrative processes and transactions;
• Ability to create, edit and present information in clear and presentable formats;
• Ability to manage data, documents, correspondence and reports information and workflow;
• Strong IT skills.

Statements :

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, 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.)

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements