Background:

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

Generation Equality is a multi-stakeholder initiative convened by UN Women to catalyze partners, increase investments for gender equality, drive results and accelerate the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the Sustainable Development Goals. The initiative also aims to sustain and expand a movement of support for gender equality with civil society and youth leadership and activism at its heart. Generation Equality is fully embedded in UN Women’s Strategic Plan and aims to accelerate the achievement of results contained therein, notably by operationalizing the Strategic Plan’s vision of achieving results through partnerships. Generation Equality is also recognized by the Secretary-General’s “Common Agenda” as an important initiative for the UN system to take stock of and build on.

UN Women convenes the Generation Equality Forum and in July 2021, launched the Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (WPS-HA Compact) as an inter-generational, inclusive movement for bold action on gender equality and to advance the leadership and protection of women and girls in crisis and conflict affected situations. The Compact seeks to achieve transformative progress over the course of a five-year period through action to address gaps and challenges on women, peace and security and gender-responsive humanitarian action.

The Compact provides a platform for Member States, United Nations entities, regional organizations, private sector actors, and civil society – including women-led and youth organizations, NGOs, and academic institutions – to take concerted action on WPS-HA over the next five years. The Compact brings together the above-mentioned stakeholders to implement existing normative commitments on WPS-HA by developing a voluntary monitoring and accountability process, strengthening coordination across existing mechanisms, and promoting financing for and visibility of the WPS-HA agenda.

The Compact covers five key thematic areas which place women at the heart of peace and security and humanitarian processes:

• Financing for the Women, Peace and Security agenda and gender equality in humanitarian programming
• Women’s meaningful participation in peace processes
• Women’s economic security, access to resources and other essential services
• Women’s leadership and agency across peace, security and humanitarian sectors
• Protection of women in conflict and crisis contexts, including women human rights defenders

As of August 2024, the Compact had registered more than 218 signatories implementing over 1200 actions in 156 countries. UN Women is responsible for reporting on progress of the implementation of Compact actions and investments by signatories, as well as communications, advocacy, awareness-raising and research related to the Compact.

Also, as part of its business transformation initiative, UN Women is working on UN Women 2.0 business model which will allow UN Women to scale up its programmatic focus and interventions. This will have impact on its current business processes around planning (UN Women Strategic Plan, UN Women Strategic Notes and Annual Work Plans), monitoring, and reporting.

Critical for the success of the WPS-HA Compact is a comprehensive and innovative Compact Monitoring Framework. Based on the WPS-HA Compact Framework, the Compact Monitoring Framework is a voluntary monitoring and accountability process, based whenever possible on existing reporting, to realize existing WPS-HA commitments, strengthen coordination across existing WPS-HA mechanisms, and promote financing for and visibility of the Women, Peace and Security agenda and on Humanitarian Action. The WPS-HA Compact Framework seeks to achieve aspirational impact within a five-year period. 2022 marks the first year of implementation of Compact Framework Actions. The Compact Monitoring Framework includes the following elements:

• Annual reporting on progress of the Compact Framework towards its aspirational impact
• Assessment of the extent to which the results of the WPS-HA Compact have been guided by transformative principles
• Data collection and presentation that showcases the achievement of the WPS-HA Compact annually and in real-time
• Mid-term and final evaluations

Key Functions and Accountabilities:

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Policy Specialist, National and Global implementation of WPS who also serves as the WPS-HA Compact Lead, the WPS-HA Compact Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation Specialist will:

1.Lead the monitoring of a clear, transparent, and participatory process for the effective assessment of the WPS-HA Compact aspirational impacts

• In coordination with the WPS-HA Compact Secretariat and Compact signatories, ensure that a Results-Based Management (RBM) approach is fully integrated into the Compact Monitoring Framework and any subsequent updates;
• Implement and maintain a systematic approach for collection and review of accurate, realistic and measurable indicators, including technical guidance notes and other user-friendly tools, models and systems for data collection and subsequent analysis;
• Provide technical support to the WPS-HA Compact Secretariat and Compact signatories on Results-Based planning, reporting, monitoring, evaluation and learning components;
• Identify and support joint evaluations and monitoring with Compact signatories, including member states, private sector, UN entities, CSOs, academic/research institutions and multilateral organizations;
• Coordinate with the Generation Equality Coordination Hub, Action Coalition Thematic Leads and other relevant stakeholders in the yearly/quarterly work plan monitoring, reporting and evaluation exercises, providing guidance and quality assurance.

2.Ensure quality and availability of statistics and evaluation information on the WPS-HA Compact for use by all relevant stakeholders, including governments, civil society, donors and the private sector

• Maintain a comprehensive M&E framework, as well as relevant user-friendly tools, modes and systems for data collection, and subsequent analysis;
• Support the design of frameworks to input data from desk reviews, surveys and interviews;
• Create, implement and provide training on necessary monitoring and evaluation tools, templates and databases;
• Lead and contribute to the production of WPS-HA Compact monitoring briefs, reports and other relevant materials used to inform and course correct as needed the implementation of the WPS-HA Compact.

3.Ensure the regular compilation of the global, regional, and national qualitative and quantitative data for monitoring of the WPS-HA Compact and stakeholder engagement process

• Monitor, compile, assess, analyze and produce routine data about key results and achievements across WPS-HA Compact thematic pillars; including data from the self-reporting portal;
• Lead collating and analysis of input and output data and information for the annual Compact Accountability Report and other knowledge products, as requested;
• Coordinate the maintenance and continuous improvement of the online portal including the dashboard, database and self-reporting portal that informs UN Women’s assessment of the progress of the WPS-HA Compact in the achievement towards its aspirational impact; therefore supporting Generation Equality;
• Ensure data quality by researching, collecting and assessing sources of relevant data; including also by verifying data with data providers;
• Support UN Women divisions, including the Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division, the Civil Society Division as well as Regional and Country offices in the data collection and analysis as related to the Compact.

4.Coordinate the production of the annual Compact Accountability Report and other research activities

• Lead the coordination of the production of the annual Compact Accountability Report;
• Contribute to UN Women’s engagement with partners and stakeholders on WPS-HA Compact indicators; including disseminating information, providing technical support (as requested) and addressing other queries, including from CSOs, private sector, youth organizations and other relevant partners;
• Ensure the Compact Monitoring Framework communicates data in ways that are accessible and attractive to non-technical audiences in all relevant M&E publications; support the analysis of data and visualization in the forms of graphs, tables and other innovative ways;
• Contribute to technical discussions related to WPS-HA Compact indicators and monitoring and broader accountability framework discussions;
• Lead the mid-term and final evaluation of the WPS-HA Compact and any other inquiry-based products, as requested.

5.Provide support to Generation Equality’s statistical work to enhance WPS and humanitarian action monitoring in Generation Equality:

• Keep abreast of emerging development issues to galvanize UN Women’s analytical capacity to respond, particularly in the area of gender statistics;
• Identify strategic opportunities to strengthen the availability and quality of gender statistics, and develop and manage the partnerships needed to deliver them;
• Represent UN Women in fora on research and data as requested.

6.Supervise Consultants 

• Finalize terms of reference for consultants and oversee the recruitment process, as necessary;
• Supervise monitoring and evaluation consultants as needed, in coordination with the WPS-HA Compact Lead, and oversee their performance;
• Conduct final performance reviews for relevant consultants.

7.The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

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.

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Functional Competencies:

• Exceptional organizational skills;
• Proven experience in designing analyses of and gathering and presenting data and statistics;
• Demonstrated experience working with results frameworks and performance monitoring;
• Demonstrated experience in working with global, regional and country partners and other agencies, experts and host country staff in planning of monitoring activities;
• Willingness to learn from and consult with colleagues for inputs and information sharing;
• Strong oral and writing skills;
• Good understanding of and commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment and its policy implications;
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team and in a cooperative and productive fashion both with internal and external colleagues;
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills, and ability to work in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environments; ability to build and promote partnerships across the organization and beyond;
• Ability to work under pressure on multiple projects whilst maintaining high-quality and timeliness;
• Strong analytical and report writing skills.

Recruitment Qualifications:

Education and Certification:

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in development related disciplines, gender, economics, statistics, finance or public administration or a related discipline is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience coordinating, designing, and implementing complex monitoring frameworks, including conducting evaluations and managing programmes with large qualitative and quantitative data, in crisis and conflict affected countries is required.
• Experience in implementing complex monitoring systems with diverse stakeholders is required.
• Proven experience of taking innovative approaches to complex monitoring systems to showcase impact is required.
• Experience in gender equality and human rights responsive evaluation (e.g. participatory and inclusive approaches) is required.
• Experience in MS Officer 365 including Power BI, Power Platforms or similar data management and presentation software is required.
• Previous working experience within the United Nations is desirable.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of the other UN official working language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

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.

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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements