Vacancy announcement at the United Nations Development Programme

UN Women jointly implements the Joint Programme ‘Accelerating Progress towards Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment’ (JP RWEE) together with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). The JP RWEE is a global initiative with an overarching goal to secure rural women’s livelihoods, rights and resilience in the context of sustainable development. Specifically, the programme has 4 integrated goals; it seeks to Improve food security and nutrition; Increase income to sustain livelihoods; enhance women’s participation in decision-making; and enable a more gender-responsive policy environment for the economic empowerment of rural women.

The first phase of this programme was jointly implemented from 2014 to 2021 by the FAO, IFAD, UN Women and WFP in Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Nepal, Niger and Rwanda. The programme reached almost 80 000 direct beneficiaries and over 400 000 indirect beneficiaries during the first phase of implementation. The programme has recently begun implementation of a Phase 2 in Nepal, Niger, the Pacific Islands, Tanzania, and Tunisia from 2022-2027, with support of Norway and Sweden through the United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund. The programme seeks to further scale up this proven holistic programme model to new locations and has secured funding for expansion to Rwanda through a direct grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The implementation of the JP RWEE in Rwanda is overseen by a National Steering Committee, consisting of senior government officials and representatives of the four participating UN agencies and government representatives. Implementation of the programme is monitored and supported by a Technical Working Group, consisting of technical focal points of each of the four agencies. A Programme Management Unit including a National Coordinator and a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator oversees the management and implementation of the programme and its M&E system in Rwanda and collaborates closely with the Global Coordination Unit.

The MEAL – Analyst will be responsible for ensuring the implementation of the M&E system across  JP RWEE Rwanda” and add “under the guidance of the GLOBAL MEAL specialist for the Joint Programme ‘Accelerating Progress towards Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment’ (JP RWEE) in Rwanda under the guidance of the Global MEAL specialist. The MEAL Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the implementation of the M&E system across the JP RWEE in Rwanda. S/he will work in close collaboration with the technical focal points and M&E officers of the four participating agencies to ensure the implementation of the approved M&E plan. S/he will provide technical support on M&E and carry out training in response to identified needs and gaps. S/he will liaise closely with the global M&E Specialist and UN Women Programme Specialist to ensure the technical quality of the M&E system for the JP RWEE in Rwanda. S/he will also participate in and contribute to global level learning forums to enable cross fertilization and the sharing of good practice on a wider scale, as well as participating in coordination processes organized by the Global Coordination Unit as required. The MEAL Coordinator is based within UN Women and collaborates closely with the National Coordinator and the four participating agencies.

The MEAL Coordinator reports to the UN Women Rwanda Country Representative through the Programme Management Specialist, and also has accountability to the JP RWEE National Coordinator and the global M&E Specialist. S/he will work in close cooperation with the UN Women Programme Specialist. S/he will liaise closely with the participating agencies to ensure high quality M&E is in place for the programme and will be expected to assume the responsibilities as listed below.

Provide technical inputs to the monitoring evaluation and tracking of results against country level targets and plan:

• Providing technical assistance on JP RWEE M&E Plan for timely and quality programme implementation and reporting on the indicators;
• Provide technical inputs on the  implementation of programme baselines and endlines  to ensure they are implemented with quality standard
• Provide technical inputs for output level indicators (in addition to existing outcome level indicator guidelines);
• Identify any challenges in the implementation M&E system/plan and, with the global MEAL specialist, take the required action to ensure they are addressed;
• With the National Coordinator, contribute to the review of programme progress through quarterly review meetings;
• Provide technical support in the programme evaluation processes (mid-term and final evaluations) and any other assessments.

Technical Support  Provide technical inputs to programme implementation:

• Provide technical support for the programme to ensure the appropriate quality data collected on regular basis;
• Carry out frequent field visits to assess programme quality and monitoring systems;
• Provide feedback to field monitoring reports for programme monitoring enhancement;
• Participate in technical working group meetings and JP RWEE coordination platforms.

Provide technical inputs to programme to ensure monitoring and reporting is incorporated:

• Ensure technical review of donor bi-annual and annual reports submitted on time and entered in the result management system;
• Compile and consolidate performance indicator progress as part of the donor reports and for submission to the Global Coordination Unit;
• Contribute to the technical review of narrative reporting on results within reports and ensure strong programme indicator progress;
• Report regularly to the Global MEAL Specialist on process, outcome and output monitoring using the systems and tools provided by the Global Coordination Unit;
• Provide any other internal reports and updates as requested;
• With the National Coordinator, contribute technically to the culture of learning across the programme for the  improvements in programming;
• Provide technical support on the development and implementation of knowledge management and learning plans for evidence-based learning within the programme;
• Contribute to the documentation of programme good practices and human interest stories.

Contribute to knowledge building and capacity building

• Provide inputs to relevant programme documentation such as programme summaries, conference papers, brief notes, speeches, donor profiles, concept notes,  proposals and other knowledge products;
• Provide technical inputs to the programme research related to food systems, food security and nutrition, climate-resilient agriculture and decent work and entrepreneurship in the context of sustainable development and gender-responsive green/blue economies.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Timely and Quality inputs to programme implementation, learning and evaluation;
• Timely and Quality inputs to workplans and budget;
• Timely and Quality results-based management reporting;
• Timely monitoring and tracking of programme results and finances;
• Number of knowledge products developed;
• Timely organization of events;
• Adherence to UN Women standards and rules.

• 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/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills;
• Knowledge of Results Based Management;
• Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings;
• Good analytical skills;
• Good knowledge of technical area of gender equality and women’s empowerment issues and concepts in relation to rural development and poverty alleviation.

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, international development studies, gender/women’s studies, environmental studies, statistics, or a related field 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:

• Minimum 1 year of experience in monitoring and evaluation of integrated development programmes, and/or Women’s economic empowerment programming ;
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of  and of quantative and qualitative indicators relating to multi sectoral programmes including food security and nutrition, livelihoods, women’s empowerment and gender equality;
• Experience of conducting baseline and endline surveys;
• Experience in developing and carrying out training and capacity building;
• Experience in providing technical guidance (including the development of guidance material);
• Experience of working on partnership programmes with multiple stakeholders.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required;
• Knowledge of another UN official working language is an asset.

Please note that applications without a completed and signed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

UN Women Personal History form (P-11) can be downloaded fromhttps://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form-en.doc

Note:

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.

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