The Ugandan Jobline

• Finance, administrative and monitoring and
  evaluation support to Humanitarian programmes;
• Advocacy support and facilitation of
  knowledge building and management.

• Under the guidance of the supervisor,
  supports the organisation, coordination, monitoring and support to the
  activities of UN Women Humanitarian Projects in West Nile and Northern
  Uganda and partners in relation to the administrative implementation of
  the project;
• Actively participates in the formulation,
  design, implementation, monitoring and reporting of UN Women Humanitarian
  Programmes in West Nile and Northern Uganda;
• Offer technical advice and support to
  implementing partners and to apply lessons learnt and recommendations from
  project evaluation;
• Ensure quality and timely implementation
  of the programme, including documentation of good practices, success
  stories as well as high quality and timely reporting for results;
• Work in liaison with partners, monitor programme
  delivery and take timely corrective action as necessary, in line with UN
  Women policies and procedures;
• Maintain budget awareness and ensure funds
  are utilised in line with agreed plan and budgets. Entering projects into
  Atlas, finalization of contribution agreements; determination of required
  revisions; coordination of the mandatory and budget re-phasing exercises,
  closure of projects through review;
• Financial and substantive monitoring and
  evaluation of the projects, identification of operational and financial
  problems, development of solutions;
• Maintain awareness of contractual
  obligations with donors and ensure full compliance of reporting
  requirements;
• Conduct environmental policy scanning on a
  continuous basis for West Nile and Northern Uganda and regularly update
  and advise the head office accordingly.
• Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and
  Reporting:
• Work in close collaboration with the
  Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist 
  – collect, compile, analyse and share periodic data/ information on
  programme performance to inform continued programme efficiency and
  effectiveness;
• Ensure effective application of RBM tools,
  establishment of management targets (BSC) and monitoring achievement of
  results, in close collaboration with the M&E Specialist;
• Ensure that aggregate reports are
  regularly prepared and submitted on time.

• Ensure all travel undertaken complies
  with all requirements for travel and is approved in line with the travel
  plan;
• Assist in writing program proposals;
• Perform any other duties as required.

• The ideal applicant for the United
  Nations UN WOMEN Programme Officer job opportunity must hold a Master’s
  Degree or equivalent in Social Sciences, especially in gender studies,
  Gender Based Violence or related field.
• At least five years of relevant
  experience at the national or international level in gender equality and
  women’s empowerment programming and implementation as well as providing
  management advisory services, hands-on experience in design, monitoring
  and evaluation of development projects;
• Demonstrate analytical and advocacy
  skills on gender equality, women’s rights and empowerment of women issues
  especially with regard to policy advocacy in line with security council
  resolution 1325, CEDAW and BFPA;
• Broad knowledge, familiarity and
  experience with UN inter-agency coordination processes and or results
  based management for advancing gender equality and women’s rights would be
  an asset;
• Strong links with national networks on
  gender equality and women’s rights in Uganda;
• Experience in capacity building, gender
  mainstreaming and gender auditing required;
• Experience in the usage of computers and
  office software packages, experience in handling of web based management
  systems.
• Language: Fluency in written
  and spoken English, advanced spoken level of local languages in West Nile
  and Northern Uganda and basic working knowledge in any of the UN working
  languages in Uganda.

• Preparing information for advocacy;
• Identifies and communicates relevant
  information for a variety of audiences for advocating UN Women’s mandate.

• Contributes into results through primary
  research and analysis;
• Assesses project performance to identify
  success factors and incorporates best practices into project work;
• Researches linkages across project
  activities to identify critical points of integration;
• Monitors specific stages of
  projects/programme implementation;
• Analyzes situation to identify gender and
  humanitarian programme opportunities in West Nile and Northern for project
  development and implementation;
• Participates in the formulation of project
  proposals and ensures substantive rigor in the design and application of
  proven successful approaches and drafts proposals accordingly.

• Maintains an established network of
  contacts for general information sharing and to remain up-to-date on
  partnership related issues;
• Analyzes and selects materials for
  strengthening strategic alliances with partners and stakeholders,
  including identifying of areas for strengthening of capacities.

• Providing inputs to resource mobilization
  strategies;
• Analyzes information/databases on
  potential and actual donors;
• Develops a database of project profiles;
• Identifies opportunities for project
  proposals for presentation to donors, in close consultation with senior
  management.

• Basic research and analysis;
• Generates new ideas and approaches,
  researches best practices and proposes new, more effective ways of doing
  things;
• Documents and analyses innovative
  strategies and new approaches.

• Understands and applies fundamental
  concepts and principles of a professional discipline or technical
  specialty relating to the position;
• Possesses basic knowledge of
  organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and
  applies them consistently in work tasks;
• Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date
  through self-directed study and other means of learning;
• Demonstrates good knowledge of information
  technology and applies it in work assignments;
• Demonstrates in-depth understanding and
  knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and
  utilizes these regularly in work assignments.

• Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and
  integrity;
• Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound
  judgment;
• Self-development, initiative-taking;
• Acting as a team player and facilitating
  team work;
• Facilitating and encouraging open
  communication in the team, communicating effectively;
• Creating synergies through self-control;
• Managing conflict;
• Learning and sharing knowledge and
  encourage the learning of others. Promoting learning and knowledge
  management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member;
• Informed and transparent decision making.

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