Regional Coordination Specialist

• Country: Istanbul, Turkey
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNDP
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-02-08

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provide technical support to the Regional Director as well as Country Offices on inter-agency coordination.

• Provide technical support and guidance to the Regional Director, including through participation in regional groups and interagency coordination efforts and related technical bodies as well as the Regional Coordination Mechanism.
• Provide analysis and advice to COs and MCO on engaging United Nations Country Teams (UNCT) and Resident Coordinators (RCs) on gender responsive development assistance.
• Provide substantive support and representation at conferences, high-level meetings, joint programme development, joint advocacy, financing opportunities, and research.
• Provide technical support and ensure guidance to RCOs and UNCTs related to system-wide processes and requirement related to GEWE in countries where UN Women has no presence.
• Provide technical support to UN Women Country Representatives and offices, as requested, on inter-agency coordination – helping Country Offices to identity thematic strategic entry points, including inter-agency pooled funds, and partners to significantly advance GEWE through targeted coordination and technical assistance.
• Provide substantive support to UN Women Country Representatives and offices, as requested, to scale up their provision of technical assistance and sectoral specific gender analysis on gender equality and women’s empowerment across the UNCT, enabling UN Women to act as the UNCT ‘Think Tank’ on gender equality.
• Where humanitarian clusters exist, support UN Women Country Offices, as requested, to ensure that they are actively engaged in leading the promotion of gender in humanitarian action – providing quality and operational technical assistance, trainings, and gender analysis, as needed in the country context.
• Provide support to UN Women Country Representatives and offices, as requested, to monitor the work of GTGs to ensure that these are effective in bringing partners together around strategic actions on GEWE.

2. Provide technical advisory support on gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) as a guiding principle during the development and implementation of the Cooperation Framework

• Provide advice and inputs on the UNSDCF Roadmap to ensure that the UNSDCF development process will ensure strong integration of GEWE, in line with the UNCT-SWAP requirements, and facilitate active engagement of women’s CSOs and women’s machineries.
• Provide substantive support in the development of a rigorous gender analysis in the Common Country Analysis (CCA) to explain immediate, underlying and root causes of gender inequalities and gender-based discrimination, and differentiated impacts.
• As Peer Support Group Member (PSG), and in close collaboration with DCO, review and provide technical guidance and inputs to each step of the UNSDCF to ensure the integration of gender equality considerations on the strategic prioritization, results matrix, joint programmes, and monitoring and evaluation.
• Provide technical advice to RCs/UNCTs for national GEWE policy and legal framework development and monitoring, especially in countries where UN Women has no presence.

3.  Provide overall coordination and quality assurance for the UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard exercise

• Provide information and support to RCs and UNCTs on how to meet or exceed UNCT-SWAP requirements and track the implementation of the action plan and related recommendations to ensure coherence in application and implementation across the region.
• In close cooperation with the UNCT-SWAP helpdesk, provide quality assurance and technical support to the country-level UNCT-SWAP comprehensive and annual reports through the online platform as requested.
• Ensure the action plan informs the GTG workplan and the UNSDCF process.
• Provide advisory support to UNCTs and UN Women COs to strengthen UNCT reporting and usage of the UNCT GEM, with the aim of increasing financial allocations for GEWE at country level.
• Support UNCTs and GTG capacities building by rolling out learning and training materials in collaboration with UNSCD on the UNCT SWAP and UNCT GEM.

4. Provide coordination support to GEWE intergovernmental and normative work of UNCTs and national partners

• Support initiatives related to the Commission on the Status of Women, including contributions to relevant global/regional reports and background documents.
• Provide technical support on gender related SDG consultations.
• Facilitate regular review of the progress on implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action.
• Provide coordination support for other regional and global GEWE processes.
• Foster collaboration and support joint action and coordination of the new Regional Collaborative Platform bringing regional expertise, capacity, and data to provide analytical, policy, and operational support to countries.
• Support Regional Economic Commissions (RECs) and Agencies Fund and Programs (AFPs) to deliver bolder GEWE solutions, with lasting, largescale impact.
• Participate in the Regional Collaborative Platform and Issue-based Coalitions and support Member States and stakeholders through these platforms to renew and refresh their relationships within the UN.

5. Provide coordination support to RCs and UNCTs on advancing gender parity, in cooperation with Office of the Focal Point for Women in the UN System

• Monitor the implementation of the UN System-wide Strategy on Gender Parity and UN Women’s implementation plan in the UNCTs in the region and report the progress and identified gaps to Office of the Focal Points for Women in the UN System.
• Provide coordination support, in cooperation with Office of the Focal Points for Women in the UN System, to RCs/UNCTs on advancing gender parity where UN Women has no presence.
• Promote communication products such as the UN System-wide Dashboard on Gender Parity, the UN System-wide Knowledge Hub on addressing Sexual Harassment.
• Contribute to developing and implementing capacity-building sessions to Gender Focal Points in the region.

6. Provide technical support and guidance to the development of partnerships and resource mobilization as it relates to coordination efforts

• Provide technical support and guidance to MCO and COs on managing activities and other promotional events to engage bilateral and multilateral institutions/donors, private sector and civil society to expand and/or sustain interest and resources for UN Women programmes and joint UN system programmes;
• As part of strategic planning, provide support and advice to MCO and COs in forging and implementing strategic partnerships to increase UN Women’s positioning in country;
• Liaise with key stakeholders from Government, academia, civil society, the private sector and key international actors to build and strengthen strategic alliances and partnerships on women’s rights and gender equality initiatives.

7. Facilitate knowledge building and sharing

• As part of UN Women strategic planning exercise, and in close collaboration with the Strategic Planning Specialist, support and oversee the reporting on outcome 7 and produce regional analysis including global trends and identifying challenges.
• Lead the development and dissemination of good practices and lessons learned on coordination and gender mainstreaming at the UNCT and regional levels; ensure they are incorporated into programme development.
• Provide capacity development support to regional and country level colleagues on coordination mandate and gender mainstreaming.
• Develop capacity development initiatives on gender-related issues and priorities as needed.

8. Lead and manage affiliated personnel under their supervision. 

• Provide managerial direction, guidance and leadership as well as performance feedback and coaching, where pertinent for affiliated personnel (consultants and interns).
• Ensure all personnel under their supervision are fully aware of UN Women’s workplace relations policies.

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

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: The incumbent does not have direct supervision of staff, however she/he might supervise affiliated personnel (consultants and interns) that may be assigned to this Unit.

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

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Excellent knowledge of gender equality and women’s empowerment issues
• Excellent knowledge of UN system and understanding of inter-agency coordination processes
• Excellent knowledge on UNDS reform content and its implementation at the country level
• Ability to promote and monitor inclusion of gender-specific objectives, indicators, targets and activities in the UN Entities’ programmes

Required Skills and Experience

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