Private Sector Engagement and Innovative Financing Consultant

• Country: Dakar, Senegal
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNWOMEN
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-02-10

Duties and Responsibilities

Developing internal knowledge on the private sector and high impact / innovative financing models and identifying opportunities to advocate for and finance GEWE in the middle-income countries that are within UN women’s regional scope:

• Map relevant actors, networks and inspiring initiatives and replicable partnerships models with the private and finance sectors that are currently being piloted/ experimented by other development actors.
• Provide strategic analysis of this landscape, including the identification of opportunities (advocacy and financing for GEWE) for UN Women with these sectors: engagement opportunities, challenges and needed internal capacity strengthening to harness these opportunities.

Supporting the articulation of a meaningful engagement strategies for UN Women RO and country offices (COs) with these new markets towards the achievement of GEWE, including partnership, advocacy and financing for GEWE:

• Support RO and COs in articulating private sector and high-impact financing engagement strategies and action plans, in line with UN Women’s strategic priorities and mandate.
• Support RO and COs in identifying and designing possible pilot innovative collaborations with the private sector and high-impact financing institutions, with a clear plan to ensure the pilots’ implementation, evaluation and capitalization and road map for a future scale-up.

Providing ongoing support to target countries in mainstreaming engagements with the private sector and high-impact financing institutions across different programmatic areas and in harnessing concrete partnerships opportunities to support GEWE financing. 

• Provide technical support to COs to ensure the growth and continuous mobilization of a WEPS signatories’ community within the West and Central Africa targeted countries.
• Building on UN Women existing frameworks (including the WEPS and the work of UN Women’s Sustainable finance network), develop guidance and tools to support COs in outreach and engagement. This will be done in close coordination with in-country teams to ensure they respond to concrete programmatic needs and challenges observed in engaging private sector.
• Provide continuous technical assistance to country teams in the concrete engagement of different private sector actors, including with related networks specialized in Corporate Social Responsibility
• Provide support and advice in planning, implementation and reporting on such engagement.

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:

• Strong knowledge of SDGS and general gender equality and women’s empowerment issues;
• Knowledge of UN system an asset
• Understanding of Private Sector, High impact financing and Economic Contexts in West and Central Africa
• Familiarity with ways of working of private sector and finance institutions and ability to read the economic and political context of a given country
• Substantive Networking
• Ability to substantively engage and foster networks with new donor/ partner markets

Required Skills and Experience

Education and certification

• Advanced university degree in the social sciences (i.e. sociology, demography, psychology, political science and economics), public policy or international development. A specialization in gender is a strong asset.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience

• At least five years of progressively responsible relevant work experience/ demonstrated track record that combines intellectual, strategic and managerial leadership in development programs.
• Experience in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment desired
• Experience in developing resource mobilization strategies and proposal writing, and in leading donor engagement is required;
• Experience in building and maintaining effective relationships with private sector and finance institutions required

Language Requirements

• Fluency in English and French is required.

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