Programme Specialist UN Women Experience: 5 to 10 Years Port-au-Prince, Haiti Apply By: 25-02-2025

Reporting to the Deputy Representative, the Programme Specialist, Governance and Women’s Political Participation (WPP) will support the development and implementation of WPP programmes in the country, especially during the transition period, provide technical capacities to the Country Offices (CO) and key stakeholders including the Ministry of women affairs and women’s rights (MCFDF) and the provisional election body, contribute in establishing and strengthening partnerships to ensure the constitutional reform and election process are gender responsive and protective against electoral violence. 

Key Functions and Accountabilities:

Contribute to the development of a WPP strategy for the country:

• contribute the development and implementation of an integrated strategy for the delivery of technical assistance, policy advocacy and programme support in Haiti
• Contribute to the development of a programme documents on WPP in collaboration with stakeholders at country level, at the regional and HQ levels
• Ensure the contextualization/ localization of programme documents, and ensure proper monitoring and reporting in WPP.

Support capacity building support to Country Office teams and partners:

• Contribute in Providing substantive and policy support to Haiti to implement and localize corporate guidance, knowledge products and tools on WPP, ensuring policy and strategic coherence, and avoiding duplication.
• Develop, implement, and monitor capacity building initiatives on key priority topics in Haiti.
• Contribute in capacity building and substantive sessions through in-person trainings, induction, workshops,
• Contribute in Developing and strengthening policies, projects/programs and modalities to engage in key normative processes
• Implement WPP programmes aligned with corporate direction and messaging, and in compliance with UN System wide policies.
• Provide substantive support by strengthening national institutions of development of a gender profile and engagement on gender auduts and gender budgeting

Support Haiti coordination mandate on Women’s Political Participation:

• Provide substantive support on WPP to UN entities in mainstreaming gender into joint programmes on electoral assistance and WPP more broadly (including Peace Building Fund projects) and strategic documents (CCA/UNSDCF).
• Guided by relevant UN policy frameworks, support gender mainstreaming into joint programming on electoral assistance.
• Coordinate national advocacy on WPP within relevant inter-agency task forces and support timely and quality inputs as needed to inform Senior Management’s participation in high leve meetings and other relevant task teams.
• Build, leverage, and maintain alliances and strategic partnerships for the advancement of WPP, the civil society groups and networks, academics, and other non-governmental organizations.
• Work closely with and provide advice to regional/ national bodies and interagency groups that influence national policies related to women’s political participation and where necessary represent UN-Women.

Contribute in advocacy, knowledge building and sharing for WPP:

• Contribute in policy recommendations and guidance to strategic planning and positioning on WPP;
• Contribute substantively and lead existing thematic and gender equality networks to better connect UN Women and partners;
• Manage research, development, and presentation of analytical reports, research papers, briefing notes, background papers, summaries, correspondence on WPP;
• Identify promising practices, technical expertise, and strategic opportunities.
• Ensure technical skills and knowledge are shared within office
• Provide quality assurance of COs’ knowledge products in line with corporate strategies.
• Maintain up-to-date relevant thematic regional data; and integrate analysis to policy-oriented advocacy and corporate support (e.g., briefing notes, background papers, region-specific reports).

Support partnerships building and resource mobilization for WPP in the country:

• Contribute in Development and implement partnerships and resource mobilization strategies.
• Contribute in relevant documentation on donors and potential opportunities for resource mobilization.
• Provide technical support to colleagues in mobilizing resources for the implementation of WPP
• Research and analyze information on donors; prepare substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation
• Manage donor relations on WPP and programmatic expectations.

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in political science, gender studies, law, human rights, international relations or other social science fields 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:

• At least 7 years progressively responsible experience in designing and managing programmes and advocating for gender equality and WPP, ideally with some experience in developing countries is required.
• Experience in programme, policy analysis, and strategic planning is required.
• Experience working with, and building partnerships with governments, donors and civil society organizations internationally and in the field is required.
• Experience working with the UN is desirable.
• Experience working in the Pacific is desirable.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.
• Experience in the use of a modern web-based ERP System, preferably Oracle Cloud, is desirable.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in French and working knowledge of English is required.

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