Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of the UN Women Special Representative and the direct supervision of the assigned Programme Manager/s, UN Women wishes to bring on board a Programme Associate, who will undertake the following duties and responsibilities:

Provides effective support to management of the programmes; focusing on the achievement of the following actions:

• Support the efficient and timely implementation of the programmes activities;
• Assist in the development of programmes’ workplans (including procurement and financial plans) and provide support for monitoring projects’ budget in terms of expenditures according to the work plan;
• Establish and maintain the projects’ follow-up system for actions and deadlines;
• Support to coordination efforts with programmes partners and ensuring flow of information with women’s organizations, private sector, government organizations, donors and local NGOs; arranging for meetings with stakeholders and draft minutes of meetings as requested.
• Prepare and draft ToRs, contracts, agreements and MoUs for programme partners and consultants and follow up submission of progress reports and agreed deliverables.
• Support in drafting progress reports, inception reports, donor reports, briefings, success stories and press releases, as requested;
• Draft formal correspondence, in both Arabic and English, as needed;
• Translation of documents (Arabic/English) when requested.
• Arrange and coordinate appointments and meetings as well as field mission plans for in-coming and outgoing official missions.
• Organize workshops, activities and events related to the programme interventions, as needed;
• Provide support to the Programmes’ Monitoring and Evaluation Actions through organizing meetings/workshops with relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure proper filing for the projects in adherence to UN Women regulations.
• Review and collection of information on recent reports on Palestinian women and other related issues released from different UN agencies and partners.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:A bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting, Business Administration, development, or other related fields. 
Experience:

• Minimum of 4 years of experience working in programme/project management, financial management/accounting.
• Previous technical expertise in the areas of Women’s Economic Empowerment and gender equality. 
• Previous experience in the UN system or international organizations is considered a strong asset.
• Previous coordination and work experience with civil society organizations, private sector and government institutions is an asset.

Language Requirements: Very good communication and writing skills and fluency in English and Arabic (comprehension, written and spoken)

To Apply:
The following documents should be submitted as part of the application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials:

UN Women P11 can be downloaded at https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment, a signed copy should be submitted CV

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