Job Opportunity for Programme Officer at UN Women in New Delhi, INDIA

## Programme Officer – Private Sector & Employment – Women’s Economic Empowerment 

**About UN Women:**

UN Women, established in 2010, is the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. It works to eliminate discrimination against women and girls, empower women, and achieve equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action, and peace and security.

**About the Role:**

This position is a **Local Post for Nationals of India**, advertised on behalf of UN Women and based in **New Delhi, INDIA**. As a Programme Officer, you will contribute to the effective management of the WeEmpower India programme, focusing on the private sector and employment.  This is a **FTA Local** contract with an initial duration of **One Year**, renewable subject to funding availability.

**Responsibilities:**

* Lead and contribute technically to the development of project strategies in private sector engagement through Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and women’s employment.

* Provide substantive inputs to the design and formulation of programme/ project proposals and initiatives.

* Manage implementing agencies, including CSOs recruited to deliver on project activities.

* Lead the coordination of calls/requests for proposals, including technical review committees and capacity assessments of partners.

* Maintain relationships with stakeholders to support implementation and expansion of the private sector engagement and employment component.

* Lead in development and delivery of technical trainings to facilitate WEPs implementation.

* Work closely with technical experts on gender data and statistics and coordinate and provide technical knowledge on relevant data parameters.

* Coordinate and provide technical support in the implementation of programme activities.

* Identify opportunities for capacity building of partners and facilitate technical/ programming support and trainings.

* Monitor progress of implementation of activities and finances using results-based management tools.

* Draft reports on monitoring missions, programme results, outputs, and outcomes.

* Provide substantive inputs to the preparation of donor and UN Women reports.

* Train partners on Results Based Management and monitor implementation.

* Review, coordinate, and monitor the submission of implementing partner financial and narrative reports.

* Monitor budget implementation and make budget re-alignments/ revisions, as necessary.

* Supervise Programme Associates and Assistant.

* Provide substantive inputs to resource mobilization strategies.

* Prepare relevant documentation such as project summaries, conference papers, briefing notes, speeches, and donor profiles.

* Participate in donor meetings and public information events, as delegated.

* Provide technical support to inter-agency coordination on private sector engagement through WEPs and employment to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with other UN agencies.

* Provide substantive technical support to the Programme Manager, Representative, and Deputy Representative on inter-agency coordination related activities.

* Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building, and communication efforts, including organizing events, trainings, and developing knowledge products.

**Required Skills and Experience:**

* Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/women’s studies, international development, or a related field.

* A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted.

* At least 2 years of progressively responsible work experience in development programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting, and capacity building, particularly in the area of women’s economic empowerment.

* Experience in the area of Women’s Economic Empowerment is required.

* Demonstrated experience of work with the private sector on strengthening women’s economic empowerment.

* Demonstrated experience in promoting women’s decent and safe employment opportunities, especially in formal employment.

* Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and/or donors 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.

* Fluency in English is required.

* Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

* Working knowledge of Hindi and/or other India language is desirable.

**Application Deadline:** 05-Sep-24 (Midnight New York, USA) 

**To Apply:** Please visit the UNDP jobs site: jobs.undp.org