Deadline: 24 November 2021
Location: Jakarta
Job Type: Full Time
Mission and objectives
ABC In Indonesia, UN Women works with government, civil society organizations, academia, the media, the public and private sectors to address national priorities of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Placing the advancement of women’s rights at the centre of our work, UN Women Indonesia focuses on:
Ending Violence Against Women
UN Women Indonesia works with a range of stakeholders to increase awareness of the causes and consequences of violence against women, while also building the capacity of partners for policy reform to prevent and respond to this violence. We advocate for changing norms and behaviour as a prevention strategy to tackle violence against women.
Women, Peace and Security
UN Women Indonesia aims to empower women to contribute to better, safer, and more peaceful communities. We promote localized model based on women’s leadership to promote peace and tolerance, strengthening key actors and youth.
Women’s Economic Empowerment
UN Women Indonesia works with a range of stakeholders, including private sectors, to support women economic empowerment by providing access to skill development, resources and enabling environment to increase women’s participation in the economy.
Context
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.
UN Women Indonesia Country Office (CO) hosts the ASEAN liaison office which extends support to ASEAN and its Member States in advancing Women Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in line with global normative frameworks. Within this framework, UN Women is implementing the regional programme, “Empowering women for sustainable peace: preventing violence and promoting social cohesion in ASEAN” funded by Global Affairs Canada and the Republic of Korea. Over the next 5 years, UN Women through this programme aims to sup-port select ASEAN Member States to advance and strengthen WPS agenda, including through preventing violence against women and girls and promoting social cohesion in the region. The programme will ultimately contribute to the achievement of gender equality through inclusive and sustainable peace and development process in the region. This regional programme is currently in its inception phase and will be implemented in four ASEAN countries: Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.
Task description
The UN Volunteer will be responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of the regional programme ‘Empowering women for sustainable peace: preventing violence and promoting social cohesion in ASEAN’. S/he will report to the Programme Coordination Specialist ASEAN - Women Peace and Security.
More specifically, the UN Volunteer is expected to perform the following duties:
1. Provide technical support to conduct an evaluability assessment.
2. Strengthen capacities of UN Women staff and responsible parties of the programme on results-based monitoring and reporting.
3. Develop monitoring tools, as needed and relevant.
4. Ensure the effective use of monitoring tools to track the implementation of the region-al programme including the Programme Measurement Framework.
5. Ensure full compliance with annual Enterprise Risk Management plan including quarterly review of a risk register to ensure risks are valid and related mitigating actions are on track, significant risks are escalated in line with protocols as per Risk Management Procedure
6. Keep databases updated
7. Conduct primary data and secondary data collection and analysis
8. Provide regular reporting to the management team of evidence-based monitoring findings (per schedule determined in the Project M&E Plan).
9. Update the M&E plan on an annual basis.
10. Support independent mid-term evaluation and end programme evaluation;
11. Contribute to new resource mobilization initiatives by ensuring strong results based logical frameworks.
12. Provide support to the drafting of Donor reports and UN Women’s Annual Report and quarterly reports
13. Document and share lessons learned from implementation at the country level and in the region and prepare reports
14. Design and manage beneficiary database systems
15. Manage and oversee implementation of management responses
16. Other M&E relevant duties as assigned by the Programme Coordination Specialist ASEAN - Women Peace and Security.
17. Design and manage a beneficiary database.
Results/Expected Output:
The expected results/outputs from the UN Volunteer are:
• Quality monitoring of the project per donors’ and corporate expectations
• Quality and timely reporting at the quarterly/annual basis
• Quality and timely support to evaluation activities
Requirements
Required experience
• A minimum of 3 years experience in monitoring, evaluation and results-based management including gender-responsive monitoring and evaluations is required.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in reporting using results-based management principles
• Experience in primary data collection and analysis
• Experience in strategic planning and performance measurement, including indicator selection, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and/ performance monitoring plans.
• Previous experience in planning and managing evaluations is desirable.
• A minimum of a years of experience in providing support to partner organizations in the areas of planning, results-based M&E and reporting
Skills:
• Demonstrated ability to multi-tasking and meet multiple tight deadlines;
• Computer skills: Proven ICT skills, especially in the development database softwares (excel proficiency highly desirable);
• Diplomacy and good communication skills in addressing and working with stakeholders from various walks of life;
• Ability to work under pressure and remain calm in a stressful environment;
• Multi-cultural experience is highly desirable.
• Excellent writing, editing and presentation skills.
Area(s) of expertise
Development programmes
Driving license
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Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required
Required education level
Master degree or equivalent in Monitoring, Evaluation, Statistics, International Development, International Relations, gen-der or other social science related field.
Competencies and values
• Integrity and professionalism: ability to apply good judgment; high degree of autonomy, personal initiative and ability to take ownership; willingness to accept wide responsibilities and ability to work independently under established procedures in a politically sensitive environment, while exercising discretion, impartiality and neutrality; ability to manage information objectively, accurately and confidentially; responsive and client-oriented.
• Accountability: mature and responsible; ability to operate in compliance with organizational rules and regulations.
• Planning and organizing: effective organizational and problem-solving skills and ability to manage a large volume of work in an efficient and timely manner; ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor (own) work; ability to work under pressure, with conflicting deadlines, and to handle multiple concurrent projects/activities.
• Teamwork and respect for diversity: the ability to operate effectively across organizational boundaries; ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and harmonious working
• relations in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity and gender;
• Communication: proven interpersonal skills; good spoken and written communication skills, including ability to prepare clear and concise reports; ability to conduct presentations, articulate options and positions concisely; ability to make and defend recommendations; ability to communicate and empathize with staff (including national staff), military personnel, volunteers, counterparts and local interlocutors coming from very diverse backgrounds; ability to maintain composure and remain helpful towards the staff, but objective, without showing personal interest; capacity to transfer information and knowledge to a wide range of different target groups.
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