Senior Manager (Admin & Finance) (Apply by: Closed)
This vacancy is open to applicants of either sex with
an approach to have a workforce which reflects diversity and gender balance, to
promote equal opportunities. UN does not solicit or screen for information in
respect of HIV or AIDS status. All selections are based on merit.
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II. Organizational Context |
UN Women is the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of Women. UN Women is dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of
women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to
accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.
All human development
and human rights issues have gender dimensions. UN Women focuses on priority
areas that are fundamental to women’s equality, and that can unlock progress
across the board. Five focus areas include violence against women, economic
empowerment, leadership and participation, peace and security and national
planning and budgeting
UN Women’s Multi Country Office, based in New Delhi, India, covers four
countries of the region, i.e., Bhutan, India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka.
UN Women is a leading supporter of efforts towards ensuring that national
planning, budgeting and monitoring and evaluation processes incorporate a
gender perspective. UN
Women's GRB programmes at cross regional, regional
and country level have made significant contribution towards this by building
political support, developing technical resources and capacity, generating
good practices for improving women's access to services and increasing
accountability to gender equality. The programmes have also launched
partnerships with UN agencies and other development partners and resulted in
increased support for GRB around the world. GRB initiatives supported by UN
Women are continuously cited at high level policy forums and have been
instrumental in building alliances with strategic stakeholders including the
European Commission, OECD, UN agencies and the Commonwealth Secretariat among
others.
UN Women's approach to GRB has focused on introducing strategic and
sustainable changes into budgetary processes. This approach has been pursued
by assisting governments to introduce measures for incorporating gender into
their public finance management systems, and building the capacity of and
officials to apply GRB to ensure that budget policies and outcomes are
gender-responsive. This approach also emphasizes the importance of bringing
gender equality advocates, parliamentarians and other stakeholders into the
budgeting process.
UN Women's programming on GRB consists of a portfolio of cross-regional,
regional and country level programmes. The cross-regional programmes on GRB
were formulated with the vision that they would support piloting and
knowledge building on GRB and generate approaches and lessons for
mainstreaming gender in national budgeting processes. These cross regional
programmes have set the foundation for expanded regional and country level
programming on GRB.
The main regional
programming is found in Latin America where UN WOMEN has been working in
partnership with United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and CEPAL (with support from
the government of Spain) to implement various projects to strengthen policy
response to women's unpaid work and support women's role in
participatory budgeting processes at local level. In recent years, CEE
launched extensive GRB programming with a regional programme implemented in
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Moldova. In 2009, UN Women’s offices in Asia Pacific and Arab States convened in
Bangkok to develop a coherent regional strategy for GRB. Finally, the Africa
Region has issued the first draft of its regional GRB strategy.
In India, Gender Budgeting has been
recognized as an effective tool for women’s empowerment and addressing gender
inequality. The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) adopted the
mission statement of ‘Budgeting for Gender Equity’ in 2004-05 for universalizing
Gender Budgeting both in the Centre and the States and developed a strategic
framework of activities to implement this mission.
UN Women has supported GRB
Initiatives of the Ministry of Women and Child Development since the
beginning of GRB processes in the country. It has provided valuable resources
for the GRB Handbook and Manual that the Ministry launched in 2009. UN Women has
also organized three regional workshops on CEDAW (Convention on Elimination
of Discrimination against Women) and GRB for the Northern, Southern, Eastern
and North Eastern regions, in close collaboration with the Ministry and civil
society experts. UN Women has also provided technical support to the Ministry
of Women and Chid Development on GRB from time to time.
Under the guidance and supervision
of the Additional
Secretary/ Joint Secretary/Director, MWCD, Government of India &
Programme Specialist – GRB,
UN WOMEN, the Programme Officer will undertake the following key tasks and other
responsibilities as may be assigned.
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III. Functions / Key Results Expected |
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Developing and taking
forward an action plan for expansion of
the scope of GB trainings across the country by developing
partnerships with various National and State level training institutions.
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Conduct trainings and
orientation programmes on Gender Budgeting for (i) Union Government, (ii)
State Governments, (iii) District level officers, (iv) PRI members, (v) Training Institutes and (vi)
NGO and others;
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Collaborate with training
institutions/organizations engaged in training activities with a view to
furthering the aims and objectives of Gender Budgeting and providing
technical inputs on Gender Budgeting;
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Developing training tools,
manual, and other IEC materials on GRB;
·
Handholding Institutes
preparing sector specific training manuals with MWCD’s support
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Preparing Concept Notes on
GRB for developing short films and documentaries
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Finalizing a detailed
guideline on Gender Auditing and taking gender audit forward of identified
schemes in discussion with Ministries/Departments and other stakeholders;
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Preparing detailed
Questionnaire, organise consultations, focus group discussions, feedback
sessions, as part of gender audit exercise;
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Developing training
programme/sessions to improve understanding of all stakeholders and partners,
to facilitate gender audit for improved implementation of gender
mainstreaming in all policies, programmes and schemes.
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Compiling research papers
on GB and analyzing budgets from a gender perspective.
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Strengthening the response
of the Ministry to GB by planned and
systematic follow up
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Providing inputs to various
Ministries/Departments on gender issues, particularly for new policies,
programmes and legislations.
·
Undertaking Assessment of
Ministries/Departments and States on
their progress on GRB and supporting in the development of the
Ministry wise and State wise Action Plans on GRB.
·
Analysis of document
s/references from different Ministries/ Departments from a gender perspective
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Collate, compile and
analyze information and data received from Ministries/Gender Budgeting Cells
on Gender Budgeting
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Coordination with Ministry
of Finance for revision of the Gender Budget Statement and Outcome Budget.
·
Analysis of the Gender
Budget Statement and coordination with Ministries/ Departments with regards
to the same.
·
Analysis of RFD and
coordination with the Cabinet Secretariat for engendering RFD
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Representing MWCD in
various meetings with regard to GRB
V. Strengthening Coordination with State
Governments
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Preparing a checklist for
systematic follow up with the states for strengthening the process of GB and
undertaking assessment of states on their progress on GRB
·
Providing inputs to various
State Departments on gender issues, and supporting the states in preparing
statewise action plans on GRB
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Analysis of document
s/references from different States from a gender perspective
·
Collate, compile and
analyze information and data received from State Governments/Nodal
Departments on GRB on Gender Budgeting
VI. Reporting, Documentation and Dissemination
of relevant GRB Resources
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Document and disseminate
resources for GRB, such as case studies and best practices;
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Assist in preparation of
documents pertaining to GRB, including Annual Reports, Annual Plans and
Results Framework Documents etc;
·
Process
papers/proposals received for GRB;
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Assist in preparation of
Sanction Orders and Bills and monitor progress of unutilized receipts and
disbursements, utilization certificates, vouchers, etc. related to
assignments pertaining to GRB;
·
Assist in preparatory work
for review meetings with Secretary and Ministers, including, preparation of
resource materials, agenda papers, minutes etc;
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Assist in preparing
Parliamentary Questions, Supplementary Notes etc.
·
Providing inputs on GRB for
various International agencies
·
Providing inputs for
updating information on GRB for the MWCD website
VII. Any other
duties assigned by Supervisor from time to time.
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IV. Impact of Results |
The
key results will have an impact on the overall performance of the Programme
Unit and success in implementation of the regional strategy and annual
reporting. Accurate analysis, data
entry and presentation of information will ensure proper programme
implementation.
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V. Competencies and Critical Success Factors |
Functional
Competencies:
Advocacy/Advancing A
Policy-Oriented Agenda
Level 1.1: Support the preparation of information for advocacy
Identifies relevant information for advocacy for a
variety of audiences
Results-Based Programme
Development and Management
Level 1.1: Contributing to results through provision of
information
Provides information and documentation on specific
stages of projects/programme implementation
Provides background information to identify
opportunities for project development and helps drafting proposals
Building Strategic Partnerships
Level 1.1: Maintaining information and databases
Analyzes general information and selects materials
in support of partnership building initiatives
Maintains
databases of donor information
Tracks and reports on mobilized resources
Innovation and Marketing New
Approaches
Level 1.1: Implementing processes and uses products
Documents and tracks innovative
strategies/best practices/new approaches
Responds positively to new approaches
Promoting Organizational Learning
and Knowledge Sharing
Level 1.1: Basic research and analysis
Researches best practices and poses new, more
effective ways of doing things
Job Knowledge/Technical Expertise
Level 1.1: Fundamental knowledge of processes, methods and
procedures
Understands the main processes and methods of work
regarding to the position
Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies
and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work
tasks
Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date through
self-directed study and other means of learning
Demonstrates good knowledge of information
technology and applies it in work assignments
Demonstrates in-depth understanding and knowledge of
the current guidelines and project management tools, and utilizes these
regularly in work assignments
Global Leadership and Advocacy for
UN Women’s Goals
Level 1.1: Research and analysis
Identifies relevant information for
advocacy for UN Women’s goals for a variety of audiences
Client Orientation
Level 1.1: Maintains
effective client relationships
Reports
to internal and external clients in a timely and appropriate fashion
Organizes
and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines
Responds
to client needs promptly
Core
Competencies:
Demonstrating/safeguarding
ethics and integrity
Demonstrate
corporate knowledge and sound judgment
Self-development,
initiative-taking
Acting
as a team player and facilitating team work
Facilitating
and encouraging open communication in the team
Creating
synergies through self-control
Managing conflict
Learning and sharing knowledge and
encourage the learning of others.
Informed and
transparent decision making
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VI. Recruitment
Qualifications
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Education:
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Advanced university degree in
Social Sciences, Public Policy, Economics, Women’s
studies or a related field.
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Experience:
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5 years of professional
experience with programming, especially project design, implementation,
management and evaluation. Working knowledge and experience of working with Central Government desirable, though not
mandatory.
Excellent
analytical writing, presentation and documentation skills required. Should be
well versed with the use of computers and its programmes / applications. Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages
(MS Word, Excel, etc) and advance knowledge of spread sheet and database
packages.
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Language Requirements:
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Fluency in written and spoken English and
language of the duty station.
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Interested applicants should
apply for the vacancy, using the “Personal History Form - P 11” and the latest
CV.
Application
to this vacancy should be sent to jobs.india@unwomen.org. Please insert Vacancy Announcement Number in
the Subject of the E-mail. Applications without the Vacancy Number or
with the incorrect Vacancy Number will not be accepted. Applications received
after the close date will not be accepted.
NOTE
: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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