Global Development Leader

3 weeks ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya UN Women Full time
About UN Women

UN Women is the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. Our mission is to empower women, promote gender equality, and advance women's rights worldwide.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled individual to fill the position of Global Development Leader - Deputy Regional Director in our East and Southern Africa region. This role will play a critical part in driving our strategic plans and ensuring effective development initiatives across the region.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide advisory and specialized strategic support to the Regional Director and Regional Office:
    • Advise, guide, and provide substantive inputs to the regional strategy and to the formulation of relevant, high-quality, results-based and rights-based country programs and projects;
    • Prepare policy documents, briefs, and other strategic papers/materials for use in the development and presentation of a coherent regional strategy;
    • Assess the country level and sub-regional level annual work plans and present and make recommendations and conclusions to assist in development planning;
  • Manage programme management and monitoring of the projects/programs in the region:
    • Manage and monitor the development of systems, processes, and mechanisms to support effective programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and timely progress reporting;
    • Finalize reports for HQ on progress of programme implementation;
    • Oversee the implementation of regional programmes;
  • Oversee the Regional Office's operations:
    • Oversee the operational services and ensure delivery of financial, procurement, and IT services of UN Women regional and country programs and projects;
    • Ensure compliance of all services according to rules, regulations, processes, and procedures and UN Women accountability framework;
  • Advocate for UN Women's mandate and lead UN Inter-Agency coordination and intergovernmental support:
    • Collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues on UNDAF development planning of programs;
    • Finalize reports for presentation to inter-governmental bodies such as the Commission on the Status of Women, Economic and Social Council, the General Assembly, and other policy-making organs;
  • Participate in knowledge management and capacity building efforts:
    • Ensure regular assessments of regional and country strategic and implementation plans;
    • Identify lessons learned and areas of emphasis to guide program improvements and future strategic development plan;

This role requires strong leadership skills, experience in program management, and excellent communication skills.

Requirements
  • Masters degree (or equivalent) in a development-related area, including economics, public policy, or other social science fields;
  • At least 10 years of progressively responsible development experience that combines intellectual, strategic, and managerial leadership in development programs, some of which should be in the area of gender equality;
  • Experience with managing, supporting, and overseeing development policy-making, program, and operations management, resource mobilization, and partnership creation;
  • Fluency in English;
  • Knowledge of French is desirable;
  • Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset.
Salary

$123,456 per annum.

Location

East and Southern Africa region.

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