Project Field Coordinator Consultancy Tempo Inteiro NOVO

The UN Women is hiring a Project Field Coordinator Consultancy.

Background

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 Mozambique focuses its interventions on women’s economic empowerment, participation, and democratic governance, combating violence against women, among others. In Cabo Delgado and Nampula, UN Women works to protect and empower crisis-affected women and girls in northern Mozambique by providing immediate recovery assistance, restoring livelihoods, and strengthening women’s leadership and participation in humanitarian response and recovery efforts.

Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

Under the overall guidance of the Country Representative and direct supervision of the Programme Specialist, the Project Field Coordinator works closely with the programme and operations team, Provincial Government, UN Agencies involved in the humanitarian response and civil society to ensure the technical direction and implementation of the project and key outputs are achieved in a cost-effective and timely manner. The Project Field Coordinator will be responsible for the implementation and achievement of results under the UN Women’s Japan Supplementary Budget (JSB) project, including Outcome 1. Resilience and safety of crisis-affected women and girls in Chiure District in Cabo Delgado Province and Erati District in Nampula Province are improved with increased access to emergency livelihood support and strengthened leadership capacity in emergency response. Under this outcome, the Project Field Coordinator will support the delivery of the following outputs:

Output 1: 2,800 crisis-affected women and girls, including 560 women heads of households (20%), 560 adolescent mothers (20%) and 140 women with disability (5%), have improved access to emergency non-food items (NFIs) and livelihood support to help rebuild lost income sources, reduce dependency on humanitarian aid and prevent negative coping mechanisms.

Output 2: Capacities of around 100 representatives of local women’s organizations and authorities are strengthened to enable women’s meaningful participation and leadership in gender-responsive emergency preparedness and response.

From the perspective of advancing the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus, UN Women will engage with key humanitarian coordination structures such as the Protection, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Clusters, GBV and Child Protection Area of Responsibilities (AoRs), leveraging UN Women’s leadership of the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group (GiHA WG) to promote a gender-responsive response aligned with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Gender Policy  and inter-agency coordination efforts. The Project Field Coordinator will work closely with the Gender and Humanitarian Expert based in Pemba to support coordination with humanitarian actors, ensure the integration of gender-responsive approaches in project implementation, and facilitate engagement with cluster partners, local authorities, and women’s organizations to strengthen the participation and leadership of women and girls in humanitarian preparedness and response.

The project will also closely coordinate with the state agency responsible for coordinating the humanitarian response – the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD), development and humanitarian platforms such as the Durable Solutions Working Group led by INGD and co-chaired by three UN Agencies (IOM, UNDP, UNHCR) as well as governmental entities such as the Agency for Integrated Development of the North (ADIN), responsible for coordinating development initiatives in the north at provincial and district levels.

Task Description

1) Project Implementation and Management 

• Lead the implementation of project activities at the provincial level, ensuring alignment with UN Women programme priorities and work plans.
• Ensure the timely and effective implementation of all project activities in accordance with the approved work plan to achieve expected outcomes and outputs.
• Coordinate and oversee UN Women project interventions in the assigned provinces, particularly in the areas of gender equality, humanitarian response, recovery, and women’s empowerment.
• Maintain regular communication with implementing partners, responsible parties, consultants, and relevant stakeholders to support effective delivery of project activities.
• Provide technical guidance and operational support to implementing partners and responsible parties in carrying out assigned project activities.
• Serve as the UN Women focal point for programme implementation in the assigned provinces, ensuring an integrated and coherent programme approach.
• Follow up regularly with national experts, consultants, civil society organizations, and think tanks involved in project implementation, including reviewing deliverables and monitoring progress against agreed results.
• Provide administrative and operational support as required for the effective implementation of project activities in Cabo Delgado and Nampula.

2) Monitoring, Reporting, and Knowledge Management

• Conducts systematic monitoring and reporting on project implementation in the as-signed provinces in coordination with relevant thematic leads.
• Contributes to the preparation and consolidation of quarterly/annual progress and financial reports.
• Provide inputs to donor report(s) and contribute to the preparation of narrative progress updates in line with donor reporting requirements.
• Maintains close communication with project beneficiaries, consultants, responsible partners and institutional contractors to monitor project implementation against the baseline and targets.
  Contributes to synthesizing, documenting the implementation of project activities, success stories and lessons learned.
• Support field research in the field of gender equality, humanitarian action, and women’s empowerment to inform planning, budgeting and evidence-based advocacy.
• Provide substantive inputs to building partnerships and resource mobilization for activities related to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
• Contributes to and participates in the project assessment(s)/evaluation(s) in collaboration with local partners and relevant stakeholders.

3) Coordination, Partnership and Advocacy

• Ensure continuous coordination among project partners, government institutions, and stakeholders involved in the implementation of UN Women country office initiatives.
• Strengthen collaboration with local authorities, civil society organizations, and community actors to enhance programme effectiveness and sustainability.
• Provide inputs to partnership development and resource mobilization efforts related to gender equality and women’s empowerment initiatives.
• Promote coordination and complementarity between the UN Women programme and other humanitarian and development initiatives in the provinces.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is an office-based consultancy (UN Women Sub-office in Pemba).

As part of this assignment, there will be frequent official travels to Chiure District in Cabo Delgado Province and Erati District in Nampula Province).

Competencies

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework:

Functional Competencies:

• Good programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills.
• Good knowledge of Results-Based Management (RBM).
• Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions, and present findings and recommendations.
• Good analytical skills
• Good knowledge of gender equality and women’s empowerment and protection in humanitarian and emergency settings.
• Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising.

Required Qualifications

Education and Certification:

• Master’s degree in rural development, economics, business administration, development studies, international relations, gender studies, human rights, social sciences or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least 2 years of experience at the national or provincial level in coordinating and managing complex and multi-component programme interventions with government institutions, civil society organizations and humanitarian/development partners is required.
• Experience in coordinating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating humanitarian and development programmes and projects is required.
• Experience in gender equality, women’s empowerment, humanitarian action and recovery programming is required.
• Experience in results-based management (RBM), partnership coordination and stakeholder engagement is required.
• Previous experience working with the UN system is desirable.

Languages:

• Fluency in English and Portuguese is required.

Statements

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

Note: Applicants must ensure that all sections of the application form, including the sections on education and employment history, are completed. If all sections are not completed the application may be disqualified from the recruitment and selection process.