Republic of Moldova

Background

UNIFEM Sub-regional office for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS SRO) has been actively working in Moldova since early 2003 and extended continuous support through various programmes and activities aimed at creating an enabling environment for gender equality, recognized as a prerequisite for sustainable development with a strong and active policy on gender equality. In Fall 2009, UNIFEM has successfully mobilized additional financial support from Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to continue its efforts in the country on promoting gender equality and women’s advancement with the focus on implementation of gender equality legislation, Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW) and other gender equality legislative and policy obligations of the state.

Duties and Responsibilities

Programme Associate will work under the direct supervision and guidance of International Gender Specialist and Programme Analyst with the overall aim to support timely and synergetic implementation of the UNIFEM JILDP programme in line with the Programme document and as a contribution to the UNIFEM CIS Sub-regional Strategy 2008-2013 (SRS) that specify how the corporate UNIFEM Strategic Plan 2008-2013 (SP) will be implemented in the CIS sub-region.

More specifically, the Programme Associate will perform the following tasks:
Ensure effective support to the programme implementation, focusing on achievement of the following results, primarily in the areas of:

• Coordinate and track the progress on the project deliverables as stipulated by the programme logframe. Preparing and updating work plans and ensuring their timely execution;
• Ensure proper documentation of the process and products produced in the course of programme implementation in line with the programme objectives, packaging it as good practices for further  advocacy and replication within and outside of the country;
• Prepare a comprehensive capacity development strategy both for national partners and internal programme team for enhancement of knowledge and skills on promoting HRBA and GE. Ensure proper tracking the progress and document changes in the capacities of programme partners;
• Assist in organising, co-ordinating, preparing, conducting and providing technical advice and inputs to the programme activities;
• Undertaking continuous monitoring of progress throughout the programme phases, drafting relevant reports and correspondence with the involved parties, and reporting to national and international counterparts;
• Organising and supporting technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation missions and subcontracted programme activities, including drafting ToRs for all programme subcontractors;
• Assist in tracking efficient management of the programme’s financial resources in accordance with UNIFEM rules and procedures;
• Ensuring close cooperation between the programme and stakeholders involved and agencies working in the respective field covered by the programme;
• Any other assignment that may arise in the connection with fulfilment of the all above responsibilities.

Ensure facilitation of knowledge building and sharing focusing on the achievement of the following:

• Assisting in coordinating the exchange of information internally and between the programme partners;
• Ensuring maintenance of the programme filing system in hard and electronic formats and provision of inputs to UNIFEM CIS Intra and UNIFEM CIS and HQ web-sites;
• Ensuring a thorough documentation of all program practices (including written, audio, visual, graphical, etc.), analysis and dissemination of best practices and lessons learned to wider audience including government, local public authorities, donors’ programs, civil society organizations, media, academic institutions, etc.
• Providing required substantive and administrative support in organizing / conducting variety of programme activities and events;
• Supporting other programme-related activities as required by programme management;
• Providing other support as required by the programme management.

Terms of Reference

Required Skills and Experience

• University degree in development field, such as social, legal, political sciences, gender and development, human rights
• Minimum 3 years of progressively responsible programme experience is required at the national or international level;
• Working experience in human rights, gender equality or public administration;
• Thorough understanding of Moldovan local public administration context;
• Proven record of good relationships and experience of collaborative activities with the national partners, stakeholders’ networks.
• Fluency in written and spoken Romanian and English. Good working knowledge of Russian.
• Knowledge and skills of relevant computer applications of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, and Power Point), knowledge of Internet communications and command is required. Minimum typing speed of 30 w/pm (shorthand typing is an advantage)

Application Instructions

Interested persons should submit their application letters and duly completed Personal History Form (P11) with the mark “Programme Associate (JILDP Moldova)/UNIFEM Vacancy” by 24 December 2010, 17:00 (Moldova time) to the following email address:vacancies-moldova@undp.org
UNIFEM encourages men and women, representatives of minorities and persons from disadvantaged groups to apply.
Only those short listed will be contacted.