Republic of Moldova

Re-Advertisement- Women in Politics Programme Manager /UN Women

Vacancy Number: Pr15/00982

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	06 Jul 2015, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	N/A
Starting date:	27 Jul 2015
Reference to the project:	Enhancing Women's Political Representation through Improved Capacity and Enhanced Support in Moldova
Expected Duration of Assignment:	1 year, with possibility of extension
Submission Instructions: Technical proposal should be submitted on-line on https://jobs-admin.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?job_id=57281 no later than 6 July 2015. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the address  elena.ratoi@unwomen.org. Please notice that this address is for information requests only, please do not send or copy your application package to this address. UN Women staff will respond in writing or by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants.

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. 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.

UN Women is operational in Moldova since 2010 on the basis of former UNIFEM projects, which were laid and active in the country from 2007. It extended continuous support to the Government of Moldova, to key stakeholders from national and local levels, 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 2014, UN Women jointly with UNDP and in partnership with the East Europe Foundation (EEF) and the Centre for Participatory Development (CPD) started a new programme in Moldova: “Enhancing Women’s Political Representation through improved capacity and enhanced support in Moldova” (Women in Politics). The programme aims at ensuring an increased participation of women in politics and in the decision-making process by creating an environment conducive to their meaningful participation, and providing support to capacity development of women before, during and after the elections at the central and local levels. It will also seek to promote increased public awareness of women’s contribution to political leadership. The proposed programme will support the realization of women’s rights and commitments undertaken by the Government of Moldova.

The programme purpose is to support gender equality advocates in creating a favourable environment for advancing women’s right to participate in decision making at national and local levels by influencing legal frameworks and policies to increase women’s leadership and political participation.

The programme consists of two inter-related components, and each UN Agency is responsible for the implementation of activities under particular areas of intervention. UN Women will be responsible for the overall programme implementation, and will be leading the specific parts related to the election legislation review and high-level advocacy for Temporary Special Measures (TSM), media capacity development, capacity of CSOs and women candidates, work with the communities and women on identifying their needs, among others. UNDP’s area of responsibility is related to the electoral assistance and administration, parliamentary affairs and capacity building of elected women and  builds further on the results achieved through the previous and on-going support to the institutional capacity development of the Parliament and the Central Elections Commission (CEC) with a focus on enhancing capacities of the Election Management Bodies on gender responsive electoral management and on strengthening capacities of elected women parliamentarians and councillors for performing the elected official’s duties.

The Programme will be managed as a Joint Programme (UN Women and UNDP) on the basis of the UN Moldova Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF). The activities shall be implemented in close coordination and cooperation with the on-going UNDP Democracy Programme (2012 – 2016).

Scope of work

With the overall aim to ensure effective and timely programme implementation, UN Women plans to hire a Programme Manager, based in Chisinau, Moldova.  Programme Manager will bear full responsibility for providing adequate substantive support to overall implementation of the programme document at all levels in efficient and timely manner.

Requirements for experience

Education:

• Degree in public administration, law, human rights, gender equality, management or other related areas;
• Additional training and certification in programme management would be an advantage.

Experience:

• At least seven years of progressively responsible experience is required at the national or international level in managing complex and multi-component programme interventions, preferably related to women’s empowerment and participation;
• At least 5 years of collaborative work experience with national partners at policy/decision making, institutional and local level;
• Proven experience in working with international organizations (successful experience working with UN Women) will be a very strong advantage;
• Extensive experience in managing a multidisciplinary team;
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web based management systems.

Language:

• Fluency in oral and written English, Romanian;
• Advanced knowledge of Russian is an advantage;
• Working knowledge of one or more additional languages relevant for Moldova, including Bulgarian, Gagauzian, Romani, Ukrainian or sign language would be an asset.

Documents to be included

Applications should be submitted on line and include fully completed UN Women Personal History Form as attachment instead of CV/resume, with the mark “WiP Programme Manager/UN Women Vacancy” by 6 July 2015.

 

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