Project Field Coordinator

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Mission and objectives

UN Women is the United Nations entity 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. UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to ensure that the standards are effectively implemented and truly benefit women and girls worldwide.

Context

Organization mission and objectives UN Women, grounded in the vision of Gender 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 this context, it puts a strong focus on young women’s economic empowerment as part of the strategy to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights. Additionally, it favours girls and young women in the development of high-profit initiatives and labour market opportunities at district and provincial levels. In this regard, Mozambique Country Office is recruiting a UNV Project Field Coordinator and in alignment with delivering on its tripartite mandate and building synergies on other UN Women existing projects, to be based in Zambezia. The UNV Project Field Coordinator for the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment will work “under the overall guidance and direction of the Head of Programmes/Programme Specialist. Furthermore, he/she will perform other tasks as delegated by the Country Representative and work closely with the relevant thematic leads and operations team members to ensure continuous technical direction and support to the implementation and monitoring of all ongoing Projects and interventions. S/he will coordinate all CO interventions in all areas as well relationships with UN Agencies, implementing partners and GEWE stakeholders particularly women’s organizations, networks and movements.

Task description

Summary of Key Functions: • Leadership of projects implementation at provincial level • Monitoring and knowledge management • Coordination of all CO interventions and with relevant stakeholders on gender equality • Other/administrative support as needed Project Implementation in Zambezia • Ensures timely and effective implementation of all project’s activities in accordance with the work plan towards achieving the project outputs and outcomes. • Ensures regular follow up with national experts/consultants and civil society groups/think tanks involved in the implementation of project activities, including revision of their deliverables and results. • Maintains regular communication and provides technical support to all parties implementing UN Women initiatives in all other thematic areas. • Provide guidance and support to UN Women implementing partners/responsible parties, carrying specific assigned activities • Serve as UN Women focal person for all projects and initiatives in the provinces ensuring an integrated programme approach. Monitoring and Knowledge Management • Conducts systematic monitoring and reporting on projects implementation in the assigned provinces in coordination with relevant thematic leads • Contributes to the preparation and consolidation of quarterly progress and financial re-ports. • 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 implementation of projects activities, success stories and lessons learned. • Support field research in the field of gender equality and women 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 participate in the project evaluations in collaboration with local partners and relevant stakeholders. Coordination, Partnership building and Advocacy. • Provides for continuous coordination among all project parties and partners involved in the implementation of the CO projects and initiatives to ensure complementarity.