UN Women Regional Strategic Planning Officer, NOD, Panama City, Panama. FTA

UNDP•Panama City, FL

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About The Position

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 has placed emphasis on improving its strategic planning and managing for results by applying the Results-Based Management (RBM) throughout all the work of UN Women. This requires dedicated efforts to strengthen results culture in the organization. In order for UN Women to communicate impact stories on women and girls at the corporate level with aggregated results and financial data across all the countries and regions, strategic planning with strong emphasis on results management and programme/ project management is pre-requisite to facilitate systematic and effective results monitoring and reporting during the implementation. In the Americas & Caribbean Region, UN Women has a Regional Office based in Panama City, 10 Country Offices, one Multi Country Office in the Caribbean and non-physical presence in 8 countries throughout the region. The goal of UN Women´s presence in the region is to support the achievement of gender equality, women´s empowerment and the promotion and protection of women´s human rights. Ending violence against women and girls has been identified by UN Women as a key primary focus area in the region. UN Women is working to improve the quality of, and increase accessibility to, coordinated services and responses to violence against women. UN Women works with partners to reach a shared understanding at the regional level on the range of services and responses required and the corresponding standards and/or guidelines for the provision of the services that are considered essential to meet the needs of women and girls subject to violence. In addition, UN Women actively participates and contributes to various UN inter-agency processes and collaborates with UN organizations around specific programme areas. Under broad strategic direction of the Deputy Regional Director, the Regional Strategic Planning Specialist is responsible for leading the strategic planning work in the region and lead oversight in planning and strategic Programme Management (PM) across the region. The Regional Strategic Planning Specialist provides strategic guidance and technical support to the RO and Country Offices (COs) to ensure high quality strategic planning documents at regional and country levels, ensuring the alignment with UN Women Strategic Plan and the corporate standard on RBM and PM. They lead the preparation of the Strategic Note and workplan of the RO in close collaboration with RO colleagues and COs in the respective region. Regional Strategic Planning Specialist also provides guidance, technical support and quality assurance to Country Offices (COs) associated with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCFs), Strategic Notes and workplans from the strategic planning, RBM perspectives, PM initiation, Planning, Assurance, monitoring and implementation, Partner lifecycle implementation and management. The Regional Strategic Planning Specialist also contribute to HQ-led corporate level initiatives in the areas of Strategic Planning, RBM and Programme, project and Programme Partner Management support. The Regional Strategic Planning Specialist works closely with the Regional Coordination Specialist, the Regional Monitoring & Reporting Specialist/Focal Point, The Regional PSMU focal point/team and the Regional Operation Manager, as well as the rest of RO colleagues and CO colleagues in the region. They also coordinate with other Regional Strategic Planning Specialists in other ROs to facilitate cross-regional learning and peer-to-peer support mechanism. In carrying out the functions, they coordinate and collaborate closely with relevant HQ Divisions and units, including the Strategy, Planning, Resources and Effectiveness Division (SPRED) and the Policy, Programme and Inter Governmental Division (PPID), in order to ensure the implementation of corporate policy, procedures, guidance and systems associated with the strategic planning and results management in their respective region.

Requirements

At least an advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in development-related disciplines, Social Sciences, Political Science, Development Studies, Public Administration, Gender, 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.
At least 7 years of progressively responsible development experience that combines strategic and managerial leadership in development cooperation, international relations, public administration or a related field is required.
At least 3 to 5 years of experience in Results-Based Management (RBM) and strategic planning, including managing and coordinating the development of strategy, multi-year planning documents, work plans, and/or programme documents at the country, regional and/or international levels is required.
Experience in providing guidance and technical support to Country Offices, or diverse teams for development of Theory of Change, results frameworks, logical frameworks and indicators for programmes/projects, to ensure the minimum standard of RBM is required.
Experience in inter-agency strategic planning, Joint UN programmes, UN to UN agreements development or work related to UNSDCFs at the country, regional or international level is required.
Experience in monitoring gender equality policies, strategies, programmes, projects or initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean is required.
Fluency in English and Spanish are required.
Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.), spreadsheet and database packages is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience in regional offices, programme or regional similar structures is desired.
Experience in conducting PM or RBM training, as a trainer, to personnel and/or external partners to support results-based planning, monitoring and reporting is desirable.
Experience in developing RBM, PM or corporate/regional oversight resources and tools is desirable.
Experience in the use of a modern web-based results management system is desirable.
Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese or Russian).

Responsibilities

Provide strategic planning and RBM-related guidance and technical support to the UN Country Teams (UNCTs) and UN Women COs in the region for development of UNSDCFs through the inter-agency regional mechanism, such as Peer Support Group (PSG), in close collaboration with Regional Coordination Specialist
Provide strategic guidance, technical support and quality assurance to UN Women COs in the areas of strategic planning, results monitoring and reporting, RBM and UN Women Result Management System, PRISM
Lead and coordinate the strategic planning, monitoring and reporting processes at the regional level
Lead and coordination ACRO PSMU and provide oversight and technical support for program implementation in LAC
Provide coordination and expert guidance for ACRO and Country Offices’ Programs’ Management and implementing partners (internal and external).
Lead the regional engagement in HQ-led corporate initiatives in the areas of Strategic Planning, Results Monitoring, Reporting, RBM and Program Management in close collaboration with HQ to ensure the field perspectives and needs are reflected in those corporate initiatives
Oversee documentations in the areas of strategic planning, monitoring, reporting, RBM and Programme, Project and Programme Partner Management within the Regional Office and contribute to audits and evaluations
The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organisation.

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