Women, Peace and Security Programme Associate

Details:

Mission and objectives:

UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations efforts to ensure that commitments to gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action around the world. UN Women thus provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts to build effective partnerships with civil society and other stakeholders.In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), UN Women sets itself the following vision: « An inclusive, peaceful, and prosperous Democratic Republic of Congo, where women, girls, boys and men are free and secure, enjoy equal rights, and have equal opportunities to access a better life, to make their own decisions to improve their living conditions in order to achieve sustainable peace, security, the respect of human rights and women´s rights for the attainment of sustainable development goalsThe work of UN Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo focuses on the following 4 priority themes:

• Women’s political participation and women’s leadership;
• Economic empowerment of women;
• Ending violence against women;
• Governance, Peace and Security;

Through these priorities, UN Women contribute to each of the outcomes of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), addressing gender equality aspects in accordance with its mandate and its comparative advantage and added value. UN Women focus on the design and implementation of large-scale integrated flagship programmes that target thousands of women, to ensure results that effectively transform the lives of women in the DRC.

Context:

The ‘Women, Peace and Security agenda,’ founded by UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) in 2000 and followed by seven additional resolutions for ensuring that the needs and priorities of women and girls impacted by conflict are addressed and that peace is brokered in an inclusive and sustainable manner. Countries were encouraged to establish national mechanisms at the national level, which can make the resolutions effective in each member country of the United Nations.
In 2010 the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) adopted its very first National Action Plan (NAP) on UNSCR 1325. However, the NAP on 1325 faced a set of challenges during its implementation. Taking these challenges and gaps into consideration, the DRC adopted its 2nd National action plan in 2020. UN Women supported the development of this 2nd National Action Plan for the implementation of UNSCR 1325, as well as the setting up of the national secretariat for the implementation of UNSCR 1325.
In this dynamic, UN Women will support the Government in the implementation of the National Action Plan of the Resolution 1325 (2nd generation) for the period 2020-2023, ensuring full collaboration and participation of civil society to enhance women’s protection and participation in conflict prevention and resolution, and post-conflict state-building.

Task description:

Reporting to the WPSHA Programme Specialist, the Programme Analyst contributes to the effective management of the Women, Peace, Security and Humanitarian Action programmes In democratic Republic of Congo, by providing substantive inputs to programme design, formulation, implementation, and evaluation.Under the direct supervision of the Women, Peace, Security and Humanitarian Programme Specialist, and in collaboration with the WPS staff, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Assist in the development and implementation of project work plans, ensuring timely delivery of activities and milestones.
• Assist in the monitoring and evaluation of project activities, including data collection, analysis, and reporting on progress towards objectives and outcomes.
• Provide support in ensuring the timely update of Implementing partners reports in the Partner and Grants Agreement Management System.
• Contribute in providing analysis document, compiled datas on WPS in the country;
• Assist in preparing Calls/Requests for proposals, including the organization of tech-nical review committees, and capacity assessments of partners.
• Contribute to the review of financial and narrative reports submitted by implementing partners.
• Support in monitoring progress on programme activities, results and performance indicators.
• Support to provide technical assistance and capacity development to pro-ject/programme Partners:
• Support to building partnerships and resource mobilization strategies.
• Support the organization of consultations, conferences, meetings, and trainings for the Women, Peace and Security unit.

Requirements:

• Minimum months of experience: 1 year in:
• Project management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Project implementation, or related fields, preferably in the context

of women’s rights, gender equality, or peacebuilding.;

• understanding of gender issues, women’s rights, and the Women, Peace, and

Security agenda

• conflict and/or post-conflict countries is an asset.
• Excellent organizational, administrative, and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a multicultural team environment

Competencies and values:☒ Accountability
☒ Building Trust
☒ Commitment and Motivation
☒ Ethics and Values
☒ Integrity
☒ Knowledge Sharing
☒ Planning and Organizing
☒ Professionalism
☒ Respect for Diversity
☒ Working in TeamsArea(s) of expertise:

• Development programmes
• Security and protection

Required education level:

Master degree or equivalent

Other information:
The Democratic Republic of Congo is the second largest country in Africa and as a result is quite diverse. Living conditions vary between duty stations, with all usual amenities present in the capital Kinshasa but only very basic conditions in remote duty stations in the provinces, where for instance, there may be no guarantee of public power supply nor running water. The ability to live and work in difficult and harsh conditions of developing countries is essential. Accommodation is very expensive in both Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. Supermarkets exist in the large towns (e.g. Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Goma, Bukavu, Kisangani), but consumer items are generally very expensive (as everything is important) For food, local markets offer a much cheaper alternative. Kinshasa is classified as a family duty station. In addition to insecurity related to the relatively volatile social situation as well as various conflict situations, certain place are subject to increasing street and residential crime, including in Kinshasa and Goma. All UN volunteers must ensure that they are up-to date with all appropriate vaccination, which should be clearly and properly endorsed in the international certificate of vaccination (carte jaune). Malaria is present virtually throughout DRC and it is therefore recommended to take prophylaxis. The unit currency is the Congolese Franc. The US dollar is the other preferred currency.it may be impossible to exchange traveler’s checks away from the capital city. Credit cards are usually accepted in major hotels in Kinshasa. In larger towns and cities (e.g. Kinshasa, Goma, Bukavu, Kisangani, Lubumbashi), UN volunteers are recommended to open US dollar bank accounts, while in other places, bank may be absent part of their allowances to a bank account abroad. In addition to French, there are four major spoken languages in DRC, namely Lingala, Kikongo, Tshiluba and Swahili.