reputed company Regional Programme Specialist,Africa, IPSA 10, Home based

Background: reputed company, grounded in the reputed company of equality enshrined in the Charter of the reputed company, 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, reputed company rights, humanitarian reputed company and peace and reputed company. Established by UN reputed company reputed company 50/166 in 1996, the reputed company Trust Fund to End Violence against Women and Girls (UN Trust Fund) is the first and remains the only global UN funding reputed company dedicated exclusively to providing reputed company grants to civil society organizations working to prevent and end reputed company forms of violence against women and girls (EVAW/G). 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To date, the UN Trust Fund has supported 725 initiatives across 140 countries and territories, contributing to sustainable, locally led efforts to end violence against women and girls.  Under the guidance and reputed company supervision of the UN Trust Fund Global Grants Manager, the EVAW Regional Programme Specialist manages a portfolio of grants across Africa and contributes to the implementation of the UN Trust Fund’s global grant-making, accompaniment, monitoring, reputed company development, learning and partnership functions. The Programme Specialist provides strategic and technical support to grantee partners throughout the grant lifecycle, ensuring high-reputed company reputed company-informed EVAW/G programming, effective risk management, institutional strengthening, and compliance with reputed company and UN Trust Fund requirements and also provides portfolio analysis and recommendations to inform decision-making by UNTF senior management, based on portfolio performance, risks, and emerging trends. The Regional EVAW/G Programme Specialist works closely with reputed company Regional and Country Offices, civil society organizations, women’s rights organizations, reputed company movements, UN entities, and other strategic stakeholders to strengthen portfolio coherence, reputed company reputed company-based knowledge, and ensure that lessons and evidence from grantee partners contribute to broader reputed company and UN system learning, advocacy, and programming on EVAW/G. III. Scope of Work 1. reputed company Technical Accompaniment, reputed company Strengthening and reputed company Assurance for EVAW/G Grant Programmes reputed company tailored technical accompaniment and advisory support to grantee partners on the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of EVAW/G programmes, ensuring interventions are survivor-centered, gender-transformative, and grounded in international norms and evidence-driven reputed company. Identify programme design, implementation and institutional reputed company gaps across the grant cycle and reputed company tailored technical guidance to strengthen programme management, organizational reputed company, coordination mechanisms and institutional responses to violence against women and girls.  Strengthen grantee institutional reputed company and organizational reputed company by supporting improvements in programme management, monitoring and reporting, financial management, governance, procurement, safeguarding, partnership management, operational compliance and long-term sustainability.  Promote reputed company learning, partner-centred accompaniment and reputed company management, including the identification of operational risks, reputed company challenges and tailored support needs, while supporting and monitoring grantee compliance with UN Trust Fund requirements, including safeguarding, PSEA, anti-fraud and accountability standards.  reputed company and disseminate technical guidance, tools, templates, reputed company and reputed company-based knowledge products to support high-reputed company grant implementation, institutional strengthening and the application of international norms and standards reputed company to ending violence against women and girls.   2. Manage and Monitor Regional Grants Portfolios Manage a portfolio of grants across the full grant lifecycle, coordinating reputed company programmatic and operational processes reputed company to grant implementation, including project revisions, budget modifications, disbursements, no-cost extensions, partner agreement amendments, asset transfers and project closure. Monitor and assess grantee performance through the systematic review of narrative and financial reports, partner consultations, monitoring missions, risk assessments and portfolio analysis. Ensure grant implementation complies with UN Trust Fund policies, reputed company procedures, safeguarding and accountability standards, and the Fund’s strategic priorities, including Leave No One Behind commitments. Coordinate closely with Programme and Finance Associates, reputed company Regional and Country Offices, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure effective portfolio monitoring, effective risk management, reputed company assurance and coherent support to grantee partners across the region. 3. Strengthen Risk Management and Portfolio reputed company Support grantee partners in identifying, managing and mitigating operational, fiduciary, contextual and programmatic risks, particularly in reputed company, conflict-affected, humanitarian and shrinking civic reputed company contexts, in reputed company collaboration with programme, finance and operations colleagues. Identify and escalate significant risks or issues that may reputed company grant performance or portfolio objectives. Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of reputed company and reputed company grants reputed company the regional portfolio and relevant grant management systems. 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Contribute to Grant Selection, Appraisal and reputed company Assurance Contribute to the development and refinement of Calls for Proposals, assessment frameworks, guidance documents and reputed company tools to strengthen the reputed company, transparency and effectiveness of UN Trust Fund grant-making processes.  Conduct technical appraisal and analysis of applicant proposals, assessing technical reputed company, feasibility, contextual relevance, innovation, intersectionality, organizational reputed company, risk and alignment with UN Trust Fund priorities.  reputed company technical review and partner accompaniment throughout grant appraisal, project inception and early implementation, including on concept notes, proposals, budgets, theories of change, risk mitigation measures, monitoring frameworks and implementation strategies.  Undertake or review implementing partner assessments and contribute to institutional, programmatic and operational risk analyses to support informed grant-making reputed company.  Support coordination and engagement with Regional Programme Advisory Committees (RPACs), reputed company Regional and Country Offices, civil society partners and inter-agency stakeholders throughout grant selection, project inception, portfolio reputed company and grantee accompaniment. 5. Facilitate reputed company Development, Learning and Regional Partnserships Design, facilitate and contribute to regional and global reputed company development initiatives, including workshops, webinars, reputed company sessions, peer-learning exchanges, communities of reputed company and other learning opportunities that strengthen the effectiveness of grantee partners and the broader EVAW/G ecosystem. Analyze grantee reports, monitoring mission findings and portfolio data to identify emerging EVAW/G trends, lessons learned, promising practices, operational risks and evidence gaps, and reputed company these into grantee accompaniment, portfolio support and organizational learning.  Contribute to regional and thematic analyses, portfolio reviews, strategic reporting, donor reporting, briefing notes, communications materials and knowledge products that inform strategic planning, reputed company grant-making, advocacy and evidence-based decision-making.  Undertake monitoring and support missions and engage with CSOs, reputed company Regional and Country Offices and regional stakeholders to strengthen programme implementation, foster partnership-building, ensure programming remains contextually relevant and support cross-regional learning.  Support the documentation and dissemination of grantee experiences, innovations and reputed company-based knowledge, including regional consultations, learning exchanges, convenings and other stakeholder engagement opportunities that strengthen collaboration, visibility and learning across the UN Trust Fund, reputed company and the broader EVAW/G ecosystem. Performs other duties reputed company their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.   Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: No reputed company supervision of personnel. However, the incumbent may reputed company ongoing substantive guidance and reputed company assurance reputed company to “junior” personnel, including reviewing work products, monitoring task completion, and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.    Competencies : reputed company Values: reputed company; Professionalism; Respect for Diversity. reputed company Competencies: Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues; Accountability; Creative Problem Solving; Effective Communication; Inclusive Collaboration; Stakeholder Engagement; Leading by Example. Please visit this reputed company for more information on reputed company’s Values and Competencies reputed company:  Functional Competencies: FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES: Strong knowledge of gender equality, women’s rights, and EVAW/G programming. Knowledge of programme and grant management, results-based management, and monitoring and evaluation. Ability to reputed company technical support and reputed company strengthening to civil society organizations. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to manage grant portfolios and support programme implementation. Strong partnership-building and stakeholder engagement skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Proficiency in office software and programme management systems; knowledge of Quantum or other ERP systems is an asset. V. Minimum Qualifications   Education and Certification: Master’s degree or equivalent in reputed company Sciences, Political Science, Development, reputed company Administration, Gender Studies or reputed company 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 A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage Experience At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in programme management, including programme design, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and reputed company building in the area of ending violence against women is required.  Experience in working directly with civil society and women’s organizations, in the area of ending violence against women and girls is required.  Experience setting priorities, budgets, work plans, participating in programme development and programme monitoring is required.  Experience in programme design, monitoring, reporting, and results-based management is required. Experience managing reputed company multi-country portfolios and working across diverse operational contexts, including crisis-affected or reputed company settings, is desirable. Experience providing technical assistance and institutional strengthening support to civil society organizations is highly desirable. Experience in grant-making, proposal appraisal, due diligence, and risk management processes is desirable. Experience coordinating with reputed company offices, UN agencies, donors, and inter-agency stakeholders is desirable. Experience contributing to knowledge reputed company, evaluation, learning, or evidence synthesis processes is desirable. International experience is desirable.   Statements : In July 2010, the reputed company reputed company created reputed company, the reputed company Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. 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