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Organization: UN Women – United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Country: Uganda
City: Kampala
Office: UN Women Kampala
Closing date: Sunday, 29 May 2022
General
Description of assignment title: Programme Officer – Women’s Peace, and Humanitarian Fund
Assignment country: Uganda
Expected start date: 09/15/2022
Sustainable Development Goal: 5. Gender equality
Volunteer category: International UN Youth Volunteer
DoA reserved for persons with disabilities: No
Host entity: UNWomen
Type: Onsite
Duration: 12 months (with possibility of extension)
Number of assignments: 1
Duty stations: Kampala
Details
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
The UN Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) mobilizes critical support for local and grassroots civil society organizations working on women, peace and security and humanitarian action. WPHF is a flexible and rapid financing mechanisms supporting interventions designed to enhance the capacity of women to prevent conflict, respond to crises and emergencies, and seize key peacebuilding opportunities. In Uganda, the UN Women country office if the Management Entity of WPHF. Currently 19 organisations are receiving funding from Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) to support grass-root level women’s organisation on projects relating to WPS, protection and conflict prevention.
Task description
Under the direct supervision of Programme Management Specialist WPHF, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
Support monitoring of implementation of projects under the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian fund in close co-operation with the implementing partners (IPs)
Support in reviewing partner reports and providing support to the IPs
Support the provision of technical support and capacity building measures to partners
Provide inputs to internal and external reporting
Support in facilitating various events
Provide administrative support to the WPHF portfolio in Uganda
Provide support to the field monitoring and in producing communication material
Support the development of position papers and plans for awareness raising campaigns on the importance of women’s participation in peacebuilding, as requested
Eligibility criteria
Age: 18 – 26
Additional eligibility criteria
This assignment is funded by the Government of Finland and therefore specific criteria apply. ELIGIBILITY – Candidates must be Finnish nationals and must have knowledge of Finnish or Swedish. – Candidates must be between 18 and 29 years of age at the time of application. – Candidates who already served on a UN Youth Volunteer assignment funded by the Government of Finland are not eligible. APPLICATION – If you are above the age of 26, a notification will be displayed that you are not eligible to apply. You may ignore this and proceed with submitting your application. – Application deadline: 29 May 2022 SELECTION – Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The selection will be done by the UN Host Entity at the level of the country of assignment. Interviews will be conducted by the UN Host Entity between 13 June and 1 July. +++ UN Volunteer entitlement calculator: https://app.unv.org/calculator +++
Nationality
Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment.
Donor priorities
Requirements
Required experience
0 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building but demonstrated interest and/or experience (up to two years) is an asset. Experience in the area of Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action is an asset . Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded;
Area(s) of expertise
Development programmes
Driving license
Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required
Required education level
Bachelor degree or equivalent in Peace and Security, Social Sciences, Human Rights, Gender/Women’s studies, International Development or a related field
Competencies and values
☒ Accountability ☒ Adaptability and Flexibility ☒ Building Trust ☒ Commitment to Continuous Learning ☒ Communication ☒ Ethics and Values ☒ Integrity ☒ Planning and Organizing ☒ Professionalism ☒ Respect for Diversity ☒ Self-Management ☒ Technological Awareness ☒ Working in Teams
Other information
Living conditions and remarks
The UN Volunteer will be based in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda that is located at 1,200 metres (4,000 feet) above sea level with a pleasant climate all year round which is uniformly warm and moderately humid, and temperatures that range between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius. It is a family duty station that presents relatively good living conditions with adequate housing facilities (houses and apartments) readily available to rent, and with most of the economic and social amenities also available at affordable cost. Most commodities are available; supermarkets and a wide variety of local markets offer plenty of available fresh food stuffs of all kinds and there are many restaurants. There are 2 international telecommunication systems (mobile telephone networks), easy access to internet and modern banking facilities. However, as a developing country, Uganda has developing infrastructure with common challenges like power cuts and water rationing. The city has good security but under UN Security system – Level Three of which all new staff undergo security briefing by United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) who also provide elaborate security documents as well as regular security situation updates.
Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements
Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy
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