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Job type: Full-time
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Background:
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 programs in the United Republic of Tanzania (URT) contribute to the country’s National Development Vision 2025, the 5-Year Development Plan III, the Zanzibar Development Plan, the Sustainable Development Goals, and is aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), as well as UN Women’s Global Strategic Plan. UN Women in Tanzania supports the fulfilment of international, regional, and national commitments on the protection of women’s human rights, mainly the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination, the Maputo Protocol of Women’s Rights, the Beijing Platform of Action, the Generation Equality Forum Commitments, UN Security Council Resolutions among others.
In line with national priorities and through its Strategic Note 2023-2027, the Country Office aims to achieve the following results: (i) Increased women’s leadership and participation in governance and in all decision-making processes; (ii) strengthened the economic empowerment of women for income security, decent work, and economic autonomy; and (iii) Increased protection of women and girls against gender-based violence & access to services. As part of its mandate and under the leadership of the Resident Coordinator, UN Women plays a leading role in efforts to coordinate UN inter-agency gender equality work including supporting UNCT SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard and engaging in multi-stakeholder dialogues and joint initiatives through the UNSDCF Outcome Groups, and other structures and mechanisms within the UN system in Tanzania.
UN Women Country Office also works to address gender inequality in collaboration with women’s rights organizations, government, and other relevant actors, and contributes to the following systemic outcomes: (i) Strengthening national normative frameworks, and gender-responsive laws, policies, and institutions; (ii) Advocating for gender-responsive financing policies, strategies and instruments that advance financing gender equality by public and private sectors; (iii) Positive social norms, including by engaging men and boys; (iv) Increasing women’s equitable access to services, goods and resources; (v) More women and girls exercise their voice, agency and leadership, including through an enabling environment that supports women’s and youth organizations; and (vi) Production, analysis and use of gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data, and knowledge to inform policies and programs that deliver impactful results for women and girls.
The Country Representative operates in a matrix management model, primarily accountable and reporting to the relevant UN Women Regional Director on UN Women -specific mandates, activities and results. Additionally, as a UNCT member, under the Management and Accountability Framework (MAF) of the UN development and resident coordinator system, the Country Representative has mutual accountability with the Resident Coordinator for periodically reporting on contributions and support for the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF, formerly UNDAF).The Regional Director conducts the performance review of the Country Representative whilst seeking inputs from the RC on the Country Representative’s contributions as a UNCT member.
The UN Women Country Representative will report to the Regional Director, RO East & Southern Africa, and is responsible for leading and managing the Tanzania Country Office (CO) portfolio and for translating the UN Women’s Strategic Plan (SP) in line with regional and national priorities, into development initiatives and results by developing, implementing and managing programmes and projects under the Tanzania CO; and developing effective partnerships with Government counterparts, UN system agencies and organizations, civil society organizations, and with bilateral and non-traditional donors in order to promote inter-agency partnerships, support for UN reform, and mobilization of visibility and resources to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Key Functions and Accountabilities
Manage the strategic country programme planning and development:
Manage the Tanzania Country Office:
Provide support to the Resident Coordination and serve as a member of UN Country Team:
Create and maintain strategic partnerships and manage resource mobilization strategies:
Lead knowledge management, innovation and capacity building:
Oversee safety, security and well-being of personnel, programmes and organizational assets
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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Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: The Country office has 44 staff in different contract modalities. The incumbent leads a team of 5, which includes 5 direct reports (One (1) P4 staff, two (2) NOD staff, one (1) NOC (1) affiliate personnel-consultant.
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In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Diversity and inclusion:
At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.
If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.
UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)
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