A unique opportunity has arisen for a senior manager who will have ample scope to directly impact women’s and children’s rights in Zimbabwe. This individual will be accountable for the formulation, design, planning, implementing and evaluation of Gender and Development programmes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the programme management, delivery and accomplishment of programme goals and objectives. This involves supporting UNICEF’s gender programme mainstreaming and its relationship with system mechanisms on gender equality and women’s rights. The candidate will also be responsible for effective communication and networking achieved through partnership and collaboration, bringing a gender perspective across all UNICEF’s programmmes and promoting UNICEF’s credibility in striving towards gender equality.
Key result areas for this senior level post include: •Enhance effective sectoral or inter-sectoral planning, development by supporting the timely completion of the gender awareness and gender equality aspects of the Situational Analysis. •Promote UNICEF’s goals through advocacy and policy dialogue and active encouragement in communication, networking and participation at every opportunity. •Design and implement strategies to provide public information on UNICEF-gender programmes to create greater public awareness about gender/women’s equality issues and their critical role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. •Promote the mainstreaming of gender and rights based programmes through participation in the formulation of programme goals, strategies and approaches. •Collaborate with Operations and Supply Sections and Government authorities to establish and maintain sound internal controls to ensure accountability. •Provide technical advice and guidance on appropriate technical, financial and institutional capacity building measures to achieve gender and rights based programme goals. •Promote quality of rights-based Gender and Development programmes effectively.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience Required: •Advanced University Degree in Social Sciences, Gender Studies or other related field. •At least eight years of progressively responsible professional work experience at national and international levels in programming for gender equality and women’s rights •Specific programming expertise related to gender equality an asset
If you have experience of working in a similar capacity, meet the above profile and want to make an active and lasting contribution to build a better world for children, send your application letter and curriculum vitae quoting vacancy notice number to the following address.
HR Specialist (Vacancy Notice No. Zim2011/31) UNICEF, 6 Fairbridge Avenue, P O Box 1250 Belgravia, Harare or email: hararevacancies@gmail.com
Applications should be received by 26 September 2011. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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