UN Women Country Programme Coordinator, NOC, FTA, Santiago, Chile

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.

The UN Women office in Chile, within the framework of its Strategic Note, provides technical assistance in priority areas such as women's political participation and leadership, economic empowerment, the eradication of violence against women and girls, women, peace and security and the mainstreaming of the gender approach in public policies. It also implements programmatic initiatives and contributes to the work of the United Nations System in the country, promoting the cross-cutting integration of gender equality in its interventions and ensuring that these commitments are translated into concrete actions at the national level.

Reporting to the Regional Director, the Country Programme Coordinator, Chile leads the country office in taking responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing UN Women interventions in Chile. The Country Programme Coordinator works in close collaboration with the programme and operations team at the regional office, UN Women HQ staff, Government officials, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring successful UN Women programme implementation under portfolio.

Key Functions and Accountabilities:

Lead the Chile country programme

• Develop, implement, and monitor the country programme annual workplan and individual programme workplans, including budget and results framework;
• Manage delivery of the day-to-day programme activities to ensure prompt and adequate delivery of results;
• Ensure effective use of resources and compliance with UN Women rules, policies, and procedures as well as donor/fund requirements;
• Prepare for programme audits and implement its recommendations.

Lead technical support and capacity development to national partners

• Provide substantive technical support to national partners and other stakeholders in the areas of women, peace and security, economic empowerment, women’s political participation, care systems, data analysis, women, climate and resilience and ending violence against women.
• Build relationships with national partners to support implementation and expansion of the country programme; respond to any potential problems;
• Manage capacity building opportunities and initiatives of key institutions and mechanisms;
• Provide timely inputs and suggestions on programmatic areas;
• Provide partners with technical assistance, training, and capacity development initiatives as needed.

Manage the implementation of programme/ project activities through monitoring and reporting

• Establish an effective monitoring system for the delivery of programme results;
• Prepare quarterly and annual progress reports and donor reports and organize progress reviews as necessary;
• Attend field missions and write reports on monitoring missions.

Manage people and financial resources of the programme

• Manage programme budget; and office operations as necessary;
• Write financial reports in accordance with UN Women procedures and submit the reports to the Regional Office and donors;
• Supervise and coach programme staff and manage performance;
• Write terms of reference for new staff, consultants and contractors and oversee the recruitment process, as necessary.

Manage inter-agency and country coordination support for UN Women in Chile

• Participate in country level Comprehensive Country Assessment (CCA)/UN Sustainable Development Goals Coordination Frameworks processes and similar exercises related to the Resident Coordinator (RC) system, as necessary;
• Participate in and provide guidance to the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in supporting enhanced response to national partners in advancing gender equality and women's empowerment;
• Write progress reports on UN Women’s programme experiences in support of UN women inter-agency coordination role;
• Collaborate with the Regional Office, provide coordination support to UN Agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and national authorities to promote gender equality and women empowerment activities in Chile;
• Identify and inform the RO of joint programming opportunities and participate in the development of UN joint programmes, as necessary.

Build partnerships and support in developing resource mobilization strategies

• Develop and implement partnerships and resource mobilization strategies;
• Finalize relevant documentation on donors and potenti