Regional Strategic Planning Specialist

hace 2 semanas

Panamá, Panamá, Panamá United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) A tiempo completo

LOCATION:

Panama, PANAMA

TYPE OF CONTRACT:

FTA International

STARTING DATE:

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

24-Jun-24 (Midnight New York, USA)

POST LEVEL:

P-4

DURATION OF INITIAL CONTRACT:

1 year

TIME LEFT:

20d 1h 53m

LANGUAGES REQUIRED:

English Spanish

EXPECTED DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT:

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.


In the Americas & Caribbean Region, UN Women has a Regional Office based in Panama City, 10 Country Offices, one Multi Country Office and programmatic presence in 5 countries throughout the region.

In addition, the Regional Office provides support to the governments, civil society, and UN system as a nonresident agency in countries with no UN Women presence.


Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Deputy Regional Director, the Regional Strategic Planning Specialist is responsible for leading the strategic planning work in their respective region.

The Regional Strategic Planning Specialist provides strategic guidance and technical support to the RO and Country Offices (COs) to ensure high quality strategic planning documents at regional and country levels, ensuring the alignment with UN Women Strategic Plan and the corporate standard on RBM.

They lead the preparation of the Strategic Note and workplan of the RO in close collaboration with RO colleagues and COs in the respective region.

Regional Strategic Planning Specialist also provides guidance, technical support and quality assurance to Country Offices (COs) associated with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCFs), Strategic Notes and workplans from the strategic planning and RBM perspectives.

They also contribute to HQ-led corporate level initiatives in the areas of Strategic Planning and RBM.


The Regional Strategic Planning Specialist works closely with the Regional Coordination Specialist, the Regional Monitoring & Reporting Specialist/Focal Point and the Regional Operation Manager, as well as the rest of RO colleagues and CO colleagues in the region.

They also coordinate with other Regional Strategic Planning Specialists in other ROs to facilitate cross-regional learning and peer-to-peer support mechanism.

In carrying out the functions, they coordinate and collaborate closely with relevant HQ Divisions and units, including the Strategy, Planning, Resources and Effectiveness Division (SPRED) and the Policy, Programme and Inter Governmental Division (PPID), in order to ensure the implementation of corporate policy, procedures, guidance and systems associated with the strategic planning and results management in their respective region.


Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Provide strategic planning and RBM-related guidance and technical support to the UN Country Teams (UNCTs) and UN Women COs in the region for development of UNSDCFs through the inter-agency regional mechanism, such as Peer
Support Group (PSG), in close collaboration with Regional Coordination Specialist

  • Substantively support and contribute to the interagency strategic planning processes at the regional and country levels,by coordinating with PSG cochairs and participating in PSG meetings and related activities related to strategic planning,RBM, monitoring and reporting.
  • Review draft Roadmaps, Common Country Assessment (CCA) and UNSDCFs from the perspective of strategic planning,RBM and monitoring/reporting, in line with the guidance/standard from DCO, in close collaboration with RegionalCoordination Specialist.
  • Provide additional technical support to UNCTs and Results Groups, upon request, in relation to UNSDCFs, joint work plans, RBM capacity development, monitoring and reporting.
  • Provide guidance and technical support to UN Women COs in the areas of strategic planning, RBM, monitoring and reporting related to UNSDCFs, Joint Workplans and the UN Info platform, clarifying the alignment and linkage with UN Women Strategic Plan, Strategic Notes, workplans and UN Women Results Management System (RMS)

2. Provide strategic guidance, technical support and quality assurance to UN Women COs in the areas of strategic planning, RBM and UN Women Result Management System (RMS)**- Provide guidance, technical support and quality assurance to UN Women Country Offices in the region to ensure the quality and timely submission and finalization of Strategic Notes, ensuring the full alignment with the respective UNSDCFs and in line with UN Women's relevant corporate policies, procedures and guidance.

  • Provide guidance, technical support and quality assurance to UN Women Country Offices in the region to ensure the quality and timely submission and finalization of workplans, in

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