Programme Analyst - Womens Economic Empowerment (WEE)

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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.

Responsibilities

Contribute technically to the development of programme strategies in the area of women economic empowerment (WEE):
• Provide substantive inputs to the design and formulation of programme/project proposals and initiatives, with a focus on increasing womens access to finance, skilling and employment opportunities.
• Identify areas for intervention related to financial inclusion, skilling, and enterprise development for women.

Provide substantive technical support to the implementation and management of WEE programmes:
• Provide technical inputs to the annual workplan and budget, ensuring alignment with programmatic priorities.
• Lead the implementation of initiatives supporting financial access for women entrepreneurs, including engagement with financial institutions and government bodies.

Provide technical assistance and capacity development to project/programme partners:
• Provide technical support in implementing programme activities related to skilling, employment, entrepreneurship, and financial inclusion.
• Develop technical knowledge products, toolkits, and guidelines to support programmatic interventions.

Provide technical inputs to monitoring and reporting of the programme/project:
• Monitor progress using results management system, ensuring data-driven decision-making.
• Lead the consolidation of programmatic outcomes and impact assessments for internal and donor reporting.

Provide substantive technical inputs to the management of people and finances of the WEE programme:
• Monitor budget implementation and facilitate budget re-alignments/revisions, as necessary.
• Provide technical inputs to financial reporting, ensuring adherence to donor and UN Women guidelines.

Provide substantive inputs to building partnerships and resource mobilization strategies:
• Support the development of resource mobilization strategies, with a focus on expanding financial inclusion for women.
• Develop project summaries, briefing notes, and donor profiles to strengthen engagement with key stakeholders.

Provide technical support to inter-agency coordination on WEE to achieve coherence and alignment of UN Women programmes with national priorities:
• Provide technical support to the Representative and Deputy Representative on inter-agency coordination efforts.
• Draft background reports, concept notes, and policy briefs for inter-agency dialogues on women financial inclusion and economic empowerment.

Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building, and communication efforts:
• Develop background documents, briefs, and presentations on financial inclusion, skilling, and entrepreneurship for women.
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Qualifications
• Master degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/women studies, international development, or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• At least 2 years of progressively responsible work experience in development programme/project implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation, donor reporting and capacity building is required.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.
• Fluency in English and Hindi is required..

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