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Position Title: National Coordinator
Level: Equivalent to NOB
Duty Station: Beijing, China
Background
UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations providing financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies that promote women's rights, political participation and economic security. UNIFEM has adopted a Strategic Plan for 2008-2011 with the single goal of advancing implementation of national commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment in stable and fragile states focusing on the following three thematic areas: (a) Enhancing women’s economic security and rights, (b) Reducing the prevalence of violence against women and HIV/AIDS, and (c) Advancing gender justice in democratic governance UNIFEM established its project office in China in 1998, and works in partnership with UN organisations, governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including All China Women’s Federation, a leading women’s organization in China, as well as networks on gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment strategies. UNIFEM is a secretariat of the United Nations Theme Group of Gender in China, and actively supporting the Theme Group’s work in advocating and mainstreaming gender into the work of UN, as well as of international and national partners.
Currently, UNIFEM China works in the following key areas:
The China Gender Facility
Under the guidance of the United Nations Theme Group on Gender, UNIFEM has been
managing 25 projects of the China Gender Facility (CGF), an initiative designed to promote advocacy, research and social dialogue on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the development and implementation of policies and laws in China. Composed of national partners, UN agencies, multi-lateral and bilateral development agencies and civil society partners, the CGF provides funding for innovative and catalytic proposals within the framework provided by the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) in China. The key strategies of the CGF include:
• Working with and for gender advocates to develop strategies which will be translated into information and materials for dissemination through various means, including websites;
• Promoting better understanding of gender issues among those influencing policy by
equipping them as gender advocates e.g. press, trade unions, employers and academia
• Increasing the gender awareness and capacity of policy-makers;
• Promoting dialogue among women’s movement, policy-makers as well as donors.
Gender and HIV/AIDS UNIFEM China has been working in partnership with other UN agencies in China in the UN Joint Programme on AIDS in China (2007 – 2010.) UNIFEM’s particular focus is raising and strengthening political leaders’ awareness of the integral relationship between gender and HIV/AIDS, and the need to incorporate gender concerns when developing policy response towards HIV. Through close collaboration with the Central Party School, Guangdong Party School and UNAIDS, UNIFEM has been providing support in mainstreaming gender and HIV/AIDS in the party school curriculum for the future decision/policy makers, and also developing a training manual for trainers on Gender and HIV/AIDS for those Party Schools.
UNIFEM will also start implementing a project with the Ministry of Railways (MOR) by
conducting training and advocacy activities to raise awareness on Gender and HIV/AIDS and build capacity of the MOR employees (including women service staff on the trains) in dealing with the railway passengers, majority of whom are migrant workers facing the risk of HIV/AIDS.
Elimination of Violence against Women
UNIFEM has been also actively working in the area of elimination of violence against women through the CGF projects. In addition, UNIFEM, together with other three UN agencies and national partners, and with financial support from the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, will implement Joint Programme on domestic violence in three provinces (including the area affected by earthquake in Sichuan) in China, and coordinate overall implementation of the programme as Lead Agency. The Joint Programme will develop a comprehensive Domestic Violence Prevention and Response Model to address domestic violence issues with a multi- sectoral approach, aiming to:
strengthen the capacity of the government officials at different levels and social service
sector to provide efficient service and supportive environment for the women affected by
domestic violence;
enhance awareness of the public, including men and youth, in prevention of domestic
violence;
advocate policy makers for the adoption and roll-out the Model across the country, and
eventually passing the national domestic violence legislation.
In particular, UNIFEM will facilitate capacity building activities for the government officials, trainings for police, All China Women’s Federation staff, and domestic violence shelter staff, and to develop referral protocols. UNIFEM will coordinate joint assessment activities and monitoring and evaluation plans, too.
Supporting Migrant workers
UNIFEM is also part of the Joint Programme in Youth, Employment and Migration,
supported by the Spanish Government’s MDG funds, and will, with other seven UN agencies and national partners, implement activities by fully utilizing the experiences gained from the CGF projects in this area.
UNIFEM’s focus areas in the Joint Programme are:
assessment of migration trends, particularly of women migrant workers;
advocacy and training for policy makers on laws and policies on domestic workers, social protection and rights of female migrant workers, gender based discrimination, etc,
life skill training for migrant domestic workers through community centers
Duties and responsibilities
Under the guidance of the Regional Programme Director, UNIFEM East and Southeast Asia Regional Office (ESEARO) and direct supervision of the UNIFEM Country Programme Manager, UNIFEM China, the National Coordinator will provide support to the office in:
a) overall management, implementation and monitoring of HIV/AIDS and Gender, EVAW, and Migration programmes;
b) creating and maintaining strategic partnership with government partner, donors and other national partners, and support to resource mobilization; and
c) ensuring consistency with CCA-UNDAF priorities, as well as, creative responses to emerging challenges and opportunities by providing top quality policy advice services to the national partners and facilitation of knowledge building and management;
Summary of Key Functions:
1. Ensures implementation of country programme strategies focusing on achievement of the following results:
• Thorough analysis and research of the political, social and economic situation in the country and preparation of substantive inputs to CCA, UNDAF, and other documents.
• Identification of areas for support and interventions within the thematic areas as outlined in the Strategic Plan of UNIFEM.
2. Ensures effective management of the Gender and HIV/AIDS, EVAW, and Migration
programmes focusing on the following results:
Effective application of RBM tools, establishment of management targets and
monitoring achievement of results.
Design and formulation of programmes, translating UNIFEM’s priorities into local
interventions. Coordination of programme implementation with the executing agencies.
Strategic oversight of planning, budgeting, implementing and monitoring of the
programme, tracking use of financial resources in accordance with UNIFEM rules and
regulations.
Financial and substantive monitoring and evaluation of programmes/projects.
Ensures quality and timeliness of donor reports and UNIFEM annual report.
3. Establishes and maintains strategic partnerships and supports the resource mobilization
strategy in cooperation with the UNIFEM Country Programme Manager focusing on
achievement of the following results:
Implementation of the partnership and resource mobilization strategy to achieve
programme outcomes.
Creation and coordination of partnerships with the UN Agencies, government
institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, private sector, civil society in the specific
thematic areas outlined in the Strategic Plan of UNIFEM.
Analysis and research of information on donors, preparation of substantive briefs on
possible areas of cooperation, identification of opportunities for initiation of new
projects/programmes, active contribution to overall office effort in resource
mobilization.
4. Ensures provision of top quality advisory services and facilitation of knowledge building
and management focusing on achievement of the following results:
Identification of sources of information related to policy-driven issues. Identification and
synthesis of best practices and lessons learned directly linked to country programmes.
Support to development of policies and institutions that will address the country
problems and needs in collaboration with the national partners and other strategic
partners.
Contribute to the establishment of advocacy networks at national level.
Support to relevant, high-impact advocacy campaigns implemented with key partners.
The National Coordinator is expected to perform other tasks as may be assigned by the
Programme Manager to support day-to-day office management, communications and
coordination of UNIFEM programmes in China.
Impact of Results
The key results have an impact on the overall success of the country programme and reaching UNDAF goals which should support China’s achievement of MDGs. In particular, the key results have an impact on the design, operation and programming of activities, creation of strategic partnerships as well as reaching resource mobilization targets.
Competencies and Critical Success Factors
Corporate Competencies:
Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
Functional Competencies:
Knowledge Management and Learning
Promotes knowledge management in UN and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example
In-depth knowledge on Gender and Development issues
Ability to advocate and provide policy advice.
Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more
practice areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills
Development and Operational Effectiveness
Ability to lead strategic planning, results-based management and reporting
Ability to lead formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development
programmes and projects, mobilize resources
Ability to formulate and manage budgets, manage contributions and investments, manage transactions, conduct financial analysis, reporting and cost-recovery
Good knowledge of the Results Management Guide and Toolkit
Good IT skills
Ability to implement new systems and affect staff behavioral/ attitudinal change
Management and Leadership
Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and
responds positively to feedback
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills both in English and Chinese
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities
Qualifications
Education: Master’s Degree or equivalent in Gender Studies, Political Sciences, Social
Sciences or related field.
Experience: minimum 3 years of relevant experience at the national or international level in
providing technical support on gender, hands-on experience in design, monitoring and
evaluation of gender and development projects and establishing inter-relationships among
international organization and national partners. Ability to manage multi-tasks and work under pressure. Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, experience in handling of web based management systems.
Language Requirements: Fluency in the UN and national language of the duty station.
Qualified female and male are encouraged to apply. Please send your application, including a cover letter and CV, to unifem_china@unifem.org or fax: +86-10-8532-0903, before 12 December 2008.
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