Program Consultant, Home-based SSA

Background/Context

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.

UN Women hosts the Secretariat of the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF). The WPHF Secretariat provides support to the Funding Board, mobilizes resources from Governments, companies, foundations and individuals, designs and manages global funding windows and mechanisms, provides day to day support to Country Offices implementing WPHF programs, ensures timely and quality monitoring and reporting. The Secretariat’s mandate is also to strengthen stakeholders’ knowledge of and engagement with women, peace and security issues through proper internal and external communications, advocacy and outreach.

Finally, the Secretariat provides knowledge management services for the WPHF and manages Community of Practice (CoP) for WPHF partners and grantees. Under the overall supervision of the Head of the Secretariat of the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund and the direct supervision of the Program Coordinator of the Regular Funding Cycle, the Consultant will support the implementation and management of the WPHF Regular Funding Cycle (RFC) portfolio in the area of women, peace and security and humanitarian action with a focus on the Arab States and Sahel portfolios (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Syria, Yemen, Burkina Faso, Chad and Niger).

The Consultant works in close collaboration with other WPHF teams and Funding Windows as well as with Participating UN Organizations (PUNO) in countries and civil society, ensuring successful program implementation of the Regular Funding Cycle portfolio. The Consultant also provides substantive inputs to the Fund’s advocacy, knowledge building, reporting and partnerships.

Contribute technically to the development of funding allocations, implementation and management of the Fund’s Regular Funding Cycle portfolio in the area of women, peace and security and humanitarian action.

• Support in providing substantive inputs to the design and implementation of funding allocations under the Fund’s Regular Funding Cycle through supporting with the coordination of Calls for Proposals with country offices, including the organization of information sessions and National Steering Committees and preparation of materials for prospective applicants.
• Review and evaluate proposals from prospective applicants, including long listing and shortlisting, and share overview analysis of the demand;
• Support coordination, intervention and implementation of the Funding Initiatives on Forced Displacement under the Fund’s Regular Funding Cycle;
• Support in providing substantive inputs to the development of the Fund’s cross-cutting priority areas and grant making principles.
• Contribute to the preparation of annual workplans, portfolio planning, funding forecasts and implementation priorities for the assigned country portfolio.

Provide technical assistance and capacity development support in the implementation of the Fund’s Regular Funding Cycle portfolio in the area of women, peace and security and humanitarian action.

• Coordinate and provide technical support to Participating UN Organizations (PUNO) in the implementation of the Fund’s Regular Funding Cycle portfolio;
• Support maintaining relationships with PUNOs and Resident / Humanitarian Coordinator Offices to support the implementation of the Fund’s Regular Funding Cycle portfolio;
• Identify opportunities for capacity building and trainings for partners, including through the Fund’s Community of Practice and Learning Hub in coordination with the WPHF Learning Hub (L-Hub).
• Maintain portfolio management and tracking tools to monitor programme implementation, reporting milestones and agreed actions to ensure timely delivery of the portfolio.

Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the Regular Funding Cycle’s…