National Consultant WEPs Coordinator_for Tunisian only

United Nations Children's Fund

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB DETAILS

 

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the National Consultant WEPs Coordinator are:

Support companies in becoming WEPs signatories

  • Conduct sector mapping to identify potential new members;
  • Approach and promote WEPs membership and partnership and serve as a central point of contact for liaison purposes;
  • Serve as a helpdesk for companies that need support in the onboarding process;
  • Review applications (i.e. verify eligibility, check status on the UNGM platform, etc.), approve and publish companies to the WEPs website;
  • In collaboration with UN Women communications team, implement communications plan of the WEPs community to ensure visibility and increase outreach;

Provide technical guidance and inputs to companies signatories

  • Support signatories companies to identify needs and opportunities to implement WEPs principles;
  • Design and implement capacity building programmes for WEPs signatories including through webinars and workshops;
  • Schedule and organize regular dialogues and knowledge exchange sessions to support the creation of a community of practice approach;
  • Prepare demand-driven substantive guidance on WEPs implementation;

Provide ongoing technical support to UN Women Tunisia on WEPs engagement and support

  • Identify and implement strategies to strengthen UN Women WEPs portfolio, aligned with the regional initiative “Surging Women’s Employment”
  • Attend regular meetings with WEPs global focal points and represent UN Women Tunisia;
  • Lead tasks forces to pilot new approaches and conceptualize new workstream and processes;
  • Organize an introduction section for UN Women personnel on WEPs signatories principles, approval and publishing process.?

Provide WEPs advocacy and communication support

  • In collaboration with the communications team, develop and implement WEPs advocacy and communication strategy;
  • Identify and collect impact stories from WEPs signatories and lead the development of case studies;
  • Support the creation and post of social media assets .

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel This is a home-based consultancy.

Competencies

Core Values

  • Respect for Diversity
  • Integrity
  • Professionalism

Core Competencies

  • Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
  • Accountability
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • Effective Communication
  • Inclusive Collaboration
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Leading by Example

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process#_Value

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

  • In depth understanding of gender equality and women’s empowerment issues, challenges and motivations in the private sector;
  • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and competing priorities;
  • Experience in establishing and sustaining effective relationships with clients; anticipating needs; being clientoriented.

Required Skills and Experience

 

Education

  • Master’s degree or equivalent in business, finance, economic or related fields.
  • A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience

  • At least 10 of experience in the related field with progressive responsibilities;
  • Experience working in the promoting of women’s empowerment gender equality in the world of work is an asset;
  • Experience in establishing, building and sustaining effective relationships with network of clients is an asset;
  • Excellent analytical skills with strong drive for results and capacity to work independently.

Languages

  • Fluency in French and Arabic is required.
  • Work knowledge of English is required;


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