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1. Organizational Location

Under the supervision of The National Programme Officer for Gender, the Project Manager substantively contributes to the effective management of UNFPA in all aspects of Building Justice and Accountability for and with Women and Girls at the Community Level: Contributing to Ending Violence against Women in West Bank and Gaza Strip project implementation.

2. Job Purpose

A. UNFPA Palestine Country Office have launched a systematic partnership with the Spanish Cooperation โ€œResponding to humanitarian needs of GBV survivors in East Jerusalem.

This will be achieved through working on objective: Enhanced safety and well-being of women and girls in East Jerusalem through improved access to and quality of GBV response services and strengthened community engagement and advocacy on GBV protection as following:

1) Decreased harmful practices and attitudes that perpetuate and validate violence against women and girls within targeted households and communities; and

2) Increased access by women and girls of gender-responsive ending violence against women services (economic, medical, psychosocial, security, shelter) free of discrimination;

3.)Strengthened institutional capacity to develop and implement legal and policy frameworks that promote and protect womenโ€™s and girlsโ€™ rights with regards to ending violence against women.

The Project Manager will be responsible for managing and leading UNFPA response to East Jerusalem area and the Spanish Cooperation โ€œResponding to the Humanitarian Needs of GBV survivors in East Jerusalem 2024-2025 and will work closely in cooperation with the relevant partners and stakeholders, including, civil society, private sector, UN sister agencies and international organizations.

B. UNFPA started introducing Cash and Voucher Assistant (CVA) as part of its response to GBV case management and to SRH response to pregnant and lactating women. The project manager will take the main role to ensure effective implementation of the Cash and Voucher Assistance within case management for GBV survivors and during emergency for West Bank and Gaza, in cooperation with UN agency and different partners. Ensure efficient management of financial resources of the CVA through tracking the available resources, exercising appropriate financial controls and ensuring corporate financial policies are met and reporting structures established and maintained through close monitor of the CVA UN to UN agreement.

The Project Manager will contribute to facilitating programme/ project planning and implementation using and developing appropriate mechanisms and systems and ensuring compliance with established procedures.

3. Major Activities/Tasks

Expedite and coordinate project implementation through establishing collaborative relationships with executing and implementing agencies and supporting them technically and operationally. This entails day-to-day coordination with UNFPA country office staff, organization of and participation in steering meetings, UN coordination meetings, annual programme and project reviews, and the provision of technical, programmatic and managerial support to implementing partners. Identify technical assistance needs for project from various sources including national institutions/experts, UNFPA advisors and international consultants; help organize technical missions to oPt and facilitate delivery of technical outputs. Monitor and evaluate project activities; analyze and report on progress in terms of achieving results, using standard monitoring and evaluation tools; identify constraints and resource deficiencies and recommend corrective actions; monitor project expenditures and disbursements to ensure delivery is in line with the approved project budgets and to realize targeted delivery levels. In this respect, he/she will develop work plans, conduct field monitoring visits to project sites, meet and liaise with project staff, participate in review meetings and evaluation missions and develop project progress reports. Ensure efficient management of financial resources through planning and tracking of available resources, exercising appropriate financial controls and ensuring corporate financial policies are met and reporting structures established and maintained. Provide full range managerial assistance to project partners to ensure quality management of UNFPA Funded sub-contracts and projects in coordination with relevant UNFPA staff. Draft work plans and works with partners on regular reporting based on agreed monitoring tools. provide regular updates to UNFPA relevant colleagues mainly on coordination of joint GBV program activities. Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the project and programme activities in East Jerusalem, establishing and implementing mechanisms to systematically assess the achievement of results, conducting field visits, participation in review meetings and evaluation missions and drafting regular inputs to status and progress reports related to gender based violence; Analyze basic factors affecting the achievement of results, recommends corrective actions and follow up on recommendations; Track the project activities and events according to the project document and keep an up-to-date calendar of events; Take the main role to ensure effective implementation of the Cash and Voucher Assistance within case management for GBV survivors and during emergency for West Bank and Gaza, in cooperation with UN agency and different partners. Ensure efficient management of financial resources of the CVA through tracking the available resources, exercising appropriate financial controls and ensuring corporate financial policies are met and reporting structures established and maintained through close monitor of the CVA UN to UN agreement. Contribute to the creation and sharing of knowledge by documenting findings and lessons learned, success stories and best practices, strategies and approaches of the Country office and drafting relevant materials for dissemination; Any other related duties as may be required.

๐Ÿ“š ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—›๐—–๐—ฅ, ๐—ช๐—™๐—ฃ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐—™, ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฆ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—™๐—ฃ๐—”, ๐—œ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐ŸŒ

โš ๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ: ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐–!

4. Work Relations

Under the supervision of the National Programme Officer for Gender. The Project Manager will also maintain a collaborative relationship with all programme and operations staff at the Country Office.

5. Job Requirements

Education:

Advanced degree in social work or other social sciences, Gender studies, community health, international relations, international law, human rights or related field.

Knowledge and Experience:

Minimum of five years of relevant professional experience, preferably in the field of Gender or GBV ; Strong programme management experience; Cash and Voucher programming experience is an advantage; Demonstrated ability to manage multi-stakeholder processes; Familiarity with UNFPA/UN systems is an advantage; Proficiency in current office software applications.

Values:

Exemplifying integrity Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system Embracing cultural diversity Embracing change

Core Competencies:

Achieve results Being accountable Developing and applying professional expertise/ business acumen Thinking analytically and strategically Working in teams/ managing ourselves and our relationships Communicating for impact Knowledge sharing

Functional Skill Set:

Advocacy/ Advancing a Policy-oriented agenda Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners/ building strategic alliances and partnerships Delivering results-oriented programmes Internal and external communication and advocacy for results mobilization

Languages:

Fluency in oral and written English and Arabic

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