
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.
The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) is a partnership between the United Nations, Member States, and the civil society, which supports women led and women’s rights organizations working to build peace and provide humanitarian response throughout the world. Since the end of 2016, the WPHF has supported over 1,500 civil society organizations and is present over 40 countries.
UN Women hosts the Secretariat of the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund. 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.
of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work
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.
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.
Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the Regular Funding Cycle’s portfolio in the area of women, peace and security and humanitarian action.
Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and partnerships of the Regular Funding Cycle’s portfolio in the area of women, peace and security and humanitarian action.
Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel
This is homebased or Geneva based.
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UN Women is the United Nations agency for women's rights, gender equality and women's empowerment. A global champion ForAllWomenAndGirls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.
UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to implement these standards. It stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on five priority areas: increasing women’s leadership and participation; ending violence against women; engaging women in all aspects of peace and security processes; enhancing women’s economic empowerment; and making gender equality central to national development planning and budgeting. UN Women also coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality.