Vacancy notice: UN Women Nepal
Position Title: Programme Assistant
> Location : Kathmandu, NEPAL
> Application Deadline : 05-Jul-17 (Midnight New York, USA)
> Type of Contract : Service Contract
> Post Level : SB-3
> Languages Required : English
> Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 01-Aug-2017
> Duration of Initial Contract : One year with possibility of extension
> Salary: Rs. 12,57,636 Annual (Level SB-3 is equivalent of GS-5-GS-7 – Source, Salary Source: UN Salaries)
Background
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.
In Nepal, UN Women focuses on strengthening women’s voice, agency and leadership across sectors to advance women’s rights, provide space for women’s meaningful participation and to demonstrate tangible differences in their lives. The agency’s programme adopts a holistic and integrated approach across UN Women’s five thematic priorities. It is guided by Nepal’s stated priorities (including those from the Three-Year Plan 2016-2019) and its commitments to relevant normative frameworks, the country’s United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2013-2017, the CEDAW Concluding Observations (2011) and UN Women’s Corporate Strategic Plan 2014-2017. The programme promotes national ownership, capacity development and institutionalization, inclusiveness, coordination and partnerships, and knowledge generation and management, and seeks to prioritize engagement with and support to key duty bearers who are responsible for advancing women’s human rights and with rights holders so they can exercise voice and agency. UN Women is in process of developing UN Women’s Corporate Strategic Plan 2018-2021.
Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Programme Assistant works with and provides support to the members of the Programme Team in the development and implementation of effective programmes consistent with UN Women rules and regulations. S/he provides programme, administrative, and logistical assistance to the team for the smooth programme implementation.
Duties and Responsibilities
Provide administrative and logistical support to the formulation and management of programmes
> Provide administrative support in the preparation of programme work plans, budgets, and proposals on programme implementation arrangements, including tracking the delivery of funds;
> Provide administrative support to the executing agencies / responsible parties on routine delivery and reporting of programme supported activities and finances;
> Provide administrative support for the audit of programmes/ projects and support implementation of audit recommendations;
> Identify sources, and gather and compile data and information for the preparation of documents, guidelines, speeches and position papers, in collaboration with the Programme team.
Provide administrative support to the financial management of the Programme Unit
> Create projects in Atlas, prepare budget revisions, revise project awards and status; and determine unutilized funds and the operational and financial close of a project;
> Provide administrative support in monitoring and preparation of budget and the finances of programmes/projects, and in the preparation of FACE forms;
> Prepare non-PO vouchers for development projects;
> Process payment for consultants, as deleaged;
> Create requisitions in Atlas for development projects; register good receipts in Atlas.
Provide administrative support to the Programme Unit
> Undertake all logistical, administrative and financial arrangements for organization for meetings, workshops, events, and missions;
> Make travel arrangements for the Programme Team, including travel requisitions and claims;
> Draft minutes in meetings, as delegated;
> Assemble briefing materials and prepare power-point and other presentations, in collaboration with the Programme team;
> Organize and coordinate filing of documents; maintain mailing lists.
Provide administrative support to resource mobilization
> Organize, compile, and process documentation and information from donors, and programme team as inputs to various databases and documents.
Facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing
> Provide administrative support to the organization of training for the office staff and partners on programme and operations related issues.
click [HERE] to view original vacancy for more details and application procedure.
Position Title: Programme Assistant
> Location : Kathmandu, NEPAL
> Application Deadline : 05-Jul-17 (Midnight New York, USA)
> Type of Contract : Service Contract
> Post Level : SB-3
> Languages Required : English
> Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 01-Aug-2017
> Duration of Initial Contract : One year with possibility of extension
> Salary: Rs. 12,57,636 Annual (Level SB-3 is equivalent of GS-5-GS-7 – Source, Salary Source: UN Salaries)
Background
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.
In Nepal, UN Women focuses on strengthening women’s voice, agency and leadership across sectors to advance women’s rights, provide space for women’s meaningful participation and to demonstrate tangible differences in their lives. The agency’s programme adopts a holistic and integrated approach across UN Women’s five thematic priorities. It is guided by Nepal’s stated priorities (including those from the Three-Year Plan 2016-2019) and its commitments to relevant normative frameworks, the country’s United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2013-2017, the CEDAW Concluding Observations (2011) and UN Women’s Corporate Strategic Plan 2014-2017. The programme promotes national ownership, capacity development and institutionalization, inclusiveness, coordination and partnerships, and knowledge generation and management, and seeks to prioritize engagement with and support to key duty bearers who are responsible for advancing women’s human rights and with rights holders so they can exercise voice and agency. UN Women is in process of developing UN Women’s Corporate Strategic Plan 2018-2021.
Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Programme Assistant works with and provides support to the members of the Programme Team in the development and implementation of effective programmes consistent with UN Women rules and regulations. S/he provides programme, administrative, and logistical assistance to the team for the smooth programme implementation.
Duties and Responsibilities
Provide administrative and logistical support to the formulation and management of programmes
> Provide administrative support in the preparation of programme work plans, budgets, and proposals on programme implementation arrangements, including tracking the delivery of funds;
> Provide administrative support to the executing agencies / responsible parties on routine delivery and reporting of programme supported activities and finances;
> Provide administrative support for the audit of programmes/ projects and support implementation of audit recommendations;
> Identify sources, and gather and compile data and information for the preparation of documents, guidelines, speeches and position papers, in collaboration with the Programme team.
Provide administrative support to the financial management of the Programme Unit
> Create projects in Atlas, prepare budget revisions, revise project awards and status; and determine unutilized funds and the operational and financial close of a project;
> Provide administrative support in monitoring and preparation of budget and the finances of programmes/projects, and in the preparation of FACE forms;
> Prepare non-PO vouchers for development projects;
> Process payment for consultants, as deleaged;
> Create requisitions in Atlas for development projects; register good receipts in Atlas.
Provide administrative support to the Programme Unit
> Undertake all logistical, administrative and financial arrangements for organization for meetings, workshops, events, and missions;
> Make travel arrangements for the Programme Team, including travel requisitions and claims;
> Draft minutes in meetings, as delegated;
> Assemble briefing materials and prepare power-point and other presentations, in collaboration with the Programme team;
> Organize and coordinate filing of documents; maintain mailing lists.
Provide administrative support to resource mobilization
> Organize, compile, and process documentation and information from donors, and programme team as inputs to various databases and documents.
Facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing
> Provide administrative support to the organization of training for the office staff and partners on programme and operations related issues.
click [HERE] to view original vacancy for more details and application procedure.
